Dante's Inferno Blu-ray

Dante's Inferno

 (2009)

Animation



Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell as he travels through limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and trachery in search of his true love, Beatrice.

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Starring: Mark Hamill, Victoria Tennant, Vanessa Branch

Dante's Inferno Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


Dante's Inferno traverses the depths of hell in style, making the trip in a 1.78:1-framed 1080p high definition transfer. The film offers both a harsh, red-and-black dominant visual style within the hellish realm, but also features a more surreal and serene visual tone during the film's open that gives it the look and feel of a dreamy painting rather than an animated film. However, it is the drab look of the underworld that dominates the picture, where only shades of red seem the only companion to an otherwise darkened picture that does lend to it a strong uninviting tone that reinforces both the locale and themes wonderfully. The 1080p presentation allows for all of the fine details of the animation to jump to life; the textured rock faces, stone floors, frayed clothing, glossy armor, and the bumps and ridges on Dante's demonic weapon are all nicely rendered. Additionally, lines are sharp and the image is well-defined, with the only soft or hazy shots seemingly appearing as a result of deliberate filmmaker intent or present in support of some thematic context. Unfortunately, some unsightly banding appears sporadically throughout, but it's the only major drawback to an otherwise fine presentation of an admittedly and deliberately drab animated film.

Dante's Inferno Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


This Blu-ray release of Dante's Inferno features a quality Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack. The film's opening narration is excessively bass heavy, each syllable sending a palpable rumble through the soundstage, but dialogue is otherwise cleanly and suitably reproduced throughout the remainder of the picture, even bouncing about the soundstage in several scenes featuring the spoken word reverberating about more cavernous locales. The soundtrack delivers a full, satisfying, and fairly immersive experience; effects swoop about the listening area -- with a hefty back channel presentation -- with ease, and while some effects seem a bit more pronounced than others, there's generally an engaging and satisfying feel that does well to compliment many of the movie's larger-than-life visuals, enemies, locations, and combat sequences. Ambient effects such as a driving rain are also well-represented, the sound naturally enveloping the listener to fine effect. Bass, while not excessive, is smartly implemented throughout, giving the picture and visuals a heft that only adds to the grandiose scope of some of the film's people, places, and things. A fine soundtrack all around, this one probably won't win any best-of-year awards, but it's a very good offering nevertheless.

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