Blu-ray Review : Justice League
Justice League
Warner Bros 2017
PG13 | 2hrs | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
Starring: Ben Affleck | Gal Gadot | Jason Momoa | Henry Cavill | Ezra Miller | Amy Adams
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Ratings & Reviews
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My ratings are simple being marked out of a maximum of 5+. My reviews are biased towards the technical production aspects of the film with brief comments about the story line. Extras, sorry, that’s just not my ‘bag’.
Not having 4K or Immersive audio yet, what did the 1080P24 version look like? Very good, with a solid 7.1 mix.
Entertainment: 5
Video: 5-
Audio: 4+
Technical Review – HD Blu-ray
Justice League was filmed in 4-perf Super35, and completed on a digital intermediate at 2K, from which the 1080p master for Warner’s AVC-encoded Blu-ray was derived. It was finished as a 2K digital intermediate, the result is presented in a 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio. The image is sharply detailed, showing light occasional film grain, and captures the finest details from the actors faces and skin texture to each League members elaborately detailed costume.
Colors are rich and well saturated with plenty of warmth and pop from the greens of the cornfields, the blues of Aquaman’s underworld kingdom, Flashes brilliant lightning to the ” fire” surrounding Steppenwolf. Blacks were very good and together with the bright highlights created good contrast and depth. Not quite a refence quality image but very close. All facial close-ups were excellent showing fine details, together with excellent flesh and natural skin tones.
For some reason warner provides a Dolby Atmos, and redundant Dolby TrueHD 7.1 and DTS-HD MA 5.1 mixes. Wasting bits that should be given to the video encode. The Dolby TrueHD audio mix was again almost reference quality, with plenty of dynamics, powerful low frequency effects with plenty of punch and extension, together with some nicely panned effects. All surrounds saw plenty of action from the ambience of the various environments, the panned swarming insect men, to the arrivals of Steppenwolf (Ciaran Hinds) via his energy vortex, and of course, Wonder Woman’s (Gal Gadot) explosive leaps. Dialog was clear and well imaged at all times together with a music soundtrack that fully supported the films action.
Story Overview
With Superman now dead, the world has lost its primary defense. With Batman feeling guilty over his death and the arrival of an ancient evil, Steppenwolf, it’s time for the team to come together. Bruce Wayne and Wonder Woman Diana Prince, quickly join forces, and bring on board Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash. Can this team defeat Steppenwolf and the three ‘mother boxes’ that form the Unity, and stop him from destroying the world? Or will they need some special help from beyond the grave?
Taking the movie at face value, it was entraining, had some light and witty moments, looked and sounded great, and is on my list of movies to watch again. Especially as I have just installed my new JVC DLA-RS640 4K projector.
