4K Ultra HD – AUS Edition – Disney – 143 min – December 15, 2021
Video format
• Intermediate Master: 2K
• Standard HDR: HDR10
• Ratio: 2.40
Soundtrack
• English Dolby Atmos
• French (Parisian) Dolby Digital Plus 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 – Hung the libustier sails!
As a child, Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter, saved from drowning Will Turner after her shipwreck. Years have passed, Will has become a blacksmith in Port Royal and Elizabeth is preparing to marry commodore Norrington. However, Elizabeth's life turned when Captain Barbossa and his pirate gang took her hostage. Jack Sparrow and Will Turner then boarded the Caribbean Sea to stop the pirate ship...
This superproduction of iodized adventures to the generous staging and gallery of rejoicing characters, which awakened the corsairs who slept in dry dock since the failure of Pirates Island, we enjoy a spectacle as spectacular as it is displacing (the landscapes and/or scenery are magnificent) whose figure of bow is the scapegoater Jack Sparrow, performed by a Johnny Depp who gives to heart joy. A great Hollywood saga was just born!
IMAGE – Deader than alive!
While we were right to expect an improved image clarity and an enchanting colorimetric spectrum, it is rather a curse « Disneyian » that we have to deal with since far from being fresh, it's Disney+'s UHD HDR10 master (made in the rush a few years ago to offer content on the platform) that is operated here!
Abusively filtered and away from the silver rendering that it should display (the film was captured in Super 35), the image suffers from the sequelae of a noise reducer. It's very simple, HD transfer is often more detailed. But that is not all, since a strengthening of the contours had the « good idea » to join the crew. As a result, it is harder and less pricked, it seems more artificial than before... Not to mention the remaining grain which, totally frozen, seems juxtaposed on the elements of the frame. As of course, it is « cracra » As soon as the camera is in motion.
And there's still « better », since in addition to the above-mentioned tripodlings, the HDR technology (sepia filter) dreads photography terribly. Much darker and duller than SDR encoding, it puts the primary (blue sky, the red tunic of the Royal Guard) and obscures the light sources (but where is the sun of the Caribbean?). So yes, the clouds are now more visible, but the Blu-ray remains largely above everything else.
SON – Plouf, in the water!
If she doesn't detract, the soundtrack « Dolby Atmouse » However, the « to approach in beautiful » the previous LPCM 5.1 runway. Because the extended spatial activity (the back effects are more present), the use (too discreet) of the aerial channels (small ambient sounds), the engagement of the score and the clarity of the dialogues cannot make forget its lack of enthusiasm (even with a « kicking » and excessive caution of bass (see Port Royal attack).
Better off than in the past, the VFF Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 (in place of the DD 5.1 mix) is more fully committed to the Caribbean Sea!
CONCLUSION – Arranged rum aged in wet hold?
Big disappointment with the work-attraction he accompanies, this 4K Ultra HD oriented by lazy sails in a croupy water! And no Captain Mickey, reuse « equipment » Disney+ for a physical release will not help you get hold of Cortès' treasure.
Artistic note
8
Video quality
3
Audio quality
7
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I have lost a little the taste of HC in recent years because of the incessant technical/marketing developments but am delighted to meet you on this site!
Apparently, this BR UHD follows the trend of recent years at Disney which was a reference to the arrival of the 1080p.
The use of dynamic audio compression is now a norm at home because we must take care of the ears of those who do not know how to search for the DRC function in their TV or player and complain about weak voices.
Propose in physical version an easy copy of a video encoding made for streaming and lower in many points 15-year-old BR had to dare. What a shame at the price of the cake!
Just a small digression to say that the industry totally loses the old enthusiast by multiplying HDR standards since the failure of 3D. The somewhat elitist side of the search for a perfectly calibrated audio-video channel has given way to the nit race (including in SDR...) and the bass box pushed to the bottom that will make the walls tremble without offering musicality.
Even the Dolby Vision that was supposed to block certain TV functions did not resist long to the taste of tuning and fluo grass.
Where are you following me? Anyway, thank you, it's always a pleasure. 🙂
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