But that’s not something you can fairly blame the mix for! The Spider-Verse soundtrack’s density is so extreme, at times, that I could imagine some subtle effects and even some voices getting a little lost on relatively under-powered Atmos sound systems. This level of detail in the mix makes the mix thrilling without being tiring, slightly exposing the fatiguingly relentless nature of the recently reviewed Mortal Engines 4K Blu-ray Atmos mix. Photo: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios The difference in contrast impact of contrast rich shots like this between the HD Blu-ray and 4K. As the multi-dimensional ‘pulse’ runs through the city, for instance, the effect is supported by a dramatic mix effect so startling that it takes a few seconds to appreciate just how perfect it was. Almost, but never completely.Īll of the Atmos channels - including the height ones - are so imaginatively that it’s occasionally hard for your brain to keep up with the audio cues it’s being presented with. On the contrary, what makes the power so effective is that it’s used to unlock dense layers of effects, scoring and and sharp transitions with so much clarity that it’s almost overwhelming at times. The mix is not just about raw power, though. Be it a train hurtling through dimensions, those dimensions tearing at the fabric of the city, a massive explosion, one of Kingpin’s killer punches or one of the bass-heavy songs that punctuate the action, the Atmos mix delivers it with the sort of room-filling authority and power that passes through your guts and rattles your teeth. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’s (exclusive to the 4K Blu-ray) Dolby Atmos mix is as spectacular on your ears as its visuals are on your eyes.įor starters, it’s loud. While I’d have loved to see what Dolby Vision might have brought to the Spider-Verse, though, unlike the slightly lackluster picture of the recently reviewed Captain America: The First Avenger 4K Blu-ray, the Spider-Verse looks so gorgeous as it is on 4K Blu-ray that not buying it because it doesn’t have Dolby Vision would ultimately be cutting off your nose to spite your face. These add scene by scene information to the HDR data stream, helping TVs do a better job of rendering pictures - and it’s worth remembering that Sony/Marvel managed to deliver a nice Dolby Vision master on the 4K Blu-ray of Spider-Man: Homecoming. The intense sharpness and detail is delivered without any grain or noise either, making its impact all the more immediate.įor all its magnificence, there is one complaint to level at the Spider-Verse 4K Blu-ray release: its lack of support for either the Dolby Vision or HDR10+ dynamic HDR formats. It also increases your admiration even more for just how much work has gone into the film’s often layered, fast-changing backgrounds - especially during the final fight. It’s forensic, for instance, in the way it brings out every last trace of the beautiful cross hatch shading technique that give the film its unique look. Resplendent, too, is the 4K Blu-ray’s level of detail. The addition of HDR and wide color to the 4K Blu-ray of Spider-Verse delivers spectacle after.
The expanded dynamic range extends down to some beautifully rich, deep but also detail-packed black levels. It’s not just the brightness and color saturation that makes the 4K Blu-ray such a sight to behold, though. In other words, the HDR brightness actually makes colors feel more rather than less natural, and brings out more subtleties of tone and texture (leading to a more three-dimensional effect perfectly suited to the film’s ‘pencil-shaded’ style) rather than causing subtle details to be crushed or clipped away. Rather the intense brightness always feels like it’s at the service of the expanded color palette. Yet unlike some aggressively mastered 4K Blu-ray releases, the brightness never overwhelms or over-stretches any of the gorgeous use of color that’s really this release’s greatest suit. The brightest highlights, for instance, such as car headlights, daylight streaming through windows, gleams in the characters’ eyes, and the rampant kaleidoscope of colors cast off by Kingpin’s dimension rupturing machine all look phenomenally intense.Įven better, the average brightness level the image deploys is fantastically high - especially during the frenetic, dimension-crossing final showdown with Kingpin.
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