Baraka: Remastered (Documentary) (Blu-ray)

So here it is.
Baraka.
Not exactly a blockbuster is it?
No actors or scripts. No CGI or ridiculous sets.
Just the most jaw droppingly sharp, detailed, rich, vibrant image I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing.
Going back to other bluray discs was almost like I was watching VHS!
So please, Mr film studio, why aren't the major block busters as good looking as this exquisite transfer to Blu-ray?
How come so much time, effort, care, love and attention to detail can be lavished on what is hardly a commercialy viable film whilst others are left with shoddy b-grade conversions.
If all films looked like this then everyone would have bought in to Blu-ray years ago!
Go buy it- even if it's just to see what your screen and player are really capable of and then ask why we are being so short changed by the major studios supposed "Hi Def" offerings.
This is the standard by which all other pictures should be judged.
Buy it NOW!!!

At the time of writing this, there are 14 reviews, and all of them 5-star; nothing less. That should be enough to convince you how awesome this BD is. A beautiful wordless film, a perfect example of 'Pure' cinema - absolutely essential to a Bluray collection.

This is without a doubt the best looking and best sounding film I have ever experienced!

Buy this blu.

Of all my Blue Ray discs (80) - nothing comes even close to the quality production of Baraka! How they have mastered the 8k raw analog data to a 1080p release is truly amazing! I have seen this on a 46" Samsung LED and never seen anything like it! A true masterpiece for EVERY blueray collection.

This is definitly a movie to have in your collection! At first I thought that a movie this long with no sort of story to it would drag on but I was soo wrong, by the end of it I just wanted it to go on forever. The visuals are so stunning that it often looks better than real life, and the audio matches the tone just perfectly! I often have this playing in the background because its nice to be able to gland over at something so beautiful every now and then. This movie was made in 1992 but if anything has more relevance now then it did back then. This movie just shows the world for what it is, good and bad in all its glory!

It takes a lot to impress me but this is one of the best films I have ever seen. Beautiful, brutal and everything inbetween. Buy!!!!

The cheapest way to have a holiday and tour the world from the comfort of your own armchair. The picture quality when watched on 1080p is simply the best I've ever seen on Blu-ray. Some scenes look like you're looking through a window, and this matched with a stunning and powerful soundtrack makes for a complete audio visual experience.

If you really want to see what your Blu-ray can do then buy this!

Excellent delivery from Play.com as usual.

The bluray work fine in a 80gb ps3 (italian sku)
Is a great doc with excellent picture and audio quality

Film 5/5
Pq 5/5
Audio 4/5
Extras 2/5 (no subtitle for making of )

Baraka is the worlds first 8k restoration of a film from its original 65mm negative. This is simply mind-boggling it means that each picture contains 33Mg of data and approx 8000 pixels in length compared to blu-ray's current 1080p. This meant that the finished transfer was 33 terrabytes in size thats 33,000 Gig for 1 movie! Its 16x more detail than 1080p!

Naturally the movie was then downconverted to 1080p and the result is a spectacular digital to digital transfer that is flawless. Now I would say that I'm quite techy, I would check video codecs, compression ratios, I look out for artifacts, color banding, halos, ghosting etc. So I'm very picky in my Blu-ray's particularly because we all own a decent DVD collection so I will only buy Blu-ray wherever I feel is justified.

Baraka is without doubt the finest detailed movie i've ever seen. It has without doubt the best motion resolution of any film too. The colour pallete is superb, the contrast is wonderfully balanced, and the restoration lacks any evidence of grain.

The movie itself is very newage, and kinda Phillip Glass. I haven't watched it all in a single sitting, its basically National Geographic the movie for me, which is no bad thing. The whole concept is based on spirituality. Theres a lot of fantastic scenery naturally and my highlight is Chapter 20 and the mirrored mosque in Iran, surely a hidden gem of the world.

The score is ok if you like panpipes, and elevator music and it sounds good on my HD AV amp. But intelligently the score does stop at moments where the natural sound is preferred like the memorable monkey chants in Bali.

In summary this is a trophy showcase of what Blu-ray can do, you are guaranteed to have jaws dropping. Hey, it don't half look bad on my 50" Plasma. If you think I'm writing everything I can to make you buy it, you're right - don't hesitate just get it!

If this is what an 8K restoration can do, then all Blu-ray's in the future should be done this way. Its fantastic to see this company take the lead and show so much much care and attention to their films and their viewers by going through such an expensive and worthwhile process - for this reason alone I urge you to buy it.

Bellaly

Wow, simply stunning, beautiful shots and out of this world music, the director manages to evoke feelings from peace to anger from hapiness to sadness. A must have, if not for anything else at least to appreciate what we have. By the way I played it on a UK PS3 and it worked perfectly every one of the 3 times I watched it.