8.6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
For the first time ever, the greatest story ever told is being presented as a multi-season show. Digging deeper into the backstories and context of the people and events of the gospels, the #1 highest crowd-funded media project of all time introduces you to people such as Simon Peter, Nicodemus, Mary Magdalene, Matthew, and of course, Jesus in a way never before seen on film.
Starring: Jonathan Roumie, Shahar Isaac, Elizabeth Tabish, Janis Dardaris, Erick AvariHistory | 100% |
Period | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.00:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.00:1
English: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (192 kbps)
English
Blu-ray Disc
Three-disc set (3 BDs)
Region free
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Early in season three of the hit TV show The Chosen, Jesus says that to be His disciple means to have a heart to "seek to be like Me." That is The Chosen, in a nutshell. Creator Dallas Jenkins' smash hit show continues to build the story of Jesus and His twelve disciples, exploring His biblical teachings and healings while adding faithfully extrapolated color to the proceedings. As with seasons one and two, season three furthers the story beyond the pages of the Bible, but it fills in the story by reading between the lines and never outside the lines. Season three hits several of the highlights from the gospels, including a culminating season finale that reproduces one of the great moments in the Bible in visually and emotionally riveting realization and detail.
Like its season one and two predecessors, there are a couple of troubling issues with the 1080p Blu-ray presentation of The Chosen, but reduced here. The flagrant banding and macroblocking which were seen on previous seasons is still here, but not in quite the density and regularity as seen in previous issues. While there are moments of extreme compression artifacts visible across backgrounds, especially in lower light, such seem reduced in frequency here. The image seems to handle compression better (and it should with eight episodes, no extras, and lossy audio spread across three discs) and the result is a much more consistently pleasing image in the aggregate. The picture is very film-like, boasting excellent stability in the foreground and a tangibly sharp and accurate presentation that brings tremendous life to dense facial hair, complex skin detail, the roughhewn period attire, and the stone and wood structures that are one of two dominant settings and backgrounds throughout the show. The other dominant setting is exterior locales where tall weeds, grasses, sand, and rocks present with impressive clarity and structural stability. Color output is excellent. Interiors are necessarily low light -- candles and natural sunlight, not electric lights or bright and vivid paints, are the primary feature -- but still handle select colors very well, while low light and nighttime interior shadow details likewise satisfy in most places. Black crush is rarely an issue, and pale blacks are likewise rarely an issue. Outside, there is much more opportunity for vivid color splash on clothes and natural greens. The black robes the Pharisees wear are also deep and pure. Skin tones looks healthy and realistic. This is a very good overall image.
The included Dolby Digital 5.1 lossy soundtrack suitably, and oftentimes admirably, handles the show's sonic needs. Much of those needs are defined by various levels of crowd din and local flavor sound elements. Packed throngs of crowds surrounding Jesus, such as when he goes to heal Jairus' daughter and along the way encounters the woman with the bleeding disorder, offer excellent spatial awareness and immersion with excellent clarity and a lifelike sense of audio transparency, admirable for a lossy presentation. Lighter din in support of quieter dialogue scenes is also nicely immersive and realistically detailed. Certainly, a lossless option, not to mention more channels at its disposal, would have only amplified the impact of such elements, but the net impact is just fine. The season finale offers some robust audio cues that push the soundtrack to its limits for engagement, immersion, and detail in chaotic, stormy weather. Musical engagement satisfies with fine volume and good yield, especially along the front but also considering some modest surround implementation. The opening title music is nicely defined and well spaced. Dialogue is the main sonic driver here, though, and it presents with excellent front-centered position, fine prioritization even amidst those large crowd shots and scenes, and plays with excellent, lifelike clarity with every syllable.
This Blu-ray release of The Chosen: Season Three contains no supplements on any of the three Blu-ray discs. The packaging does advertise supplements available on The Chosen app. No DVD or digital copies are included with purchase. This release does not ship with a slipcover.
The Chosen continues to push forward through the story of Jesus and His disciples with a sense of realism that holds to biblical truths while also coloring in some of the details that are not present in the Bible. That is the chief dispute behind the show -- adding additional, extra-biblical content -- and one of the driving factors that propel the detractors. However, it's also one of the qualities that are drawing people to the show. It would be nice to see a cut of the show that is strictly the scenes presenting the biblical accounts rather than the biblical accounts mixed with the constructed content: something for The Chosen to consider at the show's end of run. Still, it's an engaging foray into the world of 2,000 years ago, holding to a faithful biblical core while also exploring contextual possibilities for the days of Jesus' life not recorded in the Word of God. Season three's Blu-ray is sadly featureless, but the video and audio qualities are very good. Very highly recommended!
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