The LEGO Movie 3D (2014) The LEGO Movie 3D Blu-ray delivers truly amazing video and audio in this exceptional Blu-ray release An ordinary Lego mini-figure, thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.For more about The LEGO Movie 3D and the The LEGO Movie 3D Blu-ray release, see the The LEGO Movie 3D Blu-ray Review published by on where this Blu-ray release scored 4.5 out of 5.Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Writers: Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Starring: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie » See full cast & crew The LEGO Movie 3D Blu-ray, Video Quality As if The LEGO Movie weren't dazzling enough, along comes Warner's 1080p/AVC-encoded 2D presentation and MVC-encoded 3D experience. Rather than slather the screen with eye-gouging swaths of color, the film's ever-shifting palette incorporates convincing lighting to lifelike ends.
Hues are bright and bold when Emmet strolls through a bustling city; dusty and sunburnt when he and Wyldstyle travel to the Old West; cast in cold blues and positively sinister greens in Lord Business' lair; sickeningly sweet when the Masters arrive in Cloud Cuckoo Land in Middle Zealand; and bold and triumphant as Emmet and Wyldstyle bring the fight back to the streets. Primaries are vivid, black levels are deep and satisfying, and contrast is consistently filmic and strong. And oh the detail. The chips along the edges of the plastic characters. The fingerprints you'll catch sight of when the light hits Benny or Lord Business just right. The wear and tear of a fading decal. The imperfections of a brick. It's all there to be discovered and pored over in high definition. Edges are clean and natural, free from ringing or aliasing, and textures are refined and close-ups striking. If you didn't already think the world of the animation, you will now. The 3D experience is equally rewarding, barring a few exceedingly minor instances of crosstalk that creep into some of the more chaotic battle scenes.
(For those whose displays are prone to ghosting, that is.) Dimensionality even more so. And the combination of the two? Brace yourselves for some of the most immersive and engaging 3D images of any disc this year, and hands down one of the best animated 3D experiences I've ever reviewed. This is the stuff of top-tier, demo-worthy presentations. LEGOs believably spill into the foreground and sink into the backgrounds. Laser bolts fire anywhere and everywhere they pleased. Smoke billows, water surges, blocks tumble, ships nearly fly out of the screen, and excitable hero after excitable hero bounds into your home theater as easily as they bound onto screen. Better still, there isn't a hint of significant macroblocking, banding or any other encoding issue of note, regardless of whether you choose the 2D or 3D presentation of the film. This is about as pristine and impeccable as they come. Fans will be overjoyed. The LEGO Movie 3D Blu-ray, Audio Quality Matching The LEGO Movie's video presentations high-point for high-point is Warner's wonderfully enveloping DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track.
In fact, the only nitpick I can even muster is that it isn't a 7.1 mix. And when that's your chief complaint, you know you're listening to something special. Low-end output is big and boisterous, throwing weight and power behind every blast, explosion, crash and collision, as well as lending presence to anything and everything that calls on the LFE channel for assistance. Rear speaker activity is both aggressive and playful too, latching onto every scattered block, incoming attack craft, lumbering machine, approaching robot or off-target Batarang launched across the screen. Directionality is precise and involving, pans are smooth, and dynamics never falter. Dialogue isn't shortchanged either, arriving with ever-intelligible, impressively grounded voices that are never disconnected from the soundscape or compromised in any way. Masterfully prioritized, without issue or incident. This is about as good as The LEGO Movie -- or any animated movie for that matter -- could sound.“” (Marvel Studios/Stereo D) won the prize for best live action 3D feature at the sixth annual International 3D & Advanced Imaging Society Awards, which took place at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank on Jan. 28.
“” (Warner Bros.) drew the trophy for animated feature of the year, and Netflix’s “House of Cards” won for best 4K entertainment. The Society, formerly known simply as the International 3D Society, was founded to advance the creative arts and sciences of the advanced imaging industry. Other winners included “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” (Prime Focus World/Weinstein) for best stereography – live action; “300: Rise of an Empire” (Warner Bros./Gener8) for best 2D to 3D conversion; and “X-Men: Days of Future Past” (20th Century Fox/Stereo D) for best 3D sequence/scene of the year. “How to Train Your Dragon 2” (DreamWorks Animation) was awarded a Lumiere Award for best stereography – animation, and the prize for 3D independent feature went to “The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet” (Tapioca Films/Weinstein Company). Rounding out the winning titles, “Enchanted Kingdom” (BBC Earth/BBC Worldwide) won for motion picture documentary, “Feast” (Walt Disney Animation Studios) was honored as this year’s best animated short;
and “D-Day: Normandy 1944” (N3D Land Productions) received the Society’s 2015 Jury Prize for documentary short. French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet received the Society’s Harold Lloyd Filmmaker Award, which was presented by Suzanne Lloyd, chair of Harold Lloyd Entertainment, and Society chairman Mike DeValue of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Sky, Atlantic Productions and David Attenborough were honored with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award for education and distinguished achievement in 3D storytelling. Directors James Gunn, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dean Deblois, along with producers and production executives from Hollywood and more than a dozen countries, attended the event. Jason Brenek of the Walt Disney Company received the Society’s first founders award for his role in creating the organization in 2009. “From Hollywood blockbusters to World War II documentaries to live opera broadcasts, we have never before seen 3D used to excite audiences at this level and quality,” said Society president .
“Directors and creative teams are pushing the emotional and technical capabilities of 3D to new heights… 3D is now a standard, powerful creative tool, and this bodes well for creative teams and 3D box office revenues in 2015.” “This year saw 4K production enter the marketplace with Netflix’s ‘House of Cards,’ and concert productions from Japan,” said Society awards chairman Buzz Hays. “With emerging high dynamic range, high frame rate technologies and 4K TV’s coming to market, content creators have incredible new platforms on which to tell their stories.” In the category of best 3D music entertainment feature, rock band Guns N’ Roses won for its 3D concert movie “Guns N’ Roses: Appetite for Democracy” (Rock Fuel Media). The Lumiere award for best 4K advertising went to “Liberación” (Panasonic). Best 3D Commercial was awarded to “World of Warcraft” (CowProd). Japanese film “Stand by Me Doraemon” (Shirogumi, Inc.) won a jury prize for international animated feature, and German film “Call Her Lotte” was honored with a jury prize for 3D short-live action.