Source France | Publisher : 20th Century | Release date : 25 September 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
It is brought to the attention of our dear readers that, in addition to the specified and used viewing equipment, the rendering may differ from one installation to another, whether or not it is calibrated, as well as personal preferences and expectations may influence notation. In addition, the images (extracts from Patreon's DigitalCinema and Matt Paprocki) serve as an illustration and cannot be considered representative of the edition tested.
Test equipment and condition (Config. HP: 5.1.4)
Video broadcaster : Sony Bravia XR-65A95L (Professional HDR)
Sources : Oppo UDP-203 Audiocom Reference | Zappiti Reference
Pregnant : Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Max (Dolby Atmos | Dolby Surround), SVS SB-4000
WORK - The Arch of Noa
Several generations after Caesar's reign, the monkeys definitely took power. Humans, on the other hand, have regressed to the wild state and live in retreat. As a new tyrannical leader gradually builds his empire, a young monkey embarks on a perilous journey that will lead him to question everything he knows about the past...
At the crossroads of heritage and renewal, this initiatory journey that digs the lore of The Planet of Monkeys continues to wonder about the difficulties of living together as myths and beliefs (often misappropriated) mix with them. And even if the emotion is less palpable than with Caesar, this great adventure film multiplys the adventures in front of the agile camera of Wes Ball (trilogy The Labyrinth) brings a new breath to the franchise.
« During their reign, humans were able to do great things. They could fly like eagles. They could talk beyond the oceans. But today is our reign... »
IMAGE - Towards new horizons
This digital capture (up to 12K when using the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro) finalized in 4K reaches us in a very beautiful transfer UHD HDR10. And despite a slightly fair bitrate (an average of only 42 Mbps), compression is never visible.
Completely grainless or almost (a tiny ciné texture operates), this image where the CGIs* pass admirably well displays a precision of all the moments (the vast expanses where Mother Nature has taken over her rights over the remains of human civilization) thanks to frankly intriguing details (cf. the facial expressions of the primates) and to a definition now at all costs a high level of sharpness (furs, forest environments). Whether it's in close-up plans or in large plans, the depth is at hand.
* Created by more than 1000 artists in studios FX (Avatar, King Kong of 2005, Alita, etc.), sometimes composed from motion capture, for a very bluffing result of realism (knowing that there are only 38 plans not having been used) whose tasks have been optimized by AI. Like, she can be an ally when well exploited!
The natural colorimetric palette, consisting of two distinct predominances (greens and browns in the first two parts, blues and greys in the last act), feeds on the WCG to promote the abundance of greenery, the fergue (canalize) of the primary (blue sky, red banners) and the health of the carnation (warmer hair).
As for HDR technology, in addition to adding brightness to light sources (electric sticks, daylight, flamed torches) and readability to darkness (more discernable shadows), it better crushes high luminance (clouds, foam). Contrast management is in fact much better, with blacks at increased depth and whites with immaculate purity. MaxCLL was measured at 834 nits and Peak Nits at 281 cd/m2.
What a Wonderful Day!
Perfectly balanced and swept away by the incessant noises of nature (the fauna and flora), the VO Dolby Atmos (24-bit, 4709 kbps) uses all the channels at its disposal to embark on this journey enlivened in unknown lands.
La dynamique est costaude (l’attaque du village du clan des aigles, la chasse à l’homme), les effets comme les ambiances abondent dans l’espace acoustique de par une façade arrière vivace (le souffle du vent, l’écoulement plus ou moins violent des cours d’eau) et une verticalité animée (les rapaces, le bruissement des feuilles, les chutes de roches), le score élégiaque de John Paesano est sacrément spacieux (dommage alors qu’il soit tristement oubliable alors même qu’il se veut un hommage à la partition orchestrale de l’inévitable Jerry Goldsmith), les dialogues sont délivrés avec une belle clarté et le canal LFE, explosif lors des scènes d’action, déclenche son soutien physique avec ce qu’il faut de mordant (les vagues s’écrasant sur le rivage, le coup de feu, les eaux déchaînées s’infiltrant dans le bunker).
Moins aérée et plus plate dans son rendu, la VF Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 (1024 kbps) s’en sort néanmoins avec les honneurs. Le doublage, plutôt qualitatif, n’empiète pas sur le mixage original.
CONCLUSION - Malin comme un singe ?
Dixième itération de la célèbre et prolifique saga post-« ape »calyptique, ce New Kingdom au photoréalisme toujours plus poussé façonne sur les ruines d’une époque révolue une dystopie où le savoir, en partie égaré, s’érige pourtant en meneur. Et alors qu’il va influencer le cours de l’Histoire, un nouvel affrontement (par défiance de l’esclavage et de la mort) semble inévitable… Une odyssée simiesque sauvage et philosophe que le 4K Ultra HD (des prestations A/V à qui il est inutile d’apprendre à faire des grimaces) caresse dans le sens du poil !
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