Cars [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Cars [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: An Interesting Concept And A Brilliant Movie By Pixar
Summary: 5 Stars
Cars was the 7th feature film created by Pixar studios and it kept up the trend of excellent Pixar productions. Managing to win Pixar its 3rd consecutive best Animated Feature Academy award, there was no denying how good this film was. The story is cliché but the concept is still as fresh as Toy Story was back in the day. Its colourful and detailed environments, cars and sequences are put together brilliantly. Pixar makes its movies with this confidence in their own abilities. They seem to never doubt their animation skills or their general imagination for a unique and awe inspiring story.
I mentioned that the story is cliché so I guess I should explain what I mean when I say that. Most Disney movies tend to be along the same lines with a main character who tends to be quite narrow minded and through a series of enlightening events manages to become open minded and a nice person. There's nothing wrong with that, after all it's good to teach our kids that we should all be open minded and nice people. If that's portrayed by a jealous toy or an overprotective fish then so be it. With that cliché plot device, Pixar still manages to create a unique film and a brilliantly funny in between to give us a hell of a lot of enjoyment.
Cars focuses around stock car race car Lightning McQueen who's a racing champion and a sure fire shot at winning the prestigious Piston Cup. During the final race of the Piston Cup championship, a series of events lead to him and two other cars being tied in a photo finish. Because of this situation it is decided that the three will take part in a one off race to decide the true champion. Whilst being transported by Mack to California, McQueen rolls out the back of the truck while asleep and ends up lost in a small town known as Radiator Springs. McQueen accidentally damages the road in Radiator Springs and is forced by the towns Judge, Doc to stay until he fixes the road. While McQueen is in town he makes friends with a truck named Mater, who isn't the brightest bulb in the street. He also seems to develop a crush on another car known as Sally who's a porsche 911 Carrera.
I wont tell you more about the story as it will essentially ruin the movie for you. The whole movie is just amazing and although I was disappointed with their follow up of Ratatouille, Pixar really made me a dedicated fan with this. I would strongly recommend this to any fans of their past movies or just to fans of movies in general as it's just overly entertaining and quite loveable.
Movie Review: Cars on Blu-Ray : A True Blu-Ray Demonstration Disc!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a must have for your collection. I don't even like this movie that much. I think it's one of Pixar's weaker films. Of course Pixar is always good quality entertainment, so even a weaker film by their standards is better than all that unwatchable CGI nonsense from other companies. We can talk about the cliched storyline of the arrogant city slicker driving into an old, beat up town populated with goofy characters all day. It wouldn't matter. The movie is a total cliche, he learns his lessons about life and not being selfish, he wins the affection of the "girl car", he inspires the old champion racer to reconnect with the world again, his goofy sidekicks rebuild their town and get back to grooving, whatever... It's not a great story.
The story and characters are second rate but the visual quality of this movie on Blu-Ray will make your jaw drop! I watched Ratatouille on Blu-Ray first and was mightily impressed but I knew Cars would take the cake as a demonstration disc on account of Cars being very colorful. It exceeded my expectations.
Watch the scene when the main character "Lighting McQueen" gets into that transport truck and they drive out of the stadium and across the freeway of the city at night and then across the highways of the Southwest in the day. "Life is a Highway" is the musical cue during this scene. The visual scheme is gorgeous, lifelike, 3-Dimensional with an extreme sense of depth perception. It looks like real life even though it's a CGI animated film!
I watched Cars using a PS3 connected via a standard HDMI cable to a 42 inch, 1080p LCD TV by LG. Every person who has seen this kind of quality has been very delighted as the reviews here demonstrate and so will you!
WALL-E is going to look drop dead gorgeous when it comes out. I saw WALL-E at the movie theater, on a massive screen with digital projection. It looked great. It will be eye poppingly awesome on Blu-Ray too. Until then, you've got Cars and Ratatouille. Enjoy!
Movie Review: Anyone who owns a Blu-ray player should have a copy of this already on their shelf.
Summary: 5 Stars
I feel forced to write about seeing "Cars" for the first time in Blu-ray.
I have a five-year old named Benicio. "Cars" was his first experience in a real movie theater. On DVD, he used to watch it several times a day; it was basically background to his daily activities running around playing at home.
He knows the movie intimately, and since he knows how to use the remotes, actually maneuvers around the film at will.
Well, I was recuperating from surgery, and I plopped this disc into my new Blu-ray player the afternoon after my hernia repair. Ben plopped down right next to me, seeing the disc case, asking, "Are you going to watch "Cars"? Can I watch it with you?"
The movie loaded and unspooled, and you would have thought he had never seen it before.
Was it the three-dimensional, hypnotizing, hyper-real images? Was it the completely enveloping audio mix?
Who knows? But let me tell you WHATEVER it was, it worked magic on my little guy. He got back into the movie as if it was a totally new experience.
Now as a father who probably could lip-synch the movie if pressed, I have to tell you the same exact thing happened to me. I was lost in this "Cars" world. The picture was crystalline; the audio pure.
What an extraordinary experience for a film buff! I felt a true sense of rediscovery. Details, in-jokes, audio subtleties..."Freebird" indeed.
Anyone who owns a Blu-ray player should have a copy of this already on their shelf.
Movie Review: Get it on Blu-ray
Summary: 5 Stars
Short:
Get it on Blu-ray, well worth it and priced right.
Story (4/5):
I always supported Pixar and their movies because they were all about the story telling and creating an epic environment. They usually avoided all the off-topic jokes and pop culture references that you'll typically see in most animated family movies. Cars crossed that line a bit, but the story telling is still there. It seems unique and typical at the same time, which makes no sense, but that is how it feels. I can't say more than that without spoiling the movie.
Visuals (5/5):
While watching the film, I kept saying in my head, "Man, that must've been expensive to make." It looks amazing and detailed, and they didn't blur out distance details to say time and money. Moreover, without the human features, the cars would be hard to distinguish from the real thing. So this is a must buy for Blu-ray people. One should also consider upgrading their entertainment center for Pixar movies in general, or you'll be missing out.
Characters and Voicing (5/5):
Another great thing about Pixar films is that they cast people that fit the roles they're voicing. No random popular celebrity for marketing purposes. Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, and Larry the Cable Guy (to name a few) all did great jobs voicing his/her character. The characters (with car type matching their personality) are very interesting across the board.
Movie Review: Terrific on All Levels, Including Blu-ray Transfer
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of those Pixar flicks that does a better job of character development than 90 percent of the real-people films being released today. Bugs' Life comes to mind as another positive example. It's a Disney production that even an adult can watch over and over. I've gotten into it enough that I'm urging my family to consider a vacation out west driving Route 66.
They said that when talkies replaced silent films, several years went by before they recovered from showcasing non-stop voice chatter and got back to real artistry in film making. It's ironic that in this day when production houses (and audiences) can't seem to get past the gee-whiz of special effects, we need a pure animated piece to take us back to the real human-quality magic that movies can deliver.
And then there's the Blu-ray video quality. Holy crap! This thing is knock-your-socks-off. Animated films have an advantage in that everything can be simultaneously in focus. Shadowy details can have a little contrast and sharpness added, and so-on. The sound effects can be optimally synthesized for 5 channels. There are simply fewer compromises. The result is that in 1080p on an 11.5 foot screen, this is as good as I've seen, period.
A movie about talking cars sounds dopey. You may fear schmaltzy sentiment. Expect to have exactly the opposite reaction. Get it and get it now!
Tim Naff