Ong bak 1 20034/7/2024 ![]() ![]() The edges of the leaves and branches blur together almost like dampened lines in a watercolor painting. Take the first scene-the tree fight-for example. Fine detail is practically non-existent throughout, even in the tightest close-ups. I'm not really sure what went wrong here in the transition from the original masters to the internegative to this digital transfer, but whatever it was, it left the picture in a smeary, indistinct mess. You'd never guess from the ultra-soft, extra-blurry, super-grainy image produced by this 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer, which looks poor even by 16mm standards. I didn't read the above until after I had viewed the film, and I was actually surprised to find out that Ong Bak was, in fact, shot on 35mm. So says the "About the Feature Film Transfer" tab on the disc's bonus features menu, but this doesn't exactly explain why Ong Bak looks so terrible on Blu-ray, even considering the film's modest budget. Color correction, image stabilization, and digital cleaning were facilitated at Deluxe to restore the film and present it in high definition." "This new, digital transfer of Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior was created at Deluxe Postproduction Toronto from an original 35mm internegative of the film.
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