Aquaman (2018)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy • 2h 23m
Director: James Wan
Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison, Ludi Lin, Michael Beach, Randall Park, Graham McTavish, Leigh Whannell, Tainui Kirkwood, Tamor Kirkwood, Denzel Quirke, Kaan Guldur, Otis Dhanji, Kekoa Kekumano, Julie Andrews, John Rhys-Davies, Djimon Hounsou, Andrew Crawford, Sophia Forrest, Natalia Safran, Micah Ohlman, Jack Andrew, Frankie Creagh-Leslie, Sophia Emberson-Bain, Ilya Melnikoff, Hank Amos, Kyryl Koltsov, Patrick Cox, Luke Owen, Robert Longstreet, Devika Parikh, Sonny Le, Jon Fabian, Mabel Tamone, Rita Dinardo, Anthony Standish, Nicolette Bianca, Victor Leto, Vincent B. Gorce, Gabriella Petkova, Oriana Lacono, Pearl Grantham, Noa Tsuchiya, Alice Lanesbury, Nicolas Bosc, Joshua Levinson, Jordy Campbell, Braden Lewis
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Overview
Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.
Regular AR: 2016 WB 4K Blu-ray
IMAX Version: 2021 WB 4K Blu-ray
WB 4K Blu-ray
Caveat: No Dolby Vision metadata
Director: Taika Waititi
2D: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D: International Disney 3D Blu-ray
Original AR: Paramount 4K Blu-ray
IMAX AR: Paramount 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray or Disney+/Apple TV Vision Pro Streaming
Director: James Cameron
Paramount/Fox Blu-ray
3D Blu-ray for the IMAX/Open Matte version
35mm scan for original theatrical cut
4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled
The 4K Blu-ray bonus disc, the 2012 Blu-ray bonus disc, and the 2005 3 disc DVD have exclusive extras.
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
4K Blu-ray has DNR, see caps https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=11748&d2=11747&s1=115760&s2=115776&i=0&l=0
Best Buy Blu-ray has a bonus disc
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Sony Global 4K Blu-ray
> WB US 4K Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos: Sony/Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Sony Blu-ray only has 5.1, not Atmos
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Caveat: both releases do not contain their natively shot expanded IMAX aspect ratios
Dolby Atmos: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Caveat: both releases do not contain their natively shot expanded IMAX aspect ratios
Dolby Atmos: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Director: Christopher Nolan
Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.
Director: James Wan
Blu-ray has lossless DTS-HD MA 7.1, 4K Blu-ray just has lossy DTS-HD HR 7.1
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