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| Actor: Jennifer Lopez
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  177 reviews
Language: English (Unknown)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
ASIN: B00164GDCS
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This giant-man-eating-snake-in-the-jungle thriller definitely scores points as a guilty pleasure, especially with Jon Voight hamming it up as the monster-poacher. He makes life miserable for a team of documentary filmmakers on the Amazon river. Anaconda is one of those movies that exists for no other reason than to give computer animators a chance to strut their stuff with a new digital beastie, and they don't disappoint. It's a lot of fun to watch the mega-snake scarf down its victims and--in the case of Voight--regurgitate 'em right back up again, all covered in gooey digestive juices. You might wonder why Eric Stoltz, who plays Dr. Steven Cale, showed up for a role that requires him to be off-screen for most of the movie, but hey--when it comes to big snake movies, you might as well put your brain on hold and sit back for the slimy ride. --Jeff Shannon
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 Anaconda - Blu-ray Info June 14, 2009
LGANS316 (Tokyo Japan)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Version: U.S.A / Sony / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / AACS
Running time: 1:29:20
Movie size: 26,765,709,312 bytes
Disc size: 28,910,183,026 bytes
Total bit rate: 39.95 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 25.77 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 2917 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2917 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Dolby TrueHD Audio French 1849 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1849 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps)
Dolby TrueHD Audio Portuguese 1841 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1841 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Subtitles: English (SDH), English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Number of chapters: 16
#Extras: None
#BD-Live enabled
 Blu-ray: A barebones Blu-ray release, no special features, picture quality lacks detail, audio is a positive! June 3, 2009
Dennis A. Amith (kndy) (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In 1997, a film based on one of the largest snakes in the world was made to a horror film. Directed by Luis Llosa who has shot many films in Peru, `Anaconda' was a film that was written by Hans Bauer ("Titan A.E") and Jim Cash ("Dick Tracy", "Top Gun" and "Turner & Hooch") and the film despite having many negative reviews, did pretty well in box office receipts, taking in over a $136 million worldwide.
The film would also star talent which would be considered today as top tier names, at the time the film would star singer/actress Jennifer Lopez ("Jersey Girl", "The Wedding Planner", "Maid in Manhattan"), hip hop artist and actor Ice Cube ("xXx: State of the Union", "Menace II Society", "New Jack City"), Jon Voight ("Transformers", "24, "Ali", "Pearl Harbor"), Eric Stoltz ("The Rules of Attraction", "Medium", "Grey's Anatomy"), Jonathan Hyde ("Titanic", "The Mummy"), Owen Wilson ("Cars", "Marley & Me", "Shanghai Knights") and Kahri Wuhrer ("The Air I Breathe", "Spider's Web").
VIDEO & AUDIO:
"Anaconda" is presented in 1080p High Definition (with an aspect ratio of 2:40:1). The film looks good at times (sunlight, outdoor scenes) but then starts to have this soft look in many other areas. Because they are in the middle of the Amazon, I was expecting to see skin pores, grime but it appears this film exhibits some major DNR (Digital Noise Reduction) that prevents the film from being vibrant or alive. The faces look waxy and the film looks to clean and soft for its own good. Overall, picture quality is still much better than the original DVD. There is details you can see from the trees and the boat and the crew's surroundings.
As for the audio, audio for "Anaconda" is presented in Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and I have to say that I was very impressed by the amount of audio being utilized during the anaconda and action scenes. Also, a few times where the subwoofer is utilized for the low frequency bass. Great use of panning of audio swishing from left to right and awesome use of ambient sounds from the Amazon forest as I saw a lot of use on my rear (centers) and my front channels. The Amazon forest really does come alive through the soundtrack but I will say that I didn't really hear much coming from my rear (surrounds) via my 7.2 setup. Dialogue is clear and overall, "Anaconda" on Blu-ray's highlight is its audio soundtrack.
As for subtitles, the film is presented in English, English SDH, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"Anaconda" has no special features but Sony Home Entertainment trailers.
JUDGMENT CALL:
Watching "Anaconda" again, 12 years later, it's surprising to see how many well-known talents were involved in this film (of course, this is earlier work for many of them) and also surprising it was to see John Voight in an action role as hunter and doing a great job playing a villain sporting some major action scenes.
Unfortunately, what the film is lacking is a strong story where characters are not used effectively. Eric Stoltz who I thought would have a big role in the film is pretty much incapacitated throughout the film. And John Voight was like a super soldier who just gets away with too much.
Other talents, especially Ice Cube is not utilized all that well. And of course, the acting was OK. Granted, this film was released back in 1997 and considered early work for a lot of these talents who tend to have found their acting groove years later.
But "Anaconda" is a decent popcorn action/horror flick that does its job of entertaining the viewer. As long as one doesn't come with high expectations, the film does its job to entertain and the Blu-ray release definitely does a great job in bringing the sounds of the Amazon and the anaconda right to your living room. But I do find the barebones release on Blu-ray without any special features to be quite disappointing. It would have been great to hear an audio commentary track or even behind-the-scenes of the making of the film.
Overall, "Anaconda" definitely is much better than its DVD counterpart and for fans of the film, the High Definition transfer may be worth the double dip.
I tried to like it . . . March 31, 2009
Eric S. Kim (Southern California)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
. . . but when I finished watching it, I wasn't fully entertained. I had fun watching Tremors and Deep Blue Sea, but somehow I found Anaconda to be quite dull. What I DID like about the film was that it starred Jon Voight, and the giant snake was pretty bad@$$ and frightening in some quarters. but that's about it. J. Lo, Owen Wilson, Jonathan Hyde, Kari Wuhrer, and Ice Cube acted very 2-dimensional; sometimes they were so annoying, that I actually wanted them to be eaten by the anaconda.
It was overall a mediocre movie. Voight and the snake are the only adventages, but they simply can't make up for the rest of the things in this movie.
Grade: D+
 Guilty pleasure January 5, 2009
G2 in Gillett PA
This is just one of the guilty pleasures I enjoy from time to time.
BUT, I just ordered this from Amazon and while it said it was the
widescreen edition, the full screen edition was shipped.
Now, there isn't a separate listing for a full screen on this site
so I'm at a loss as to what to do next, can't very well order it again
as I'd probably get another full screen edition to return all over again.
G2
2 stars out of 4 December 28, 2008
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Bottom Line:
With terrible special effects, a leaden pace, no interesting characters beside John Voigt's campy river rat, and a minimum of suspense, Anaconda is barely above the level of direct-to-video and certainly not worth watching.
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