PIXAR - THE SHOWDOWN WALL-E VS. BATMAN

THE SHOWDOWN WALL-E VS. BATMAN

While many industry observers are predicting that the planned December 9release of The Dark Knight on DVD will become the year's biggestvideo hit, a few others suggest that next Tuesday's release ofDisney/Pixar's WALL-E should not be overlooked. They point out that animatedfeatures have a long history of dominance in home-video sales and thatWALL-E is one of the few that holds as much appeal for adults as it does forchildren. Meanwhile, websites that focus on high-definition fare haveunanimously endorsed the Blu-ray version of WALL-E as the HD gold standard.On dvdtown.com, James Plath begins his review of the Blu-ray release withthe single word "Wow." He calls the picture detail "remarkable" and saysthat it often displays a "pleasing" 3-D quality that gives the illusion ofdepth "without 'popping' the figures out at you as if you were watching afilm with those funny cardboard glasses." On bluray.com, Ben Williams callsthe video quality "flawless ... simply stunning." He adds " WALL-E isas perfect and stunning on Blu-ray as anyone could have hoped." Onhighdefdigest.com, Peter M. Bracke calls the WALL-E Blu-ray package"a truly ground-breaking achievement." He goes on to write that it is"guaranteed to rank as a new demo disc of choice. ... Pixar has crowed thatthere is not a pixel out of place, and the hyperbole is justified. WALL-E is a visual masterpiece."

14/11/2008