The Dark Knight 4K, 1 UHD-Blu-ray

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Extras: Anamorphic (16:9), Language(s): English, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Latin Spanish, Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Thai, Turkish, French Canadian, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, German, Italian, Subtitles: 4K: 'Batman Begins' - Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Cantonese, Castilian Spanish, Complex Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Latin Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Turkish; 'The Dark Knight' - Arabic, Cantonese, Castilian Spanish, Complex Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish; 'The Dark Knight Rises' - Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Cantonese, Castilian Spanish, Complex Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Latin Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Turkish; Blu-ray: 'Batman Begins' - Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish; 'The Dark Knight' - English, Brazilian Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, Complex Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish; 'The Dark Knight Rises' -English, Bahasa - Indonesian, Cantonese, Castilian Spanish, Complex Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:2.40, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Bonus Footage, Documentaries: Batman Begins: 'Tankman Begins: A Batman Begins Spoof', 'Batman - The Journey Begins', 'Shaping Mind and Body', 'Gotham City Rises', 'Cape and Cowl', 'Batman - The Tumbler', 'Path to Discovery', 'Saving Gotham City', 'Genesis of the Bat', 'Reflections On Writing Batman Begins with David S. Goyer', 'Digital Batman', 'Batman Begins Stunts', 'Confidential Files'; The Dark Knight: 'Batman Tech - The Incredible Gadgets and Tools', 'Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight', 'Gotham Tonight'; The Dark Knight Rises: 'The Batmobile', 'Ending the Knight', Image Gallery, The Dark Knight IMAXr Prologue, TV spots, Trailers The Dark Knight Trilogy recently underwent a 4K restoration from the original film elements, and its presentation in Ultra HD is derived from the resulting 4K Digital Intermediate. THE BATMOBILE Witness all five Batmobiles together for the first time in history. Dive deep into every aspect of the most awe-inspiring weapon in Batman's arsenal as you journey through the birth and evolution of this technological marvel and cultural icon. The Dark Knight assaults 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with an impressive HEVC / H.265 encoded 2160p transfer. The UHD Blu-ray was reviewed on a Samsung UE55KS8000 Ultra HD TV and a Samsung UBD-K8500 Ultra HD Blu-ray player.

But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane. Christian Bale stars, along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Morgan Freeman. timing. . . .The original material - I held it in my hands - it was gorgeous. . . . The colors are soBatman – The Journey Begins: Concept, design and development of the film as well as the casting of Batman himself. On Ultra HD Blu-ray we’re offered a terrific remastering of the film and those stunning IMAX sequences, as well as some Blu-ray specific features (only offered in 1080p). Still, a commentary would have been excellent, too. Ultimately, the best reason to own this disc is to have a seriously great reference disc on hand for the impressive video and audio quality. Warner Bros. generally does an excellent job with many of their top-tier 4k Blu-ray titles (the hits for the most part) and The Dark Knight looks and sounds terrific. The best part is that those amazing scenes Nolan filmed in IMAX look jaw-dropping on a big living-room screen in 4k. To accomplish a kind of quasi-IMAX effect at home the widescreen image switches aspect ratio, nearly imperceptibly, between 16:9 for the IMAX scenes (originally in 1.44:1 ratio) and 2.4:1 with small letterbox bars at top and bottom for the similar aspect ratio size of the projected 35mm scenes. The switch (six times for each IMAX scene) is not as distracting as one might think, and overall it’s a huge benefit to the presentation of the film. Note: The original version of this review incorrectly stated that this UHD was derived from the camera negative. That assertion was Extras: Anamorphic (16:9), Language(s): 4K: English, French, German; Blu-ray: English, French, German, 4K: Castilian Spanish, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian; Blu-ray: Brazilian Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: 4K: English, German, Italian, Subtitles: 4K: Arabic, Cantonese, Castilian Spanish, Complex Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish; Blu-ray: Brazilian Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, Complex Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian,Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:2.40, Screen ratio 2:1.78, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0, Bonus Footage, Documentaries: 'Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene', 'Batman Tech', 'Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of 'The Dark Knight'', Image Gallery, Six episodes of 'Gotham Tonight', TV spots, Trailers

Batman Begins doesn’t have quite the definitive visual pop of The Dark Knight and the Dark Knight Rises. Much of that is owed to the original source elements, and the fact that is doesn’t incorporate the IMAX footage. This isn’t a shortcoming, and in most respects, it holds it own quite well. The sequences that take place in and around the temple look terrific, offering beautifully rendered color, excellent reproduction of shadow detail, and eye catching specular highlights (during the explosive battle between Bruce and the members of the League of Shadows). Later, during the final act when Gotham is under siege and Batman intervenes with the help Rachel and Jim, the sepia toned shots of misty, nighttime Gotham, set against the various pyrotechnics associated with the battle/runaway train are the among the presentation’s highlights.

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You can either watch the Focus Points featurettes in the context of the film, separately, or with a “play all” option. There’s also Blu-ray bonus disc of additional features that adds the following (all in HD): heavy cyan wash cast over numerous sequences—a quality the 4K treatment shares with the Blu-ray—or quibble with the added brightness found in I eagerly awaited Christopher Nolan’s final installment and hoped that it would befit and compliment the first two in the series. The Dark Knight would be difficult to live up to for a variety of reasons, but as a fan I had hopes. I went to see The Dark Knight Rises with my son who is a very big fan. My reaction to it wasn’t as enthusiastic as it was with its predecessor. I found the script to be slightly uneven and overlong as it dealt with Bruce’s excursion to the pit while he sorted out the true meaning of life, death and that conquering fear alone wasn’t enough if he was going to rise from the remains left of him by the indomitable Bane. I also found the final showdown between Bane and Batman to be anticlimactic, and disappointing, which wasn’t helped by the rather conventional plot twist that I saw coming. mixing IMAX and 35mm footage, previewing their experiment by including TDK's IMAX-filmed opening as an extra on Batman Begins. First on Blu-ray, and now again on UHD, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises utilizes two different aspect ratios, 2.40:1 and 1.78:1, to incorporate the sequences that were shot using IMAX cameras. Both have been integrated here with some scenes/sequences having one AR and the next the other. The result doesn’t infringe upon fidelity or interrupt the visual flow of the movie.