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Strange Wilderness (2007/Paramount Blu-ray + DVD Video)

 

Picture: B-/C+     Sound: B-/C+     Extras: D     Film: D

 

 

One of my rules of thumb is that, if it is produced by Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions, it is guaranteed to be stupid, condescending and worthless.  Take Fred Wolf’s Strange Wilderness (2007) for instance, yet another would-be comedy about a wildlife TV show hosted by a goofball (Steve Zahn) who needs to improve his ratings quickly.  Of course, the trip by he and his crew becomes more of a salvage operation for survival than high ratings and all hell breaks loose and…

 

It is booooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring!

 

Jonah Hill, Justin Long and even Joe Don Baker cannot save this train wreck which Paramount seems to have hoped would become some kind of cult hit on home video starting with the DVD release a while ago.  Now it is on Blu-ray and you can see and hear so much more clearly how bad this really is and all the talent wasted.  Don’t let it waste any of your time.  Avoid it!

 

The 1080p 2.35 X 1 digital High Definition image is one of the poorest for a Blu-ray release with weak color, softness and other limits that will make you think you are watching a DVD, until you see the even worse anamorphically enhanced DVD.  The Dolby TrueHD 5.1 is also very weak and one of the worst such mixes we have heard to date, while the Dolby Digital 5.1 mixes in both formats arte worse, flat, too much towards the screen and pedestrian.  Extras in both formats include four mini-featurettes and Reel Comedy promo show on the release.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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