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Dinosaurs Alive!(2007)
Uncover the mysteries buried beneath our feet! Join the world's preeminent paleontologists in this eye-popping IMAX adventure as they uncover some of history's most astonishing dinosaur finds. Travel across the exotic dunes of the Gobi Desert and along the sandstone buttes of New Mexico as scientists make brand-new discoveries about dinosaur behavior, their environments and find what could be the oldest dinosaur ever unearthed in North America. With stunningly realistic and scientifically accurate CGI, you'll see these amazing creatures come alive...in a big way! Narrated by Michael Douglas. For more about Dinosaurs Alive! and the Dinosaurs Alive! Blu-ray release, see the Dinosaurs Alive! Blu-ray Review Dinosaurs Alive! Blu-ray, Video QualityOriginally screened in both 2-D and 3-D at IMAX theaters, Dinosaurs Alive! arrives on Blu-ray with a terrific 1080p/VC-1 transfer that boasts all the clarity we're accustomed to with IMAX releases. Filmed with an IMAX 3-D camera—the largest motion picture camera in the world —Dinosaurs Alive! is sourced from a 65mm negative, allowing a stunning amount of fine detail. You'll notice the smallest fissures on rocks, catch every hangnail and bit of grime on the paleontologists' fingers, and see individual grains of sand as they're blown by the wind. Long landscape shots have an excellent sense of depth and the picture overall has a strong dimensional presence. Color-wise, the film goes for a mostly realistic representation, although contrast is slightly overheated in some scenes. I really dug the look, if you'll pardon the pun, and found few issues at all to report. While black levels are nicely weighted throughout, here and there you'll find some crushed details in the shadows—barely worth mentioning—and there's a bit of contrast wavering in a couple of wide shots. Compression issues like banding and macroblocking are thankfully absent—we are talking about a 40 min. film on a BD-25, after all— and aside from one or two scattered white flecks, the print itself looks pristine. Some may complain that this release doesn't contain the 3-D cut of the film, but after the somewhat lackluster anaglyphic display of the recent IMAX Sea Monsters Blu-ray, I'm not too bothered by the absence. Dinosaurs Alive! Blu-ray, Audio QualitySporting not one, but three DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 tracks—one each for English, Spanish, and French speaking audiences—Dinosaurs Alive! is well equipped in the audio department. I was actually surprised by how much sonic oomph the film manages to muster in its brief 40 minutes. Bellowing dino growls activate the LFE channel, and the orchestral score— courtesy of the Prague Symphony Orchestra—gives a good indication of the track's more-than- adequate dynamic range. The surround speakers may not get the whiz-bang-pow treatment, but you will notice rain and wind, thunderclaps ripping across channels, the panning of helicopter rotors, and even a great front-to-back effect as one researcher tosses a shovelful of dirt at the camera. The narration by Michael Douglas sounded a little thin to me at first, but after some initial volume tweaking, I found the mix to be relatively well balanced. I did have to reach for my remote during a few especially loud scenes, but I wasn't too put out by the discrepancies in volume levels. I'm not sure the tweener target audience will notice, but the film sounds better than you might expect. Dinosaurs Alive!: Other Editions
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