The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding Blu-ray

The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding

 (2006)

Comedy | Romance



Picking up where The Prince & Me left off, this sequel to the romantic comedy focuses on the preparations for the royal nuptials between the Danish Prince Edvard (Luke Mably) and his all-American bride-to-be, Paige (Kam Heskin, stepping into the role originally portrayed by Julia Stiles). But the wedding is threatened when the couple discovers an antiquated law that requires the prince marry a woman with royal blood -- or give up his crown.

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The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding weds with Blu-ray and yields a troublesome and unattractive 1080p, 1.78:1-framed transfer. The image is consistently flat and textureless, drab and lacking in definition. It fares little better than an unconverted DVD and is abuzz in unattractive and excess noise, with white and pink backgrounds in particular falling victim in every single shot. Colors are underwhelming, even in scenes featuring varied and bright shades of clothing and the well-appointed palatial interiors. Background details -- for instance foliage in outdoor shots and books on shelves in various interiors -- aren't particularly crisp but are surprisingly not smeared or obscured, either. Faces consistently appear pasty and undefined, while flesh tones take on an excessively pink, red, or orange shade, often giving every character the appearance of a bad sunburn or a botched tanning cream application. Additionally, blacks are too powerful, drowning out the image during nighttime scenes and in several darkened interiors. The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding's transfer is in some way problematic in most every scene; videophiles will want to watch while blindfolded.

The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding features a fledgling Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack that's unimpressive to say the least but passable in presentation. Dialogue presentation is uneven, fluctuates in volume, and is a bit difficult to make out, not because of some thick Danish accents but because of an uneven tone and the occasional competition with surrounding atmospherics and music. The track's musical presentations are wholly generic and uninviting; even the pop and rock beats of several songs, while delivering a hint of low-end support, offer little in the way of superior clarity or a rich, room-filling presence. Background ambience never strays very far from the front half of the soundstage; chirping birds and slight blowing winds provide a hint of atmospherics to several exterior scenes but listeners will never feel as part of the environment or convinced of any semblance of realism. The track does deliver a few discrete surround effects, but nothing to raise the track form the doldrums of mediocrity. This is one of those halfhearted tracks that gets the job done but never go above and beyond the call of duty, but considering that the film is a direct-to-video Romantic Comedy, listeners should reasonably expect little more than a basic presentation.

The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding Blu-ray, News and Updates

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