UHD Review Thor: Ragnarok UHD Review (1 Viewer)

[Todd Erwin]

Thor: Ragnarok turns the Thor sub-franchise on its head, delivering an often hilarious turn on the super hero genre after the two previous entries took the lead character sometimes a bit too seriously and very by the numbers.



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[Noel Aguirre]

My 3D version arrives this week and I cannot wait!

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

Got the 3D version and I am quite happy with it. No jumping out of the screen’s black bars like GotG, but my eyeballs were suitably entertained.

 

[Scott Burke]

Did you import that for the 3D? I looked everywhere for a domestic 3D release, but came up short.

 

[Tino]

Did you import that for the 3D? I looked everywhere for a domestic 3D release, but came up short.

Imported from amazon UK for me.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Did you import that for the 3D? I looked everywhere for a domestic 3D release, but came up short.

Unfortunately, there is no domestic 3D release for this title.

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

I ordered from Amazon.UK for the 3-D version.

I loved the commentary track with Taika Waititi's two year-old daughter. "Uh-oh...!" "Yeah, lots of uh-oh in this movie."

 

[Matt Hough]

I had a great deal of fun watching Thor: Ragnarok this afternoon. Gorgeously detailed in UHD. Lots of laughs throughout. The Doctor Strange sequence near the beginning was so wittily done with its seamless special effects and the droll Benedict Cumberbatch.

I had to crank up the sound. Both the Atmos and DD+ mix were encoded rather softly, I thought.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Is it me, or is it overkill to have a Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 (with TrueHD 7.1 core), Dolby Digital Plus 7.1, and Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo tracks, all in English, on the 4K UHD version?

I think it it's overkill. I purchased a BD recently (can't remember which title) but the studio included English Dolby Atmos, DTS-HDMA 7.1, and Dolby Digital 5.1. Just a waste of disc space, as the Dolby Atmos track should play just fine for anyone who is Atmos equipped, for anyone who can't play Atmos but can play lossless 7.1 and/or 5.1, and anyone who's stuck with lossy 5.1.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

I like when they include a Dolby 2.0 track optimized for late night viewing, with the sound effects and music placed lower in the mix and the dialog placed higher in the mix, so you can watch it at a lower overall volume when you're trying not wake anybody up.

I also like when they include an English Descriptive Audio track so that people with visual impairments can enjoy the movie.

But other than those two scenerios, I don't see any point in including multiple English audio tracks on the same disc.

 

[Todd Erwin]

I think it it's overkill. I purchased a BD recently (can't remember which title) but the studio included English Dolby Atmos, DTS-HDMA 7.1, and Dolby Digital 5.1. Just a waste of disc space, as the Dolby Atmos track should play just fine for anyone who is Atmos equipped, for anyone who can't play Atmos but can play lossless 7.1 and/or 5.1, and anyone who's stuck with lossy 5.1.

Warner is almost as bad. They have included both Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD MA 5.1 tracks on their 4K and Blu-ray releases, often defaulting to the DTS-HD track.

 

[John Sparks]

I had a great deal of fun watching Thor: Ragnarok this afternoon. Gorgeously detailed in UHD. Lots of laughs throughout. The Doctor Strange sequence near the beginning was so wittily done with its seamless special effects and the droll Benedict Cumberbatch.

I had to crank up the sound. Both the Atmos and DD+ mix were encoded rather softly, I thought.

...and here I thought it was my new 7.1.2 setup.

 

[DavidJ]

I had a great deal of fun watching Thor: Ragnarok this afternoon. Gorgeously detailed in UHD. Lots of laughs throughout. The Doctor Strange sequence near the beginning was so wittily done with its seamless special effects and the droll Benedict Cumberbatch.

I had to crank up the sound. Both the Atmos and DD+ mix were encoded rather softly, I thought.

You’re not the only one. I had to turn it up higher than my normal level and it still seemed somewhat weak. And as mentioned the menus are louder which is quite annoying.

 

[gadgtfreek]

I used the regular True HD mix in my setup and my subs rattled stuff like normal, and it sounded good. Wonder if they messed up the Atmos side only? Volume wise it was about the same level I use for every flick, but I am only running a 2.2 system.

Anyways, I loved the movie.

 

[Scott Burke]

Imported from amazon UK for me.

Thanks, I ordered the import and hope it works for my ps4. I looked all over the internet and it went back and forth as to whether it would play. This will be a 25.00 experiment.

 

[Citizen87645]

Did the special features have anything about Zoe Bell stunt doubling for Cate Blanchett?

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Thanks, I ordered the import and hope it works for my ps4. I looked all over the internet and it went back and forth as to whether it would play. This will be a 25.00 experiment.

It's an all-region disc, so it should play in any machine worldwide.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Did the special features have anything about Zoe Bell stunt doubling for Cate Blanchett?

Not that I recall...

 

[TonyD]

The low audio thing reminds me of the low sound on the Phanton of the Opera.
That one was low by about 10 dB

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Not sure if it applies here, but on certain other releases that had a lower overall volume, I remember reading or being told that this was due to them using the original theatrical version of the mix, rather than a remix optimized for home video. So the volume seems lower because the track is set to take advantage of the dynamic range in theaters, where the lows are low and the highs are very high, and it can spike between them. Lossless audio formats used on BD and UHD can reproduce those swings but some releases opt to remix for a more friendly home environment. (Anyone remember Andy Su from these parts? This was his #1 complaint about movies on disc.) I remember that a similar softness on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens track (also from Disney) was attributed to it being the theatrical mix rather than home video remix.