Tommy (Blu-ray Review)

I've got 'Tommy;' who'll bring the baked beans, the pinball machine, and the hallucinogens?

That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball.

A boy is traumatized when he witnesses his father's death. He grows into a young man thought to be deaf, dumb,
and
blind, but when he discovers his talents at the controls of a pinball machine, he becomes a national treasure and
develops a cultish following. Talk about just pulling random story elements out of a hat. That story -- originally
realized as a Rock
Opera by The Who and released as their 1969 clas...

Video

Tommy debuts on Blu-ray with a strongly-realized 1080p transfer framed in the picture's original 1.85:1 aspect
ratio. Though it offers an ever-so-slightly faded appearance that's in-line with the usual look of 1970s pictures,
Tommy never wants for superior color reproduction. Most hues appear accurately rendered, though bright reds
do tend to look slightly exaggerated and stand out against the rest of the palette. Still, the image sports a wonderfully
film-like texture t...

Audio

Tommy's Blu-ray debut features two soundtracks: a "Quintaphonic" 5.0 mix and a more traditional DTS-HD
MA
5.1 presentation. For listeners unfamiliar with a Quintaphonic track, Sony has included an informative and detailed
writeup found on a two-sided leaflet located inside the Blu-ray case. The details are better left to the included
information, but what listeners need to know is that the Quintaphonic track retains the basic front left, center, front
right, back left, and bac...

Supplements

Supplements for Tommy include MovieIQ Connectivity; BD-Live functionality; and 1080p trailers for "The Pillars of the Earth", It Might Get Loud, and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus....

Final Words

Love it, hate it, or give it the old shoulder-shrug, viewers of any take cannot deny either the uniqueness of the picture or
the debate
that's sure to rage after a viewing of Tommy. Even 35 years after its release, Tommy still resonates as
a divisive,
structurally confused, but energetic and unique picture that plays with themes that are both easy to spot and buried too
far beneath the surface and too far beyond the music and trippy visuals to fully comprehend after one,......

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