The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Blu-ray Review

Jul 152021

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run is the newest movie following SpongeBob and his loveable friends. The Blu-ray/DVD combo pack comes with some featurettes and deleted storyboards.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
(2021)

Genre(s): Animated, Family, Comedy
Paramount| PG – 91 min. – $22.99 | July 13, 2021

Date Published: 07/15/2021 | Author: The Movieman

MOVIE INFO:
Director: Tim Hill
Writer(s): Stephen Hillenburg (TV series creator); Tim Hill and Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger (story), Tim Hill (screenplay)
Voice Cast: Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Bill Fagerbakke, Awkwafina

DISC INFO:
Features: Featurettes, Deleted Storyboards, Sing-Along Music Videos, Mini-Movie
Slip Cover: Yes
Digital Copy: No
Formats Included: Blu-ray, DVD
Number of Discs: 2

Audio: English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), Danish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Finnish (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), German (Dolby Digital 5.1), Italian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Norwegian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Swedish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Video: 1080p/Widescreen 1.85
Subtitles: English SDH, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
Disc Size: 42.31 GB
Total Bitrate: 43.86 Mbps
Codecs: MPEG-4 AVC
Region(s): A, B, C (untested)

PLOT SYNOPSIS

When SpongeBob SquarePants’ (TOM KENNY) beloved pet snail Gary goes missing, a path of clues leads SpongeBob and his best friend Patrick to the powerful King Poseidon, who has Gary held captive in the Lost City of Atlantic City. On their mission to save Gary, SpongeBob and the Bikini Bottom gang team up for a heroic and hilarious journey, where they discover nothing is stronger than the power of friendship.

SPECIAL FEATURES – 2¾/5

This release comes with a semi-glossy slip cover. No digital copy code is included.

I’m Urchin You to Leave (4:50) is a mini-movie following a young SpongeBob and Patrick attending Kamp Koral.

Campfire Songs (10:43) are a selection of music and lyric videos from a variety of artists including Snoop Dogg.

Campfire Stories (4:19) are two deleted storyboards: “Wake Up” and “Sumo Ninja”.

Camp Coral Buddies (7:29) — “The Ballad of SpongeBob” is a making-of featurettes with promotional interviews and some footage of the voice actors recording their lines. While “I Love Camp Coral” is storytime with SpongeBob recounting his days at camp.

Camp Arts and Crafts (17:28) includes a few short featurettes: “Drawing the Cutest Camper Ever”, “Drawing the Cutest Snail Ever” and “The Amazing Stages of Animation”.

The Wonders of the Patty Mobile (2:06) is an animated short/skip looking at the mobile made out of a hamburger.

VIDEO – 4½/5, AUDIO – 4¼/5

Presented in the original 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio, this 1080p CGI-animated movie unsurprisingly looks quite good. Detail is well defined and colors of course are bright and vibrant, in keeping with the light-hearted story and characters.

The disc includes a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which is perfectly adequate for the material. Dialogue comes across with clarity and the music/score makes the most out of the front and rear channels. Nothing incredible or noteworthy but satisfactory for a movie like this.

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