Song of The Sea

[Mavrick]

This was in stock at Amazon this morning £14.99 should be back most places soon.

[Sifox211]

This is £10.99 at Rakuten / Entertainment Store, an extra 15% off if you order it today using JANSALE15 (first 1500 customers apparently):

Song of the Sea

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Filmbloke

Ooh, cheers for the heads up - have done the same!

Did your copy turn Filmbloke?

They took payment and dispatched my order on the 11th of Dec and still no sign of it That's one less christmas present under the tree. No reply from them to my email either....

[Filmbloke]

Mine finally turned up on Monday. It did take a while, and much longer than when I've ordered from them in the past.

[dublinbluray108]

I watched for the first time as it was my mum's birthday today. She turned 55 years old.

And my god. The quality of the animation in this film on Blu-ray is a blissful experience.

It is out of this world & an outstanding masterpiece of a film being made with animation.

This is a film that should be cherished for any Irish people or fans of animation.

Also; the music from the film's soundtrack is incredible. It sounds so beautiful & mysterious.

It's one of the best films that I ever seen in my life.

I will give it a just for the effort alone. It was truly magical.

[baloobas]

Huge fan of this movie. I don’t think it’s hyperbole to call it one of the best Irish movies ever made. Glad you enjoyed it.

[Barbossa]

I loved it, such a beautiful film in so many ways.

[Patient-X]

Originally Posted by dublinbluray108

I watched for the first time as it was my mum's birthday today. She turned 55 years old.

And my god. The quality of the animation in this film on Blu-ray is a blissful experience.

It is out of this world & an outstanding masterpiece of a film being made with animation.

This is a film that should be cherished for any Irish people or fans of animation.

Also; the music from the film's soundtrack is incredible. It sounds so beautiful & mysterious.

It's one of the best films that I ever seen in my life.

I will give it a just for the effort alone. It was truly magical.

Check out this one too...

[ravenus]

Yesterday I re-watched Song of the Sea on the UK blu-ray.

I haven't seen his previous entry The Secret of Kells, but with this film alone director Tomm Moore shows himself to be an Irish Miyazaki, with similar sensibilities towards nature, mythology and cultural heritage. In this wonderful fantasy, a Selkie (a mythological creature that can transform between human and seal forms) marries a human (a lighthouse-keeper on an island off the coast), but leaves him after the birth of their second child. The man is left a depressed shell and the older sibling Ben blames his new sister Saoirse (pronounced Seer-Sha) for the loss of his mother. Their paternal grandmother, insistent that a lonely island is no place to rear children, forcibly takes them to her home in the mainland city (the puffs of black smoke from her automobile, and the crowd and noise of the urban environment indicating where the director's sensitivities lie). In the midst of this, Saoirse (who has not spoken since birth) is discovering her latent Selkie abilities.

This story is linked with that of an ancient legend of the giant Mac Lir who cries oceans for a great sorrow, which his mother Macha the Owl Witch addresses by draining out his emotions, and in the process turning him (and most of the faery folk) into stone. Saoirse is kidnapped by Macha's owl minions and Ben must now work to rescue his sister (and eventually free the faery folk from their stone husks and allow them to return to their mythical homes).

SotS is a 2D animated venture that uses 2D as an artistic tool, placing the characters against impressionistic fantasy backdrops, giving each frame of the film the look of a gorgeous painted illustration. Colors are masterfully used, whether it is the muted natural shades of the island locale or when they run riot in the fantasy realm. The soundtrack has some haunting Celtic melodies that are an integral part of the narrative. The characters and their adventure elicit the same degree of emotional response as Miyazaki classic Spirited Away, and I would highly recommend this to all Miyazaki fans.

The UK blu from Studio Canal provides a gorgeous 16:9 image that pleases from start to finish. Like I said before, you can pause the film at any point and have a ravishing painting facing you. There are options of 5.1 DTS-HDMA audio in English (default) and Gaelic. HOH English subtitles are available. Even in the English version, the songs are in Gaelic and there is occasional use of Gaelic phrases, so you may want to keep the subs on for the first time you watch the film. The audio is not as boom-bang as Disney-Pixar productions, but uses the surround channels to provide a welcome buffer.

Apart from the commentary, the extras are brief, with a behind-the-scenes, animation tests and a concept art gallery.

SONG OF THE SEA - Official UK Trailer - Featuring The Voice of Brendan Gleeson - YouTube

[Barbossa]

It's a really lovely movie, is the writer/director working on anything else?

[Strangerbyday]

Originally Posted by Barbossa

It's a really lovely movie, is the writer/director working on anything else?

He is, Cartoon Saloon are working on the third part in their Irish Myths trilogy called Wolfwalkers which is due to drop on Apple TV+ in the fall. Might get a theatrical release too but that’s not confirmed yet.
Here’s a concept trailer from a couple of years back.

https://youtu.be/fZdv_f9f5Jo

[Barbossa]

Good news, thanks.

[CelestialAgent]

StudioCanal are releasing the Irish Folklore Trilogy on 13th December, including The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers and a bonus disc. I assume this will be a port of GKIDS’ US release.

[prophecygirl]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

StudioCanal are releasing the Irish Folklore Trilogy on 13th December, including The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers and a bonus disc. I assume this will be a port of GKIDS’ US release.

It is, Cartoon Saloon confirmed on Instagram a couple of weeks ago.

Pre-ordered this at weekend. Amazing release!

[Gerby]

Apparently this set (along with the US release) will be the only release of Wolfwalkers on BD so if you want it, you'll have to get this set. I believe it's also limited.
It was my favourite film of 2020 so even though i already have the other 2, i'm definitely picking it up.

[bleedandtrim]

Had the chance to see Wolfwalkers a few months ago in the BFI, utter stunner on the big screen. This set might make a perfect Xmas pressie for the girlfriend.

[CelestialAgent]

I think the issue with these boxsets is £50 is definitely a fair price for 3 films and a bonus disc. Not the cheapest but not bad either. But when I got Song of the Sea from CEX last month for £3 and Secret of the Kells is available quite inexpensively, it feels worth closer to £25-30, not that it would ever retail that low.

Very glad I was able to see Wolfwalkers in ODEON in December 2020, shame that flexibility with release windows didn’t carry forward into 2021.