The Pursuit of Happyness (Blu-ray Review)

June 22nd, 2008 Blu-ray-au Posted in Blu-ray Movie Reviews | Comments Off

The Pursuit of Happyness (Blu-ray Review)

The pursuit of this Blu-ray disc will bring happyness to your collection.

Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something…you got a dream, you
got to protect
it.
People can’t to do something themselves, they want to tell you you can’t do it.
You want
something, go get it, period.

More often than not, it’s when art imitates life that we see some of the best
movies emerge from
Hollywood. While a
departure from reality brings us films like Star Wars or the Lord of the
Rings
trilogy, it’s when those truly ins…

Video

The Pursuit of Happyness shouldn’t leave any Blu-ray fans feeling
anything but happy
after
watching this wonderful 1080p, 2.40:1-framed transfer. This is a pleasing,
realistic-in-appearance, high-quality transfer. Colors are rich and eye-popping
with every shade in
the book
present and accounted for somewhere in the movie. Every color is vibrant and
lifelike, from the
many shots of the city (both out wide and up-close), to graffiti on the walls, t…

Audio

Boasting a wonderful PCM 5.1 uncompressed soundtrack that is the perfect
compliment to this
film,
The Pursuit of Happyness‘ audio mix makes enjoying the journey of Chris
Gardner all the more
engaging. As good as most Blu-ray discs look, I still find myself enamored by the
wonderfully
pure and high quality lossless or uncompressed soundtracks that accompany
them, and this disc’s
mix is no exception. The theme that plays over the credits is a simple one, yet I
could no…

Supplements

The Pursuit of Happyness shouldn’t leave many Blu-ray fans with a frown
as the disc
comes
loaded with some nice extra content. Leading things off is a feature-length
commentary track by
director Gabriele Muccino. With a thick Italian accent, Muccino’s is a pleasing
voice to listen to.
He
provides some wonderful insight into his selection as the film’s director, working
with the
legendary
Will Smith as well as his son, whom he refers to as the movie’s “secret weapo…

Final Words

The feel-good movie represents one of my favorite genres, and The Pursuit of
Happyness is
another in a storied heritage of such films, including the classics like Rocky
and Field of
Dreams. I cannot think of a better “rainy day” movie than this one, so
uplifting and
inspirational is its story that even the hardest, most depressed situation or
individual
outlook on life
might just look a bit ro……

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