Michael Jordan to the Max Blu-Ray Review
Michael Jordan to the Max Blu-Ray Review
SoHood.com Reviewed by: Josh Bowman
Movie Rating: 4 out of 5
Extras Rating: 5 out of 5
Overview: The spectacular documentary which debuted in IMAX theaters in 2000, features a rare glimpse of the legendary Jordan as he leads the Chicago Bulls to their sixth NBA Championship title.
Review: It’s been a while since I’ve watched any basketball since the greatest basketball player that eve lived stepped off the court. As soon as I got my review copy of the Michael Jordan to the Max, I inserted the disc into my Blu-Ray player and I relived some moments that brought back moments. I remember them well cause I lived out in Chicago before moving out here in New York. I went to several playoff games during the Bulls Championship runs.
The narration is done by Laurence Fishburne. The documentary runs a little under an hour. It features some awesome footage in High Definition. You get to see Michael discuss some of his high and low points in his career. There’s some exclusive footage of Phil Jackson during shoot around practice of him taking shots with the team. As we all know Phil Jackson never allowed any press to film during his closed out team practices. We get to hear people who knew Michael from his High School and College years.
There’s not much new information that a lot of Jordan fans don’t already know that was said in this documentary but it was shot beautifully and well done.
The Good: A honest behind the scenes look into the greatest basketball player that ever lived Michael Jordan
The Bad: Key voices from the Bulls team are conspicuously absent, including Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and Ron Harper.
Stand out Quote from the film:
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed” - Michael Jordan
The specific aspects of the Audio and visuals for the Michael Jordan to the Max Blu-Ray Disc:
The picture quality on this is Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC. Video resolution: 1080p, Aspect ratio: 2.35:1, Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1 and the Audio on this Blu-ray is DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. (A+ across the board, everything sounded fine and looked amazing on screen.)
Michael Jordan to the Max ‘s Blu-ray Bonus Features:
-Behind the Scenes Featurette: An in-depth look at how they created the opening green screen sequence of Jordan exploding to the basket and dunking. W get to see how involved Jordan was with this film project as he looks on with the iMax people during the film production process.
-Bullet Time “Slam Dunk”: A bit of the same regarding the computer generated artwork for the opening green screen sequence of Jordan dunking.
-Michael Jordan Stats: Playoff and regular season statistics for MJ.
About the Film
