In spite of it only being 720p, the scenes on the soccer/football fields are pretty amazing. The extra inserted interview footage, not so much. the interview footage is very soft and not quite too sharp, where as the footage on the fields is amazingly sharp.
This movie is simply a documentary of the World Cup playoffs in South Africa. It points out how having the tournament in S. Africa has given pride to the nation as a whole, and brought people of all races in Africa together.
Mainly, however, it highlights many of the (most important) games of the FIFA 2010 World Cup series. I am by no means a sports fan, but I found this BD very entertaining. The footage shot during the games at times makes you feel like your right in the middle of the action. For the most part, the 3D was shot very well, except for a few brief instances of mis-synch between left and right images, and what appears to be a brief instances where the stereo seems inverted. There's not too much of this, however, but this is the other reason I deducted one star.
The interviews and other supplementary inserted footage at times appears to be rather flat, with very little depth, especially the outside shots of the stadiums, but I assume that is due to the zoom factor from a long distance. The interviews were shot rather close, and those are almost flat as well.
However, the game footage is awesome, which is why I bought the BD in the first place. I had seen a short clip of some of the action in 3D which looked really nice, and when I saw the title up for pre-oreder, I jumped on it.
It was nice to see how they take you through the games, highlighting the important goals, wins and losses. I really felt bad when the last African nation in the series, Ghana, lost. Being right in the middle of it made it feel more real for me.
Overall, the film was very well made, and in spite of being only 720p resolution, looks very good. There was practically no ghosting to speak of, at least on my 42" Panasonic Plasma screen.
When I inserted the disc, and started the movie, it immediately displayed in 3D, I didn't have to chage the setting on the TV. The TV and BluRay player have what Panasonic calls VieraLink, which lets the devices communicate with each other when connected via HDMI. I have the BluRay player set to always play 3D titles in 3D, so I don't know if this is why I didn't have to set the TV myself.
At any rate, this was a very entertaining look at something I virtually ignored while it was happening, the FIFA 2010 World Cup. I will watch it again, at some point, and I would reccomment this title to the folks out there with 3d TV's that are hungry for content. It's a live action film, as opposed to the mostly CGI 3D movies that have been made in the last few years, so this is another bonus -getting to see real humans in 3D.
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Fairly happy with the 3D effects however, being a soccer fan, I thought the interviews dragged and was expecting to see more of the dramatic action. Teams like Chile, USA, and many others had VERY short clips, if any at all and some of the best goals of the tournament weren't even shown. The journalists being interviewed were in 3D but, they just sat in one setting and added very little to the overall excitement of the film.(very very boring). I would have liked to have seen more of the fanfare as well; and the dramatic "buildup" story was flat and felt rushed.Overall not very satisfied.
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Only english and german audio. NO SUBTITLESIt's only 720p and it's only 1:04 lenght, I would like more action soccer time.
The 3D view is spectacular.
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Unicamente audio en ingles y alemán. NO TIENE SUBTITULOS
La resolución es únicamente de 720p, dura solo 1:04, me hubiera gustado mas tiempo de partidos.
El 3D es impresionante.
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I was so excited to pop this into my new 3D TV......and WOW!The 3D effect was amazing! I felt like I was there! The feeling of immersion was great! The camera angle from behind the goal was great. Also the feeling of the pitch moving away from you....wow. The interviews were great, it was touching to hear Lucas Radebe talking about what it was like to be there in his country during the world cup. I just wish they had some behind the scenes footage of how it was all shot.
When it was done, I wanted more!
Not much out there to play on your new 3D TV.....this is a MUST HAVE!
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This is a soccer fan BD only. It has stunning images that only the ones who love this sport would aprecciate. The truth is that could be better because has a poor storyline while narrating the World Cup but the ones who followed the tournament will have no problems to remember everything and focus on the 3D images and highlights of the tournament.If you are looking for a BD which contains a lot of fotage of you national team this is not you best option, although if you what the best 3D shoots and moments of the 2010 FIFA World Cup then you're gona love it.
The best:
Best 3D
Pure soccer
The worst:
Few information 'bout the tournament
Barely no images of USA and England teams
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