Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games Blu-ray delivers great video and audio, but overall it's a mediocre Blu-ray release
Join the pack in this wild, warm hearted and totally pawsome adventure starring everyone's favorite alphas and omegas! It's time for "The Great Wolf Games," when all the alphas in the packs set aside their differences for some friendly competition. When an unexpected accident puts many of our pack's star alpha wolves out of commission, a new team is assembled that includes forest friends not in the pack. Can Coach Humphrey lead his ragtag group of "underdogs" to victory? Find out in this thrilling movie that will leave you howling for more!
For more about Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games and the Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games Blu-ray release, see Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on March 18, 2014 where this Blu-ray release scored 2.5 out of 5.
Someone evidently loves the growing Alpha and Omega franchise, for the press sheet accompanying this
new Blu-ray release trumpets the fact that well over a million and a half DVDs have been sold (no breakdown of or
additional info on Blu-ray sales), as well as over five million digital views of various entries in the series. But
quantity doesn't necessarily denote quality, and as with previous outings, Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf
Games is a decidedly generic looking and feeling animated film that may indeed keep the youngest tots entertained,
but which lacks any of the spark and innovation that regularly inform bigger, better fare like Frozen.
Evidently meant to tie into the recent Winter Olympics in Sochi, this Alpha and Omega posits a competition between
various characters seen in the previous entries. Teamwork and the ability of underdogs (and/or underwolves) to
unexpectedly triumph are the focal parts of this bland and rote feeling film. Stinky, Claudette and Runt are back as the
representatives of the Alpha pack, taking on a series of never very threatening nemeses in an outing that is devoid of
much suspense or, frankly, interest for anyone over the age of five or so.
If you've seen either of the two previous Alpha and Omega outings, you'll know pretty much what to expect with
Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games' AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. Once again, while there are no
transfer specific issues with this digitally created entertainment, the actual look of the film is just plain bland, with
almost comically undercooked backgrounds and blocky, unconvincing main characters. Colors are pretty tepid once again,
and there's no real verve or immediacy to any of the beasts roaming through the film. It's decently sharp—but it's a
sharpness supporting an almost shocking lack of animation creativity.
As with the previous Alpha and Omega outings, the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track infuses the film with some of the
vivacity that the visual presentation lacks. Surround activity is nicely rendered, especially in several set pieces where the
action becomes more frenetic and various character voices are well mixed with a number of sound effects. Fidelity is
excellent and dynamic range is decently wide.
This franchise continues to be one of the most frustratingly generic enterprises in modern animation. There's nothing
horrible here, but there's an absolute lack of imagination and creativity. This is no doubt more than acceptable fare
for the very youngest tots out there, but anyone who can already read is probably going to want to settle down with a
good book rather than watch this uninspired outing.
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