All Quiet On The Western Front 4K UHD Blu-ray Review | Better than Netflix!

hey everyone Jeff here from films at

home and believe it or not we've got a

Netflix movie to review on 4K today

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hey everyone so thanks for coming back

to the channel for this review today

we're going to be taking a look at this

new release from MPI media All Quiet on

the Western Front on 4K Blu-Ray now this

was a Netflix movie that's where it was

released but it is getting a physical

media release because I assume of the

relationships with the other production

company so it wasn't a Netflix original

but it was released to Netflix so that

always helps to get something out on

physical media now this movie if you

haven't seen it yet is absolutely

incredible I mean I compare it

immediately to 1917 of course Another

World War One movie that blew me away

when it came out I think I like this

better I think this is a better movie it

won a bunch of Academy Awards for like

production design and cinematography and

it's just beautifully shot it is gritty

it is realistic it is just an incredible

film and is well worth your time I think

maybe the best world war one movie

that's ever been made like maybe that's

recency bias creeping in there but it's

really really good if you've only seen

this on Netflix this is the way to watch

the movie on the 4K disc throw that

stream away you need to re-experience

this and if you've never seen it don't

watch it on Netflix make sure you buy

the 4K disc so first things first let's

talk video and the video here it's a 4K

source so it looks incredible on 4K

we've got true 4K resolution and it adds

Dolby Vision HDR which the Netflix

version also does but I don't know if

the there's a different color grade or

it's just compression or what but and

maybe it's just placebo effect but I

swear it looked better color grading

wise on the disk here than it did on

Netflix maybe I'm crazy again but the 4K

visuals here absolutely outstanding like

there are very few moments that weren't

Perfection it looks incredible it's

super sharp it is very very well done on

the color side the HDR really does add a

nice punch I popped in the Blu-ray

really quick and while that is certainly

good on its own if you don't have that

Dolby Vision HDR giving it an extra

punch it doesn't look quite as great so

I definitely would recommend the 4K

release and it really is one of those

you know it's near reference quality

like in the cinematography itself is so

incredible and just the way the movie

was shot that it looks awesome on your

4K TV this would look awesome on like a

4K projector I know most of them can't

do Dolby Vision but like this is a movie

that definitely deserves to be seen on a

full home theater setup with the biggest

screen you can find it is an epic that

demands that in the 4K release Here by

MPI is really well done it is you know

not a huge leap over what you could get

on Netflix but where there are some

darker moments in this movie that's

where you start to see compression art

of of facts pop up on Netflix that's all

resolved here in the 4K disc there were

just a couple of minor moments but

overall this is really really well done

now the audio in this is another huge

reason because I don't believe if I'm

remembering this correctly that Netflix

gives you true Dolby Atmos they sort of

give their streaming version of Dolby

Atmos because it takes a lot of data on

the disk here you're going to get that

full thing you're going to get the

actual Dolby Atmos not the kind of

package deal they do on streaming

services and let me tell you if you

thought the visuals were reference

quality wait till the sound kicks in

because this creates an amazing

immersive experience like you really do

feel like you're in the bunkers right

you feel like you're in the middle of

World War One there are so many great

moments and War movies are always great

for Atmos tracks like they always seem

to be some of my favorite I mean for a

good reason there's just so much

happening there's bombs blowing up

overhead there's bullets hitting the

ground bullets flying around you

explosions to the left and to the right

and the atmos here here just sounds

fantastic you know some people might say

I think there's a few times where the

dialogue kind of drowns out because of

the background noise but I do think

that's intentional like that's part of

the experience they want you to sort of

put you in the trenches right and so

when there's a conversation happening

there's no issue the dialogue is is

pretty clear I didn't have a lot of

balance problems didn't need to adjust

the volume there were a few moments

where like yeah the dialogue's hard to

make out but I do like I said I think

that's intentional so I'm not going to

give it any down marks there it could

have been brought up a little bit higher

compared to sound effects but honestly I

think that may have detracted from the

experience because you know what when

you were in the trenches you really

probably couldn't hear each other so

it's a very realistic experience now the

packaging here might give some people a

headache it's really nice great artwork

on the front great artwork on the back

you got the 4K disc on the inside you

also get some essays you get one from a

German historian on the war and you also

get an interview with director Edward

burger and then you also get the Blu-ray

disc on the back so it's this media book

packaging with the cool spine the

problem is if you compare this to a

standard Blu-ray release you can see

it's much taller right this is DVD size

packaging so if your shelves are set up

for DVR for blu-ray size packaging this

might be a little too big personally I

don't mind it because I can always find

a spot for a film like this in my

collection but that may hurt your OCD if

you're a collector now the special

features on this are also pretty

impressive you've got an audio

commentary from director Edward Berger I

think he is a really interesting guy one

to watch it one foreign film at the

Academy Awards best foreign film and he

gave a great speech there too it also

has the making of a featurette the

trailer the teaser the booklet here

which includes a couple of those essays

most of the features are sort of the

commentary in the making of you do get

that trailer teaser and then they're

considering other features to be in this

24-page age booklet which is included

and unfortunately looks like mine

actually separated the Staples separated

from the spine so that's a a little

disappointing considering I have only

opened this once must have come undone

and Transit I'm just noticing that now

as I'm doing this review but overall you

know I think that this the packaging

could probably have been

a little bit better especially now that

I'm seeing this that my booklet is

falling out but outside of that there's

really not much to complain about the 4K

visuals are incredible the audio is

reference level stuff this is the type

of audio that Dolby Atmos experiences

were made for so if you have that you'll

love it if you don't have Atmos that's

fine you can actually listen to an

English dub in 5.1 but the only way to

get the atmos is to listen to the German

audio which means you're going to do

subtitles doesn't bother me but you

don't get that if you do want to do

English that English dub is not terrible

English dubs have come a long way but I

would always go for the original audio

in the original language but overall a

really great release would have liked to

see a little more Care on the packaging

so I knock a couple points off for that

but overall a solid four out of five

with the audio visual really being a

solid four and a half out of five and

the only reason it's getting a four is a

little knock against the packaging which

I don't love so if you do want to pick

this up we have to support movies like

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appreciate that but it's well worth

seeing and if you're going to watch it

definitely watch it on disk especially

if you've invested all the money in your

home theater the Netflix stream will be

fine for the most people for the average

person but you know you and me we're

home theater enthusiasts we're

collectors we want the best and this is

by far the best that you can watch this

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