ROTTEN TOMATOES: Spider-Man 3 DVD Preview: Sam Raimi Swoons for Blu Ray

Spider-Man 3 DVD Preview: Sam Raimi Swoons for Blu Ray

Raimi says Blu Ray is the best way to see his vision.

by Fred Topel | October 29, 2007

Director Sam Raimi made a guest appearance at Sony Imageworks visual effects presentation for the Spider-Man 3 DVD, where he stayed long enough to say he was high on the new high-def transfer of his latest film.

"I'm glad that people have a chance to see this movie on Blu Ray DVD and appreciate perhaps a little bit more the detail that these guys put into each and every one of those shots," said Raimi. "I'm thrilled you guys are covering the release of the picture on Blu Ray. I had a chance to see it yesterday on the new Sony system. It looked really, really great."

The Spider-Man films get shown in Imax theatrically, but Raimi says Blu Ray is the best way to see his vision. "There's a lot more detail in some of the shots than I've actually ever been able to see on the screen. As clear and sharp as it is, [even on] a very big screen, sometimes 35mm film, doesn't even match the quality of this great Blu Ray transfer that they have. I hope it doesn't reveal any mistakes that we made. It probably will."

Spider-Man 3 hits DVD and Blu Ray October 30.

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eastern2western writes:
on Oct 29 2007 12:30 AM

of course, sony own blue ray

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Bardego writes:
on Oct 29 2007 12:43 AM

"I hope it doesn't reveal any mistakes that we made. It probably will."

Buddy, visual slip-ups are the LEAST of your mistakes on Spider-Man 3.

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0LDB0Y writes:
on Oct 29 2007 02:00 AM

How much did Sony pay Sam Raimi to say that?

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Jockolantern writes:
on Oct 29 2007 02:39 AM

The entire movie was a mistake, Mr. Raimi. Believe me... I noticed.

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TheOneStudentFilmDirector writes:
on Oct 29 2007 03:10 AM

The fake *** scars on spidey suit will be ever more noticeable!

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kissman24 writes:
on Oct 29 2007 03:34 AM

I'd swoon if it were actually a good Spider-Man movie on Blu-Ray. No matter how good it looks, this stinker can be improved. I'll picking my copy up never.

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Elixor writes:
on Oct 29 2007 06:19 AM

Was Raimi smiling and holding up a Blu-Ray copy of Spiderman 3 while he was being quoted?

"By Grabthar's hammer, what a savings."

It's quite possible Sony actually had a robotic version of Raimi created for this presentation. Did anybody notice any wires running out of his back?

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Astr0creep writes:
on Oct 29 2007 07:15 AM

No Elixor. He was CGI.

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opTIMus Nerd writes:
on Oct 29 2007 08:27 AM

The real Spider-Man is so much cooler than the fake one they have in these "movies."

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viper88 writes:
on Oct 29 2007 09:42 AM

no he just knows the facts, that bluray IS the pinnacle format available right now and
HDDVD sucks

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xenogears writes:
on Oct 29 2007 10:04 AM

I'm inclined to agree with viper88. I own a PS3 and have an HDTV and absolutely love love blue ray. I have a 360 as well and the HD on that just doesn't match. (That could also be because the HD add-on drive only puts out 720p) But still its is fantastic picture quality....Tho spidey sucked orangutang balls in this last one.

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aaJax writes:
on Oct 29 2007 11:26 AM

The only way you'd be able to tell a difference in picture quality between HDDVD and BluRay is to compare them on the same TV, hooked in with the same cables with the exact same source movie in both drives. Oh, and you'll probably want a very large front projection, 100" , or you're not gonna be noticing ****. Otherwise, you're not making anywhere close to an accurate comparison for either format.

By the way, nobody knows yet if HD or Blu will win out, so stop trying to make strong statements based on the Sony marketing machine (Viper88). That's just your mind buying the hype and playing tricks on you... kinda like the people who say Spidey 3 was a good movie. Don't forget that the PS3 is a huge bust, so Sony is working overtime, uphill, to get Blu to take off.

We'll see which format wins out in the long run after the PS3 finishes it's downward spiral, after seeing consumers react to sub-$250 hi-def players this holiday season, and how quickly HD-DVD porno takes off. How many new consumers will love buying a $199 HDDVD player and then popping in a brand 'spanking' new porno in all its HD glory after a grueling holiday with the in-laws, (a peace of mind Blu-Ray just doesn't offer)?

VHS and DVD both became standards because of pricing, title availability, and porn. Don't get your hopes up for BluRay just yet.

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Derbeste writes:
on Oct 29 2007 11:49 AM

Bluray MAY be the pinnacle. It's arguable. They have more capacity but chose a PoS compression format.

Secondly, to take advantage of Bluray, you need to have a 1080p TV. Too bad the overwhelming majority of HDTVs sold today only go up to 1080i and several only do 720p. So bluray is completely pointless for 90% of the population.

Between those two facts, Bluray comes off as SEVERLY overpriced considering it offers a picture so minimaly better than HDDVD even IF you have the right TV.

Add in the DRM and the uncertainty of both format's longevity and I personally see no reason to go beyond DVD anytime soon.....especially not for SM3.

How about people put away the HDTVs and HD formats and come up with an HD plot? You know....one not so out of focus and incoherent?

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RottenRob writes:
on Oct 29 2007 12:00 PM

You said it, opTimus Nerd! Spider-Man saved me from a burning building just the other day, and all I could say was, "Man, they totally didn't do you justice in that worst movie of all time Spider-Man 3." And then I saw Venom and he said,"Man, they TOTALLY RUINED ME!" He was really pissed.

Now, the comics, they always get them right.

Screw Hollywood mo-fos stealing our hard-earned cash all the time!!!!!!!!!

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ChrisH05 writes:
on Oct 29 2007 12:14 PM

LOLOLOL i like how all these HD DVD fans just automatically assume that people who support blu ray are being payed by sony to complement it. lolol pleeeaaase ..ive owned both formats and i can tell you.. blu ray is MUCH better.

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ChrisH05 writes:
on Oct 29 2007 12:15 PM

LOLOLOL i like how all these HD DVD fans just automatically assume that people who support blu ray are being payed by sony to complement it. lolol pleeeaaase ..ive owned both formats and i can tell you.. blu ray is MUCH better.

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blank blank writes:
on Oct 29 2007 12:16 PM

i actually dont know which one is better, blu ray or HDDVD. but what i do know is that im sticking to dvds until the prices come way down or one of them goes extinct. i havent even bought any dvds lately since im waiting to see which format comes out ahead. and im also waiting on it to see if i should buy a PS3 or not...

come on format wars, i have a lot of stuff to buy

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ChrisH05 writes:
on Oct 29 2007 12:16 PM

sorry .. i posted it twice on accident :/

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viper88 writes:
on Oct 29 2007 01:46 PM

Lol.. for all of you uninformed about the format war and how bluray consistently outperforms HDDVD on every level,

http://www.dvdfile.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6326

As for the porn, bluray has in fact established the fact that it will let companies produce their works onto their format. Aside from that this is a completely different war than that that went on with beta Vs. VHS. Porn was not accessible as it is today, but now with the web and vhs producing porn at high levels, the demand for it even in the DVD industry is not high at all...if you look at the statistics, porn sales are decreasing exponentially because of the availability of downloads online, nobody wants to go home to their wife to find out that they uncovered their porn stash, its easy, safe, and fast to download it online, therefore porn has little to no impact on this war.

Secondly, the price war that you are talking about has to do namley with the 200$ hddvd player going on sale, toshiba is merely pushing its 1st generation HD players out the door in a firesale, once these are sold the price will no longer stand, its only 1080i picture and supposedly toshiba is in the midst of developing its 50GB disc which requires a triple layer disc...however this will require the existing HDDVD community to buy all new players as the current ones can and will not support it. They have admit that their 30GB is not enough to implement the necessary data that they want on each disc...that is why transformers lacked an uncompressed audio soundtrack, if you check the data stored on the disk it is at max capacity .

Also HDDVD despite its cheap prices has failed to ever beat bluray (even though bluray is the newer format) in sales, any week this past year . Even with transformers being released last week with no new release on bluray, bluray still managed to beat out hddvd. And it pretty much goes down hill from there, the only major release HDDVD has out this quarter is Harry potter and shrek 3....blu ray has Spiderman 3 ( and the trilogy), ratatouille, Die hard 4 ( plus the rest of the series), Harry potter, the Simpsons, and pirates of the carribean 3.

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ZombieX5000 writes:
on Oct 29 2007 01:47 PM

xenogears: "That could also be because the HD add-on drive only puts out 720p"

Um no, it outputs at 1080i and 1080p also (I have a 1080p dlp tv and it outputs at true 1080p).

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