Cloudy with a chance of meatballs trailer 3

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs trailer 3

The AVC encoded 1080p high definition transfers for these two films are nothing to get excited about at all. The first film, presented in its original 1 widescreen aspect ratio, is incredibly soft looking and doesnt offer much of an upgrade at all. Some of this will have to do with how the movie was shot in the first place, its not like it has the sort of super fancy cinematography thats going to floor you, rather its fairly low-fi in how its been put together, but detail doesnt pass standard definition quality very often and darker scenes are pretty murky. Black levels are very inconsistent and theres some blockiness and murkiness to much of the film that saps out a lot of the detail. The second film, presented in 1 widescreen, looks a little bit better but thats really not saying very much. Colors definitely look better here but the picture shows some of the same blockiness and doesnt handle grain very well what should look film like is instead pretty messy looking. Detail is cloudy with a chance of meatballs trailer 3 than it is on the first picture but not by leaps and bounds. Dont expect much in the visuals department from this release because youre not going to get it. While the video quality disappoints, the audio definitely fares considerably better. Both films on the disc get English language DTS-HD 1 Master Audio tracks cloudy with a chance of meatballs trailer 3 English and Spanish subtitles and English closed captioning. The dialogue is fairly plain, though its always easy to understand and follow without any problems, but where the disc earns higher marks is with its placement of directional effects and background noise. In the first film, once our heroes are out in the water, theres some really impressive surround activity to listen for and some nice, detailed ambient noise. Bass response wont floor you for either film but things like boat motors and heavy waves do offer up a decent low end rumble here and there. Generally the levels are always well balanced and there are no problems with hiss or distortion. These movies dont offer the same sort of hyper-aggressive surround activity of more epic blockbuster type films but they do sound pretty good on Blu-ray. The first film contains a pretty solid selection of supplements starting with the first of two commentary tracks that comes courtesy of director Chris Kentis and his wife and the films producer Laura Lau. These two discuss the inspiration for the film and the real life events that it was based on as well as some of the difficulties that arose during the production. The second track features actors Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis and it obviously gives a different look at the production and details what it was like working on this project from in front of the camera. Both tracks do suffer from periodic instances of dead air now and again but thankfully this is the exception and not the rule. After that, be sure to sift through the two featurettes, the first of which is Calm Before The Storm 15:51, a standard making of documentary that covers location shooting, dealing with the sharks used in the film, effects work, and setting up certain aspects of the production. The second featurette is The Indie Essentials 5:04, a short but interesting look at how aspiring independent filmmakers might want to pitch a project to Lionsgate. Rounding out the extras for the first film are some deleted scenes 9:37, a very brief clip called Bonus On Location Footage 2:50 in which we see Chris Kentis swimming with some sharks, and a theatrical trailer. The only extra for the second film is a Making Of Open Water 2 20:08 documentary which features some decent behind the scenes clips and some cast and crew interviews. The disc also features menus and chapter stops. All of the extras on this disc are presented in standard definition.