Product Description
New Blu-ray Movie DVD Disc -
Night at the Museum
20th Century Fox | 2006 | 110 mins | Rated PG
Ben Stiller leads an all-star cast including Robin Williams and Dick Van Dyke in
this hilarious blockbuster hit. When good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley (Stiller)
is hired as night watchman at the Museum of Natural History, he soon discovers
that an ancient curse brings all the exhibits to life after the sun sets.
Suddenly, Larry finds himself face-to-face with a frisky T. rex skeleton, tiny
armies of Romans and cowboys and a mischievous monkey who taunts him to the
breaking point. But with the help of President Teddy Roosevelt (Williams), Larry
may just figure out a way to control the chaos and become a hero in his son's
eyes. Boasting jaw- dropping special effects and laugh-out-loud moments, Night
At The Museum is your ticket to nonstop fun!
Night at the Museum Blu-ray, Video Quality
Night
at the Museum is also a bit of a mixed bag regarding its video transfer.
Many of the special effects shots have a very artificial look to them and I
found the entire film to have a very strange grittiness to it. The picture
quality varies from extremely slick to downright nasty. Grain is heavy
throughout and contrast varies considerably from shot to shot. Colors are also
strangely rendered with a decided lack of consistency throughout the movie. Mr.
Stiller is perhaps the most ill-treated character in the film as his skin tone
changes repeatedly throughout. He is occasionally very splotchy and pale and at
other times he looks like he抯 been in a tanning bed for about a week. It抯 really
quite distracting. On the brighter side, fine detail can be exceptional and I
didn抰 notice even the slightest trace of banding. I抦 torn as how to rate
Night at the Museum, as I didn抰 experience the film theatrically. Perhaps
the massive amount of effects work in the film affected its final picture, but I
have to believe that problems of this magnitude would have been fixed in
post-production.
Night at the Museum Blu-ray, Audio Quality
The audio on
Night at the Museum is another story
altogether. Presented in DTS Master Audio (which isn抰 supported on even a single
Blu-ray player on the market today), the 1.5 Mbs core DTS track is a real treat.
Dialog is well represented with crisp highs and nice articulation. Some segments
of the film抯 dialog were ever so slightly muddy. Hopefully this will be remedied
when players that support the DTS Master Audio format are made available.
Regardless, surround activity in this action-heavy film is wonderful to behold
with a fantastic sense of dimensionality and an engaging mix that really
catapults the viewer into the action. Overall, this film is a great example of
the limitations of compressed audio formats. Even with the obvious strengths
that this track contains, it still is begging for more clarity and spatial
effect. I抣l revisit this film抯 audio presentation when DTS Master Audio hardware
is made available to consumers.
Blu-ray Movie DVD Disc - Night at the Museum Features
Video
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Audio
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1 (less)
Subtitles
English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese,mandarin
Package Content
Blu-ray Movie DVD Disc - Night at the Museum x 1
