6.4 | / 10 |
Users | 3.2 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 3.4 |
Find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to three unlikely outcasts - Red, Chuck and Bomb - to figure out what the pigs are up to.
Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Bill HaderFamily | 100% |
Animation | 91% |
Comedy | 71% |
Action | 45% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)
Portuguese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48 kHz, 16-bit)
Cantonese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Mandarin: Dolby Digital 5.1
French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1
Korean: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Vietnamese: Dolby Digital 5.1
All DD 5.1 tracks @ 640 kbps; Mandarin=PRC and Taiwanese
English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Cantonese, Indonesian, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Thai, Vietnamese
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
UV digital copy
DVD copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Note: Sony has also released 'The Angry Birds Movie' as a Blu-ray 3D and 4K UHD release. Both are exclusive to the three-disc package, which also contains this standard release.
For the few people who are unaware, or who've forgotten about it since Pokemon Go overwhelmed the mobile game market, Angry
Birds is essentially a colorful physics-based
game in which players must fire an object, in this case a bird, into a structure, structures, or something dangling above or setting on or around
those
structures, and knock them down in order to smash targets, in this case green little pigs, in the fewest shots possible. It's a simple game of
cause and effect, try and retry, and attempt to earn those coveted three stars on each level. Its popularity stems from simple touch controls
(except
on consoles, onto which it's made it way in several forms and fashions, which is still easy enough to play), colorful characters with a
surprising depth of personality even consdering the game's relatively
basic
structure, and pick-up-and-play simplicity. The franchise has spawned more than new games, though. The charactes have infiltrated popular
culture.
There are plush toys, books, even little video shorts that expand on the world of Angry Birds. But nothing has
quite
taken these birds to new heights quite like Directors Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly's The Angry Birds Movie, a feature-length digitally
animated adventure in which the birds get their first taste of pig invasion and the birds go on their first offensive against their enemies. Yes, there
are
slingshots and yes, the favorite birds fly through them. They talk, too, and while the film doesn't exactly reinvent the children's digital genre, it's a
fun
movie that works both as a standalone entertainer and a satisfying origins story for fans of the game series.
Birds will fly.
Bright, colorful, cheerful. The Angry Birds Movie soars on Blu-ray with a resplendent, eye-popping color palette that dazzles throughout the experience. The tropical greens, blue skies, and multicolored birds present with stunningly rich colors across a very diverse palette. Reds, yellows, teals, all of the bird colors leap off the screen with dominating vibrance. Pigs, almost a neon-green color, are likewise enjoyably and accurately colored. Detailing is superb. Sony's 1080p transfer expresses each and every surface and object with remarkable clarity, efficiency, and intimate texturing. Feathers are most obvious. Each bird is alive with individually flowing and lifelike coverings that give the movie a beautifully complex main detail. Surrounding information is stellar. The pigs' pirate ship reveals all sorts of textural treasures. The island is alive with leaves, tree trunks, terrain, structures, and little support bits that never want for additional detailing. Every shot combines both expert detail and spectacular color for what is a 90-minute Blu-ray animation highlight reel. Black levels hold up, no source flaws are apparent, and compression issues are practically nonexistent. This is a fabulous presentation from Sony.
The Angry Birds Movie features a fabulously aggressive and fully detailed DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 lossless soundtrack. Music dominates much of the movie's first half. The track implements a number of styles -- score, Hard rock guitar riffs, Pop songs, operatic music -- and all of it plays with seamless front end spacing, revealing clarity that handles the smorgasbord of a soundtrack with impeccable clarity, and a healthy, natural low end accompaniment. Surrounds are engaged conservatively with music, but more liberally with action. The stage opens up considerably for all of the movie's more aggressive scenes. Around the 57 minute mark comes the first full-on action extravaganza. Sounds swirl, depth is potent, and surround use is plentiful. Explosions, crumbling trees, vehicles zipping about, and other bits of mayhem drive the film and capture a seamless and enjoyable 360-degree experience. Most of the third act plays with nonstop excitement that features flawless stage presence, finely interwoven yet very clear details, and incredible aggressiveness, even through the myriad of elements that the track strings together. Dialogue, whether in calm and quiet or very loud action, is always well prioritized and clear with a natural front-center positioning.
The Angry Birds Movie contains a lengthy assortment of mostly fluffy bonus content. A UV digital copy code is included with purchase. Note
that, for whatever mysterious reason, Sony has hidden the "Scene Selections" tab within the special features category.
The Angry Birds Movie boils down to the usual animated fare qualities: there's lots of humor, color, action, and adventure in a relatively safe environment and presentation. There's really no substance-- this isn't Pixar -- but it's a fun little diversion that should satisfy younger audiences, those familiar with the game or not, while both adults and Angry Birds game veterans might find it appealing if only to see their favorite characters in a real adventure that does a fair, if not sometimes sluggish, job of gradually building them and constructing a story towards the (fairly brief) implementation of game mechanics on a much large scale than a phone screen. Sony's 1080p Blu-ray release of The Angry Birds Movie features flawless video and audio. The supplemental section is long, though not particularly deep. Recommended.
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