{"id":5483,"date":"2012-01-29T23:36:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T04:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/?p=5483"},"modified":"2012-01-29T23:36:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T04:36:01","slug":"mr-poppers-penguins-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/?p=5483","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Popper\u2019s Penguins (Blu-ray)"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nStudio and Year:<\/strong> 20th Century Fox – 2011
\nMPAA Rating:<\/strong> PG
\nFeature running time:<\/strong> 94 minutes
\nGenre:<\/strong> Comedy\/Family
\nDisc Format:<\/strong> BD-50
\nEncoding:<\/strong> AVC (MPEG-4)
\nVideo Aspect:<\/strong> 1.85:1
\nResolution:<\/strong> 1080p\/24
\nAudio Format(s):<\/strong> English DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio, English, Spanish, French Dolby Digital 5.1
\nSubtitles:<\/strong> English SDH, Spanish
\nStarring:<\/strong> Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Madeline Carroll, Angela Lansbury, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Philip Baker Hall, Ophelia Lovibond, David Krumholz, Jeffrey Tambor
\nDirected by:<\/strong> Mark Waters
\nMusic by:<\/strong> Rolfe Kent
\nWritten by:<\/strong> Sean Anders, John Morris, Jared Stern Based on the novel by Richard & Florence Atwater
\nRegion Code:<\/strong> A
\nBlu-ray Disc release Date:<\/strong> December 6, 2011<\/p>\n

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Film Synopsis (courtesy of imdb):<\/strong>
\nChill out with the funniest family comedy of the year! Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life… until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland – and the rest of his world upside-down.<\/p>\n

My Take:<\/strong>
\nThis is yet another book adaptation movie.\u00a0 This time it\u2019s of the book by Florence and Richard Atwater. Jim Carrey as Mr. Popper runs hot and cold for me. The trailer for Mr. Popper\u2019s Penguins<\/em> didn\u2019t look too promising yet it was still interesting enough for me to want to watch the screen adaptation of a very fun book to read. This is a good natured family film that maintains an upbeat feeling. The best penguin moments are unfortunately handled by CGI which seriously diminishes the cuteness factor. As a long-time Carla Gugino fan I am always glad to see her although this role presented zero challenges and doesn\u2019t make her shine.<\/p>\n

Mr. Popper\u2019s Penguins isn\u2019t all bad but its reliance on a middling script make it forgettable although still rather entertaining during the first viewing. Younger audiences (or the young-at-heart like myself) will get quite a kick out of it.<\/p>\n

Image detail is exemplary as images look clean, sharp, and lifelike. I never felt that the video was lacking in terms of depth or the perception of visible detail within the structure of objects or people onscreen. Colours are cleanly reproduced with eye catching primaries and without too much of secondary hues. Fleshtones appear natural with complexional variation and subtle texture that varies among the differing skin types of the cast members. Blacks are fairly deep and exhibit very good dynamic range. Images are pristinely rendered and appear free of compression related artifacts when viewed at 45-degree angle in my theatre room<\/a> .<\/p>\n

The DTS-HD MA sound effects have a lot of dynamic energy and sounds full bodied yet proportionate. This is not a film that requires heavy use of surround sound to deliver its message but it does rely on the entire soundstage for proper atmosphere from time to time which makes it quite a good test for speaker timbre matching test.<\/p>\n

Equipment used for this review:<\/strong>
\nAnthem MRX-700 Receiver
\nGrandviewscreen 96\u201d 21:9 matte-white 1.0-gain screen
\nPSB Century 300i (front and surround speakers)
\nPSB Image C5 (centre speaker)
\nPSB Subseries 300 (subwoofer)
\nPanasonic PT-AE7000U projector
\nPanasonic BDP-310 BD player
\nUltralink Ambiance MKII speaker wires
\nViewing room is as per THX and SMPTE recommendation with 45-degree Field of View<\/p>\n

Audio:<\/strong> 8\/10
\nVideo: <\/strong>8\/10
\nStoryline:<\/strong> 5\/10 (the movie adaptation) 7\/10 (the original book)
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Studio and Year: 20th Century Fox – 2011 MPAA Rating: PG Feature running time: 94 minutes Genre: Comedy\/Family Disc Format: BD-50 Encoding: AVC (MPEG-4) Video Aspect: 1.85:1 Resolution: 1080p\/24 Audio Format(s): English DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio, English, Spanish, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Starring: Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Madeline Carroll, Angela Lansbury, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,5,21,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}