You'll find a really good example of screen to back surround panning in Chapter 11. Many other instances of steered sound effects to the back surround channel occur throughout the soundtrack. The dialogue sounds natural, having fairly good integration with the on-screen environments. Bass extension is deep and effective, sounding well defined, and the .1 LFE is utilized fairly aggressively. The music is very well recorded, and has a dynamic, expansive presence.
Sound effects are always multidimensional, and span the entire soundfield.
The fidelity of the audio is on par with some of the best sounding films. The picture quality is superb with images that are sharp and detailed. Color fidelity is excellent with vibrant colors, natural fleshtones and deep, solid blacks. There is absolutely no noise or artifacts no doubt due to the pristine high definition transfer. When viewed in the component anamorphic mode, the picture exhibits incredible color resolution and sharp image quality.