The Thomas Crown Affair 1999 Dvd or Bluray Review
 | Review past: Matt Brighton |
| Posted on: January 28th, 2012 |
Plot: What's it about?
I'm usually non a fan of re-makes, though on occasion, they practice evangelize. It'southward oftentimes noted that the 2001 re-make of "Sea's Eleven" is far superior to the original starring Frank Sinatra and his crew. Only for every movie similar that there's a "Planet of the Apes", "The Getaway" or "Clash of the Titans". Admittedly, the original "Thomas Crown Affair" was a bit before my time and it starred Steve McQueen who himself was a bit earlier my time. Still, I'm a fan of director John McTiernan who helmed "Die Hard" of all things, and I've always had somewhat of a fondness for Rene Russo. And equally for the man himself, Mr. Thomas Crown, well while information technology may be true that Pierce Brosnan was born to play James Bail, this would exist the other role that was as fit for him as a $3000 suit. However the challenge with a re-brand is that y'all're telling a story that people are already familiar with and can you sell them on it over again? My response: yes. Yes you lot tin.
Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan) is a billionaire. Well, technically information technology never says, but the homo owns a building in Manhattan and gambles $100,000 on the golf class, so we've got to assume he's got coin to burn. He's an avid fine art-lover and spends countless hours gazing at paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As fate would have it, the museum in question is robbed of a priceless Monet by, well, Thomas Crown. He gets abroad with it and we and then meet Catherine Banning (Rene Russo) who works for a Swiss insurance house and is trying to figure out who done information technology before the insurers write a $100 1000000 dollar check. Naturally there'south an allure between Catherine and Thomas and the 2 beginning seeing i another. The true cat and mouse game works on a variety of levels as she apace figures out that he's the culprit. She's as well assisting the NYPD led by disgruntled Det. Michael McCann (Dennis Leary) who's a flake more than serious that you might call back. Will Catherine get her man or will the rich merely become richer?
Ok, I'll come right out and admit it and say that "The Thomas Crown Affair" isn't the all-time flick in the world only it's entertaining. I green-eyed the lifestyle that those similar Thomas Crown have (Donald Trump comes to listen). But money can't buy everything, especially happiness. Brosnan and Russo have great on-screen chemistry and it certainly doesn't hurt matters that Russo spends a bulk of the second act without a top! The allure with a film similar this is that the audition is in on the crime while the characters try and effigy out what's what. While it'southward a far cry from the original "The Thomas Crown Affair" doesn't disappoint and even a decade later on, doesn't feel the least scrap dated. If you similar heist films so this is ane that's worth checking out and Brosnan is in fine class, for certain.
Video: How does it look?
MGM/Play tricks has presented this Blu-ray in a 2.35:1 AVC Hard disk drive transfer that started off looking a bit rough, but got better as the flick progressed. The movie to me seemed a fleck on the nighttime side, though in that location are some rather choice scenes that really accept reward of the Hard disk attribute of things. Flesh tones seem a flake on the saturated side, with Brosnan's sunday-drenched confront looking a bit dingy. Detail is bumped upward from the standard DVD release and if you lot're an art fan (I'm non), then you do go a few glances at some pretty high-priced paintings. Overall, it'south an improvement over the DVD merely non much of one.
Audio: How does it audio?
I thing that's really stood out to me in regards to this moving-picture show is the audio. We get a new DTS HD Master Sound track that really does showcase all the picture has to offering. McTiernan has gone for a very upbeat, jazzy score that really sets the tone for the movie. We go several classic R & B tidbits here and there and culminate with Nina Simone'due south "Sinnerman" during the final scene and it sounds amazing (the song itself is virtually eight minutes long). Dialogue is very crisp and articulate also. Surrounds are used rather sparingly, just that's of no consequence every bit the front stage is more than powerful enough for the whole film. A nice try here and an improvement over the standard DVD offering.
Supplements: What are the extras?
There are some supplements on this Blu-ray…sort of. This Blu-ray is arranged with the standard DVD which contains an sound commentary by director John McTiernan. Now this is keen but information technology falls short in that you lot have to put the standard DVD in to heed to it (which defeats the purpose of owning the Blu-ray) and it's the same commentary that came out with the original DVD a decade agone. I'd like to remember that McTiernan, Russo and Brosnan could have taken a few hours out of their days and recorded a new track only I guess not. So yes, yous practice get a commentary merely yous have to go earthworks for it. No other supplements have been included.
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