Treasure Blind (Cloud Ten DVD)

 

Picture: C-     Sound: C     Extras: D     Feature: D

 

 

Another boring family film that gives family life a bad name and makes it phonier than ever, Writer/Director Brian Shoop’s Treasure Blind is a lame run-on story about a grandfather/grandson relationship that never rings true, is dull, eventually corny and runs on and on.  The twist is the grandson is blind and that only gets so much mileage.  The bit about what we “see” as valuable and not is practically condescending and 88 minutes is more than enough of this.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is one of the most motion-blur loaded discs we have seen in a while, made worse by flashbacks shot to look soft.  Some of the color is consistent and this is shot on low-0def video of some sort, or very, very hold HD.  The Dolby Digital 2.0 sound is barley stereo and often compressed, plus has been transferred at a low volume, so be careful about playback volumes.  Extras include deleted scenes, gag reel, a making of featurette and trailer.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo