Christopher Nolan Says Buy ‘Oppenheimer’ on Blu-ray ‘So No Evil Streaming Service Can Come Steal It From You’: ‘We Put a Lot of Care’ Into Home Release
Christopher Nolan took a playful swipe at streaming while introducing a Los Angeles screening of “Oppenheimer” that was devoted to spotlighting the film’s craft. Crew members reunited for the event Monday evening, billed as “The Story of Our Time: The Making of ‘Oppenheimer.'” The director said a lot of time and energy has gone into assembling the “Oppenheimer” Blu-ray so that it preserves the film’s soundscape, which is one reason moviegoers should buy a physical copy as opposed to waiting for the movie to stream.
“Obviously ‘Oppenheimer’ has been quite a ride for us and now it is time for me to release a home version of the film. I’ve been working very hard on it for months,” Nolan said. “I’m known for my love of theatrical and put my whole life into that, but, the truth is, the way the film goes out at home is equally important.”
“‘The Dark Knight’ was one of the first films where we formatted it specially for Blu-ray release because it was a new form at the time,” he continued. “And in the case of ‘Oppenheimer,’ we put a lot of care and attention into the Blu-ray version… and trying to translate the photography and the sound, putting that into the digital realm with a version you can buy and own at home and put on a shelf so no evil streaming service can come steal it from you.”
I can only watch interstellar on my bedroom TV because I've maxed out the audio compression to watch things at low volume, I can actually understand what anyone in that movie is saying.
I didn't have an issue when watching it in the movies. Talking was understandable and I expected the explosions to be megahugeloud, would've been disappointed if they weren't.
Will do! I'm so happy he's coming out and saying this, because it's become ridiculous that you never know where the movie you want to watch is. There's zero guarantee anymore that the thing you love will still be there.
I buy them myself now, and will own them forever. (Plus the quality of a 4k disc is just so much better)
audio especially is just so heavily compressed. Once you notice the video compression in the skies and in dark scenes and audio compression missing the "full body"-ness you just can't go back. You can tell where compression clips out the bits it can.
Depending on how you watch audio is way better on bluray vs streaming, as well. 5.1 or any good aftermarket receiver + speaker combo will sound much better.
We've gotten to a place where people are paying for the chance that the thing they want is still on the service when they want it. Literally paying to throw the dice.
It’s all just bits. It doesn’t matter if they’re stored on a BluRay or on a hard drive. There’s nothing stopping you from ripping your BluRays and dumping the bookshelf of media onto one disk.
I'm glad that we are all saying fuck you to the streaming services. As soon as people started leaving Netflix to form their own streaming services, I knew shit like this was going to happen. There is going to be a fucking market crash I guarantee it.
I was under the impression that every blu ray inserted needs to show a certain encryption key in order to work. At some point if you dont get a firmware update on your player, it will stop playing newer blu rays. (In theory, its entirely within a blu ray player creators power to simply create a new player with certain keys revoked, meaning some or all of your blu rays wont play on new machines, leaving you dependant on old stock. But its highly doubtful this will EVER happen.)
I don't believe DVDs have to worry about any of this. Im probably wrong however. It's been a long time since I thought about any of this.
I liked that aspect and tbh expected it. I just wish the explosion visuals were up to the audio. It was the thing that should've been fuckhuge big spectacle in a movie like this. Quite the letdown.
Fair play on the explosions, I expected those too. I just really wasn't prepared for the microscopic cutaway stuff or how loud those parts would be in the theater
Cool, so we can pay royalties to other crappy companies who benefit from their Blu-Ray Patents.
I agree many streaming services suck, but, the Blu-Ray standard is a much bigger suckfest (especially considering all the people they screwed with newer copy protections and such)
I'm ok with this. I prefer 4k physical media I can rip into it's raw state and stream via Plex. Looks dope, yo. Best part? I own it. There's no marketing douchebag that flips a killswitch to remove it from the streaming service.