- Batman Vs Superman Ultimate Edition Blu Ray Review
- Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice Ultimate Edition Blu-ray
First, the main event: a three-hour version of the original movie (reviewed by Matt Zoller Seitz here), now boasting a toothless R-rating and 30 extra minutes. Those two qualifications don’t mean that there’s an extra (or extended) bloody fight scene or that Batman says the “F” word more than two times, but that a lot of fat has been surgically reattached. The most distinct additions regard two subplots for minor characters: one, a woman who witnessed Superman’s appearance in Africa and helps spread the lie that he killed innocent people, and, two, a convict whose doomed fate after being branded by Batman indicates how influential the Dark Knight has become within the justice system. These two stories provide a larger scope of the influence the title heroes have on the world, which ultimately speaks to the poor visual storytelling of the original cut—that instead of presenting cogent ideas within narrative, it relies on direct, flat representations, like visualizing the debate about Superman’s purpose by literally putting him on trial. This subplot about Batman and Superman’s collective influence on society could have been tackled succinctly with some good writing. Instead, we already have the talking heads montage of people like Neil deGrasse Tyson and documentary filmmaker Vikram Gandhi verbalizing a question about Superman’s god status.
Batman Vs Superman Ultimate Edition Blu Ray Review
Other additions within 'Ultimate Edition' are minor, like an extra phone call between Martha Kent and her super son Clark, or a few more scenes with Laurence Fishburne’s Perry White complaining about reporter Clark being distracted with investigating Gotham’s obvious crime problem. Even new characters lack exciting action, like Jena Malone’s character listed on IMDb as “Jenet Klyburn,” which some have speculated is somehow Barbara Gordon, AKA Batgirl (inevitably). Her appearance, to look down her nose at an investigating Lois Lane, feels like a moment that was debated in the editing room, but other reinserted pieces have the extraneous aura of being planned for a Blu-ray long before the film even hit theaters.
By ballooning the film, the “Ultimate Ediiton” certainly doesn’t fix the overall problems with the story, which are themselves “addressed” in the special features. This is where the Blu-ray functions like damage control, in which it tries to justify the movie’s laughably oppressive, tough guy tone by resorting back to the almighty canon. Namely, the title duel: Batman and Superman have battled before in comics, so they must fight in their first film together, a group of talking heads reason in special feature “Gods and Men: A Meeting of Giants.” The discussion then turns to the now meme’d “Martha” revelation, with different subjects trying to dress up the moment of peace as something less cheesy than convenient coincidence. In addition, a separate special feature breaks down the science of their battle in the fittingly titled “The Might and The Power of a Punch,” which adds further weight to how this series is more focused on spectacle than a viable motivation behind it.
Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice Ultimate Edition Blu-ray
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will be available on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack for $44.95, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack for $44.95, Blu-ray Combo Pack for $35.99 and 2-disc DVD Special Edition for $28.98. The Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack features an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc with the Ultimate Edition in 4K with HDR, a Blu-ray disc with the theatrical. Forgoing the aspect ratio changes of Nolan's IMAX Batman films, Batman v Superman stays 2.40:1 throughout and unsurprisingly looks pretty terrific on Blu-ray. The film has a little more grain than you might expect of such a 2016 big budget behemoth, but everything looks as it should and the images are sharp, crisp, and suitably detailed.
- Vital Disc Stats: The Ultra HD Blu-ray. Warner Home Video brings Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray as a standalone, single-disc edition, dubbed the 'Ultimate Edition (Remastered).' A Digital Copy code is also included, which unlocks a 4K Ultra HD version in Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos audio on various platforms.
- Also includes the Theatrical Version of the film plus over 2 hours of bonus content. From director Zack Snyder comes 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,' starring Ben Affleck as Batman/Bruce Wayne and Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent in the characters' first big-screen pairing.
- Kidzworld scored the Blu-ray pack for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It contains an Ultimate Edition of the film packing in 30 more minutes! It’s loaded with extras. Read our Blu-ray review!