7.2 | / 10 |
Users | 3.8 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 3.7 |
Johnny Knoxville and company return for the third installment of their TV show spin-off, where dangerous stunts and explicit public displays rule.
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Jason 'Wee Man' AcuņaComedy | 100% |
Documentary | 16% |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
Digital copy (on disc)
DVD copy
Anaglyph 3D
D-Box
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 1.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
It seemed good on paper.
Different strokes for different folks, one man's trash is another man's treasure, and so on and so forth. To some, Jackass 3 will no doubt
represent the pinnacle of Comedy, a time capsule-worthy piece of cinema history that's to be cherished for all time and lauded for its brilliance as an
unparalleled representation of early 21st century humor. For others, it won't be worth the Jackass 3-branded toilet paper Paramount so
kindly
delivered alongside the Blu-ray screener (ah, the perks of being a disc reviewer). How does that old Internet forum saying go? Flame suit on?
OK, hold on...[zip]. Good, it's on nice and tight, and judging by the disc's current sales rank and 7.3/10 user rating on IMDB, the suit is certain to
come
in handy by the end of this review. Subjectively speaking, this movie stinks, and stinks worse than Preston Lacy's sweat and rear end put
together, some combination of which is featured prominently in the film and is the direct cause of several scenes that result in fellow
Jackass cast
members upchucking their lunches. But hey, more power to Preston and the gang. It's Capitalism 101: find a product people want, sell it at a price
they're willing to
pay, and rake in the cash. If they can make money by gluing themselves to one another,
taking a puff off a cigarette that's just been in another man's anus, or allowing themselves to be bitten by scorpions, then good for them.
Highbrow Culture Vultures need not apply, of course, but if watching jackasses play tetherball with a beehive sounds like fun, well, just quit
reading and see the movie.
Jackasses.
Jackass 3's 2D-only 1080p Blu-ray transfer is a mixed bag; the image appears sourced from several different cameras of varying qualities, but the film's general HD-video look is handsomely reproduced for this Blu-ray release. The Beavis and Butt-Head opening looks fantastic; crisp lines, great colors, and high detailing will make fans yearn for the duo to maybe someday appear in all-new HD adventures. As the film begins, viewers will immediately notice the barrage of color; this transfer never lacks bright hues and vibrant color schemes, and Paramount's MPEG-4 encode handles the diverse palette expertly, delivering a multitude of reds, greens, blues, and yellows with incredible accuracy. Detail, too, is quite sharp as evidenced in skin textures, hair, clothes, natural terrain, and manmade structures and contraptions. The image does fluctuate depending on the quality of the source; noise, blocking, banding, aliasing, and other uglies appear from time to time during the shots captured through lesser-quality devices. The bulk of the image, however, is clean, glossy, and a pleasure to behold. It can look a touch flat, but that's the nature of the HD video source. All in all, fans should be happy with the quality of Paramount's 2D Blu-ray release of Jackass 3; hopefully the studio will release a proper Blu-ray 3D version in short order.
Jackass 3 explodes onto Blu-ray with an obviously amped-up but nevertheless exciting DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack. This mix tosses information into the surrounds and, indeed, all over the soundstage with regularity. Butt-Head's voice effortlessly bounces around the soundstage and, when he slaps a 3D glasses-wearing Beavis, the specs crash into the back of the listening area. Music pours from every speaker with regularity; it's energetic and loud with slicing guitar riffs and a fair low end, playing with a fair bit of crispness and attention to detail. The Rocky theme in particular plays with wonderfully crisp, pronounced, and spacious flair. The "high five" device slams into bodies with a good, solid "thud," and other assorted sound effects hit hard and/or maneuver around the soundstage to good effect, whether zipping paintball rounds, buzzing bees, or splashing water. The power of an active jet engine devastates the soundstage with a raw strength that's maybe the best all-around and certainly most all-encompassing effect in the track. It's all over-exaggerated save for what is generally accurate and distortion-free dialogue. It's a fun soundtrack no doubt, and fans of the film will get a kick out of the juiced-up mix; it's a shame the 3D visuals aren't here to back it up.
Jackass 3 limps onto Blu-ray with a relatively short supplemental section; highlights include a nearly 30-minute "making of," an assortment
of outtakes, and a handful of
deleted scenes. The disc also includes a 100-minute director's cut and a 94-minute theatrical cut.
Jackass 3 is a movie viewers are either going to love or hate. For those that love it, sorry, agree to disagree and all that, but please, support Blu-ray and buy the disc. For those that hate it, think they would hate it after reading some of what it's about, or have no interest, yup, skip it. This is one of those black-and-white, straight down the middle, divisive sort of pictures, but it's made to be just that. The filmmakers and stars probably thrive on negative reviews as much as positive reviews, and they're probably already hard at working putting together ideas for Jackass 4 that will only intensify the hate and more greatly please the fans. Paramount's Blu-ray release of Jackass 3 inexplicably (well, OK, explicably) eschews an actual Blu-ray 3D transfer and doesn't even bother to offer a 1080p anaglyph 3D image; that's reserved for the included standard-definition DVD. The 2D image is solid, as is the lossless audio, but no doubt fans will cry foul over the 3D fiasco and the absence of a broader grouping of extras. Fans who are going to let this play on repeat will buy regardless, but fence-sitters and 3D fans might want to wait and see if a "proper" 3D release will come out in the future. Minus an extra half-point overall for the absence of a 1080p 3D option, anaglyph or otherwise.
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