
It's big, loud and also entertaining
and the blu-ray is a complete package with great audio, video and extras. Check
out this scene from
Transformers. Click on image to enlarge.
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Happy Feet
is a perfect animated movie. It blends together great animation, sound and music
and a great story. Some of the animation is so good it looks real and there is
some live action incorporated as well. Click on image to enlarge.
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This film,
Apocalypto,
really engages the viewer and from the start, we are on Jaguar Paw's side.
Naturally this blu-ray transfer looks great in 1080p and sounds great too in
full blown pcm 5.1 audio. Click on image to enlarge.
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The new king of animation on disk goes to
Cars, a movie and
blu-ray with unsurpassed detail and great sound as well. If you don't believe
me, check out the beginning race for audio and the scene above for video. Click on image to enlarge.
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The Pixar film,
Ratatouille,
has unsurpassed level of detail that matches that of Cars (above). No other
animated films seem to match the Pixar films in this respect. Click on image to enlarge.
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I don't know how they did it but
Open Season
on blu-ray is more 3-dimensional than any animation I have seen before. Click on image to enlarge.
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These are a few of my favourite scenes on
disk. The screen shots were taken from the main seating position using a digital camera.
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The first image is from
Spider-Man
and the film is a nice blend of live action and cgi. I love comic
book adaptations and this first film of the trilogy tells the story of the rise
of this superhero.
Pan's Labyrinth
is a fairy tale for adults. This film which is totally in Spanish has a
kick-butt soundtrack using dts-HD master lossless audio in no less than 7.1
channels which not only reproduces the bombastic moments but handles the quiet
ambience and surrounds perfectly.
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
has great visual effects and builds on the story of our favourite
sabor-toothed squirrel, Scrat.
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The above 3 images are from
The Corpse Bride,
The Nightmare Before Christmas, and
Surfs Up
respectively. The Corpse Bride disk is a perfect reproduction of this stop-frame
technology movie and it is actually refreshing to see this type of animation.
It's predecessor was The Nightmare Before Christmas, a musical with an
old-fashioned flavor. Each re-incarnation has come with better audio and video
from the time the first DVD came out and this blu-ray disk tops them all.
Finally, Surfs Up is an animated film with a great colour palette and is a
visual treat, pretty to look at in other words.
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300
is in a genre of film that I personally like, animation being another
category that I like. The middle image is one of my personal favorite comic book
adaptations. I love the way
Batman Begins
creates the superhero and shows
us his origins. The disk itself provides us with the audio in Dolby TrueHD. The
music score adds a lot to the film as well.
The Dark Knight
is a very enjoyable sequel but a lot of
credit goes to this character, The Joker, played by the now deceased Heath
Leger.
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Each time I watch
I, Robot,
I feel the same rush. Great video quality from Fox on this one which is better
than every other live action film on blu-ray. Special effects galore, dts-HD
master lossless audio and a great story. What else could you want?
Iron Man
is an intelligent superhero film with a hero that dishes it out. The right shot is from
the Kung Fu Panda
blu-ray. This is one funny film. I love kung-fu films and this one nailed it and
has great animation.
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Who would have ever guessed that a ride at one of
Disney's theme parks would be the basis of one of the most successful movie
trilogies of all time. Pirates
Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
is entertaining, great to look at and to listen to as well. Throw in the
fantastic musical score and performances of its characters and you have a winner
folks. The video quality gets better with each release.
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's
Chest has one of the best
pirate villains you will ever see. Davy Jones (shown here) should win the award
for best makeup or something. Our favorite captain, Jack Sparrow, is trying to
get himself out of a pickle which he usually manages to do somehow here in
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's
End.
All 3 films feature pcm5.1 audio.
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Speed is one of the best
action films ever made. The action begins from the very start and does not let
up, even when you think all is done.
Spider-Man 2
might very well be the best comic book adaptation for many people. It has the
villain you see here, Doc Oc, while
Spider-Man 3
has at least 2 or more bad guys. Spider-Man 3 is at the top of the list for
video quality and audio as well. In this case, Sony uses pcm 5.1 to reproduce
the bombastic soundtrack.
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"Do you know what you have done?" This
new director's cut of Troy
on blu-ray adds a lot to the theatrical cut and this disk has more natural
colours, better video and audio as well and with 50GB of disk space, it shows.
Wall.E
continues Pixar's dominance in animation. Somehow they bring us into the world
of their characters and allow us to feel what they feel. They do so with a level
of detail above all other animated films and sound to match.
Sunshine
is a film I enjoyed each time I watched it. The bass in this film is deep, the
highs are crisp and the surround activity pulls you into the film. "Adjust room
filter to 2.6%".
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