Marvel Studio's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 [Blu-ray] [Region A & B & C]

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It's nice to champion some Marvel characters once again, and who better than the Guardians to remind us how to do it What really is a relief is no longer having to compromise with a streaming variation just to enjoy the expanded aspect ratio I honestly have nothing much to add to Bryan’s review. I loved this movie. It’s the kind of show I’ve wanted to see from Marvel’s recent output but was only served up pale imitations. Outside of Shang-Chi, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and maybe a couple of the Disney+ shows, Marvel’s Phase Four was pretty mediocre with Phase Five off to a rough start with Ant-Man and Wasp in Quantumania. This movie gives a fitting conclusion to a number of the characters whose respective performers won’t be returning (or at least any time soon) while giving the franchise an emotional gut punch that left me weepy more than once. After three theatrical viewings and two more times at home, this film still hits and I love it.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Blu-ray Pre-Orders: Bonus Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Blu-ray Pre-Orders: Bonus

The disc presents a 3840x2160/24p BT.2020 image in both the widescreen aspect ratio of 2.39:1 and the 'IMAX enhanced' aspect ratio of 1.9:1, and uses a Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) and High Dynamic Range, and is encoded using the HEVC (H.265) codec. Still reeling from a terrible loss, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful. All of the bonus features are on the included 2D 1080p disc and they’re all identical to what we got here stateside. The only difference of course is the menus are in Japanese but the audio is English so it all works out in the wash. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 comes to 4K Blu-ray from Disney, with their US release long predating their October UK release, but presumably amounting to exactly the same disc. This Ultra HD Blu-ray delivers an excellent 4K presentation, with commendable implementation of shifting aspect ratios.