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aggressive bass, but also balanced bass, offering wonderfully complimentary depth to music and action effects alike. The opening theme has never It seems like almost every recent James Bond film has had a tough time of being released. Whether it be production companies and movie studios arguing over rights to the 007 agent or a worldwide pandemic, James Bond has had a rough time getting to theaters. No Time To Die was no different as this iteration of Bond comes to an end with Daniel Craig. Pulling elements from the previous four films, No Time To Die has flashes of great Bond moments that will be remembered after you leave the theater, but the bulk of this concluding mission is chaotically paced and filled with too many nonsensical choices and characters over its bloated 163-minute run time. No Time To Dieis fun, but itisn't the best mission for this version of everyone's favorite gentleman spy with a licence to kill to go out on. Worth A Look! With Sony equipment delivering the visuals and Sonos taking care of the audio side this film is a very immersive, exciting and sometimes beautiful outing for our aging hero. No Time to Die was shot on a mixture of 35mm and 65mm film with both Arriflex 235, 435 and 765 and the IMAX MkIV and MSM cameras and Panavision lenses. From this, a 4K DI was produced and this is the basis of a stunning native 4K presentation on this release. It presents a 3840 x 2160p resolution image with a fixed aspect ratio of 2.39:1 (no switching aspect ratios to retain those native IMAX sequences unfortunately) that uses 10-bit video depth, High Dynamic Range in both HDR10 and Dolby Vision flavours and is encoded using the HEVC (H.265) codec. Anatomy of a Scene: Matera (1080p, 11:32): Exploring the making of a key pre-title action sequence that involves everything that makes
there's something great about the Cinema seeing Movies...But Bond and No time to Die was AWESOME... D.C. is now my favourite bond...it was Sir Roger Moore for a long time...but D.C. is just Fantastic. Bond uses in the series; what's new is cool, what's familiar has proven its worth, and it's a winning formula. intensity and full stage engagement. When a car is peppered by gunfire partway through the film, the barrage of bullets emanates from every corner of Universal brings No Time to Die to Blu-ray with a visually resplendent 1080p transfer. While the companion UHD offers the superior image, the Blu-ray is wonderful in its own right and Zavvvi continue to offer excellent value for money especially when they hold a sale. Their pricing is very competitive and they have always delivered promptly.I must say, I’m sad to see Daniel Craig’s run as 007 reach its end. For my money, and for all of the ruffled feathers when Craig was first revealed to have won the role, he’s been my favorite Bond since Sean Connery and certainly the most believable. But I’m not sure where this franchise can go next, unless Eon starts making these films as period pieces, because the very things that make 007 who he is—the classic Bond formula—have either been done to death at this point or simply feel out of step with today’s audiences. While the Craig era has at least made the character feel more grounded, it’s had difficulty overcoming its own problem: Casino Royale was such a great introduction, and Eva Green’s Vesper Lynd was so compelling a match for Craig’s Bond, that none of its sequels ( which we’ve reviewed in 4K here) have quite measured up. But while No Time to Die is definitely not in the same league as Casino Royale, given the way its characters and their stories have evolved over those sequels, I think it’s about the best conclusion to Craig’s run as anyone could reasonably expect. Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology. (less)
Universal only delivered the 4K UHD release of No Time to Die for review. That is a two-disc set with the UHD and Blu-ray feature film discs. The majority are in the Bluray format but I have bought Daniel Craig's films in 4K format, as I have upgraded my equipment to this. as well, yielding intensely bright and brilliant primaries. Bond's blue eyes dazzle, blue skies and waters delight, natural greens are full and rich, and It's sad to see Daniel Craig hang up the guns and tuxedo, but his portrayal of Bond has been something altogether elegant, thrilling, and fun. He's had a long good run as 007. In No Time To Die, his character has had a full transformation, and it's exciting to watch that element of his personality as this is the first time we actually get to say "goodbye" to a Bond actor before he's unceremoniously recast. Storywise, this film is just clunky and that's the shame of it. Other than a few other small standout performances and action scenes - No Time To Diejust doesn't make the cut. Certainly not the worst Bond outing, and again the third-best for Craig, but less would have been worth a lot more. Absolutely Worth A Look!all of the grittiness and teeth audiences have come to expect from the Daniel Craig franchise films. Universal's Blu-ray is likewise very good, yielding Extras: Language(s): English, Italian, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Subtitles: Italian; Bonus: Brazilian Portuguese, Cantonese, Castilian Spanish, Complex Mandarin, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Simplified Mandarin, Thai, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:2.39, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital 2.0, Documentaries: 'Anatomy of a Scene: Matera', 'Keeping It Real: The Action of 'No Time to Die'', 'A Global Journey', 'Designing Bind'
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