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Another audio moment is when the Fellowship attempts to take the Pass of Caradhras over the Misty Mountains but are ambushed by Saruman. The sounds of lightning, winds, and snow avalanches provide a good Atmos experience, especially in the subwoofer range. Nearly twenty years later, The Fellowship of the Ring arrives on 4K Ultra HD, once more, just in time with its fantastical escapism and a moment of respite from the real world. "
A Digital Copy of each film of the three films in both the theatrical and extended versions are included, via a physical paper insert with a redemption code, which is compatible with Movies Anywhere. That’s going to work across a lot of services like AppleTV (iTunes), Google Play, Vudu, and Fandango Now. You’ll get the film in 4K on all of those services, to my knowledge. I personally opted for the AppleTV (iTunes) versions. releases. Although the new 4K editions of all six cuts are only available in this collection for now, it's possible that they'll be offered separately in the On the audio side of things, Warner’s new 4K UHD release also includes a brand new English Dolby Atmos mix (that’s 7.1 Dolby TrueHD compatible). And the most important thing you need to know is that, is that it’s—hands down—a reference quality cinema surround sound experience. For one thing, the soundstage is absolutely huge, and not just across the front—this is a truly complete and hemispheric sonic environment. Every channel is active at once, including the overheads, uniformly engaged in creating a sense of whatever space is being depicted on screen at that moment. Dialogue is crystal clear and naturally-positioned. Panning is so smooth as to seem effortless. And the dynamics! There are moments so soft and subtle they’ll take your breath away with tiny little environmental sound effects filtering in around you—burbling water, bird calls, insects at night. And then, in the middle of the action, the full sturm und drang of battle assaults you from all sides, as if to shake the very foundation of your house. Swords scrape, clash, and ring sharply, their sounds lingering in the air. The orc drums in the depths of Moria, the roar of the Balrog, Boromir’s horn of Gondor—you can practically feel the low end in your chest. One of the scenes that surprised me most with this mix was Gandalf and Saruman’s first confrontation in Orthanc—just listen to the surround panning and bass as Gandalf is being thrown around the room! It’s marvelous. And topping it all off, Howard Shore’s score has simply never sounded better, presented here in lossless fidelity. Additional audio options on the 4K EXTENDED EDITION discs include French 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and German, Italian, and Castilian Spanish in 6.1 DTS-HD MA, with optional subtitles in English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, French, German for the Hearing Impaired, Italian for the Deaf, Castilian Spanish, Dutch, Simplified Chinese, Cantonese, Korean, Latin Spanish, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, and Thai. Additional audio options on the 4K THEATRICAL CUT disc include French 5.1 DTS-HD MA, German and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Italian 6.1 DTS-HD MA, and Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital, with optional subtitles in English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, French, German for the Hearing Impaired, Italian for the Deaf, Dutch, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Latin Spanish, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, and Thai.The third film “The Return of the King” will bring things to an epic conclusion. Here you’ll see some characters from the previous film like “Eomer” ( Karl Urban) and “Faramir” ( David Wenham) start to be a larger part of things. And, last but not least there’s the “Witch King” ( Lawrence Makoare). Look, folks, I’m not Tolkien and I’m not going to try to explain these films or spoil them. Just know they’re excellent. Finally, here’s are trailers for the films in 2160p 4K with HDR on YouTube to get you ready for the next bit, video quality. Dolby Vision. Please note that both the theatrical and extended versions of each film make use of the same restored source material. This trilogy of films now on 4K UHD Blu-ray will leave you completely overwhelmed and extremely satisfied now in Dolby Atmos. I don’t care how amazing you thought the sound was before on Blu-ray or even during the theatrical showings, this is superior and just unlike anything you have experienced this film in. Fans are going to absolutely love this and likely receive complaints from landlords, neighbors, family members, police, and whatnot for it being louder than all hell. Sorry, but that’s what makes a “demo disc” that delivers absolute reference material from the very start until the very end credits, for each and every film and each version.
The Fellowship of the Ring: Behind the Scenes” (1:12:54 – SD) is shot like a home movie but it also includes interviews with the entire cast and crew that worked on the film. The result of all of Park Road’s hard work is a 4K image that’s not just massively better than the previous Blu-ray, but better than the very best theatrical experiences during the film’s original release. Watching Fellowship of the Ring now via this new 4K master with HDR is like seeing the film for the first time again. It’s not quite perfect, but it’s so much better looking than you’ve ever seen it before, that it’s a truly thrilling visual experience. You can find the video I’m referring to that this quote is taken from below. In fact, I suggest you take a pause from my review and watch it first.On 4k Blu-ray there are some shots that are about as good as you could ever expect. The color is vibrant, details crisp, and the range of contrast impressive. In other shots the transfer quality doesn’t quite hit the same high marks, but that may have to do more with the way certain scenes are presented. For example, Galadriel and Arwen are always given a softer focus than other characters. There are also some shots you can find quips about, for example some of the forced perspective (used to make the Hobbit actors look smaller than other characters) does look a bit odd in today’s standards. Hairy Hobbit feet! We always knew the Hobbits had hairy feet, but perhaps we forgot how hairy they were. Along comes this new 4k upgrade and although there are not many closeups of their feet you can almost count the Hobbity hairs when pausing the video. In the first film especially I felt that the original music sounded so much ethereal at times, which is very impressive and a dramatic change-up in mixes that can be extremely intense for the most part. The music itself helps to drive some of the intensity with its original score which can be all throughout this trilogy very passionate and powerful. The music, and even the action itself, can become quieter for short bits which just works so well. Even during the quieter scenes, you’ll still be hearing it makes excellent use of the height channels. In scenes where there’s a large area, you’ll hear the voices and sounds coming from the height channels ever so fairly in a very realistic atmosphere echo. One thing that I can assure you of here is that you will feel like you’re being completely encompassed by the sound mixes for the three films themselves on a level that has never been possible. It’s something out of this world. I love the pans from the right to left or left to right you’ll hear across the front and/or rear channels during some action scenes. I also love the pans from front to rear you’ll hear such as during the first film when a fireworks display involving a dragon feels to be coming right at you and those in said scene. It’s effective stuff like that and then the height channels add this really unique sound of it towering above that one cannot help but truly admire about this trilogy of films in the Dolby Atmos sound format. The amount of bass here, especially low-end bass, that you’ll feel via the subwoofer is downright tremendous. To say these mixes can get intense would become an understatement as I’m learning when writing this.
We could all use a trip to the Shire right about now. Those rolling green hills with blooming flowers and pastoral farms would be a welcome respite. While going to Middle-earth may not be possible, you can now put yourself into the world of The Lord of the Rings like never before. That’s because, last year, Warner Bros. released the beloved trilogy on 4K UHD Blu-ray. The Mines of Moria. When the Fellowship enters the mines of Moria we are taken deep into caverns and tunnels where the dwarves constructed incredible mazes and halls, the depths of which have been revealed much clearer on 4k TVs. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 4k Digital Still Audio Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Audio Commentary with “The Design Team” features Richard Taylor (Weta Workshop creative supervisor), Tania Roger (Weta Workshop manager), Grant Major (production designer), Alan Lee (conceptual designer, set decorator), John Howe (conceptual designer), Dan Hennah (supervising art director, set decorator), and Chris Hennah (art department manager). Warner’s new 4K Ultra HD release includes both the Theatrical Cuts and Extended Editions of each film, the former contained on a single UHD disc for each film while the latter are split over two UHD discs each. So let’s take a look at the A/V quality of each remastered film one by one…This audio section will be covering all three of the films and both versions of each. I’ll mention some things specific to those but for the most part, this will be generalized to the whole trilogy itself. The third film, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” in its extended edition on Disc 1 is using a BD-100 (100 gigabytes) disc, 86.49 gigabytes total and 78.2 gigabytes for that first half of the extended edition itself of the third film. The extended edition on Disc 2 is using a BD-100 (100 gigabytes) disc, 91.65 gigabytes total, and 83.4 gigabytes for that second half of the extended edition of the third film. The dialogue is primarily driven from the center channel but there are a lot of occasions where you’ll hear dialogue carry over into the other channels such as rears, to set the atmosphere of a room or psychologically give you a bit of a treat. The dialogue never manages once to have any issues or be drowned out by any of the extremely intense action or music. These are perfect Dolby Atmos mixes by all means. The height channels make excellent use of sound effects and music and will totally leave your room filled, making you feel fully immersed in the listening experience. The mixes themselves are just so amazingly well-balanced between the front (left & right) channels, and the rear channels (2 or 4 depending on your setup), along with the extremely effective addition of the height channels (2 or 4 depending on setup).
The second film, “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” in its extended edition on Disc 1 is using a BD-100 (100 gigabytes) disc, 67.77 gigabytes total and 65.9 gigabytes for that first half of the extended edition itself of the second film. The extended edition on Disc 2 is using a BD-100 (100 gigabytes) disc, 80.61 gigabytes total, and 71.5 gigabytes for that second half of the extended edition of the second film.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” was nominated for a total of thirteen Academy Awards (Oscars). It ended up winning a total of four Oscars in the categories of “Best Cinematography,”“Best Makeup,”“Best Music, Original Score,” and “Best Effects, Visual Effects.” Critics were very kind to the first film and it carries a “Certified Fresh” rating over at Rotten Tomatoes. Likewise, the audio mix of each film has been expanded to Dolby Atmos, which automatically unfolds to Dolby TrueHD 7.1 if your receiver does not As of 2023, no streaming services offer The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit films in 4K to stream. The Lord of the Rings is available to stream on HBO Max and Hulu. With one account you can get both subscriptions. You can stream all three The Lord of the Rings films and three prequel films to the story, aka the Hobbit trilogy. Unfortunately, at this time, you can only stream the movies at 1080p and to experience it in 4K you have to buy them digitally or buy the Blu-ray discs. Gandalf’s Fall Into Darkness. The color range improvement is clearly evident when Gandalf battles the Balrog and the two fall into darkness. Not only is the imagery deep with color, it’s also sharp, making almost every frame a work of art. The visual effects of Balrog hold up wonderfully even after 20 years. All three of the films in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy make their debut on 4K UHD Blu-ray in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio. That goes for both the theatrical and the extended editions of each of the three films. Each film and version of each film includes Dolby Vision and HDR10 forms of High Dynamic Range.
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