6.9 | / 10 |
Users | 5.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.3 |
The story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device. Ron's malfunctions set against the backdrop of the social media age launch them on a journey to learn about true friendship.
Starring: Jack Dylan Grazer, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Olivia Colman, Rob DelaneyFamily | 100% |
Animation | 93% |
Comedy | 46% |
Sci-Fi | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
Digital copy
DVD copy
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
What is a friend, and what is friendship? In the digital world they can mean two entirely different things. Today, a "friend" can be someone who clicks a "thumbs up: icon or an "add as friend" button, granting them access to a digital profile full of likes and dislikes and opinions and so on and so forth: a digital footprint. But is that also "friendship?" Can a real, soulful, purposeful friendship exist based solely on a series of profile similarities, or is there something more organic, some connection beyond the digital realm that makes a real friend and a real friendship? Just a few years ago talking about degrees of digital friends and what "friendship" actually meant would have been crazy talk, but here is it, 2021, and Ron's Gone Wrong is asking these very questions about the shifting perspective of friends and friendship in the 21st century technological world.
Unsurprisingly, the picture quality is excellent. The 1080p Blu-ray transfer is a delight. It's super clear, razor sharp, abundantly colorful: it's everything that a brand-new high end digital animation should be on Blu-ray. There's nary a flaw to be found here. Whether considering the absence of any encode issues or the freedom from various source anomalies, the picture is technically perfect. The Blu-ray is well capable of revealing the fine-point animation excellence on display from start to finish. There's no digital stone left unturned, allowing the viewer to soak in all the excruciatingly pinpoint detailing the digital artists have painstakingly rendered for the film. Fine character model peculiarities, broad environmental niceties, clothes, scratches on Barney's beater of a 'bot, and so on and so forth: everything is presented to the peak of format clarity and perfection. Color output is superb, yielding endlessly bright and abundant colors that leap off the screen with mightily impressive depth and brilliance. Colors are well saturated, contrast is spot-on perfect, and color temperature is even and appealing. Whites are crisp and bright and blacks are deep and powerful. This is yet another reference quality animation presentation from Disney.
From the Fox fanfare it's obvious that Disney's fingerprints are on this soundtrack; the fanfare is weak and timid at reference volume, and the score to follow over the opening titles is likewise a little bit wanting for added volume and aggression. There is, at least, a decent sense of depth at work and this is far from the most impotent DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 lossless soundtrack Disney has released, but it's not the full-bodied experience the material deserves, either. It flirts with excellence, offering a tangible sense of depth and there is certainly not any want for additional surround content. Indeed, the track offers plenty of rear side engagement and delivers a fluid audio experience that is perfectly at ease making use of the backs for immersive content and discrete effects alike. Stage balance is never in question; it's just a matter of lacking authority and power at reference. Dialogue is clear and well prioritized from its natural front-center home.
Disney brings Ron's Gone Wrong to Blu-ray with two featurettes and a trailer. A DVD copy of the film and a Movies Anywhere digital copy code
are included with purchase.
Ron's Gone Wrong does a lot right in how it communicates the story of the human condition in the digital era. It's moving, funny, well voiced, and expertly animated: a solid film all around. Disney's Blu-ray delivers tip-top video, acceptable-to-good audio, and a couple of extras. Recommended.
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