Grease - 4K UltraHD Blu-ray Review | 40th Anniversary Edition
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Check out my review of the new 4K UltraHD, remastered Blu-ray release of Grease, the 40th Anniversary Edition!
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Great review. I was reluctant to take the plunge only because I hadn't been that impressed with the last Blu-ray edition. After hearing your thoughts I went ahead and ordered the 4k. Thanks for the review. 😃👍
I loved your review, Jeff. I know almost every idiosyncrasy of Grease. I've been watching many versions of this awesome movie since I was about 6 years old. And, I can answer your questions about the audio.
After George Lucas gave his original Star Wars trilogy the THX treatment & re-released them to theaters back in 1997 for the first film's 20th anniversary, he contacted Grease director Randal Kleiser (his old college roommate) to invite him to give Grease a new digital makeover for its own 20th anniversary re-release.
The story goes that many of Grease's original celluloid sound elements were unusable, having been stored in the vault in metal canisters for 20 years. A baking process worked to a great degree, but ultimately, some sounds had to be re-created.
Jump ahead to the 40th anniversary restoration. Apparently, a 70mm master mix of the original 1978 audio was found at Paramount, and slightly tweaked just a little bit. So the sound you're hearing on this new 4K transfer, is pretty much how the film originally sounded before the THX fiasco.
One noticeable difference is in the opening beach scene, as Danny says, "It's only the beginning." Pay attention to the music behind him. There are extra notes playing that you probably never heard before. That's because in the 20th anniversary edition, the soundtrack album version of Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (which ends with such an abrupt segue on the album that I originally thought my record was skipping) was used, and the last note had to be stretched out to score Danny's dialogue.
The extra notes you can now hear in the 40th anniversary restoration, were only available on a longer recording of the song that appeared on the B side of the original 45 of Hopelessly Devoted To You. You can actually listen to it at ua-cam.com/video/Ta0JwJwBmXk/v-deo.html.
The sound of the engine during Greased Lightning is left over from the 20th anniversary remix, but balanced much better, as you can tell. Same goes for the sound of Kenickie's lighter. That was never audible before 1998. The rest of the 20th anniversary sound effects during Greased Lightning have thankfully been kept out of the 40th anniversary.
Here's one last notable tidbit about the sound. After Blanche gets carried off the dance floor & Danny and Sandy take center, listen closely and you can hear Bowser MCing. It's buried deep in the music mix, though. My own opinion about why it's so buried, is that I believe Randal Kleiser wanted to recreate the old VHS experience there. I say that, because Bowser's MCing was turned up to a normal volume in ABC's original 1980s broadcasts of the film. But I've never heard it in any "uncut" versions.
You mention how well the colors pop. And my favorite thing about that, is how well you can finally see all of the colors in the T-Birds insignia. Thanks again for your outstanding review.
Scott Aber, Thank you so much for the info. I had heard about Lucas and Kleiser before, but couldn’t remember the details. Truly appreciate you taking the time to add these details!!
arent the insignia supposed to be white...in the youtube reviews here...the insignia is damn teal blue?
@@TheHealthLife The insignia has always contained blue outlines around the T and quote marks, as well as a blue bird. It's just that color timing of past eras, especially on/for TV, couldn't display them properly. The only time the logo is all one color is during Greased Lightning, and those logos were appliques while the guys' other jackets were hand-painted on.
@@scottaber85 so your telling me that watching THIS clip...the T-Birds jackets are supposed to be teal blue and not white...hmmm?. ua-cam.com/video/PCK87q5rN-o/v-deo.html
@@scottaber85 look at this clip...when I watched the movie before bluray and 4k...the T-Birds was NEVER blue...all blue. ua-cam.com/video/MSn37dcIA68/v-deo.html
Grease is one of the best film for a musical score
one of my favourite classic comedy musical romance movies and great review as always Jeff
Thanks for your detailed great review. Only just been released here in Australia, June 13. Definite purchase for me. I remember being "dragged" along to the movie at the cinema in 1978, I was 22 years old ( showing my age!). It struck a note with me. Sure it's cheesy and schmaltzy, but it's just a great fun movie and the music is fantastic. Over the years I've found kids are drawn to the songs in Grease. Great entertainment!
You have come a long way from your earlier videos compared to now. I just ordered the Grease 4k and hope to have it in my hands this weekend.
Even with all the dnr?
next Saturday night fever
Great video. Very thorough and clearly stated. You’ve sold the 4K Grease Blu Ray to me.😃
Yes! I love this movie! Thank you so much for uploading this!
I just started lately (must be the pandemic) but wow Grease is such a great 4k import. Good review.
Thanks for the awesome review, Jeff!
Robert thanks for watching!!
got this 4k blueray grease the picture was about as good as blueray in my opinion
I watched a friend's copy. Thought it was pretty awful honestly. It has a sort of vignette blur effect (I don't know what it's called but it's where the edges and peripherals are blurred to draw attention to the center). And some scenes were low-resolution. Like not even 720p bad. I've heard of this happening on other 4Ks so I doubt it's just an issue with the copy I watched.
Any chance you could rewatch the beauty school dropout part and check for this? This is where half the scenes were extremely low res.
I plan on Picking up the 4K UHD disc for my LG OLED and Bose Tv System. Also gonna pick up the Steelbook so I can have the Complete Series. Trying to build up my Classic and Musical section. Have never seen Grease in full. Only bits and pieces of it
So i have the double pack with this and Grease 2 on Blu-Ray (i started collecting 4K VERY recently). Is this 4K disc worth it or is the remastered Blu-Ray almost just as good?
Definitely worth it. $20 on Amazon
@@CharlieD.706 Thanks for the answer and the tip, but i do live in Norway. However, it's been cheaper here in some sales that were going on last year so when it's invluded in other sales again i'll definitely be buying it.
@@Carmine1989 Older movies are the way to go on 4K in my honest opinion. Black Hawk down and Cliffhanger being 2 of the best I’ve seen.
@@CharlieD.706 Yeah, i’ve noticed this myself. I have been meaning to check those out.
How does this 4k disk hold up these days compared to newer transfers?
And Xanadu ? Exist in 4K ?
Watched yesterday. Half a movie looks awful. This is one of the worst 4K transfers I have seen in my life. (Watched it in 4K HDR10+.)
I agree. He has very good reviews usually. Idk what happened here.
Films At Home. Hello again Jeff, another thing i find about the new Grease:
They corrected via CGI the coca cola/pepsi problem in the background of the "frosty palace" sequence. In previous releases they blur it out, in this one they have literally superimposed the pepsi logo into the background flawlessly, Jeff could/would you take your time and make a quick A/B of this scene with the old Blu-ray and write me about this issue?
Greetings from Germany
But... is it the word?
You need to redo this review with current experience. The detail in this movie is terrible. It has so much DNR. I was extremely disappointed with the quality of the image.
I bought the steelbook collection. Not too fond of any of the new cover art, especially that one you’re holding in your hand. Truly awful art.