Has anyone seen the Gangs of New York Blu-ray?

[Davide B.]

I really loved the cinematography and art direction in Gangs of New York, but most of the reviews I have read of the Blu-ray version say that it butchers the original picture. Have any of you guys seen it, and if so waht do you think? I guess I really don't have a choice if I want to see it again.

davide

 

[Kristopher Colavecchio]

hmmm if thats true its a shame cuz that movie was gorgeous, ive been wanting to pick it up lately.

 

[Craig Ryan]

I'm afraid the rumors are true. Based on these screen cap comparisons, I'd agree that it was a butchered transfer, and I'd definitely hold off and hope for a remaster.

DVD Upconvert
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u98/adzez/Gangs Of New York/6865b675.png

Blu-Ray
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u98/adzez/Gangs Of New York/dd217adb.png

DVD Upconvert
http://www.imageviper.com/displayimage/123213/0/Gangsofnewyorkdvd2.png

Blu-Ray
http://www.imageviper.com/displayimage/123214/0/Gangsofnewyorkbd2.png

 

[Davide B.]

Thanks for the screencaps Craig. The second pair aren't loading in Firefox or preview. Do you have other versions of them. But from the first pair it does seem to be a pretty bad transfer. The snow just looks awful. I saw Gangs of New York about five times in the theatres and every time I was struck by how beautiful that opening scene was. Either my nostalgia has completely glossed the film's visuals or that transfer isn't doing the opening scene justice. I'm guessing the latter.

 

[Craig Ryan]

Thats strange, wouldn't load for me too.

I got these off of www.avsforum.com where there are a lot of threads on various Blu-Ray releases. They usually report the really bad releases, and the extremely well done ones, thankfully.

Here's the thread on Gangs...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1045420&highlight=gangs+york