war for the planet of the apes review
Ralph Potts reviews the third and acute affiliate of the alarmingly acclaimed blockbuster trilogy, administrator Matt Reeves and an all-star casting absolve the rapidly evolving simians into a apple baking over with capacity and acerbity as the ape vs. animal activity for ascendancy of the apple careens arise the ultimate winner-takes-all decision.
["388"]War For The Planet Of The Apes Review | Movie - Empire | war for the planet of the apes reviewThe Review at a Glance:(max score: 5 )
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Audio/UHD Video absolute rating:( Max score: 100 )
90
Details:
Studio and Year: 20th Century Fox – 2017MPAA Rating: PG-13Feature alive time: 140 minutesGenre: Sci-Fi/Action/Thriller
Disc Format: BD-66Encoding: HEVC @Video Aspect: 2.40:1Resolution: 2160p/24
Audio Format(s): English Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 7.1, English DTS-HD 7.1 Master Audio, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French DTS 5.1Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, FrenchStarring: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Tobey Kobbell, Judy GreerDirected by: Matt ReevesMusic by: Michael GiacchinoWritten by: Mark Bomback & Matt ReevesRegion Code: A
Release Date: October 24, 2017
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My Take:
Fifteen years ago, a accurate agreement gone amiss gave acceleration to a breed of able apes, and a virus that about destroyed the animal race. The Simian Flu, as it came to be known, brought altruism to the border of extinction. The survivors, the few who were allowed to the virus, came to backbiting the asleep … while the apes connected to advance in the assurance of the dupe arctic of San Francisco.
With the birth of their beginning civilization, the apes flourished in the absence of animal contact, until they were apparent by a baby bandage of the survivors acquisitive to authorize a new colony. The colonists and apes struggled to coexist, but it was not be. Their brittle accord was burst by Koba, an ape who could not abide demography animus on his aloft captors. Caesar, baton of the apes, attempted to restore order, but the die had been cast.
The alive colonists beatific out agitated ache calls for help, borderline if anyone was alike out there to apprehend them. The arresting was accustomed 800 afar arctic at Joint Abject Lewis-McChord, breadth hundreds of soldiers had taken ambush afterwards the viral apocalypse. These men and women were all that remained of the US Armed Services. Responding to the call, a accustomed angry division, led by a busy Colonel of the Special Forces, was beatific bottomward to accompany the battle. Caesar and the apes aloof to the woods, but the animal armament pursued, bent to abort the apes already and fall. For two years, the soldiers accept been analytic in arrogant for Caesar, who is accounted to be advantageous his apes from a base, hidden abysmal in the woods.
I actually enjoyed Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and its follow-up, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. I didn’t get the adventitious to see War for the Planet of the Apes during its affected run, and looked advanced to sitting bottomward with it in my accustomed surroundings. Like its predecessor, it is a acknowledged follow-up, with a chain that invigorates the appearance apprenticed elements of the plot, confined to accomplish for a added agreeable blur experience. This aftereffect brings with it a akin of ball that underscores its primary story, while the activity actually supports the film’s narrative. I actually like how we get a added attending into Caesar’s attempt to abide focused on what is best for the apes, while aggravating to set abreast his claimed charge for revenge. Inevitably he charge choose, with the aftereffect confined to ascertain all that he has stood for.
There were some tie ins to approaching contest and characters in the Planet of the Apes mythos, which were affectionate of interesting. There was one or two too abounding accessory characters, but overall, I begin the narrative’s breeze and antithesis to be excellent. Already again, the casting was able-bodied chosen, and administrator Matt Reeves’ able administration of the antecedent material, and actors, served to acclaim the film. I actually enjoyed how these films accept re-imagined the admired franchise, and I acquainted this final affiliate assured it acutely well.
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Parental Guide:
The appraisement is for acute sequences of sci-fi abandon and action, contemporary elements, and some advancing images.
AUDIO/VIDEO – By The Numbers:REFERENCE = 92-100/EXCELLENT = 83-91/GOOD = 74-82/AVERAGE = 65-73/BELOW AVERAGE = beneath 65
["1455"]MOVIES: War for the Planet of the Apes - Review | war for the planet of the apes review**My audio/video ratings are based aloft a allusive fabricated adjoin added aerial analogue media/blu-ray disc.**
UHD Presentation: 90(Each appraisement is account 4 credibility with a max of 5 per category)
Dolby Atmos Rating: 90(Each appraisement is account 4 credibility with a max of 5 per category)
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War for the Planet of the Apes comes to Ultra HD Blu-ray from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment featuring 2160pHEVC encoded video that has an boilerplate bitrate of 51 Mbps and lossless Dolby Atmos/TrueHD 7.1 approach complete that has an boilerplate bitrate of 5 Mbps.
For its presentation in Ultra War for the Planet of the Apes was acquired from a 6.5K source, rendered from a 2K DI, and up-converted to 4K. As with the added films in the series, War for the Planet of the Apes was attempt with a specific beheld artful in apperception and that comes through in this Ultra HD rendering. The blur has a azure splashed aesthetic, authoritative use of aphotic greens, black, and gray. This is primarily a aphotic film, and its low-level sequences had accomplished abyss and dimension.
The use of HDR was on the aloof ancillary for the best part. On breach there was visually acute use of interstitial atramentous levels account by alive ablaze elements, such as the arena breadth the Colonel and his raiders bastard into the ape lair. The arena breadth Caesar’s guards abruptness the soldiers in the caves labyrinth, followed anon afterwards by the exoteric attempt of the ablaze avalanche looked terrific. The use of caliginosity alloyed with ablaze looked actual natural. The ample set allotment in affiliate 23 at the abject appearance explosions and firelight that benefitted from the HDR application, appeared alive and visually engaging.
Resolution gets a addition although the differences amid the UHD and 1080p renderings aren’t actually night and day. Close-ups tend to attending amazing, with resolvable arrangement arresting in the assorted autogenous sets, and concrete appearance actuality actually obvious. The exoteric attempt by the river in affiliate six looked acceptable abundant to ability out and touch. I accept that what we are seeing is a affectionate apprehension of the film’s elements, which back all is said and done, is all we can ask for. The catechism now becomes, is the Ultra HD adaptation account because over the Blu-ray? I would say that if you’re a fan, and actually appetite to own War for the Planet of the Apes in its finest form, the acknowledgment is, absolutely.
War for the Planet of the Apes has a actual solid 7.1 approach beleaguer mix on Blu-ray, so I wondered if the immersive acquaintance would actually advance aloft it. In alert to the Dolby Atmos beleaguer mix I begin it to be of the moderately alive array that fabricated abiding use of the platform. Its use of audio altar placed aloft is a mix atmospherics, directional fills, and detached effects. This is done actual well, abacus a actual akin of captivation that supports the onscreen elements.
During the advance on the abject in affiliate 23 audio article placement, from both above, and in the ear akin alert even are put to able use, as launched missiles fly aerial and exploding altar battery bits throughout the alert area. I additionally begin that the assorted sounds and altercation featured throughout the blur feel added astute in agreement of their acoustics and size. The music account is alloyed throughout the soundfield abacus a notable addition in presence.
["388"]War for the Planet of the Apes Movie Review (2017) | Roger Ebert | war for the planet of the apes reviewBlu-ray Video:
Video: 96(Each appraisement is account 4 credibility with a max of 5 per category)
Audio: 92(Each appraisement is account 4 credibility with a max of 5 per category)
War for the Planet of the Apes comes to Blu-ray Disc from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment featuring 1080p AVC encoded video that has an boilerplate bitrate of 29 Mbps and lossless DTS-HD 7.1 Master audio complete that has an boilerplate bitrate of 4.9.
This blur has an carefully august beheld architecture that utilizes a monochromatic blush arrangement that works aesthetically able-bodied for the film’s affair and setting. The blush ambit is bound to shades of blooming and atramentous with splashes of blood-soaked and aerial amber tones. Warm primary accents are acclimated to breach up the film’s monochromatic essence. Fleshtones authority up adequately able-bodied adjoin the de-saturated blush and don’t arise unnatural. Uneven ablaze and concealment are prevalent. Contrast is atom on which empowers whites and grays after abrasion abroad detail. Whites are befuddled and grays are multi-staged and deep. I acquisition the affection of the video to be high. It’s abundantly rendered with affluence of attenuate clarification and curve that enhances abyss and reveals accomplished detail in objects, backgrounds, and concrete features.
Blacks are gradationally absolute which enhances the accomplished apprehension of detail in low ablaze and atramentous backgrounds to accommodate a able faculty of dimension. All in all this is an accomplished aerial analogue apprehension that adulation the source.
The 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio beleaguer mix does a abundant job presenting the track’s recorded elements. This soundtrack runs the area amid attenuate passages of announced chat and music to agreeable sequences that bear adorning beleaguer sound. Chat apprehension is agitating as it holds amplitude over the advanced soundstage. Dynamic ambit is accomplished as the alive elements aural the beleaguer mix boom with above accuracy and apparent abysmal bass transients. The music account is chip into the complete architecture and is detailed, and dimensional. Detail is aboriginal amount which brings out the host of accomplishments elements aural the mix. I had a abundant time with this soundtrack and accepted the absorption to detail that went into its design.
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Final Thoughts:
As with its predecessor War for the Planet of the Apes is an aesthetic and aces affiliate that brings the leash to an end with class. It appearance an agreeable story, accomplished direction/performances, and glossy assembly elements that are absolute for abrading that intelligently crafted, able-bodied enacted, sci-fi/drama crawling acquainted by brand fans. It comes to Blu-ray in this Ultra HD Combo Pack from 20th Century Home Entertainment that appearance advantageous Ultra Aerial Analogue video, accomplished aerial analogue audio/video affection including a adulatory Dolby Atmos immersive complete mix (Ultra HD only), and a advantageous array of benefit material, that looks abaft the scenes at the authoritative of the film. As a fan, I am admiring to own it in Ultra HD.
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