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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 2:13 am Post subject: X-Men: Days of Future Past |
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
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| Quote: | 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' proves to be one of the best films in the franchise, brilliantly blending past and future into an epic story full of action and comic book thrills. The video transfer and audio mix are both fantastic, offering an immersive technical presentation. Supplements are also very solid, with a few worthwhile featurettes and deleted scenes. With that said, we already know that an Extended Cut double dip is likely on the way next year, so buyers should definitely take that into consideration. Still, it's unclear if this theatrical version will also be included on that release, and judged on its own merits, this is a great disc for one of the summer's best films. Highly recommended.
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
The movie is provided with a 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 transfer in the 2.40:1 aspect ratio. Primarily shot on Arri's Alexa line of digital cameras, this is an exceptional looking picture, offering great clarity and dimension.
The digital source is mostly clean and pristine, but there are occasional spikes of grain-like noise in certain scenes and natural grain in a few 8mm and 16mm shots. The image offers a great sense of fine detail, highlighting every whisker on Wolverine's face and the picture carries a pleasing sense of depth. The future post-apocalyptic scenes feature an appropriately gloomy aesthetic with somber blues and greys. In contrast, the 1970s scenes offer a lot more pop and a slightly retro palette, playing up the time period. Whites are bright without clipping and blacks are deep and inky while maintaining good shadow delineation. While the majority of the presentation is free from any pesky digital artifacts, I did notice some very minor banding/compression in dark portions of the screen during the movie's opening scenes.
Nicely detailed and free from any major technical issues, this is a very impressive transfer, bringing the X-Men, past and future, back to the screen in style.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
The film is presented with an English DTS-HD MA 7.1 mix along with a Spanish and French Dolby Digital 5.1 mix. Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles are also included. Spacious, nuanced, and bombastic when it needs to be, this is a powerful and enveloping track.
Dialogue is clear and crisp throughout, with no balance or technical issues to report. The soundstage is wide and full of both subtle and aggressive texture, spreading general ambiance and sci-fi effects around the room with natural imaging. The film's various action set pieces end up being the most impressive aspects of the audio, and the Sentinels and various mutant powers lead to some really cool sound design choices. Shifting portals, freezing ice, burning flames, blazing bullets, and Wolverine's trademark "Snikt!" all come through with commanding presence and directionality. Voices are also spread throughout the speakers when called for, including some particularly immersive moments involving Professor X and Quicksilver's powers. Dynamic range is wide and distortion free, and bass activity is deep and seamless, adding a powerful low frequency jolt to all of the action.
Immersive and nicely layered, this is a terrific audio presentation, giving comic book fans a new demo worthy disc to show off their surround sound setup. |
Kal
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