The Prodigies 3D Blu-ray (2011) [Region Free]

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I found The Prodigies to be a disappointment, including the 3D. To cut to the chase, the vast majority of the film is flat or very mild in terms of stereo. There are conversion errors in the 3D presentation that suggest an automated process, but there are a few sequences in the film which do look stronger and may have been rendered stereoscopically, so it seems like a variety of techniques were used to produce the 3D. In most cases where I expected good 3D (e.g. falling from the sky, explosions of debris, slow motion, items close to camera etc), it failed to deliver. Quite literally the lenticular magnet on the steelbook has better 3D than the same sequence in the movie, which is presented flat with no depth.

As for the actual content of the film, a few moments were interesting and the concept was okay, but right from the start I knew that it was going to rub me the wrong way. It breaks the mold but not in a sense I personally appreciate in a film like this

[Show spoiler](it includes many instances of abuse and assult of minors, including a sexual one, all of which I found very unpleasant even with the doughy animation)

. Truly a perplexing movie - the subject matter is absolutely not for children, but the animation and story are not sophisticated or appealing enough to justify its the extreme nature so I don't see it being enjoyed by many adults either. I seriously cannot understand how it got financed in the first place, and with a rather high budget too! Did investors write blank checks after learning that the script was adapted from a novel??