Todd’s Movie Blog

I’m wondering if at 41, I’m too old to really enjoy Blu-Ray. Last week my wife, The Patient One, and I were at Blockbuster looking to rent something, I got The Incredible Hulk and she got The Other Boleyn Girl (naturally). While there we saw they were showing Men In Black on Blu-Ray. My first thought was, “Wow, I never realized how many zits Will Smith had.” My second thought was, “Man, Tommy Lee Jones looks older and more wrinkled than Clint Eastwood.” After that I noticed the three dimensional effect that the characters had in relation to the background was off putting when they moved. Lastly the camera panned for an action scene and I got a touch of vertigo from watching it and had to turn away. I’m not sure where this puts me. Am I just not used to the image on Blu-Ray and need time to adjust? Is being middle aged setting up a change in brain chemistry that makes it difficult to process the imagery? Or am I just weird? Whatever the case, it is doubtful that Blu-Ray will being purchased for my home this Christmas.