Is Disney+ IMAX Better? | Ant Man & The Wasp Quantumania 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

hey everyone Jeff here from films at

home and today we're going to take a

look at the latest entry in the MCU on

4K Blu-ray from Disney

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hey everyone thanks for coming back to

the channel today for this review today

we're taking a look at Ant-Man and the

WASP Quantum Mania on 4K Ultra HD

Blu-Ray now in this review I'll talk

about the movie itself a little bit

we're going to cover the video and

compare it to the Disney plus 4K stream

we'll also talk about the audio special

features packaging and let you guys know

whether or not this one's worth picking

up for your movie collection so to kick

things off quickly on the movie itself I

think as you guys probably know I'm not

a huge fan of recent MCU entries I sort

of tapped out at the end of Avengers end

game and I haven't been really happy

with like phase 4 phase five of the MCU

there have been a few movies out there

that I liked unfortunately Ant-Man and

the WASP Quantum media this is one that

I think had a lot of good ideas and

maybe could have been something but

ultimately just kind of became nothing

and I'm actually afraid with everything

that's come out about Jonathan majors

and you know potentially having to

recast Kang or go into different

direction that this movie could

potentially become sort of Irrelevant in

the scheme of things within the MCU it

could be looked at like the black atom

of the DC EU like this movie that

existed and was going a certain way but

now had to go in a different direction

because things changed like I see that

as potentially where quantumania could

fit in I didn't like the whole

quantumania like Multiverse thing I

don't I thought Doctor Strange was

better than this when it talks about

like Multiverse and different universes

like that Multiverse of Madness was a

better movie in that aspect I think

Spider-Man into the spider-verse does a

better job with it there are other

movies that handle this space better and

I thought it was just a little bit of a

lackluster effort obviously that

resulted in you know not quite the level

of MCU box office success that Disney

usually expects and I do think that this

movie has them rethinking some of what

they're doing with this next phase and

with their next few releases because

this one just fell a little bit flat for

me now in the the visual side of things

this is unfortunately going to be one of

the rare cases where I actually think

that the Digital streaming version of

this movie is a better viewing

experience than the 4K disc and I know

that's maybe controversial the physical

media collectors but the thing is when I

go to Disney plus and I watch Ant-Man

and the wasp quantumania in that IMAX

enhanced video with Dolby Vision HDR

it's a better image the HDR 10 color

grade here I thought was a little bit

too dark and I think when you go to

Disney plus IMAX enhanced plus Dolby

Vision HDR it feels like that was graded

a little bit better it's a little more

vibrant it's a little brighter I enjoyed

the way that looked better and yes it's

not going to be as pristine like it's

not going to be as sharp but there are

other things outside of resolution and

sharpness that I look for when I'm

watching a movie and the addition of

those iMac sequences also help push this

to the next level so this is one case

where I think if you want the best

visual experience Disney plus 4K IMAX

enhanced is going to be it now the movie

does have a 4k digital intermediate

which means you're getting a very sharp

picture here on the disk my issues are

much more with the color grade it's very

sharp it's very detailed but CGI is also

sticking out like a sore thumb in this

movie and that's a common problem with a

lot of CGI heavy movies where you've got

stuff shot at a very high resolution

like your actors you're shot in a very

high resolution great cameras and then

the CGI on the back end is rushed it's

rendered at a lower output it just looks

uncanny valley it looks out of place it

becomes extremely noticeable in a way

that only 4K can do the 1080p Blu-ray it

doesn't look as out of place as it does

when you watch this on 4K so it's one of

those interesting things about 4K is

that it can expose some poor CGI which

unfortunately I think this movie has now

on the audio side of things I'm actually

happy to report that I think this is one

of the better MCU and Disney Atmos mixes

that has come out in the last several

years as you probably have heard from me

and many others a lot of the Disney

movies especially Marvel movies where

we're expecting this bombastic big Atmos

track have been a little bit lacking the

base usage and the low ends have been

pretty poor and overall it just feels

kind of gimmicky to even call some of

that stuff Atmos it's really a marketing

term but in this case I felt like I got

a little bit more out of it the base was

better there were more surround effects

there was a little bit more height

engagement it felt more immersive I

thought it was a pretty decent

experience and definitely one of the

best MCU discs out there when it comes

to audio now for the packaging here I've

got the standard slip cover pack you got

your pretty typical like Disney stuff

going on Cinematic Universe Edition all

that packaging that they usually do

opening it up same artwork on the inside

and popping this open you will see that

you got a Blu-ray disc and a 4K disc

there's also a digital code that's

included which would redeem in 4k now

it's interesting that you know in the

marketing again Kang and Jonathan Majors

was a huge part of the marketing and

after allegations and you know we'll see

what happens with that whole case it's

definitely not looking good for him he's

barely on the cover right he's kind of

up here in the corner he's very much

downplayed he's not even listed on the

back as an actor they list Paul Rudd

they list Evangeline Lilly they don't

even talk about him he's not on the back

of the case it's interesting he's on the

discard but man they really underplayed

him when it came to the home video of

this almost as if they were kind of

retconning that character and maybe

getting rid of them now there is also a

steel book that exists for this if you

want to grab that that was a Best Buy

exclusive which has some pretty cool

artwork I think that lines up nicely

with past MCU steel books and past

Ant-Man steel books in particular for me

though I like the standard edition I'm a

slip cover versus a steelbook guy most

of the times but for the steelbook fans

out there that's an option as well now

for features there's nothing on the 4K

disc but on the Blu-ray we get a few

things we get all in the family which is

a conversation between the cast and

their sort of the characters and their

interactions as you know literally

family members formidable foes which

talks about Kang in his larger influence

and impact on the MCU going forward

which I think might be a little bit in

question at this point there's an audio

commentary which has director Peyton

Reed and writer Jeff loveness they talk

about bringing this all to life and then

there's a gag reel which if you know

Paul Rudd is actually very funny like

the gag reel was probably my favorite

feature because Paul Rudd's just a

really lovable funny guy and then

there's a few deleted scenes but you

know nothing over the top crazy but a

decent amount of features especially for

something like this so overall I think

this one's going to come down to who you

are as a collector and who you are as a

movie lover if you want the best visual

experience I think you're getting that

on Disney plus if you want the best

audio

this is on the disk the atmos on Disney

plus can't compete with what you get on

the disk but the IMAX enhanced and the

Dolby Vision hdr on Disney plus still

sells me on a lot of these movies I

think it looks better over there which

is why I wish they'd put those on disk

but unfortunately they aren't if you're

a collector who you know wants to have

his complete MCU you want to make sure

you're a completionist you need this

movie this 4K disc is by no means a bad

disc all I'm saying is that I think if

you don't care so much about this movie

and you just want to have a good visual

experience and you know you don't care

too much about like lossless audio and

all the super high-tech stuff you're

gonna be okay streaming this one over on

Disney plus and this one may not be

worth buying for some of the average

casual Marvel MCU fans or just people

who are curious about this movie it's

probably not worth the purchase for you

if you have Disney plus that's going to

be a really great option to watch this

on if you don't have Disney plus then

there's certainly nothing wrong with

picking this up on 4K so I'll leave this

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