Marvel Studio's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Blu-ray [Region Free]

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audience to push through, but the film feels equally torn between rewarding and lethargic. The first film, in contrast, was relentlessly engaging from and bold and well above the Blu-ray whites for vividness and accuracy. As with the Bu-ray, noise and encode faults are essentially nonexistent. This is In some respects, the ratio-switching IMAX enhancement only enhances this niggle, making it more noticeable, but there's no denying its ability to better convey a sense of scale to the battle clashes and action setpieces, enveloping you with a more appropriately realised height to the framing. So whilst the Blu-ray's fixed ratio of 2.39:1 is perfectly chosen for the character-driven first act, replete with arguably more refined cinematography, anything designed to be more epic - of which there is plenty here - is clearly better served by the opened up 'IMAX' format, leaving the physical disc at a distinct disadvantage, once again, when it, as the product with the premium price point, should have demanded to be superior in all facets. The cast includes Letitia Wright as Shuri, Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Winston Duke as M’Baku, Florence Kasumba as Ayo, Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, Michaela Coel as Aneka, Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross, and Angela Bassett as Ramonda.

essentials are sometimes overshadowed by ancillary material. The UHD is typical Disney: strong 2160p/HDR picture, struggling Atmos audio, and a fewcommitted to the screen. Following the emotional farewell and tribute, the film is slow to reach a point of serious engagement. That's not only Plot: What’s it about? Video: How’s it look? Audio: How’s it sound? Supplements: What are the extras? The Bottom Line Plot: What’s it about? reworked to remove Boseman's iconic T'Challa from the film, though certainly the character's spirit, and Boseman's loss, pulse through the film. The The image is well improved from the Blu-ray. The overall clarity differences are fairly striking, with the 2160p resolution presenting a pleasing gain to

visibility and stability. A few softer focus corners remain, inherent to the original photography, but the UHD's 2160p resolution brings out the absolute transforming it but finding improved depth and color stability. Flesh tones are fuller and healthier, costumes bolder and accents more vibrant, and other end result is a film that is far less dynamic than the original, clearly missing its star but also a firmer direction and sense of purpose beyond the need Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o) and Everett K. Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M'Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the mighty Dora Milaje (including

outwardly oriented. In some ways that is good as it internalizes its new direction, but it sometimes does so at the expense of the final product.