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Captain Phillips (Two Disc Combo: Blu-ray / DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy) (2013)
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| Quote: | 'Captain Phillips' is one of the best true-life adaptations in recent memory and justly earns its six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. With uncompromising grit and laser focus, director Paul Greengrass tells a terrifying tale with breathtaking style, yet never neglects the subtleties of character and underlying issues that lend the story substance and humanity. Tom Hanks embodies the title character, filing a performance that ranks among his best, and Barkhad Abdi as the chief pirate makes a formidable adversary in a dazzling debut. Sony's top-notch Blu-ray presentation immerses us in the action, thanks to a mastered in 4K video transfer that's so crisp and vibrant we feel like one of the crew, and perfectly mixed and executed audio that puts the surround in surround sound. 'Captain Phillips' won't bring home the Best Picture prize on Oscar night, but this taut, riveting portrait of conflict and survival still stands as one of the year's most noteworthy and involving films. Highly recommended.
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
'Captain Phillips' looks fantastic on Blu-ray, with a "mastered in 4K" 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 transfer that puts us up on deck with the principals and immerses us in their plight. Exceptional contrast and clarity, marvelous depth of field, and razor sharp close-ups set this effort apart from other new releases and make 'Captain Phillips' a thrilling visual experience. Not a stitch of grain could be detected on the pristine print, which not only exhibits no marks or scratches, but also brims with a rare vitality that makes the image appear truly alive. Perfectly modulated color maintains the picture's natural feel, but the hues never look wan or bland. The blue of the sky and ocean water, the bold orange of the life vessel, and Hanks' light turquoise shirt all exude a wonderful vibrancy and supply additional elements of interest to the frame. Rich, deep black levels add welcome weight, and even when the camera ventures into the ship's dark bowels details aren't obscured. Whites are bright, but never bloom, and fleshtones are spot-on.
Detail is superb across the board, from the long shots of the buffeted skiff navigating potent swells as it pursues the cargo ship to the close-ups of sweat-drenched, bug-eyed pirates and their heavy artillery. A hint of crush could be detected in the murkiest scenes, but no noise or banding rear their ugly heads, and no digital enhancements muck up the works either. 'Captain Phillips' was shot in difficult conditions and often in cramped quarters, but it looks like a million bucks, and this superior rendering - with or without one of Sony's Ultra 4K TVs - should please even the most discriminating videophile.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
An aggressive, perfectly mixed DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track greatly enhances the 'Captain Phillips' viewing experience, thrusting us into the epicenter of the crisis and keeping us aurally engaged throughout the film's entire running time. Surround activity is practically non-stop, with ambient effects, directional accents, and the pulsating strains of Henry Jackman's score pouring out of the rear speakers. At times, especially as the drama crescendos before the climax, the confluence of tone can be a bit overwhelming (occasionally less could be more), but the sound is so precisely constructed and meticulously funneled into its respective receptacles, it's tough to make a case against it. Rarely do multi-channel tracks excite me as much as this one did, and its impeccable clarity, exceptional dynamic range, and lack of any distortion or imperfection make it a joy to listen to.
Plenty of competing elements threaten to turn this mix into a cacophonous mess, but such a calamity never occurs. The sound is clean, bright, and well modulated, with heavy, thumping bass and lots of nuance. When the lifeboat launches into the water you can feel the impact. When the pirates fire their AK-47s, the crisp rat-a-tat-tats make you jump. Amazingly, dialogue is perfectly prioritized; not a single word is lost and each line is easily comprehendible.
Rarely do I feel compelled to rave about audio, but the lossless 'Captain Phillips' track ranks with the best in the field. It's no wonder it received Oscar nominations in the Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing categories, and the good news is everything that impressed industry professionals theatrically has been flawlessly transferred to the home environment. |
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we just tied up next to the vessel...
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