One Last Thing… (2005/Blu-ray)

 

Picture: B-     Sound: B-     Extras: B-     Feature: B-

 

 

Magnolia and HDNet have finally begun issuing Blu-ray versions of some of their catalog titles and Alex Steyermark’s One Last Thing… (2005) is one of the first of many waves to come from the company.  We happened to previously review this title on regular DVD and you can read about that at the following link:

 

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/3784/One+Last+Thing...+(2005)

 

 

Well, this new version looks and plays a little better, but it did not change my mind about a film that could have been better if more of it had been thought out with the intent of not doing what had already been done.

 

With that said, the 1080i digital High Definition image is better than the standard DVD, but with new improvements come new limits.  When you review anything on DVD, whether it is shot in film or HD, you never know what was thrown away or is a problem at 480 lines because it is too little information.  With Blu-ray, you can see limits and by simply not being progressive scan, the image has the usual detail limits (if not as bad as DVD) you can expect from what we could now think of as an older production.  Color is a little better there and the image is a little more solid.

 

As for sound, we only had the Dolby Digital 5.1 (repeated here) and Dolby 2.0 mixes, but this Blu-ray adds a DTS 5.1 mix that is better, though it too shows up flaws and limits from the audio recording of the production.  Overall, this is still better than the DVD in presentation and if you have not seen the film, would be the better way to be introduced to it.  This also has the same extras.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo