4K Ultra HD – US Edition – Universal Pictures – 126 min – May 22, 2018 (25th Anniversary Collection)
Video format
• Intermediate Master: 4K
• Standard HDR: HDR10
• Ratio: 1.85
Soundtrack
• English DTS:X
• French (Parisian) SDR 5.1
Subtitles
• English
• French
It is brought to the attention of our dear readers as well as the viewing equipment specified and used by each tester of the MaG team, the rendering may differ from one installation to another, whether or not it is calibrated, as well as personal preferences and expectations may influence the rating. Moreover, the images in the article are not representative of the edition tested.
WORK – Welcome to Jurassic Park
It was from a drop of blood absorbed by a fossilized mosquito that John Hammond and his team managed to reborn about ten species of dinosaurs. He is now preparing with the complicity of renowned paleontologist Dr Alan Grant and his friend Ellie to open the world's largest theme park...
Almost thirty years from its first release on our screens, this adaptation of a novel by Michael Crichton remains an adventure cinema monument including the extraordinary pitch, the thoroughness of the staging, the magic of the tricks, the visual slamming of many sequences, the enchantment felt before the appearance of the first dinosaurs, the good old terror and the talent of the actors did not take a ride. A true classic that continues (and will continue) to mark with its claw the spectators and the 7th art.
IMAGE – The great illusion
If the chill is there, it is not for dinosaurs but because of many plans showing signs of a noise reducing device (but where is the silver grain?). And that's a shame, since the improvement is often noticeable vis-à-vis the 2011 Blu-ray.
The colours are more saturated (reds and greens) and therefore less washed even though preserving the questionable calibration (without the excess yellow for a healthier carnation) of the 3D conversion, the contrasts are more balanced (scrambled whites and black clogged are ancient history) and the lightings that are brighter benefit from a much better clasping of the high lights.
But here, between the details that have been chewed (!) and the absence of a 4K restoration worthy of this name (Universal not having gone back from the original negative to produce this new master), visible from the presence of some dust parasites, it is the disappointment that prevails.
SON – You didn't say the magic word!
The natural nature of the dialogues, the engagement of the score, the spatialisation of the ambient effects, the activity of the airspace (the rotors of the helicopter or the roarings of the T-Rex) and the depth of the serious present on the VO DTS:X, bury the frailst VF, less powerful and immersive despite its aggressiveness and the great presence of the surrounds. Roaring for pleasure!
CONCLUSION – Life always finds a way
While he revolutionized cinema in 1993, he founded the franchise to dinos (of the Jurassic) has been rewarded for its 25th anniversary of a 4K Ultra HD edition well below the capabilities of the support (see its visual performances). And no, the publisher didn't spend without counting!
Artistic note
8.5
Video quality
6
Audio quality
9.5
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