Memories of Murder - Korea

[Clueless_Monkey]

CJ Entertainment will release Bong Joon-Ho's (The Host, Mother, Antarctic Journal) 2003 thriller Memories of Murder on Blu-ray Disc in Korea on December 10, 2009.
http://blog.affenheimtheater.de/en/2...-blu-ray-disc/

[kannisto]

Great news, I really like this movie and it's nice to see more releases from Korea

[Josh Z]

Any indication of subtitles?

I liked this movie so much more than The Host.

[kannisto]

The article linked at original post says this:

According to MadMad.co.kr, the Blu-ray Disc release will include English subtitles, just as expected from a Korean distributor.

I'm also pretty sure they'll include English subs, as Korean releases tend to usually have them and the first BD by the same studio had them (but there were no English subs for extras).

Just need to wait until k2dvd has it listed, I'll order from there.

[kannisto]

This is listed in k2dvd now as well:
http://www.k2dvd.com/shop/p_detail.asp?idx=2940

Their entry also indicates English subs as expected. It's noted to be region A there but the entry for The Good, the Bad, the Weird (also by CJ Entertainment) is also indicated as region A and it turned out to be region free in reality.

I placed my order

[kannisto]

Got the shipping notice for this today from k2dvd, it's coming by EMS again so I should get it pretty fast. I'll be going to a Japanese onsen place (hot spring) this weekend though so not sure if I can get it before Monday or so

[V2David]

Saw this last night (not on Blu-ray). Not sure what all of the hype is about, I found this movie to be rather lame... I know a lot of people have praised this film, but I just don't get it...

[rezpekt]

Saw this last night (not on Blu-ray). Not sure what all of the hype is about, I found this movie to be rather lame... I know a lot of people have praised this film, but I just don't get it...

Yea transformers 2 and disaster movie are much betta mooovies yo, bro!

[V2David]

Yea transformers 2 and disaster movie are much betta mooovies yo, bro!

I didn't like these movies either! I like a lot of foreign and Korean movies, just didn't care for this one...

[Kid Banana]

Saw this last night (not on Blu-ray). Not sure what all of the hype is about, I found this movie to be rather lame... I know a lot of people have praised this film, but I just don't get it...

I didn't get it either. It's an ok film but it just tails away to a rather underwhelming conclusion. Perhaps I should watch it again to see if I missed something.

[jurples]

to anyone who's in l.a., there's a free screening of this at lacma tomorrow afternoon at 4:30. it's part of 4 films of his being shown there tonight and tomorrow (the other 3 movies aren't free, however), concluding with a screening of mother that he's scheduled to attend.

http://www.lacma.org/programs/FilmSeriesSchedule.aspx

[kannisto]

Mine arrived already

It's region free, a very classy looking digipak.

Summary for drive G: (AnyDVD 6.6.0.7)
HL-DT-ST BD-REGGW-H20N XL05 [serial no removed]
Drive (Hardware) Region: 2

Media is a Blu-Ray disc.

Total size: 20477248 sectors (39994 MBytes)
Video Blu-ray label: MEMORIES OF MURDER
Media is AACS protected!
AACS MKB version 7
Removed AACS copy protection!
Blu-ray disc is region free!
Removed UOPs!

Basic specs:
- BD50
- AVC encoded 1.85:1
- Korean DTS-HD MA 7.1 24-bit audio
- Optional English and Korean subs
- Menus in Korean only, extras probably in Korean only too

Looks very detailed and sharp at a glance with some natural looking grain.

Case pics:



I'll post some more info shortly.

[kannisto]

BD info scan:

                                                                                                                Total   Video                                             
Title                                                           Codec   Length  Movie Size      Disc Size       Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track                          Secondary Audio Track
-----                                                           ------  ------- --------------  --------------  ------- ------- ------------------                        ---------------------
(KR) Memories of Murder                                         AVC     2:11:08 32,945,565,696  41,930,408,344  33.50   27.00   DTS-HD Master 7.1 4060Kbps (48kHz/24-bit)

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     MEMORIES OF MURDER
Disc Size:      41,930,408,344 bytes
Protection:     AACS
BD-Java:        No
BDInfo:         0.5.2

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name:                   00001.MPLS
Size:                   32,945,565,696 bytes
Length:                 2:11:08 (h:m:s)
Total Bitrate:          33.50 Mbps
Description:            

VIDEO:

Codec                   Bitrate             Description     
-----                   -------             -----------     
MPEG-4 AVC Video        27000 kbps          1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
DTS-HD Master Audio             Korean          4060 kbps       7.1 / 48 kHz / 4060 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio             Korean          192 kbps        2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio             Korean          448 kbps        2.0 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Presentation Graphics           English         24.934 kbps                     
Presentation Graphics           Korean          23.747 kbps                     

FILES:

Name            Time In         Length          Size            Total Bitrate   
----            -------         ------          ----            -------------   
00033.M2TS      0:00:00.000     2:11:08.277     32,945,565,696  33,497          

CHAPTERS:

Number          Time In         Length          Avg Video Rate  Max 1-Sec Rate  Max 1-Sec Time  Max 5-Sec Rate  Max 5-Sec Time  Max 10Sec Rate  Max 10Sec Time  Avg Frame Size  Max Frame Size  Max Frame Time  
------          -------         ------          --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  
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13              1:21:17.622     0:05:28.244     27,949 kbps     41,132 kbps     01:25:50.603    36,867 kbps     01:22:51.299    35,119 kbps     01:22:30.904    145,715 bytes   311,029 bytes   01:21:28.633    
14              1:26:45.867     0:06:56.958     25,232 kbps     38,821 kbps     01:27:50.598    35,875 kbps     01:27:47.929    31,672 kbps     01:27:34.290    131,550 bytes   290,150 bytes   01:28:29.929    
15              1:33:42.825     0:09:03.584     28,214 kbps     42,536 kbps     01:40:24.351    37,977 kbps     01:40:24.309    35,960 kbps     01:37:42.439    147,096 bytes   369,594 bytes   01:40:27.521    
16              1:42:46.410     0:05:57.398     26,842 kbps     37,672 kbps     01:46:37.641    33,810 kbps     01:46:36.640    31,709 kbps     01:46:36.640    139,941 bytes   350,530 bytes   01:45:21.690    
17              1:48:43.808     0:04:36.609     26,184 kbps     40,624 kbps     01:49:23.181    35,418 kbps     01:49:21.429    31,739 kbps     01:49:31.898    136,513 bytes   329,984 bytes   01:51:52.372    
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19              2:02:31.927     0:08:36.349     24,243 kbps     34,872 kbps     02:05:08.292    32,467 kbps     02:08:29.702    32,101 kbps     02:08:29.576    126,404 bytes   416,587 bytes   02:04:50.441    

STREAM DIAGNOSTICS:

File            PID             Type            Codec           Language                Seconds                 Bitrate                 Bytes           Packets         
----            ---             ----            -----           --------                --------------          --------------          -------------   -----           
00033.M2TS      4113 (0x1011)   0x1B            AVC                                     7868.110                27,000                  26,555,207,361  144,431,880     
00033.M2TS      4352 (0x1100)   0x86            DTS-HD MA       kor (Korean)            7868.110                4,060                   3,993,525,128   22,928,341      
00033.M2TS      4353 (0x1101)   0x81            AC3             kor (Korean)            7868.110                448                     440,625,920     2,458,850       
00033.M2TS      4354 (0x1102)   0x81            AC3             kor (Korean)            7868.110                192                     188,839,680     1,229,425       
00033.M2TS      4608 (0x1200)   0x90            PGS             kor (Korean)            7868.110                24                      23,355,810      136,394         
00033.M2TS      4609 (0x1201)   0x90            PGS             eng (English)           7868.110                25                      24,523,196      142,974

[kannisto]

Some very quick screencaps, I'll try to post some more later on after I have watched this.

[kannisto]