Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Blu-ray

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

 (2006)

Action | Comedy | Sport

The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a smokin' hot wife and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he's bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen, TV's "Da Ali G Show") and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck. Losing his wife and job to best bud and fellow fool, Cal Naughton, Jr. (John C. Reilly), Ricky must kick some serious asphalt if he's to get his career back on the track, beat Girard and reclaim his fame and fortune. 'Cause as Ricky Bobby always says, IF YOU AIN'T FIRST, YOU'RE LAST!

For more details about Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby on Blu-ray, see the Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Blu-ray Review

Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan
Director: Adam McKay

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Blu-ray, Video Quality

 

Not having seen Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby theatrically, I can’t comment on how this film looked at the cinema. What I can say, however, is that this Blu-ray presentation is pretty lackluster stuff. There is nothing horribly offensive about the transfer in that it doesn’t suffer from compression artifacts or banding or any of those annoyances. It does however seem overly dark at times and it generally has a very bland quality to it. None of the movie had much pop to it and the desired high definition 3D effect was absent throughout. The image was also incredibly soft and seems to be missing a fair amount of detail. In the end, only the Director of Photography probably knows for sure if this is how the film is supposed to look.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 

Unlike the video content contained on this BD-50 Blu-ray release, the audio is outstanding. Sony again gives us wonderful uncompressed PCM audio that is pure sonic joy. The entire film has a gigantic spatial feel to it, with a good deal of surround activity. The racing scenes are spectacular with incredibly active surrounds and plentiful directional effects. As this is, at its core, a dialogue-heavy comedy, vocal presence is fantastic with nice, crisp center channel usage that is never difficult to understand.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Blu-ray, News and Updates

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