Frankenweenie (2012) Enero 8 USA

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Blu-ray review
Movie 2.5
Video 5.0
3D 5.0
Audio 4.5
Extras 3.0
Overall 4.0

Frankenweenie 3D Blu-ray, Video Quality
No disappointment here whatsoever. Frankenweenie ascends to top-tier heaven with not one but two stunning 1080p video presentations -- an exceedingly impressive AVC-encoded 2D image and an equally eye-popping MVC-encoded 3D experience -- both of which look every bit as good as each one should. Crisp, clean whites, gorgeous gray gradients and rich, inky blacks lend the 2D image a wonderful sense of depth and bolster the 3D presentation's dimensionality to incredibly lifelike ends. The puppets and sets are so convincingly realized in three dimensions, in fact, that the urge to reach out and touch them shouldn't make anyone feel foolish, even if the 3D presentation provides more inward, world-deepening immersiveness than outward, screen-popping gimmickry. Contrast is vibrant and unwavering as well, and detail is nothing short of flawless. Edges are clean and refined (without any unsightly ringing), perfectly resolved fine textures reveal every nuance of the clothes, models and sets that appear, and delineation doesn't falter. Moreover, significant macroblocking, banding, aliasing, noise and other abominations are nowhere to be found in either presentation, and the 3D experience isn't prone to crosstalk (which, when it does crop up, is a product of the 3D display or glasses anyway, not Disney's 3D encode). As it stands, I'd be hard pressed not to give Frankenweenie a second chance, if only to marvel at the 3D presentation one more time. No matter your reaction to the film itself, this is one presentation you won't soon forget.

Frankenweenie 3D Blu-ray, Overall Score and Recommendation
Once a bold visionary, Burton seems to have lost touch with much of what made his early films so wondrous and his most memorable characters so achingly human. Frankenweenie should be a moving masterwork in stop-motion storytelling. It should be the heartbreaking, perhaps even heartwarming tale of a boy and his dead dog. Instead, it's a stilted, cumbersome expansion of a short film with more heart and soul in its thirty minutes than Burton's feature-length adaptation musters in ninety. Fortunately, Disney's 3D Blu-ray release doesn't go silently into the night. Its video presentation is outstanding, its 3D experience almost worth the price of admission alone, its DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 surround track impresses, and its supplemental package, though lacking in some regards, delivers thanks to a first-rate production documentary. Frankenweenie may have left me cold, but its Blu-ray release did not. If you have any love for Burton's latest, you'll be completely taken by Disney's efforts.

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