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Alongside of all of
the home releases
that
Shrek
Forever After
is getting, the best
release that
DreamWorks/Paramount
is putting out is a
special Blu-ray pack
that bundles all 4
Shrek movies on Blu-ray
for the first time
with
Shrek: The Whole
Story.
You’d expect
something like this-
packed with Donkey’s
Christmas
Shrektacular,
some Blu-ray
exclusive bonus
features, and some
updated bonus
features to be worth
at least $60, but
more than likely
you’d guess that it
would be worth $75…
nope…
DreamWorks/Paramount
is putting a
limited-time price
on this of $44.99.
That’s pretty much
the best deal of the
holiday season, and
it’s a bargain price
for a Blu-ray bundle
that includes so
much.
Shrek: The Whole
Story
has amazing video
quality on each
movie. All of the
films look and sound
like they did when
they came out in
theatres… Maybe even
better.
Shrek
is a noticeable step
up from the DVD
version with the
transfer just
popping out on the
screen. You can
really tell how
great the transfer
is in the first 5
minutes during the
opening scene in the
swamp. The DVD
version of the film
was great-
especially since DVD
was just getting
really popular when
the movie was
released to home
video- but it didn’t
look like it looked
in the theatre. The
great story was
there, but the
picture never looked
as good. It looks
stellar on Blu-ray
and Shrek green on a
high-def TV is
something to behold.
The video quality on
all four features
looks just as
amazing. The sound
is impressive too-
initially it’s
always been great
with excellent music
supervision, a great
score, and excellent
use of digital
sound- here all four
movies sound more
amazing than ever.
The
bonus features on
each Blu-ray have
different versions
of the same thing.
There’s an animated
gallery where you
can look at the
artwork that
inspired the design
of different areas
in the movie. Then
there’s a
picture-in-picture
viewing version of
the film that goes
through different
parts of making the
movie. Both of those
features are Blu-ray
exclusives. As for
DVD bonus features,
each movie has a
main-character
spotlight that runs
about 10 minutes
long, each has a
short “Secrets of
Shrek” feature, each
has a jukebox with
songs from the
movie, and each has
a song from
Shrek: The Musical.
Shrek
Forever After
includes the Donkey
Christmas
Shrektacular, a
BD-Live link to play
songs from a bunch
of different
DreamWorks films,
two other Christmas
features, plus some
more extra content
revolving around
Shrek
Forever After.
Everyone loves the
first
Shrek,
really everyone
loves
Shrek,
and
Shrek
2.
Not everyone is
crazy about the last
two films in the
series. People have
varying thoughts on
each of those. But
there’s no denying
that they’re all
movies that can be
watched over and
over again and that
just like Disney’s
Toy Story- Shrek
helped create the
landscape of family
films over the past
ten years.
DreamWorks
does some great
work, but the Shrek
series will always
be their most
notable because it
was their first.
There are multiple
reasons to pick up
this bundle and
they’d still be the
same if it was
priced at $75, but
for $44.99… there
really isn’t a
better gift to give
this Christmas.
Shrek:
The Whole Story
is
available on DVD and
Blu-ray.
Shrek Forever
After
is
available in a
Blu-ray/DVD
pack and on a
Holiday Double DVD
Pack.
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