WOW !, February 10, 2010

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R. E. Cobley “Leon0″ (Old Endland) –

  

This gift set has been one of the greatest value for money purchases I have found in a long time,a car each for My boys and the dvd for their play room and the Blueray for Me….cer-chow !

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Blu-ray: Same 2007 release but with two collectible cars. A great gift for a friend or family member new to Blu-ray!, November 10, 2009

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Dennis A. Amith (kndy) (California) –

  

  

“Cars” is definitely a popular Disney/Pixar classic and in terms of quality, has received the highest of rankings when it was released on Blu-ray back in 2007. In 2009, the “Ultimate Cars Gift Pack” comes with the Blu-ray plus the original DVD and 2 exclusive cars (Cruisin’ Lighting McQueen and Rescue Squad Mater) with custom Ransburg paint. These items are highly collectible and If you are looking for a holiday gift, especially for someone who owns a Blu-ray player, a die-hard “Cars” fan and loves Disney/Pixar films, you can not go wrong with this gift pack! Definitely recommended!

In 2006, the seventh Disney/Pixar film “Cars” was released in theaters. Needless to say, the film was a major hit as it was nominated for two Academy Awards, has made over $461 million worldwide.

In fact, the film was so popular that merchandise is still sold in department stores today and the cars have been popular toys that have made over $5 billion in sales.

Needless to say, “Cars” was not just a box office success, it is one of Disney/Pixars biggest money making titles that is loved by critics and fans that easily ensured a sequel for a planned release in 2011.

In 2009, in time for the holidays is the release of “Cars – Ultimate Cars Gift Pack” which is a great release for those who have now jumped aboard in purchasing a Blu-ray player and a Blu-ray which was released in 2007 and has received nothing but magnificent reviews.

“Cars” is a film directed by John Lasseter (“Toy Story” films, “A Bug’s Life”) and co-directed by Joseph Ranft (“Monsters, Inc.”, “Finding Nemo”, “A Bug’s Life”, “The Incredibles”) and features a screenplay by Lasster, Ranft, Dan Fogelman (“Bolt”, “The 12th Man”), Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin and Jorgen Klubein (“A Bug’s Life”, “Mulan”, “Pocohontaas”, “The Lion King”).

The film revolves around a popular rookie named Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson, “Bottle Rocket”, “Marley & Me”) who races in the Piston Cup stock car racing competition.

Lightning McQueen is quite arrogant and not much of a team-player. He doesn’t trust his pit crew and sure enough, when he gets into a 3-car tie, the race would be determined a week later at the Los Angeles International Speedway.

While on the road to practice in California, he pushes his big rig Mack to travel all early morning but when a group of cars start becoming reckless around Mack, Lightning McQueen rolls out of the back of the big rig and ends up in the countryside.

When Lightning McQueen goes to find Mack, he ends up in a small town of Radiator Springs. But when he gets into a problematic situation with the local Sheriff (he tears up the main road), Lightning is arrested and put in jail.

The town’s judge and doctor Doc Hudson (voiced by Paul Newman, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, “The Hustler”, “Nobody’s Fool”) wants him out of town but the local lawyer Sally Carrera (voiced by Bonnie Hunt, “The Bonnie Hunt Show”) insists that Lightning to do community service.

And thus, Lightning must spend time with the locals of Radiator Springs where he gets to learn more about himself, making new friends such as Mater (voiced by Larry the Cable Guy, “Blue Collar TV”), Ramone (voiced by Cheech Marin, “Lost”, “Born in East LA”, “Race to Witch Mountain”), Luigi (voiced by Tony Shaloub, “Monk”, “Wings”) and many more. But also Lightning possibly discovering love.

“Cars” is an exciting, hilarious and well-cast film featuring beautiful animation from Pixar and looks and sounds incredible via HD on Blu-ray!

VIDEO & AUDIO:

“Cars” on Blu-ray is presented in 1080p High Definition (2:39:1) and the picture quality of the film is absolutely vibrant. Colors are absolutely beautiful as you can see the nice sheen of the cars and the reflections of the cars. You can see the detail on the rust stains on Mater and for the most part, if you put in your DVD, you can see how much of a difference the film looks in HD via Blu-ray over its DVD counterpart. Vibrant colors, more detail and overall, a beautiful video transfer with no blemishes, compression artifacts whatsoever.

Audio is presented in English 5.1 (uncompressed, 48 kHz/24-Bit) and the racing segments really utilize the surround channels but also the LFE. It’s one thing to have the nice clear dialogue and music through the front and center channels but to hear the cars speeding on the raceway and zooming and hearing through the surrounds is fantastic. Crashes bring out the booms and the audience on the race track can be heard on the surround channels. Overall, a solid lossless audio soundtrack!

Subtitles are in English SDH.

As for the DVD, the DVD is featured in widescreen (2:39:1) and is enhanced for 16×9 televisions. Audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound EX and Dolby Digital…

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