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Video

Simply beautiful mastering highlights this release beginning with the outstanding, crisp resolution gains. The sharpness and resolution bring added life to the puppets, resolving their intricate texture even at distance. Dazzling miniature sets host brick, wood, and concrete, all resolved cleanly. Not an ounce of noise factors in, creating no impediment to these flawless visuals.

Dolby Vision stays surprisingly sedate for most of the runtime, although it works when highlighting intensely bright objects. Overall contrast looks great, if not as intense as expected. Come lightning or ghostly lights though, and Paranorman begins to show off. Those peaks are shown attention, glowing and bright. The finale's conflict with Agatha is among the most intense on the format. Paranorman just waits for the right opportunity to shine. Dense black levels do not lessen their grip on the aesthetics.

A clean color grade utilizes numerous palettes, saturation typically high and rich. Set in the fall, leaves sport intense browns and oranges. The ghostly green surrounding the dead is an impressive density.

Audio

With plentiful ghostly winds, this newly remastered Atmos track spreads around the soundstage almost constantly. There's almost always something bouncing through the rears or heights. Paranorman provides chances aplenty to showcase the remastering, channel separation consistently impressive. Directionality allows voices to travel as well as sound effects. The stereo split is a grand one too, with notable width.

Low-end provides support as needed, and there's a solid baseline to work with. The deepest rumbles hit hard, providing the shaking and rattling indicative of the lowest tones. When the witch first rises, thunder effects slam through the subwoofer in what's easily a demo sequence.