Review: Birds of Paradise DVD

Birds of Paradise is an average, down-the-road, direct-to-video flick attempting to take advantage of high profile movies, in this case duplicating Rio. As cheap entertainment, it’s OK but the animation isn’t great though the audio/video transfers are adequate enough and at the one featurette isn’t terrible.

 

 

 

Birds of Paradise
(2014)

REVIEW NAVIGATION
The Movie | Special Features | Video Quality | Audio Quality | Overall

Genre(s): Animated, Family, Comedy
Lionsgate | PG – 82 min. – $26.98 | April 1, 2014

MOVIE INFO: Directed by: Daniel de Felippo, Gustavo Giannini Writer(s): Daniel de Felippo (story), Gustavo Menahem, Diego Reinhold, Claudio Andaur, Gustavo Giannini (screenplay) Voice Cast: Drake Bell, Ashley Tisdale, Ken Jeong, Jane Lynch, Jon Lovitz, Keith David DISC INFO: Features: Featurettes, Bonus Episodes Number of Discs: 1 Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Subtitles: English, Spanish Region(s): 1

 

THE MOVIE

Plot Outline: When Jack (DRAKE BELL) — an ordinary sparrow with dreams of becoming an extraordinary bird — is accidentally covered in colorful paint, he is thrilled about his new exotic appearance and believes that he’ll now be able to impress Aurora (ASHLEY TISDALE), a beautiful canary who has recently escaped from her indoor cage. But when Aurora’s mean owner, Mr. Potter, finds her, Jack must enlist the help of his best friends — Vinnie (KEN JEONG), the loyal pigeon, and Skeeter (JON LOVITZ), the hyper hummingbird — as well as Rosie (JANE LYNCH) the caring bat and the wise Old Buzzard (KEITH DAVID) in order to free her. And along the way, Jack and Aurora will learn that it’s not what you look like on the outside but who you are on the inside that truly counts.

SPECIAL FEATURES – 1.5/5

This comes with a glossy and embossed slip cover. Inside is an activation code for the Digital Copy.

Brining the Characters to Life (13:55) is a behind-the-scenes featurette showing the voice cast introducing themselves and footage of them recording their lines.

Minuscule Bonus Episodes are four shorts integrating (poor) CGI elements with real footage.

Trailer (2:32)

Previews – Wings, Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games, Snowflake: The White Gorilla

VIDEO – 4.0/5 | AUDIO – 4.25/5

Birds of Paradise is presented with a 16×9 enhanced widescreen transfer and is a bright looking movie with pretty colors throughout.

The movie comes with a standard Dolby Digital 5.1 track showcasing the score as well as the voice cast.

OVERALL – 2.25/5

Overall, Birds of Paradise is an average, down-the-road, direct-to-video flick attempting to take advantage of high profile movies, in this case duplicating Rio. As cheap entertainment, it’s OK but the animation isn’t great though the audio/video transfers are adequate enough and at the one featurette isn’t terrible.

 

Published: 04/01/2014