A Bug's Life [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of A Bug's Life [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Another Home Run for Disney and Pixar, what an excellent BD!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Movie:
Following the commercial success of Toy Story, Pixar's first outing into cinema, comes "A Bug's Life." This film, though not as charming as Toy Story, is still wonderfully crafted by the geniuses behind the scenes. The story follows the adventure of Flik, an ant inventor, who seems to find himself in trouble more often than not. After a series of events, all of the food that the ants collect as an offering to a band of grasshoppers that harrass their colony is gone, dropped into the water surrounding the island that the colony is on. Poor Flik is to blame. Quickly after a meeting between the Ant Queen, Princess Ada, and the advisors of the colony, Flik is sent out to find some warrior bugs to fight off the grasshoppers. What ensues is a hilarous misunderstanding, that leads to your typical confrontation of good vs evil. The pace of the movie is great, and the visuals (per 1999) are amazing. John Lasseter knows how to treat his audience, and we get what we want to see, the perspective of the world from a bug's view. Taking story elements from "Seven Samurai," the film is about standing up for what is right, even if confronted with insanely big obstacles. The voice actors, specially Kevin Spacey as Hopper, seem to have a blast, giving an extra amount of charisma to the film. The main reason why this movie is a success is because, like all Pixar films, it has a heart, and it always will.
5 out of 5.
The Blu-Ray:
Video:
WOW! I have to give Kudos to Disney. They have yet failed to impress me with any of their Blu-Ray releases. There is not a blemish or artifact to be found. Straight from the digital transfer, the colors are perfectly balanced and varied, while blacks are as deep as they can be. This is a pristine transfer, with no imperfections what-so-ever.
5 out of 5.
Audio:
I was very impressed by the video, but I was blown away by the DTS-HD MA mix on this Blu-Ray. MY GOODNESS! I never thought I would say this, but this is the perfect mix. It even tops Wall-E (IMO) in every aspect. Surround use is constant and directionality is like no other. The perfect demo scene would be when the rains begins. The bass of the drops, the clarity of the screams, it all weaves together to form an audio experience like no other. Just perfect!
5 out of 5.
Overall, this is a wonderful Blu-Ray. Great, fun movie, with a wonderful transfer, and an audio mix that is demo-worthy. My hat goes off to Disney.
Movie Review: Pixar Perfection
Summary: 5 Stars
Another beautifully animated Pixar film. The bugs are cute and the story is new and fresh. Not only will children enjoy the story, it is done well enough that adults enjoy too.
It is a story about an ant colony led by Flik (Dave Foley). Flik seems to always cause trouble although he only means well. They have grasshopper landlords it seems as they have to assemble food to feed them regularly 0 like a tax or payoff to the mob. Flik seeks help from a buggy circus, which includes a spider, caterpillar, fleas, and other odd bugs. He thinks they will scare the grasshoppers, but they realize this may not work. Several schemes are hatched including a mock-up bird made of sticks and leaves.
The struggle is funny and original, and somehow the ants win. Just a cute story full of wonderful animated characters.
Movie Review: Great PQ and AQ
Summary: 5 Stars
It was great to finally watch this again after so many years. Reviews here and on [...] enticed me to buy this based on the PQ and AQ. The BD met my expectations and exceeded them!
A thorough list of extras and all of the blooper clips only added to the overall satisfaction. I already owned the Cars BD, so I was pleased to add this movie as well. The PQ is clearly a 5/5 even though the animation clearly shows this to be early in the Pixar lineup. The AQ earns a hands-down 5/5 as well. What little .1 present is primarily from the wings of the grasshoppers and the rhino-beetle "Dim", but it's rich and thunderous, not boomie. All dialog was clear and supporting ambient sounds are present from the BD menu all the way to the end of the movie.
A good buy, even when I got it at $22 from here at Amazon.
Movie Review: A visual treat
Summary: 5 Stars
Make no mistake about it, this is one of the best animated films you are ever going to see. Disney/Pixar like to boast that 'not a pixel is out of place' with their blu-ray transfers and that is so true about this blu-ray. It is simply brilliant. There are absolutely no faults in the transfer. Pixar may have done better with their animation in later CGI classics, but a Bug's Life is still a remarkable feat of the imagination. It appeals equally well to both kids and adults. There's plenty of humor too. This is one of those discs that you should own if you have a blu-ray player. I have seen the DVD of this movie, which was very good, but the blu-ray simply blows it out of the water. Highly recommended.Movie Review: Blu-ray A Bug's Life
Summary: 5 Stars
I think by now, Everyone has seen this movie and if you haven't, I'm sure all will enjoy it. I owned this on VHS and then on DVD. The reason I purchased the Blu-ray was because my DVD version was not enhanced for 16x9 TVs, and I knew the Blu-ray would be. I haven't tried any extra features with the blu-ray version and only have the picture quality to compare. The blu-ray version is more sharp, but the DVD version was pretty good to begin with. If I had a way to zoom in on the DVD version without changing my DVD upscale settings to 480, I would have just stayed with the DVD version...