4K Ultra HD – Edition FR – Universal Pictures – 147 min ( cinema version) / 161 min (long version) – 19 October 2022
Video format
• Intermediate Master: 4K
• Standard HDR: Dolby Vision
• Ratio: 2.00
Soundtrack
• English DTS:X
• French DTS-HD HR 7.1
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 – Cretaceous Cretins
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs are now part of the daily life of all humanity. A fragile balance that will challenge the domination of the human species now that it must share its space with the fiercest creatures that history has ever known.
Torching with the promise made at the end of Fallen Kingdom and metastasized by the worst tares of the Hollywood blockbuster today, this Jurassic Portnawak that begins as a Fast & Furious driven by James Bond before manoeuvring to a stupid remake of the Part one « Boosted » to the dishonest fan-service, is a cinematic mess where dinosaurs, very badly exploited and as frightening as a Chihuahua at a Chanel parade, do nothing but figurative (while they are numerous) in an absurd mountain.
The intrigue is off-topic, the screenplay facilities as big as an Indominus Rex doped with growth hormone, the flat staging as possible, the indigent rhythm, the scenes of action in autopilot, the characterization of absent characters (the old ones have not evolved in almost 30 years), the actors at the pick-up (poor Jeff Goldblum), the suspense and tension in the process of extinction, the cult scenes imagined by Spielberg singed without an ounce of talent and worse than anything, knowing that the film is based only on them, the quality of the regularly defective special effects (between inlays and blurred textures).
Disenchanted and disincarnated, this patchwork badly jerked from the saga is a scam where emptiness and stupidity triumph over everything else. Too old for this shit? Maybe!
IMAGE – Trevorrow Land
Apart from unhomogeneous artistic choices (I'll come back to it), this overall cinematic image is baffled by a UHD Dolby Vision transfer impossible to blame.
The granular texture (when present) is of greater finesse than in HD, the details (even if variable according to the sequences) are much more precise (the pores of the skin, the wicks of the hair, the cloths of clothing, the breastplate of the dinosaurs, the different elements of the frame), the surprisingly cold colorimetric palette (snowy climates) better saturate its primary and other secondary (amber hues are more pronounced there), the contrast values are better set (deeper shades and raised whites) and the light sources benefit from better vibrance (heat of flames, glare of the headlights of motor vehicles, reverberation on the albuginous expanses, raw lighting of the labs).
Only here, having mobilized three silver formats (65 mm, VistaVision and 35 mm) and one digital (in 8K), John Schwartzman's photograph is too changing over time. Sometimes clinical or textured, sometimes pricked at times soft, these changes regularly come out of the projection. Moreover, the scene in the caves (the only passage to have been captured in digital) has a direct-to-video rendering that swears with the rest. For harmony, we'll come back!
SON – Gouzi gouzi gouzi
Benefiting from a fiery LFE channel and vehement dynamics, the VO DTS:X is a most physical soundtrack charged with effects and/or atmospheres of all kinds.
Bruyante and demonstrative, it provides food for all the speakers with superior spatialization. The rear scene is gluttonous, the fronts broad (while preserving the clarity of the dialogues) and the verticality of the exemplary sound (the swarm of locusts, the roaring of the T-Rex and the Giganotosaurus, the appearance of the Parasaurolophus, the announcements in the speakers).
Even if less memorable, the expansive and roaring VF DTS-HD HR 7.1 provides a very wide range of... So disappointing/raty (the choice belongs to you) be it!
CONCLUSION – A free fall franchise...
Definitely lost in the Cretaceous of nullity, the last episode (?) of the great saga Jurassic is a severe disappointment. His jaws are therefore far too putrefied for the A/V qualities of the present 4K Ultra HD to act on his DNA!
Artistic note
3.5
Video quality
9
Audio quality
10
0
Subscribe
Connection
0 Remarks
oldest
