Posted by Martin:
The Video: A
The Audio: A
The Extras: B
The Orphanage
The Video: A
The video here is excellent. Transfferred in VC-1 codec, in 2.35:1 format, there are absolutely beautiful scenes to see. Oscar Faura’s cinematography is excellent through out the film. I saw no artifacts or unnecessary grain in any of the shots. This is an attractive film to see, despite it’s disturbing content. Blacks are a deep black as they need to be, and flesh colors are attractive and clean. This is an attractive movie to see.
The Extras: B
You receive several behind scenes featurettes, all in Spanish.
When Laura Grew Up: Constructing the Orphanage (18 minutes) This is a fairly standard behind the scenes. There is a lot of talk of Guillermo Del Toro and how he was so great to work for. But as you watch it you really begin to realize that Del Toro is “executive” producer, and an absent one at that. His name helped sell the movie.
Tomas’ Secret Room: The Filmmakers (10 minutes) This clip tells you more about the actual making of the movie, breaking it up into section on the director, the art crew, the music, the special effects, and the opening sequence. This is the more informative behind the scenes piece.
Horror in the Unknown: The Make-Up Effects ( 9 minutes) — This takes a look at the work on Tomas the boy in the movie, plus a couple of other actors in the movie. Not much additional information here.
Rehearsal Studio: Cast Auditions and Table Read (3 minutes) Behind the scene look at the auditions and the table read, some enjoy this other do not. I don’t care that much for these.
Marketing Campaign (SD, 6 minutes) — Spanish and English trailers for the movie.
Still Gallery (HD) — Scores of photographs from the making of the movie.
Overall a very good disc. Worth adding to your Netflix queue.
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