I was expecting nothing when i saw this and was swept away right from the opening scene. Colourful and happy, full of cool latin music, a good sense of humour and loads of heart. The plight of a rare blue macaw becomes an adventure full of exciting scenes, well crafted animation full of sweeping shots in great looking locations. This is an all rounder, an exotic ride.
Rio has some quality characters, and plenty of quirky, unexpected moments, tons of fun and the right touch of romance. It’s satisfying for adults and kids alike. Feels much fuller and more engaging than the Ice Age films.
It’s combination of colour, music and a vibrant South America reminds me of old Disney classics (such as Three Caballeros) but it’s well balanced with modern humour and pace.
There’s been some fine animated/kids films this year – Legend of the guardians (beautiful detail), Narnia 3 voyage of the dawntreader (an underrated and gorgeous looking, old fashioned adventure) but fresh out of the clear blue skies comes this little gem.
For a family film, after the sunday dinner etc – it doesn’t get much better than this. Highly recommended.
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Saw this in 3d at the cinema some months ago. Loved it so much that I had to get the 3d blu-ray. Watched it first in 2d as there were not enough 3d glasses to go round. Then tried the 3d version later on. Couldn’t see much difference from the 2d version! PROBLEM! The film refused to play 3d saying that it was not linked to a 3d display. I checked all connections and tried again. Fearing the worst that the (Sony) tv or equipment had developed a fault, I tried another 3d film and everything was working perfectly. Tried the “Rio 3d” again but problem still there. Never one to quit easily, I played around with it and found that if I ignored the film start button but clicked on “scene 1″selection instead, the 3d film would start from the beginning in 3d. So basically it does work in 3d, just not in the way I expected it to. THE FILM……It’s a cracking film with excellent graphics, great music and atmosphere although I find that 3d is best suited to slow moving subjects. My own tv has a 200hz refresh rate but that doesn’t seem to improve the smoothness of the film by much. The content, I award 5* Ease of playing 2* 3d effects, I award 4* Amazon service 5* (of course) Overall……4*
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WORD OF CAUTION. Having received my Rio blu-ray this morning I played it straight away on my PS3 and the picture kept freezing. Having cleaned the disc several times the problem persisted, and after researching on the internet, the same problem occurred in America. The fault is with the movie transfer onto the disc causing problems with playback occasionally. Problems aside, this is the best animated film not to come out of Disney/Pixar since Shrek 2. Fun for all ages, the picture is perfect and the sound is amazing, well worth a purchase. Hopefully Fox will fix the problem with the discs and make this a 5 star item, but with the playback problems 1 star is taken away
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Joyful road movie . . . with wings,
I was expecting nothing when i saw this and was swept away right from the opening scene. Colourful and happy, full of cool latin music, a good sense of humour and loads of heart. The plight of a rare blue macaw becomes an adventure full of exciting scenes, well crafted animation full of sweeping shots in great looking locations. This is an all rounder, an exotic ride.
Rio has some quality characters, and plenty of quirky, unexpected moments, tons of fun and the right touch of romance. It’s satisfying for adults and kids alike. Feels much fuller and more engaging than the Ice Age films.
It’s combination of colour, music and a vibrant South America reminds me of old Disney classics (such as Three Caballeros) but it’s well balanced with modern humour and pace.
There’s been some fine animated/kids films this year – Legend of the guardians (beautiful detail), Narnia 3 voyage of the dawntreader (an underrated and gorgeous looking, old fashioned adventure) but fresh out of the clear blue skies comes this little gem.
For a family film, after the sunday dinner etc – it doesn’t get much better than this. Highly recommended.
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|Hmmmmm! How d’ya get it to play 3d?,
Saw this in 3d at the cinema some months ago. Loved it so much that I had to get the 3d blu-ray. Watched it first in 2d as there were not enough 3d glasses to go round. Then tried the 3d version later on. Couldn’t see much difference from the 2d version!
PROBLEM! The film refused to play 3d saying that it was not linked to a 3d display. I checked all connections and tried again. Fearing the worst that the (Sony) tv or equipment had developed a fault, I tried another 3d film and everything was working perfectly. Tried the “Rio 3d” again but problem still there. Never one to quit easily, I played around with it and found that if I ignored the film start button but clicked on “scene 1″selection instead, the 3d film would start from the beginning in 3d. So basically it does work in 3d, just not in the way I expected it to.
THE FILM……It’s a cracking film with excellent graphics, great music and atmosphere although I find that 3d is best suited to slow moving subjects. My own tv has a 200hz refresh rate but that doesn’t seem to improve the smoothness of the film by much.
The content, I award 5*
Ease of playing 2*
3d effects, I award 4*
Amazon service 5* (of course)
Overall……4*
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|Faulty Disc, Brilliant Film,
WORD OF CAUTION. Having received my Rio blu-ray this morning I played it straight away on my PS3 and the picture kept freezing. Having cleaned the disc several times the problem persisted, and after researching on the internet, the same problem occurred in America. The fault is with the movie transfer onto the disc causing problems with playback occasionally.
Problems aside, this is the best animated film not to come out of Disney/Pixar since Shrek 2. Fun for all ages, the picture is perfect and the sound is amazing, well worth a purchase. Hopefully Fox will fix the problem with the discs and make this a 5 star item, but with the playback problems 1 star is taken away
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