{"id":7793,"date":"2014-08-01T20:34:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T03:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=7793"},"modified":"2022-01-01T13:59:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T21:59:19","slug":"review-tarzan-lionsgate-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2014\/08\/review-tarzan-lionsgate-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarzan (Lionsgate) Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Some of the animation in Lionsgate distributed Tarzan<\/em><\/strong> actually isn\u2019t bad… if kept at difference otherwise close-ups tend to reveal the creepy dead-eyes. However, the story also isn\u2019t that good, although unlike some, I actually don\u2019t have many issues with the changes made, it\u2019s just that what is there, to go along with clunky dialogue, isn\u2019t all that enthralling.<\/p>\n

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Tarzan<\/span>
\n(2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/strong>Animation, Adventure, Family
\nLionsgate | PG\u2013 94 min. \u2013 $19.99 | August 5, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nDirected by: <\/strong>Reinhard Kloss
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Reinhard Kloss (screen story) (screenplay)
\nVoice Cast: <\/strong>Kellan Lutz, Spencer LockeDISC INFO:<\/span>
\nFeatures: <\/strong>Featurettes, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>NA
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SUMMARY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

During an expedition to a remote African jungle, the Greystoke family\u2019s helicopter crashes, leaving one survivor: a young boy J.J., nicknamed Tarzan. Raised by gorillas, Tarzan (voiced by KELLAN LUTZ) lives by the laws of the jungle \u2013 until he encounters another human being, the courageous and beautiful Jane Porter (SPENCER LOCKE). For Tarzan and Jane, it\u2019s love at first sight \u2013 and the beginning of a thrilling adventure \u2013 as Tarzan uses his instincts and intellect to protect his jungle home and the woman he loves.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This release comes with a glossy slip cover<\/strong> and inside the case is a standard DVD Copy<\/strong><\/span> and a redemption code for the Digital Copy<\/strong><\/span>. Additionally, this is, at the time of this writing, a Wal-Mart exclusive release.<\/p>\n

Becoming Gorillas (7:19; HD<\/span>)<\/strong> is a pretty basic featurette containing some behind-the-scenes footage of the motion capture and some on-set interviews with the cast and crew.<\/p>\n

The Making of Tarzan<\/em> (11:01; HD)<\/strong><\/span> delves a bit further into how the project came to be and has more BTS footage and interviews.<\/p>\n

Behind the Scenes with Kellan Lutz and Spencer Locke (8:00; HD)<\/strong><\/span> provides some more footage with the two lead actors.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tarzan<\/em><\/strong> swings onto Blu-ray presented with a 1080p high-definition transfer and shown with a 2.40 widescreen aspect ratio. Like any new animated movie, the picture here is near pristine, colors are bright and have a certain pop and I noticed no obvious flaws such as artifacting.<\/p>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track is serviceable providing for clear dialogue levels coming through the center channel while the more action-oriented scenes do give some depth to this lossless track. It\u2019s nothing profound but it\u2019s more than adequate for the source material.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, some of the animation in Lionsgate\u2019s Tarzan<\/em><\/strong> actually isn\u2019t bad… if kept at difference otherwise close-ups tend to reveal the creepy dead-eyes. However, the story also isn\u2019t that good, although unlike some, I actually don\u2019t have many issues with the changes made, it\u2019s just that what is there, to go along with clunky dialogue, isn\u2019t all that enthralling. The Blu-ray at least has good audio and video transfers while the features are on the average side.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/strong>08\/01\/2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of the animation in Lionsgate distributed Tarzan actually isn\u2019t bad… if kept at difference otherwise close-ups tend to reveal the creepy dead-eyes. However, the story also isn\u2019t that good, although unlike some, I actually don\u2019t have many issues with the changes made, it\u2019s just that what is there, to go along with clunky dialogue, … Continue reading “Tarzan (Lionsgate) Blu-ray Review”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[2439,3066,3065],"class_list":["post-7793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-kellan-lutz","tag-spencer-locke","tag-tarzan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7793","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=7793"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27875,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7793\/revisions\/27875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}