Although my kids saw this latest Pixar offering in the theaters, I didn't see it until buying it on 3D Blu Ray this week.
My wife didn't want to watch in 3D in our private theater, so we did the standard Blu Ray in the bedroom. First up, fantastic picture quality, and I would only expect the audio quality and 3D to be top rate as well, when I'm able to watch in our theater. Note that in the director's commentary, they say that in the "Abstract Thought shortcut" that the characters take, as they collapse down to 2D characters, they intentionally collapsed the soundfield from surround down to stereo, then just mono in the center channel speaker. It returns to surround as the characters exit.
What a great movie! After some of the recent Pixar movies (and as I feared, the "inspired by the world of Cars" movies Planes, and Planes: Fire and Rescue which Disney deliberately spun off from Pixar) have tapered off somewhat on excellence, I think this film has restored Pixar to full form. In a movie about emotions, it was a very emotional experience, and had me laughing, sad, and flat out crying for the imaginary characters. Beautiful, deep, and engaging. Truly believable "human" characters, and a real life plot that most people can relate to, especially remembering back to the emotions of childhood and how life changed. Fun and funny "emotion", "memory", and "imaginary" characters.
Loved it, and want to watch it again already. Make sure you check out the extras, like the other digital shorts in the bonus features. :45: out of :5:
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