6.4 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Ninjas, samurais, and sensei fight side-by-side against dragons, armies of snake men, and a once-banished warlord who is now seeking to return to power.
Starring: Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Fred Armisen, Abbi Jacobson, Olivia MunnAdventure | 100% |
Family | 94% |
Animation | 88% |
Comedy | 60% |
Action | 41% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 MVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)
English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Digital copy
Blu-ray 3D
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
The LEGO brand's transformation into an entertainment empire took a major step forward with the company's innovative, hilarious, exciting, and touching film The LEGO Movie, a film about an ordinary guy tasked with doing something extraordinary in a make-believe world of larger-than-minifig-life bricks and buoyant personalities. The spin-off The LEGO Batman Movie didn't find quite the same level of narrative excellence but veered its story more to the comedy side of the spectrum, exploring some emotional drama but largely building a fun, fast-paced movie around Batman's personality (and Will Arnett's exemplary, character-defining voice work). Now, the third feature from LEGO takes the line's popular Ninjago world and figures and drops them into a movie that feels more like the first, a film in which comic overtones and large-scale action support a touching core story about a father-son relationship that gives balance to the film's epic laughs and huge action pieces.
The LEGO Ninjago Movie's Blu-ray 3D presentation is an enjoyable one. Warner's (currently hard to find) 3D disc delivers a capable image in terms of both 3D and core visual elements. Basic 3D depth is solid, whether exploring the dense Ninjago cityscape or some of the more intimate terrain away from the city during scenes later in the film. Viewers will find a fairly consistent sense of space across the board, both from front to back but also between objects, where one can get a good feel of how far apart a couple of bricks or characters may be or enjoy the added sense of scope when large mechs do battle. The image produces an enjoyable sense of volume as well, where it's easy to identify all of the shapes around the film, whether minifig heads, studs on Lego bricks, or the various collections of bricks that make up a larger object. A few enjoyable protrusions exist throughout the film, a few of which extend beyond the "black bars," but never are they so intense that the viewer might flinch. Core visual elements are nicely complimentary to the 3D construct. Detailing remains strong throughout, perhaps a notch below the Blu-ray and UHD, but finer qualities on LEGO pieces and textural elements in the live action bookends enjoy thorough and satisfactory stability and clarity. Colors are pleasantly punchy, again a notch below the intensity of the Blu-ray and the greater depth and pronouncement of the UHD, but yellow-y Lego skin tones, the multicolored ninja vehicles, and other assorted shades from across the film's infinitely colorful world are handled well. Shadow detail and black levels are fine, and no serious encode or source issues are readily apparent.
The LEGO Ninjago Movie's 3D release curiously contains a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack whereas both the 2D-only release and the UHD offer a Dolby Atmos soundtrack (in addition to this 5.1 offering). The 5.1 track is fine, borderline exceptional, even, but it lacks the absolutely fluidity, intensity, and spacious distinction found on the Atmos track. The 5.1 listen offers plenty of intensive bass, organic surround engagement, plenty of well positioned discrete and imaged effects, and clarity through even the most intensive battle scenes, but missing is that greater, grander openness and definition. Large, diffuse sounds, like the public address announcements when Garmadon returns to base following his defeat in Ninjago early in the film, fail to completely engage the totality of the listening area in the same way the Atmos track does. Still, the track is impressively large, always detailed, and highly enjoyable. Dialogue never misses a beat. 3D fans aren't getting a bad track by any stretch of the imagination, just one that can't match the excellence of its larger companion.
The LEGO Ninjago Movie contains a number of extras, most of which are not listed on the back of the box, and all of which can be found on
the bundled 2D Blu-ray disc. No supplements appear on the 3D disc. A
digital copy code is
included with
purchase.
The LEGO Ninjago Movie falls more in-line with Movie than it does Batman. Based on an original property rather than a hybrid (Movie) or one completely borrowed (Batman), the film soars with a wonderful balance of humor, action, and drama. Characters are a bit one-dimensional, but all of the surrounding bricks and pieces largely eliminate that roadblock and altogether lift the movie to highly entertaining heights. Warner Brothers' Blu-ray 3D release, currently very hard to find, offers enjoyable 3D video, a fine 5.1 lossless soundtrack (but not the Atmos track from the other releases), and a nice allotment of bonus content. Recommended, if one can find it.
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