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While The Secret Life of Pets might not be construed as an occasional homage to previous films starring our animal friends, it does harken back to numbers progenitors from Rescued by Rover (Lewin Fitzhamon & Cecil Hepworth) to Disney's Lady and the Tramp.
While the former used actual animal actors, and the latter, animation cells, Secret Life has a fully life-like look, and in color. It's aided by the use of thousands of electro-animatronic creatures, as perfected by the Disney theme parks in the 1950s.
They look so real here, that one might almost mistake them for being digitally animated.
Perfect fur, gorgeous eyes in various shades. And subtleties galore.
But it's the use here, which may be for the first time, of a certain anthropomorphism, in which animals take on specific human traits, that seems to set it apart.
The plastic and plush creatures in Toy Story, whichmit also resembles, never spoke, did they?
All of those factors fall by the wayside, however, when Universal's new 4k UHD disc with HDR is projected on screen.
The colors, densities and other attributes of the film help to create a reference-worthy disc, and a fun way to spend 87 non-stop minutes.
Audio, in Dolby Atmos, rounds out the overall experience, to make for purfect (sorry) home theater.
Fun and Gorgeous!
Image - 5*
Audio - 5 (Dolby Atmos)
4k - 5*
Pass / Fail - Pass
Recommended
RAH
While the former used actual animal actors, and the latter, animation cells, Secret Life has a fully life-like look, and in color. It's aided by the use of thousands of electro-animatronic creatures, as perfected by the Disney theme parks in the 1950s.
They look so real here, that one might almost mistake them for being digitally animated.
Perfect fur, gorgeous eyes in various shades. And subtleties galore.
But it's the use here, which may be for the first time, of a certain anthropomorphism, in which animals take on specific human traits, that seems to set it apart.
The plastic and plush creatures in Toy Story, whichmit also resembles, never spoke, did they?
All of those factors fall by the wayside, however, when Universal's new 4k UHD disc with HDR is projected on screen.
The colors, densities and other attributes of the film help to create a reference-worthy disc, and a fun way to spend 87 non-stop minutes.
Audio, in Dolby Atmos, rounds out the overall experience, to make for purfect (sorry) home theater.
Fun and Gorgeous!
Image - 5*
Audio - 5 (Dolby Atmos)
4k - 5*
Pass / Fail - Pass
Recommended
RAH
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