{"id":5235,"date":"2013-01-08T15:37:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T23:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=5235"},"modified":"2021-05-31T23:26:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T06:26:10","slug":"review-frankenweenie-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2013\/01\/review-frankenweenie-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankenweenie Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Frankweenie<\/i><\/b> didn\u2019t do much for me both on an emotional level or general entertainment. The voice talents are fine but the story was too stretched out and got a bit tedious towards the end<\/p>\n

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\nFrankenweenie (2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/b>Animation, Comedy
\nDisney | PG \u2013 87 min. \u2013 $49.99 | January 8, 2013<\/p>\n

MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Tim Burton
\nWriter(s): <\/b>John August (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/b>Catherine O\u2019Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Winona Ryder<\/p>\n

Theatrical Release Date: <\/b>October 5, 2012<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>Featurettes, Short Film, Music Video, Digital Copy, DVD Copy
\nNumber of Discs: <\/b>4<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/b>English (DTS-HD MA 7.1), French (DTS-HD HR 7.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/b>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/b>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/b>37.7 GB (2D), 36.1 GB (3D)
\nCodec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/b>A, B, C<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overview: <\/b>The story centers on a young boy named Victor Frankenstien (CHARLIE TAHAN) who is the weird kid in class (in a Tim Burton movie? Go figure!) who loves science and especially loves his pet dog, Sparky. One day, while playing baseball \u2013 at the behest of his father (MARTIN SHORT) \u2013 Sparky ran after a ball Victor had hit and while running back, gets struck by a car and dies. Heartbroken, Victor uses all his knowledge of science in an attempt to bring Sparky back to life. After a couple of apparently unsuccessful attempts, utilizing a raging storm with lightning, Sparky does come back to life. Hilarity ensues when others, including humpback Edgar \u201cE\u201d Gore, gets wind of what Victor had done and want their dearly departed pets to come back to life as well.<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: <\/b>As I said in my review for ParaNorman<\/i>, I respect the art of stop-motion animation just seeing the vigorous and time-consuming work needed just for one puppet, and it doesn\u2019t stop there needing different facial expressions plus the patience doing one movement at a time to get a shot done.<\/p>\n

That being said, Frankweenie<\/i><\/b>, while classic Tim Burton, is just that… classic Tim Burton. The story, expanded out from Burton\u2019s own live action version he shot in 1984, seemed to stretch out far too much even with a relatively short running time. This isn\u2019t to say this is a bad movie, far from it, but it does leave much to be desired when the story isn\u2019t all that interesting by the time the third act comes around.<\/p>\n

The voice talents at least are nice with Martin Short playing up a \u201cnormal\u201d father role, Catherine O\u2019Hara as the loving and caring mother, Martin Landau is excellent as the \u201cout there\u201d science teacher and the young Charlie Tahan does a wonderful job in the main role. I can\u2019t say any of them provide incredible voice performances (none of them compare to, say, the Toy Story <\/i>gang), but they at least provide some nice emotion.<\/p>\n

As a whole, Frankweenie<\/i><\/b> has its moments although I was far more impressed with the stop-motion aspects (even when the mouth movements were odd), and those who might be fans of James and the Giant Peach<\/i>, ParaNorman<\/i> or The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/i>, might find it\u2019s worth buying, but for me, this is a one-time viewing only.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This release comes with a glossy slip cover. The 4-discs (3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Copy), are housed in a standard Blu-ray case with two discs stacked on one another on each side. Inside is the Digital Copy<\/span><\/b> disc and retail DVD Copy<\/span><\/b> with 2 features.<\/p>\n

Original Short: Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers (2:26; HD)<\/span><\/b> \u2013 This is a short film made for this release and features the same kind of animation but simpler story that kids might enjoy.<\/p>\n

Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie<\/i> to Life (23:06; HD)<\/span><\/b> is a relatively extensive featurette on how the stop-motion animation was done, this in London. Tim Burton and others on the crew discuss the origins of the story and delves into the movie itself. As I mentioned in this review and in ParaNorman<\/i>, it\u2019s quite something to see the actual process of stop motion.<\/p>\n

Frankenweenie<\/span><\/i><\/b> Touring Exhibit (4:36; HD)<\/span><\/b> \u2013 This looks at the variety of puppets and artwork touring around the country including ComicCon. It\u2019s really nothing fascinating and you get more out of the \u201cMiniatures in Motion\u201d featurette.<\/p>\n

Original Live-Action Frankenweenie <\/i>Short (30:03; HD)<\/span><\/b> is Tim Burton\u2019s original short film he had directed back in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Music Video (3:54; HD)<\/span><\/b> \u2013 The video for the Plain White T\u2019s \u201cPet Sematary\u201d is included here.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 5.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Disney releases Frankweenie<\/i><\/b> on Blu-ray presented in its original 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and a sparkly 1080p high-definition transfer. Even though the movie is in black and white, that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s muted but instead it\u2019s impressive to see the various grays to provide the shadows and depth to the picture. The video also sports a very nice detail levels and showed no signs of over-artifacting, an abundant amount of grain or even banding which generally rears its ugly head in animated movies.<\/p>\n

The 3D portion also looks incredible with excellent depth perception throughout, no signs of ghosting and an all around good-looking 3D transfer which is absolutely reference material to show off to friends and family members.<\/p>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 5.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track provided by Disney is fantastic showcasing all aspects from the quieter dialogue moments which come through the center channel to the more action-oriented scenes allowing for the surrounds to come to life with robustness. The depth on this lossless track is amazing giving you that theater experience right at home.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Frankweenie<\/i><\/b> didn\u2019t do much for me both on an emotional level or general entertainment. The voice talents are fine but the story was too stretched out and got a bit tedious towards the end. That being said, if you\u2019re a fan of Burton\u2019s previous works or love stop-motion, there are worse ways to spend 90-minutes and a rental fee. The Blu-ray combo set offers up gorgeous video and audio transfers but the features are much to be desired.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/b>01\/07\/2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frankweenie didn\u2019t do much for me both on an emotional level or general entertainment. The voice talents are fine but the story was too stretched out and got a bit tedious towards the end<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[517,3],"tags":[1851,38,1850,1852,1518,544],"class_list":["post-5235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-blu-ray-reviews","category-blurayreviews","tag-catherine-ohara","tag-disney","tag-frankenweenie","tag-martin-landau","tag-martin-short","tag-tim-burton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5235"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26351,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235\/revisions\/26351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}