Digital Review The Mask of Zorro Digital UHD Review (1 Viewer)

[Todd Erwin]

The Mask of Zorro, starring Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Anthony Hopkins, gets a long-overdue upgrade to 4K from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.



The Mask of Zorro (1998)



Released: 17 Jul 1998
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 136 min




Director: Martin Campbell
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller, Western



Cast: José María de Tavira, Diego Sieres, Emiliano Guerra, Yolanda Orizaga
Writer(s): Johnston McCulley (character Zorro), Ted Elliott (story), Terry Rossio (story), Randall Jahnson (story), John Eskow (screenplay), Ted Elliott (screenplay), Terry Rossio (screenplay)



Plot: A young thief, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, is trained by the once great, but aged Zorro, who also pursues vengeance of his own.



IMDB rating: 6.7
MetaScore: 63...

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[Adam Lenhardt]

Watched this tonight in UHD via Vudu. Generally, it looked excellent but there was a weird artifact with the picture, where parts of the image would become overly saturated, but the effect would appear and disappear suddenly mid-shot. Anybody else experience this?

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Watched this tonight in UHD via Vudu. Generally, it looked excellent but there was a weird artifact with the picture, where parts of the image would become overly saturated, but the effect would appear and disappear suddenly mid-shot. Anybody else experience this?

I did not notice this when watching via iTunes on my Apple TV 4K.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Watched this tonight in UHD via Vudu. Generally, it looked excellent but there was a weird artifact with the picture, where parts of the image would become overly saturated, but the effect would appear and disappear suddenly mid-shot. Anybody else experience this?

Time stamp?

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

I did not notice this when watching via iTunes on my Apple TV 4K.

The problem I had with the AppleTV version was that the opening text did not appear.

Time stamp?

47:03. I first noticed it in the scene where Alejandro steals the horse who will become the new Tornado. It seems to mainly affect shots with a lot of stucco or limestone; the tan shifts from slightly green to slightly pink and back again.

 

[David Deeb]

Thanks for a "Digital Review"!

I was searching to see if there was any digital reviews of Die Hard 4k when I stumbled on your 6 reviews! I'm happy to see these appearing on HTF and hope this will increase.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

The problem I had with the AppleTV version was that the opening text did not appear.

The opening text was there for my viewing.

 

[Robert Crawford]

The opening text was there for my viewing.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the text was missing in HD and not in 4K?

 

[Robert Crawford]

47:03. I first noticed it in the scene where Alejandro steals the horse who will become the new Tornado. It seems to mainly affect shots with a lot of stucco or limestone; the tan shifts from slightly green to slightly pink and back again.

I'll take a look at the 4K digital then compare it to the 4K disc.

 

[Mark-P]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the text was missing in HD and not in 4K?

For me, the text disappears when I disable HDR (iTunes and Movies Anywhere). It truly is bizarre.

Apparently Netflix (which has 4K SDR only) is also textless.

 

[Robert Crawford]

47:03. I first noticed it in the scene where Alejandro steals the horse who will become the new Tornado. It seems to mainly affect shots with a lot of stucco or limestone; the tan shifts from slightly green to slightly pink and back again.

I played back that scene several times on digital and disc without any color shift as noted by you.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

The opening text was there for my viewing.

I checked again via the AppleTV app and it was there. I'm guessing it must not have loaded in 4K the first time I tried, for whatever reason.

I played back that scene several times on digital and disc without any color shift as noted by you.

Thanks for checking.

I'm wondering if it's an internet issue, and perhaps happens when it switches between bitrates or quality levels. It's the first and only title I've encountered the issue with, though.

 

[Carlo_M]

LOL I at a friend's place and she put this on Netflix and I said "oh here's where I learned, back in early DVD days, that I needed a larger TV" and I was specifically referring to the opening text, which quite pointedly was absent. I thought "am I nuts? did I confuse it for it's sequel?"

Fast forward a week and my UHD comes in, and there it is, clear as day. WTH happened?

Anyway, watched about 1/3 of the 4K disc (having just seen it I didn't need to go through the whole thing again) and I can vouch for the disc's excellent video and audio quality.

Plus, you get the opening text.

 

[Todd Erwin]

Anyway, watched about 1/3 of the 4K disc (having just seen it I didn't need to go through the whole thing again) and I can vouch for the disc's excellent video and audio quality.

Plus, you get the opening text.

And Dolby Atmos/TrueHD 7.1!

 

[Mark-P]

And Dolby Atmos/TrueHD 7.1!

iTunes has finally added Dolby Atmos! However the text problem still persists.

 

[Robert Crawford]

iTunes has finally added Dolby Atmos! However the text problem still persists.

I just played it and the opening text was there playing in 4K/Dolby Vision. Am I missing something?

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I just played it and the opening text was there playing in 4K/Dolby Vision. Am I missing something?

The opening text has always been there when watching via 4K / Dolby Vision -- we watched it right after the 4K version became available on iTunes, and the text was there. I think it's just when the film is played back in HD that the issue arises... or maybe it was without Dolby Vision.

 

[Cranston37+]

I just played it and the opening text was there playing in 4K/Dolby Vision. Am I missing something?

Turn off HDR and see if you still get it...

 

[Robert Crawford]

Turn off HDR and see if you still get it...

If that's the issue then okay I understand it.

 

[Carlo_M]

Just to add to the overall opening text problem, when I observed it at my friend’s place, her tv was standard HD with no HDR (it’s quite a few years old) and it wasn’t from iTunes. It was either Netflix or HBOGo. So the no text problem is evident outside of the iTunes variations.