Maleficent 3D Blu-ray (2014) [Region Free]

[NzScreamindemon]

Saw this last night and was pleasantly surprised! Although it added to the overall presentation I didnt think the 3d was hugely impressive - there was real potential for this movie to "pop" off the screen, but mostly it was depth that was delivered and it worked well.....

I did like the "darker" side of the sleeping beauty story and Jolie pulled off a very fitting portrayal of Meleficent.....some of the CGI created creatures looked a bit tacky and overly cartoony which just came off looking a bit weird and almost not quite fitting for the rest of the movie....Comic relief was inserted by the three fairies - but that too seemed a little too hmmm slapstick to sit just right.....BUT take those two small niggles out and the rest of the movie is actually quite a "surprise" treat...

Media in New Zealand is going down the ho-hum road as far as reviews for the film (who really takes note of them anyway) but they have noted Jolie's performance....

Previews included:

The Fault with the stars (or something like that - totally irrelevent for a 3D screening, and quite possibly the target audience!)

Then "How To Train Your Dragon 2" - the 3D kicks in and this looks like a good production - plenty of depth and glorious animation!

and Finally "Transformers" I was keen to see how this would look on a big screen...the movie looks awesome - but going by the preview I saw the 3d looks lack-lustre and rather flat....I kinda felt a little let down, I guess this will be a wait and see when the actual movie hits the screens - It's Transformers so it should do well in any case....

Chris
(oh yeah...these are just my opinions eh?)

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by NzScreamindemon

Previews included:

The Fault with the stars (or something like that - totally irrelevent for a 3D screening, and quite possibly the target audience!)

Then "How To Train Your Dragon 2" - the 3D kicks in and this looks like a good production - plenty of depth and glorious animation!

and Finally "Transformers" I was keen to see how this would look on a big screen...the movie looks awesome - but going by the preview I saw the 3d looks lack-lustre and rather flat....I kinda felt a little let down, I guess this will be a wait and see when the actual movie hits the screens - It's Transformers so it should do well in any case....

3D-Previews in Northern California included: The Book of Life (2014), colorful native-CGI-3D animation for Halloween, coming October 17, & Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) coming August 1, and Disney's Big Hero 6 (2014) coming Nov 7, 2014.

[Dubstar]

hate to say it, but this viewer (me) was completely underwhelmed by the 3D post conversion - glad I didn't spend more than $10.25 - or I would have felt ripped off.