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Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.
Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Annette BeningAdventure | 100% |
Action | 99% |
Comic book | 86% |
Fantasy | 75% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Captain Marvel's origins story has a lot riding on it, coming hot off the heels of Avengers: Infinity War when the title character was paged to come save the universe from a particularly nasty bout of mass extinction. Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck give the character in this film an appropriate, if not somewhat routine, introduction en route to her part in Avengers: Endgame, this film being a necessary point of entry to establish the character's story, powers, and the possibilities that come with her. The retro origins story travels back about 25 years and folds in several characters and concepts that further ties the Marvel Cinematic Universe together, making it one of the earliest chronologically and most critical for the here-and-now.
Captain Marvel's 1080p Blu-ray presentation satisfies modern demands. The digital source photography is clear and clean. Noise is kept in check and usually only appears in light quantities in lower light situations. The image reveals no encoding issues or source shortcomings to interfere with the presentation. Core detailing is quite nice. The Blu-ray capably reveals the alien makeup effects, the Kree costumes, and human attire with a fine level of revelatory clarity. Faces appear firmly defined and accurate, showcasing essential pores, hairs, wounds, and other details with commendable, distinctive ease. Dense urban areas around Los Angeles are likewise sharp and revealing, while complex military facilities, for example, showcase fine details and maintain sharpness from corner to corner. Colors are pleasing, finding a tonal neutrality that allows brighter shades to pop and lesser hues to support as necessary. The movie is not unusually colorful but various electronic readouts, superpowers (photon blasts), costumes, locales, and the like enjoy balanced, accurate color reproductions. Skin tones appear true to actor complexion and black levels are stable and never appear to overtly crush out details or, on the other end of the spectrum, needlessly lighten. This is a good quality Blu-ray image from Disney, presenting just as expected from beginning to end.
The included DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 lossless soundtrack is yet another low volume output Disney offering. Adjusting it upwards several decibels from standard calibrated reference levels yields a fairly stout and enjoyable listen with no shortage of surround and subwoofer activity, though the latter feels a little stymied from time to time. Indeed, there are moments of prodigious bass, often accompanying Vers' photon blasts, but there are times -- even with those same photon blasts, such as in chapter eight when she rescues Fury from a Skrull in disguise -- when the low end can't quite come up with the rumble and depth a moment deserves. The track is otherwise zippy and fun, taking full advantage of the channels at its disposal, throwing sounds around with impressive verve and stamina, including both discrete effects and those which effortlessly traverse the listening area with perfect match to the on-screen action. One of the most interesting sonic elements comes in chapter three when big, airy voices emanate from all over the stage, as Vers' memories are being probed by a handful of Skrull captors. There are other satisfying one-off effects, such as a bank of lights which power on from front to back in chapter seven. Environmental support elements are nicely detailed and precisely located, giving scenes that require them the necessary sonic boost to draw the listener into any of several unique locales. Music is energetic and detailed, whether considering orchestral score our popular 90s beats. The former is more at home across the front while the latter finds a bit more swerve around the entire stage. Dialogue is detailed, well prioritized, and finds and maintains natural clarity for the duration.
Captain Marvel's Blu-ray includes several featurettes, a commentary track, deleted scenes, and a gag reel. A
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Perhaps the most pressing question answered in Captain Marvel is the origin of Nick Fury's eyepatch, which is revealed in one of the film's best scenes. The movie is mostly a two-hour build-up to explaining the end moments of Avengers: Infinity War. Captain Marvel is a good movie, perhaps a little unimaginative in terms of narrative development and story execution, but the film fills in some critical backstory for the character, and beyond, and paves the road for a future where the title character is to play a big role in upcoming Marvel movies. Disney's Blu-ray delivers the expectedly healthy video, the expectedly volume-challenged but otherwise good audio, and a fairly robust package of supplements. Highly recommended.
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