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#1 Photo Products - Mirrormask
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List Price: $14.94
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Jason Barry, Dora Bryan, Rob Brydon, Stephen Fry, Andy Hamilton
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404945159
Format: AC-3
ISBN: 1404945156
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2006-02-14
Running Time: 101
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Summary: Feast For The Eyes
Comment: One of the best fantasy, special effects films I've ever seen. Surrealism that totally engrossed me. I'd call it a masterpiece.
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Summary: reminiscent of a cirque du soleil performance
Comment: If you like the traveling french circus "Cirque du soleil" you will find this movie very similar in its surrealism. Fans of the 1986 movie Labyrinth, 2006 El Laberinto del fauno ("Pans Labyrinth") or 1985 "Legend" will enjoy this film!
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Summary: What Do You Get When Your Director/Writer Is Also Your Production Designer? MirrorMask
Comment: MirrorMask is nothing short of the weirdest and most imaginative movies I have ever seen. It is also the farthest thing from a mainstream film as you can get, as 9/10 people will absolutely hate this movie. If you can get into as I did however, and appreciate all the visuals they were able to accomplish with an incredible 4-million dollar budget, then you'll appreciate the subtle humor and originality of this film, throughout the pure strangeness of it all.
First off, this movie is purely a British production, so it highly retains a BBC-tone to the movie, and all the actors are completely unknown in the States, and by no-means stars in Britain. However, Stephanie Leonidas and Jason Barry are excellent in their roles, and really help draw you into the movie, giving you something to identify with. Because, with all the weirdness going on, it's incredibly easy to lose yourself in the film, becoming lost in the vast land of the unknown. The actors and characters therefore must keep you focused, and they do this well. Of course, if the visuals weren't enough to throw you off track, the story will. Sure, it could have been better, and it draws influences from many staples of the genre, but in-between all this, I still liked the movie.
Maybe it's because of the subtle humor, that's both witty and hilarious. Between the flying books, and the other strange assortment of characters in this movie, you almost can't help but laugh.
Overall, chances are you're going to hate this movie, and you wouldn't be alone. There is nothing normal about this movie, and it's part of the reason why it's so good. Sure, the film could have been cut down 15 minutes or so, and the story could have been tweaked, but you might like what you see. It's probably a one-time watching event, and who knows what Jim Henson would have thought of it. I personally think he would have loved it. It has Henson written all over it, from the characters, to the humor, to the the weirdness. I think he would have been proud.
The Librarian: 'Take the book, if it goes back on the shelf, it'll just depress the other books, causing them to huddle together and molt.'
Pure genius...
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Summary: I practice ping pong in the nude in the mirror every day
Comment: Oh boy. I just don't get the foreign angle to most stories. They just keep going and going and going. Just when you think it's over, bam! something else comes up. At the end I always feel like saying "What just happend?"
Also, the boy/girl love connection is a bit off. The girl seems way too young for the male love interest. I guess we're supposed to believe 10 years passed by without the girl maturing AT ALL. I guess it could happen like it did in Star Wars except it still wasn't convincing.
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Summary: Mirrormask - Blu-ray Info
Comment: Version: U.S.A / Sony Pictures / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:40:45
Movie size: 29,51 GB
Disc size: 34,00 GB
Average video bit rate: 26.32 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 1470 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1470kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps)
Dolby TrueHD Audio French 1499 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1499kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps)
Dolby TrueHD Audio Portuguese 1483 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1483kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Thai 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps
Number of chapters: 16
Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Indonesian
#Director/writer audio commentary
#Featurettes:
1. Neil Talks
2. Dave Talks
3. Beginnings
4. Cast & Crew
5. Day 16 - Production
6. Flight of the Monkeybirds - Production
7. Giants development - Production
8. Questions and answers
#HD Trailers
#BD-Live
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Editorial Reviews:
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MIRRORMASK is the story of Helena, who works for the family circus, and wishes--quite ironically--that she could run away and join real life. But such is not to be the case, as she finds herself on a strange journey into the Dark Lands, a fantastic landscape filled with giants, Monkeybirds and dangerous sphinxes. Helena searches for the Mirrormask, an object of enormous power that is her only hope of escaping the Dark Lands, waking the Queen of Light and returning home. The long-awaited DVD boasts more than an hour of exclusive extra features. Fans can go Behind the Scenes with Dave McKean, have a conversation with Neil Gaiman in the Neil Talks feature, or watch the Flight of the Monkeybirds in the special featurette, along with many more exclusive features and scenes.
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