Hey, so after completing Godfather 2 it made me want to watch the films again, I already have the DVD boxset but I figured I'd buy the Bluray boxset as well.
I wasn't too sure how well the BR transfer would be done, I was kind of expecting it too be bad, but I was pleasantly surprised. The image is a little grainy but if I remember rightly the DVD version was grained aswell. The transfer also includes Dolby surround which is noticably better than standard def audio that also comes loaded on the disk.
The first film has the worst picture quality, but that isn't to say it's bad, scenes such as the wedding and the part of the story set in Corleone, Italy looks amazing in HD. The second film seems to have better PQ and again the scenes in Corleone really stand out, the colours look brilliant.
Although in HD the age of the fist film is starting to show, for example in the scene where Sonny beats up Carlo, it's really easy to see that none of the punches connect, for a minute this detracted me from the film, it's something I never noticed on the DVD version of the film.
I have yet to watch part 3, I'm kinda leaving it for a while, I'm not a huge fan of the final film, by itself it would a very good film, but I dont really think it's a fitting sequal to two of the finest films ever made. Although I do think the ending scene is a good way to finish the series, it's one of the most dramatic scenes I've ever seen in a film. I'm assuming the PQ will be better in Part 3 as it's a fairly recent film whereas the first Godfather film was 1972.
All in all I'm really pleased with the boxset and it joins The Dark Knight and The Departed as my favourite BR's in my collection.
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