![]() ![]() Flesh tones are natural and refined, much less pasty here compared to the Blu-ray. Black levels hold up well and appear fairly deep but couldĭarker. There's much more balance and a greater sense of color nuance and depth on the UHD. Brightly coloredĪgainst white Navy dress uniforms, bright blue skies, multicolored flags, and orange fireballs are appropriately rich and pop right off the screen, but ![]() The palette is firmer but doesn't sacrifice vitality. If anything, and as seems to be the case with the best of the UHD releases, The HDR color enhancements don't alter the movie's look in any way. Hard to tell where real stops and make-believe begins, and even with the added resolution the movie never betrays its wares. Evenĭigital elements shine the effects are so good it's To notice fine-point differences, and it features a close-up of his face and his Navy cover, too, both making for good comparative analysis. A good example is a close-up shot featuring Liam Neeson at the 15:12 mark. Uniforms, but there's still a noticeable uptick in raw clarity. Raised and more naturally dense and complex textures aren't quite the radical leap forward, such as various adornments on military Isn't quite as naturally organic as the best transfers on the market - there's still, maybe, a hint of smoothness or room for slight improvement - butĬomparison. Switching between the two formats and looking at various close-ups, there's no mistaking a greater density, depth, and general detail to skin. ![]() Skin textures are a very revealing differenceĪnd maybe the most stark contrast available between the competing releases. Details are much tighterĪnd more organic, and there are some real "wow" moments in a classic showdown between the two. Universal's 2160p/HDR-enhanced presentation finds a firmer, more organic picture thatīests even a considerably good Blu-ray by an honest, but not substantial, margin. Represents an honest improvement over the 1080p Blu-ray. Watch for 4K screenshots at a later date.īattleship was shot on film, and even considering that it was reportedly finished at 2K - making this an upscale to 4K - this UHD Note: The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc. Rework it and trim it by 45 minutes and chancesĪudiences, and maybe even critics, would like it a whole lot better.įor a much longer film review (and a slightly more critical take), please see the original review, penned by a different author, here. Ultimate exercises in frustration, one that can be thrilling one moment and infuriating the next. Too long at well over two hours but really quite engaging when it's on and doing what it does best, the movie is one of the The movie falls apart whenever the action isn't at its most frenzied and in the forefront, when Director Peter Berg ( Lone Survivor) fruitlessly tries to make the movie into something It's a rather slick affair when all is said and done, a decent little excuse to blow stuff up, show off digital effects, and make good use of the Is just an added gimmick, an extra little push to get audiences excited for a movie that boils down to the world's navies versus digitally constructedĪliens. In fact, any movie ever to feature dice could be said to be based on Yahtzee and every movie featuring money based on Monopoly. That means that any movie released since 1967 (the year Milton Bradley brought the game to mass market) andįeatures naval vessels in action could theoretically claim to be based "sink" their opponents by guessing the correct location, orientation, and size of each ship with a "shot"-per-turn gameplay - starts and stops inīoth feature naval vessels. ![]() How does it stack up against the original and technically acclaimed Blu-ray? Hint: this disc rocks.īattleship's connection to the game on which it is based - the popular game in which players place five plastic ships of different sizes on a If nothingĮlse, the material seems like a showcase for both, and the audio in particular. Universal has re-released the critically panned but reference quality technical dazzler 'Battleship' to the UHD format with a newĢ160p/HDR-enhanced picture presentation and an upgrade in sound with a DTS:X offering. Reviewed by Martin Liebman, January 23, 2017 ![]()
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