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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:28 pm Post subject: Winnie the Pooh (Blu-ray) |
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Another reference disc!
Winnie the Pooh (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) (2011)
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| Quote: | 'Winnie the Pooh' is a pleasant way to spend an hour of your time. It's an animated feature that you won't mind sitting down and watching with your kids. The video and audio are both stupendous on this release. The sticker price of $29 at some stores may give you pause. After all that's a lot to pay for a movie that's only an hour long. Even then, it's still a good investment in my mind since it's sure to be a movie your kids will watch over and over. 'Winnie the Pooh' is highly recommended.
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
Disney animation always looks splendid in HD, and 'Winnie the Pooh' is no different. Its 1080p picture perfectly captures the simple wonder of the Hundred Acre Wood and its inhabitants. Just like 'The Princess and the Frog' the hand-drawn animation simply shines here. Individual pencil lines are distinctly present, even Pooh's eyebrows shift around during each scene because the fine pencil lines that make them up are all drawn individually.
The colors are absolutely glorious. From the warm, nurturing palette of Pooh's home and the surrounding neighborhood, to the bright glowing musical number where Pooh swims around in glistening oceans of honey. Most likely this sequence was done with the help of CG animation, but it still retains that hand-drawn quality that's the real draw of this movie.
The carefully drawn and painted backgrounds seem like almost exact replicas of the 'Pooh' shorts of old. Like our friends are stuck in watercolor paintings, the backgrounds provide a simple yet effectively defined forest-like backdrop. 'Winnie the Pooh' is as demo-worthy as they come. You'll be delighted with the visuals just as much as your children.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
Like the video, the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix is subtle in its charms, but nevertheless impressive in its presence. Much of the movie is centered on the simple dialogue of the narrator and the movie's characters. Their dialogue is presented cleanly and clearly through the center channel. Directionality works perfectly here as you can hear Tigger bounding up one side of the soundfield, entering the frame, and then leaving the other side just as seamlessly.
The musical numbers resonate nicely through all of the channels. Composer Henry Jackman's original music for the film fills the front and rear channels as the characters perform a medley of melodies that are all sing-a-long worthy. Pooh's honey-drenched dream features a nice bit of strong LFE, along with the scene where the characters imagine just exactly what a Backson looks like. LFE overwhelmingly loud or deep, but is satisfyingly stoic and is actually present more than I thought it would be going in.
It isn't the most action-packed audio mix, and doesn't stand up to the much more technical and impressive Pixar mixes, but on the whole this one is extremely enjoyable on all fronts. |
Kal
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