Pitch Perfect 3 Blu-ray review

Mar 18, 2018- Permalink

The Pitch Perfect franchise obviously has an audience, perhaps people who watched Glee and thought, “Gee, I wish the comedy was raunchier.” It’s been a good audience, because I’ve just used the word “franchise” and the films have taken in about a half-billion at the box office. So for those fans, sing for joy because Pitch Perfect 3 is now available to take home on Blu-ray.

The disc’s 1080p AVC-encoded transfer is presented in the movie’s original 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The colour palette pops, skin tones are natural, and the black levels have good amount of depth. Details on skin, clothing and structures are very good. The transfer does have some digital noise in it and artifacts are especially visible in one scene but doesn’t really take away from the whole presentation.

On the sound side, you get English DTS:X and DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 tracks as well as a French DTS 5.1 and a Spanish DTS-HD HR 7.1 track. Subtitles are available in English SDH, Spanish and French. A movie whose whole purpose in being is song performances should have a great listening experience, right? Well, then you won’t be disappointed. The soundtrack uses the surround speakers perfectly, placing you on the stage with the singers and immersing you in the experience. The notes are clear and rich, the low-end is just right and not overpowering and yes, the non-musical moments are just as well done. An excellent soundscape.

One the extras side, Pitch Perfect 3 hits the right note, too. (Oh, c’mon, I’m allowed one musical joke.) There’s a DVD copy, a Movies Anywhere download code, additional music performances, extended musical performances, deleted scenes, bloopers, some featurettes, and two audio commentary tracks from director Trish Sie and producers Paul Brooks and Max Handelman.

Fans of the Pitch Perfect series will want to add this final hurrah to their collection.