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Les Boxtrolls le film

Les Boxtrolls

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Synopsis :

Sous les charmantes rues pavées de Cheesebridge vivent les Boxtrolls, des monstres excentriques et adorables qui portent des cartons comme des coquilles et sortent des égouts la nuit pour dénicher ce que les habitants de la ville jettent. Lorsque les Boxtrolls sont accusés à tort de voler les enfants et les fromages de la ville, un groupe de chasseurs de monstres dirigé par l'impitoyable Archibald Trappenard décide de les éradiquer. Un jeune orphelin élevé par les Boxtrolls, surnommé Oeuf, devra alors tout faire pour sauver sa famille et empêcher la disparition des Boxtrolls.

Critique Presse :

  • "L’œuvre d’amoureux du cinéma" - Critikat.com
  • "Un film d’animation d’une espèce rare" - La Voix du Nord
  • "Une excellente surprise." - Télérama
  • "véritable dépaysement empreint d'humour, de poésie et de valeurs humanistes" - 20 Minutes
  • "émouvant récit d'apprentissage qui touchera petits et grands." - CNews

Bonus :

  • Découverte des personnages
  • Retour sur les marionnettes avec l'équipe d'animation de LAIKA
  • Galeries d'images: personnages, concepts artistiques et photos des coulisses
  • Making of, Featurettes originales, Storyboards

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Synopsis

Les Boxtrolls est une fable qui se déroule à Cheesebridge, une ville huppée de l'époque victorienne, dont la principale préoccupation est le luxe, la distinction et la crème des fromages les plus puants. Sous le charme de ses rues pavées, se cachent les Boxtrolls, d'horribles monstres qui rampent hors des égouts la nuit pour dérober ce que les habitants ont de plus cher : leurs enfants et leurs fromages. C'est du moins la légende à laquelle les gens de Cheesebridge ont toujours cru. En réalité les Boxtrolls sont une communauté souterraine d'adorables et attachantes créatures excentriques qui portent des cartons recyclés comme les tortues leurs carapaces. Les Boxtrolls ont élevé depuis le berceau un petit humain orphelin Oeuf, comme l'un des leurs, explorateur de décharge et collectionneur de détritus mécaniques...

Détails sur le produit

  • Rapport de forme ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
  • Classé ‏ : ‎ Tous publics
  • Dimensions du colis ‏ : ‎ 17,1 x 13,7 x 1,6 cm; 180 grammes
  • Audio description : ‏ : ‎ Anglais
  • Réalisateur ‏ : ‎ Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
  • Format ‏ : ‎ Couleur, Cinémascope
  • Durée ‏ : ‎ 1 heure et 36 minutes
  • Date de sortie ‏ : ‎ 5 février 2025
  • Sous-titres : ‏ : ‎ Espagnol, Français
  • Langue ‏ : ‎ Anglais (DTS-HD 5.1), Espagnol (DTS 5.1), Français (DTS 5.1)
  • Studio  ‏ : ‎ All the Anime
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DGQX589L
  • Pays d'origine ‏ : ‎ France
  • Nombre de disques ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Commentaires client :
    4,5 sur 5 étoiles 1 956 évaluations

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Les clients sont satisfaits de la qualité du film d'animation. Ils le décrivent comme très beau, avec des images impressionnantes et un superbe travail. De plus, ils trouvent le film drôle, amusant et touchant. Ils apprécient également la qualité du produit.

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Les clients apprécient la qualité du film d'animation. Ils le décrivent comme très beau, avec des images impressionnantes, un superbe travail et une belle présentation du produit. Les clients mentionnent qu'ils ont passé un très bon moment en regardant cet anime. Ils apprécient également le scénario original, les images et le son magnifiques.

"Chouette film qui montre que le travail manuel avec une belle histoire peut etre magnifique. pq 4/5?..." Développer

"5 étoiles pour l'animation, décor, couleur, précision, très convaincant et original, malheureusement, il manque ce petit quelque chose au scénario !..." Développer

"...Derrière, un beau message pour nos enfants. Bref, pour moi si je peux dire en quelques mots, c'est une agréable surprise...." Développer

"Excellent, tendre et amusant, esthétiquement réussi, scénario original voire étonnant (fromage), ce film d'animation peut fièrement recevoir le..." Développer

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Les clients apprécient l'humour du produit. Ils le trouvent drôle, amusant et touchant.

"J'ai beaucoup apprécié, l'histoire, le dessin, le dynamisme et l'humour. Derrière, un beau message pour nos enfants...." Développer

"Excellent, tendre et amusant, esthétiquement réussi, scénario original voire étonnant (fromage), ce film d'animation peut fièrement recevoir le..." Développer

"Très joli film d’animation. C’est drôle, original et plein de sens. Arrivé rapidement...." Développer

"Petits et grands, on est tous fans à la maison. Un film drôle, surprenant, très inventif et touchant. On ne s'en lasse pas !" Développer

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Les clients apprécient la très bonne qualité du produit.

"DVD conforme de bonnes qualités et très bien emballé." Développer

"un film d'animation sympathique et original, très bien fait, on parle avec justesse de tolérance et de manipulation des foules, de dirigeants..." Développer

"très bonne qualité, belle présentation du produit, je suis toute a fait satisfaite de ce produit, bon film a vous" Développer

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  • J.M. Vandyck
    5,0 sur 5 étoiles Une pépite d'animation en stop motion
    Avis laissé en France le 1 avril 2025
    Achat vérifié
    Troisième film du studio LAIKA ; les Boxtrolls raconte l'histoire de Egg, jeune garçon "enlevé" par des créatures habillées de boîtes en carton vivant sous terre. L'animation en stop motion est fabuleuse ! Edition en 4K parfaite.
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    5,0 sur 5 étoiles The Boxtrolls [Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray]
    Avis laissé en France le 10 mars 2016
    THE BOXTROLLS [2014 / 2015] [3D Blu-ray + Blu-ray + Digital HD ULTRAVIOLET] [UK Release] Dare To Be Square! From The Makers of CORALINE and PARANORMAL!

    ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ is Academy Award® nominated stop-motion adventure. The Boxtrolls are monsters, who live underneath the charming streets of Cheesebridge, who crawl out the sewers at night to steal the town’s children and fine cheese. At least, that’s the legend the townspeople have always believed.

    In truth, the Boxtrolls are a community of loveable oddballs who are raising an abandoned human boy named Eggs [Isaac Hempstead Wright] as one of their own. When the Boxtrolls are targeted by a villainous a local pest exterminator, Archibald Snatcher [Sir Ben Kingsley] who is bent on eradicating them, Eggs must venture above ground to save his unique family of Boxtrolls, where he teams up with an adventurous local rich girl Winnie [Elle Fanning] to save not only the Boxtrolls, but the soul of Cheesebridge.

    FILM FACT: Awards and Nominations: 2014 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award: Nominated: Best Animated Feature. 2014 42nd Annual Annie Awards: Win: Production Design in an Animated Feature Production for Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure and August Hall. Win: Voice Acting in a Feature Production for Sir Ben Kingsley. Nominated: Best Animated Feature. Nominated: Animated Effects in an Animated Production for Rick Sevy, Peter Vickery, Kent Estep, Peter Stuart and Ralph Procida. Nominated: Character Animation in a Feature Production for Travis Knight, Malcolm Lamont and Jason Stalman. Nominated: Character Design in an Animated Feature Production for Mike Smith. Nominated: Directing in an Animated Feature Production for Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable. Nominated: Nominated: Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production for Emanuela Cozzi. Nominated: Voice Acting in a Feature Production for Dee Bradley Baker. Nominated: Writing in an Animated Feature Production for Irena Brignull and Adam Pava. 2014 72nd Golden Globe® Awards: Nominated: Best Animated Feature. 2015 Academy Awards®: Nominated: Best Animated Feature. Saturn Awards: Nominated: Best Animated Film.

    Voice Cast: Sir Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Simon Pegg, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Nika Futterman, Tracy Morgan, Pat Fraley, Fred Tatasciore, Max Mitchell, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, Maurice LaMarche, James Urbaniak, Brian George, Toni Collette, Lori Tritel, Laraine Newman, Reckless Jack, Tom Kenny (uncredited), Sam Lavagnino (uncredited) and Julian Stone (uncredited)

    Directors: Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable

    Producers: David Ichioka, Matthew Fried and Travis Knight

    Screenplay: Adam Pava, Irena Brignull, Vera Brosgol (additional writing) and Alan Snow (novel)

    Composer: Dario Marianelli

    Cinematography: Edie Bleiman

    Video Resolution: 1080p

    Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

    Audio: English: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French: 5.1 DTS-HD Surround Sound, Arabic: 5.1 DTS-HD Surround Sound, Hindi: 5.1 DTS-HD Surround Sound, Dutch: 5.1 DTS-HD Surround Sound, Portuguese: 5.1 DTS-HD Surround Sound, English: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo, English: 2.0 Descriptive Audio and French: 2.0 Descriptive Audio

    Subtitles: English SDH, French, German, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese and Dutch

    Running Time: 96 minutes

    Region: Region B/2

    Number of discs: 1

    Studio: Universal Pictures / LAIKA

    Andrew’s 3D Blu-ray Review: In ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ [2014] we have a villainous troll catcher sets out to eradicate the underclass and join the cheese-eating elite in the latest from the animation people who were behind the animation films of 'Coraline' and ‘ParaNorman’ before it, the film was hatched out of artisanal Oregon-based animation studio LAIKA, where Travis Knight serves as CEO President. And like those earlier animation features, which managed more successfully to juggle dark with light, this one appears unafraid to target a more limited audience than most wide-release CGI animated films. Its demographic seems likely to mirror a younger age range of the source material, especially related to the British children’s author Alan Snow’s fantasy adventure novel entitled, “Here Be Monsters!” Who not only wrote it but also did over 500 black-and-white illustrations for it as well and the book was published in 2005 in the UK and in the US the following year.

    Here we have a family event with a totally brilliant and inventive animated film that introduces audiences to a new breed of family called “The Boxtrolls,” which is a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs [Isaac Hempstead-Wrigh]) in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher [Sir Ben Kingsley], comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, "into the light," where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnifred [Elle Fanning]. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family.

    The people of Cheesebridge live in fear of the Boxtrolls ever since that day that Baby Trubshaw was believed to be taken by the Boxtrolls in the dead of night. Ever since then, come night fall the town of Cheesebridge becomes completely deserted as a curfew takes place and the people of Cheesebridge hide in their homes. This curfew of course is perfect for the Boxtrolls as it means that they can roam the streets and alleys searching through bins and boxes for clocks, gears and other bits of machines that the folks of Cheesebridge throw away. The Boxtrolls you see are sort of tinkerers and engineers; they love to put things together, making new things out of the things that others throw away.

    Between the stinky, the gross, the wretched, and the evil sits the adorable Boxtrolls, an anti-Pinocchio set in a snooty British-ish town obsessed with the extravagance of cheese. Underneath them in a mechanical sewer are the Boxtrolls, timid, tame, and thieving. They love garbage. The Boxtrolls teaches plenty in this scenario. Income gaps, the endlessly imbecility of politicians, the superficiality of wealth, the complexities of being a good person; it’s a loaded gun of entertainment metaphors and as unusually modest with colour as to set an unusually glum tone for a feature destined to be more aimed at younger fare, but I still enjoyed with an older out look of this animated film.

    With the Boxtrolls, their joy, bugs and boogers are their delicacy. Elegant cheese is nostril harming and prone to causing allergies. The Boxtrolls is much in its own world where kids shout, “Eww!” and adults wonder what happened to their gentle animated delights and probably without realising a prior generation grew up on the bliss of people being slimed on national TV. So that’s where we are: Worms and flies, sewers and stench, with a dash of mould. The Boxtrolls are friendly critters, but they love all that rotten stinky stuff. They hide in boxes and name themselves after the products screened onto the front of their comfy cardboard clothes, names like Fish and Shoe. In their company too is a child, who to the outside world is dead. The child was allegedly ripped apart and mauled by the snivelling maws of the sewer troll beasts, or so they say. Or rather, they’re told. This town, known as Cheesebridge, even holds a celebration to honour the supposedly lost child as a warning of the Boxtroll’s threat and then add in a little propaganda metaphor too.

    Where the Boxtrolls is headed is inevitable, as the Boxtrolls wish for their freedom and Eggs [Isaac Hempstead Wright], a young human changeling, as one of their own beneath the city streets and this boy will eventually become a hero, but it becomes more complex and rich than something so droll on its surface. The Boxtrolls villain, blatantly named Archibald Snatcher [Sir Ben Kingsley], brings with him three thugs to every night of the Boxtrolls snatching. Two of them are uneasily conflicted about their current status as bad guys, adding depth to an otherwise pale fairy tale with simple battle lines. There’s more humour than heart to ‘THE BOXTROLLS,’ but there are a couple of poignant moments thanks to the bond between Eggs and Winnie, charmingly voiced by Elle Fanning, who honed a reasonable English accent in the film ‘Maleficent.’ Winnie is a true scene-stealer, ghoulishly revelling in the legend of the child-snatching Boxtrolls.

    All is told via the brilliant production studio LAIKA and their exquisite stop motion artistry, building a miniaturised world of unbelievable craftsmanship by hand. It’s so often meticulously detailed and ridiculously complex as to challenge what we once knew of the animation form. Their solutions are genius, their form is flawless, and their style is unmatched. It’s so often meticulously detailed and ridiculously complex as to challenge what we once knew of the animation form. Their solutions are genius, their form is flawless, and their style is unmatched. The visuals are totally awesome and dazzling at the same time, the voices are very expressive, and the end-credits sequence offers a laugh-out-loud appraisal of the madness of the animators’ labour-intensive craft.

    Certainly, the challenges of stop motion can supersede story and it’s all too easy to fall under the trance of such beauty in motion. But not for Boxtrolls which carries exuberant personality as it gives life to indifferent citizens and playfully enjoyable critters. Often, there are no words. Unknowingly adopted by the Boxtroll human Eggs [Isaac Hempstead Wright] is introduced without dialog, merely some indecipherable mumbling known as “Trollese.” They party, they laugh. And, they enjoy their existence for what, and who they are. In between everything else, that is the Boxtrolls kindest message and The Boxtrolls has more humour than heart, but should please adults and children alike.

    There is a totally captivating sequence during the end credits of ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ that’s more or less a hand-drawn capsule version of the entire story, accompanied by an airy cover of the Pete Seeger hit “Little Boxes” performed by the Loch Lomond band [Loch Lomond is a band based in Portland, Oregon, United States that was started as a solo recording project of Ritchie Young in 2003]. That’s followed by two characters who share an existentialist bent and amusingly voiced by Richard Ayoade and Nick Frost, imagining a world in which their every movement is manipulated by unseen giants, before cameras pan back to show producer and lead animator Travis Knight tinkering away. Those few playful minutes are packed with charm, wit and an infectious enthusiasm for the magic of animation and all the qualities that makes this brilliant 3D animation film a delight and a joy to view.

    LAIKA has never made a poor looking animated film. Their output includes ‘CORALINE’ and the 2012 gem ‘ParaNorman,’ although ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ is so very different, this is a much bleaker picture, but have fun and frolics on the way. While their previous work often exploded in tremendous colour, short of an orange-ish heavy third act finale, much of ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ is slightly muted and hues are weakened into a dusty pattern without the intention of depth. Black levels are sprayed with a bit of London fog.

    And of course, that is okay. In terms of tonalities, the look is where it should be despite lacking the powerhouse “pop” now expected of animation. Instead, the Boxtrolls earns itself praise for resolution. Mini clothes, dirty floors, hair; they’re flawless. Digital photography and literally they use high-end Canon still cameras, not video and captures the nuance of each puppet. Background details, especially town buildings which recall the exaggerated forms of German expressionism very lightly anyway, stretch vertically. Each brick or weed is fully visible. Universal Pictures encoding work is doubly astonishing. Any fine lines maintain their integrity without aliasing. But seeing ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ in 3D makes watching this animated film well worth it and all in all will be perfect viewing for all the family, so give it a try, you will not be disappointed. The humour in this film is distinctly British in nature, so be prepared not to have the same sort of laughs you'd usually get from a PIXAR or Disney animated films. So ultimately what I'm saying is that ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ was a really wonderful lovely surprise, a thoroughly entertaining animated film with endearing characters that you'll learn to love as the film progresses. Also stay for the end credits, you'll be rewarded with a neat look at how stop-motion animation is done all the while two of the goons Richard Ayoade and Simon Pegg has an existential moment. It's really cool and silly at the same time.

    3D Blu-ray Video Quality – As we have come to expect from a LAIKA stop-motion production of ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ and seeing the Boxtrolls roaming the dark streets and alleys of this 3D Blu-ray disc that has a magnificent and stunning first-rate 1080p encode image that will have viewers believing in this a real fantasy world. One of the presentation's better aspects is surprisingly the lack of gimmick shots, but a couple action sequences break through the screen with the occasional trick effect, but the real focus and attention is placed on creating a realistic 3D world, which it does really admirably. The dark streets of the fictional Cheesebridge penetrate deep into image, forming an awesome sense of depth, an elongated passageway that one can actually feel turns the corner. Separation between buildings and objects is superb while characters have a nice roundness to them and their noses in particular protrude and extend from the faces of each character. Presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, the video is also razor sharp with excellent detailing in every scene, even those with a thick, hovering fog, of which there are several. The stitching on the clothes is plainly visible; we can make out every thread and seam is precise and evident, allowing viewers to really appreciate the level of work that went into designing this elaborate world. The primary colours are vibrant and sumptuous while cleanly-rendered secondary hues provide warmth and vigour to the comedy, making this stop-motion flick an outstanding watch. Interestingly this Blu-ray of ‘THE BOXTROLLS,’ especially in the 2D version, actually detracts from the extensive stop-motion animation, as the purity of the high definition image actually, at times, makes LAIKA’s hard work CGI look absolutely stunning in 3D. Whereas I think it’s the first time I have felt seeing it in 2D Blu-ray hinders rather than help this brilliant animated film, so maybe if you are not into 3D animation, then maybe the best option is to only purchase and watch the DVD, as it is pointless to get the 3D Blu-ray disc? Playback Region B/2: This will not play on most Blu-ray players sold in North America, Central America, South America, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Learn more about Blu-ray region specifications.

    3D Blu-ray Audio Quality – ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ has an excellent 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio mix, that has a grand time filling the home cinema space with music and atmospheric effects. The subwoofer gets a surprising good amount of work here, particularly from ideas like the Snatcher’s giant robot or an impossibly large wheel of Brie. However, the rear speakers are employed on several occasions, primarily and most notably during action sequences where effects enjoy discrete directionality and excellent panning. Dynamic range is distinct with clean definition of the tiniest object clanging and ringing across a very well-balanced soundstage. The low-end is ample and robust, providing adequate weight and rumble to certain scenes, and dialogue is intelligible with clean intonation in the conversations, making this an excellent sound mix.

    Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:

    Special Feature: Preliminary Animatic Sequences [2014] [1080p] [1.78:1] [17:28] Here we have six separate animated sequences we view mainly animated sketches in Black-and-White and some colour, with the music score from the film in the background. We get to see in great detail what the filmmakers were initially thinking about various parts of the story. There’s actually an alternate opening here, with a different view of how Eggs was taken by the Boxtrolls. The actual six separate animated sequences are as follows: “Baby In The trash;” “Eggs In The Underworld;” “Man On A Horse;” “Trubshaw’s Inventorium;” “Cheese Shop” and “Tea and Cheese.” You have three choices, one you play with the audio commentary by Directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi, secondly without the audio commentary or thirdly Play All.

    Special Feature: Dare To Be Square: Behind the Scenes of The Boxtrolls [2014] [1080p] [1.78:1] [32:48] This is a collection of five features: “Voicing The Boxtrolls;” “Inside The Box;” “The Big Cheese: Allergy Snatcher;” “Deconstructing the Dance” and “Think Big: The Mecha Drill.” The first of these obviously focuses on the actors voicing the characters, with an interesting revelation that Sir Ben Kingsley likes to read his lines while lying on the chair vertically to get that guttural quality. The other four features cover the work of the brilliant animators working behind-the-scenes and seeing how the little boxes work, particularly what relates to major sequences like Snatcher’s allergy attack, the virtuoso ballroom dance scene and the final battle with Snatcher’s monster Mecha Drill robot, all in all this is a truly wonderful feature. But as you go through all five features, you get contributions from the following people: Travis Knight [Producer, Lead Animator]; Grahame Annable [Director]; Anthony Stacchi [Director]; Isaac Hempstead Wright [Voice of “Eggs”]; Elle Fanning [Voice of “Winnie”]; Jared Harris [Voice of “Lord Portley-Rind]; Sir Ben Kingsley [Voice of Snatcher”]; Richard Ayode [Voice of “Mr. Pickles”]; Nick Frost [Voice of “Mr. Trout”]; Tracy Morgan [Voice of “Mr. Gristle”]; David Bleiman Ichioka, P.G.A. [Producer]; Toni Collette [Voice of “Lady Portley-Rind”]; Steve Blum [Voice of “Shoe”]; Dee Bradley [Voice of “Fish”]; Simon Pegg [Voice of “Herbert Trubshaw”]; Brian McLean [Replacement Animation & Engineer]; Georgina Hayns [Character Fabrication Supervisor]; Brad Schiff [Animation Supervisor]; Oliver Jones [Animation Rigging]; David Vandervoort [Story Artist]; Jeff Croke [CG Facial Animator]; Tim Yates [Lead Replacement Animation Specialist]; Edie Ichioka, A.C.E. [Editor]; Dario Marianelli [Music Composer]; Deborah Cook [Costume Designer]; Brian Van’t Hul [Visual Effects Supervisor]; Gerald Svoboda [Animation Rigging]; Paul Martinez [Model Builder] and Curt Enderle [Art Director].

    Special Feature: Featurettes [2014] [1080p] [1.78:1] [13:00] This is a shorter collection of five separate features and consists of the following: “The Nature of Creation;” “Trolls Right Off The Tongue;” “Allergic to Easy;” “Let’s Dance” and “On the Shoulders of Giants.” These cover some of the same ground as the longer previous features, and appear to be the promotional video that was posted on the internet when the animated film hit the cinemas in 2014 and is a FOCUS Features / LAIKA Production. As before, we get lots of contributions from people like: Travis Knight [CEO + Lead Animator, LAIKA]; Graham Annable [Director, “THE BOXROLLS”], Anthony Stacchi [Director, “THE BOXROLLS”], Ollie Jones [Rigging Supervisor, “THE BOXROLLS”], Curt Enderle [Art Director, “THE BOXROLLS”], Steve Emerson [VFX Supervisor, “THE BOXROLLS”], Steve Blum [Voice of “Shoe”]; Dee Baker [Voice of “Fish”]; David Vandervoort [Facial Animation Designer, LAIKA]; Peg Serena [Facial Animation Supervisor, LAIKA]; Brian mcLean [Rapid Prototype, LAIKA] and Georgina Hayns [Creative Supervisor of Puppet Fabrication, LAIKA].

    Audio Commentary: Feature Commentary with Directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi: Here Directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi introduce themselves and talk about the famous British children’s author Alan Snow’s fantasy adventure novel entitled, “Here Be Monsters!” that they based the animation film on, but they point out that the start of the animation film is totally different to the start of novel and they call it the “Prologue” and was the last sequence to be filmed, on top of that in the book they had thousands of characters, which could not of been conceived in the film, as the logistics would have been a nightmare to create for this animation film. But what they did want to do is to make the film look like the French Graphic Illustrations of Nicolas de Crécy, that they felt were inspirational art and if you want to know what they are on about, then check out his web site, as you will see why the buildings in the animation film are like they are and are of such brilliant interpretation and they both praise the LAIKA Art Department in bringing the French Graphic Illustrations of Nicolas de Crécy to life for this LAIKA animated film. This scene-specific commentary finds both directors in a happy mood as they go through the animated film you are viewing. They each take a fair amount of time to discuss the specifics of each character, as well as the evolution of the animated film’s story. When we first get to see the baby Boxtrolls named “Eggs,” you hear him hiccup, and the voice of the small boy was done by Max Mitchell, and at the time of the recording of the voice Max had a hiccup fit, so they decided to keep it in, as it gave the baby Boxtrolls a more human characteristics. When we get to the ballroom scene, they both comment on what a difficult scene it was to animated and a total logistic nightmare, with so many elements into the technicalities of producing something totally seamless and realistic. But when we come to seeing the Mecha Drill in daylight, it was an even more logistic nightmare to animate, but they praise the animation crew for all their hard work in making it look really good and realistic. As we get to the end of the animated film, especially the Credits, Directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi praise most of the people you see mentioned in the credits and what a wonderful professional job they did on ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ and to find out that over 400 people work their heart out in producing such a brilliant animated film. So all in all the audio commentary was fascinating and you can hear how much Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi in making ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ and they hope you have enjoyed their audio commentary.

    BONUS: Exclusive to this 3D Blu-ray UK Release it has a beautiful designed 3D printed slip cover.

    Finally, ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ is another smart contribution from the stop-motion dream factory at LAIKA. It is really good work all the way around and a pleasure to watch. It starts slow, but it gets better and better as it moves along, ending with a virtuoso display of animation and a lovely final parting gag before things fade out. The 3D Blu-ray offers this animated film in both 3D and 2D high definition, and of course as I have already stated that my ultimate preference being the 3D Blu-ray without doubt that arrives with spectacular video and an excellent audio presentation. There is a generous amount of special features are also included. This brilliant animated 3D film gives great pleasure and is a brilliant all round family entertainment. Highly Recommended!

    Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Fan
    Le Cinema Paradiso
    WARE, United Kingdom
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  • Ines
    5,0 sur 5 étoiles ❤️
    Avis laissé en France le 10 mars 2025
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    Je recommande le film rien à redire parfait pour passer un petit moment en famille ❤️
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  • titoum
    4,0 sur 5 étoiles super film avec bcp de coeur
    Avis laissé en France le 14 mai 2017
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    Chouette film qui montre que le travail manuel avec une belle histoire peut etre magnifique.

    pq 4/5? j'ai recu le coffret une première fois et le code uvv était périmé. amazon comme a son habitude l'a échangé sans broncher mais la seconde boite...rebelotte. je le garde pcq j aime le film mais dmg que le code ne soit plus valide.
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  • mag
    5,0 sur 5 étoiles Très bien et de bonnes qualités
    Avis laissé en France le 5 janvier 2025
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    DVD conforme de bonnes qualités et très bien emballé.
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  • Yves,jean,AGUILA
    5,0 sur 5 étoiles Une histoire trés sympathique
    Avis laissé en France le 12 mars 2015
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    Je conseille ce DVD aux parents dont les enfants sont au moins âgés de 6 ans minimum. Une condition cependant, celle qui consiste à ce que les parents visionnent ce super DVD préalablement afin de pouvoir conter un peu avant la projection, l'histoire à leurs petits ! Les adultes apprécieront aussi cette histoire un tantinet extraordinaire.
    En effet, Les BOXTROLLS peuvent surprendre voir faire peur de par leur physionomie disgracieuse.
    Il s'agira, pour les parents, de savoir rendre sympathiques sans attendre, ses bons petits BOXTROLLS aux sentiments fraternels..
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  • Nolto
    5,0 sur 5 étoiles tres bien
    Avis laissé en France le 30 septembre 2015
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    Pour l’instant je suis très satisfait de vos service mais le problème avec vous c’est de devoir passer du temps à vous répondre que j’ai vraiment autre chose à faire ce que vous allez gagner c’est de perdre un bon client alors l’individu qui a conçu cette interrogatoire avec un nombre de mots obligatoire sinon pas valide !!!!!! qu’il vienne me voir en deux geste il aura compris ma satisfaction.
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  • lc
    3,0 sur 5 étoiles visuellement excellent
    Avis laissé en France le 9 mars 2025
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    5 étoiles pour l'animation, décor, couleur, précision, très convaincant et original, malheureusement, il manque ce petit quelque chose au scénario ! pour accrocher véritablement à la trame du film, donc 3 étoiles pour moi
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  • Jose Luis Merino
    5,0 sur 5 étoiles Bellísima
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    En la bonita tradición de ya clásicos de culto como Coraline o Paranorman, The Boxtrolls es un deleite audiovisual en toda la expresión de la palabra. La edición en steelbook es bastante vistoso y contiene la película en Blu-Ray, así como un pequeño folleto con algunas notas de la producción. En el ámbito técnico, el transfer a 4K es sublime, con pista Dolby Atmos (para enaltecer el score) y Dolby Vision que hará brillar tu pantalla. La película como tal es una bella historia que se enaltece gracias al gran trabajo de doblaje original realizado (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Elle Fanning, Tracy Morgan, entre otros).
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  • 小原　誉央
    5,0 sur 5 étoiles リージョン注意です。
    Avis laissé au Japon le 15 avril 2017
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    英語でしたが楽しめました。
    DVDはリージョンの違いで視聴出来ませんでしたが、ブルーレイは大丈夫でした。
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  • Ray
    5,0 sur 5 étoiles Der Junge und seine unterirdische Familie...
    Avis laissé en Allemagne le 21 octobre 2024
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    "Die Boxtrolls" wurde 2014 von Graham Annable und Anthony Stacchi inszeniert - als Vorlage diente die Novelle "Here Be Monsters" von Alan Snow. Produziert wurde der Film von den Laika Studios, die ihren Sitz in Portland haben, die sich ein bisschen auf die morbideren Varianten im Genre des Animationsfilms spezialisiert haben. Zu den erfolgreichsten Filmen des Studios zählen "Corpse Bride", "Coraline", "ParaNorman" und "Kubo".
    "Die Boxtrolls" wurde für den Oscar, für den Golden Globe und für den BAFTA nominiert. Gesiegt hat der Film aber bei keinen dieser drei Möglichkeiten.
    Der weiltweite Umsatz von 109 Millionen ist akzeptabel. Das Budget betrug aber auch stolze 60 Millionen Dollar.

    Im Sommer 1896 kursieren in der viktorianischen Bergstadt Cheesebridge im europäischen Land Norvenia Gerüchte, dass Boxtrolls, unterirdische Trolle, die Pappkartons tragen, ein Baby entführt hätten. Der Schädlingsbekämpfer Archibald Snatcher schließt mit dem Stadtoberhaupt Lord Portley-Rind einen Deal ab, alle Boxtrolls auszurotten und dafür eine Mitgliedschaft im Käse liebenden Stadtrat der Weißen Hüte zu erhalten, obwohl er selbst schwer allergisch auf Käse reagiert. In Wirklichkeit sind die Boxtrolls friedlich und kommen nachts aus dem Untergrund, um nach weggeworfenen Gegenständen zu suchen, mit denen sie nützliche Erfindungen herstellen können. Unter ihnen lebt ein 10-jähriger Menschenjunge namens Eggs, der von einem schreckhaften Boxtroll namens Fish betreut wird. Als Eggs heranwächst, ist er bestürzt über die verschwindenden Boxtrolls, wie Wheels und Oil Can, die der Trollfänger Snatcher gefangen nimmt und vielleicht sogar vernichtet hat. Eines Nachts, nachdem Lord Portley-Rinds Tochter Winniefred, oder einfach Winnie, Eggs mit Fish und einem anderen Boxtroll namens Shoe sieht, fängt Snatcher Fish. Eggs schleicht sich an die Oberfläche, um Fish zu finden, und taucht auf einem Jahrmarkt auf, der an das Verschwinden des "Trubshaw-Babys“ erinnert, das angeblich von Boxtrolls getötet wurde. Angewidert von der ungenauen Darstellung der Kreaturen durch die Stadt folgt Eggs Winnie. Nach einem kurzen Austausch fragt er sie nach dem Weg zu Snatchers Hauptquartier in einer verlassenen Fabrik, wo Eggs Fish rettet. Sie werden bei der Flucht erwischt. Snatcher erkennt Eggs als das Trubshaw-Baby und enthüllt, dass alle gefangenen Boxtrolls eine Maschine für ihn bauen - hurra, sie leben immerhin noch. Winnie, die Eggs heimlich gefolgt ist, belauscht diesen Austausch. Sie hilft dann Fish und Eggs, vor Snatcher zu fliehen, und sie suchen Schutz in den Höhlen der Boxtrolls, wo Fish erklärt, dass Eggs‘ Vater ihn ihnen gegeben hat, um ihn vor Snatcher zu schützen. Und Eggs Papa, der auch seit Jahren verschwunden ist, ist kein Geringerer als der Erfinder Herbert Trubshaw....

    In einer Nebenrolle kommt der böse Diktatur zum Einsatz, der an den Faschismus und an Adolf Hitler erinnert.
    Die Optik des Films ist sagenhaft und es ist ein eher düsterer Film, allerdings mit vielen Aufheiterungen. Es regiert ein verrückter Charme, eine klasse Demonstration für das Stop Motion Verfahren.
    Visuell ist der Film ein Fest, vollgestopft mit kleinen Witzen und Überraschungen und einer feinen Art von schwarzem Humor. Die auftretenden sozialen und philosophischen Bezüge verleihen dem eine zusätzliche Dimension und machen ihn zu einer Parabel gegen die Verfolgung von Minderheiten. Die Figuren, die in diesem morbiden Märchen auftauchen, sind sehr gut gestaltet.
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    5,0 sur 5 étoiles THE BOXTROLLS [2014 / 2015] [3D Blu-ray + Blu-ray + Digital HD ULTRAVIOLET]
    Avis laissé au Royaume-Uni le 10 mars 2016
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    THE BOXTROLLS [2014 / 2015] [3D Blu-ray + Blu-ray + Digital HD ULTRAVIOLET] Dare To Be Square! From The Makers of CORALINE and PARANORMAL!

    ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ is Academy Award® nominated stop-motion adventure. The Boxtrolls are monsters, who live underneath the charming streets of Cheesebridge, who crawl out the sewers at night to steal the town’s children and fine cheese. At least, that’s the legend the townspeople have always believed.

    In truth, the Boxtrolls are a community of loveable oddballs who are raising an abandoned human boy named Eggs [Isaac Hempstead Wright] as one of their own. When the Boxtrolls are targeted by a villainous a local pest exterminator, Archibald Snatcher [Sir Ben Kingsley] who is bent on eradicating them, Eggs must venture above ground to save his unique family of Boxtrolls, where he teams up with an adventurous local rich girl Winnie [Elle Fanning] to save not only the Boxtrolls, but the soul of Cheesebridge.

    FILM FACT: Awards and Nominations: 2014 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award: Nominated: Best Animated Feature. 2014 42nd Annual Annie Awards: Win: Production Design in an Animated Feature Production for Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure and August Hall. Win: Voice Acting in a Feature Production for Sir Ben Kingsley. Nominated: Best Animated Feature. Nominated: Animated Effects in an Animated Production for Rick Sevy, Peter Vickery, Kent Estep, Peter Stuart and Ralph Procida. Nominated: Character Animation in a Feature Production for Travis Knight, Malcolm Lamont and Jason Stalman. Nominated: Character Design in an Animated Feature Production for Mike Smith. Nominated: Directing in an Animated Feature Production for Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable. Nominated: Nominated: Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production for Emanuela Cozzi. Nominated: Voice Acting in a Feature Production for Dee Bradley Baker. Nominated: Writing in an Animated Feature Production for Irena Brignull and Adam Pava. 2014 72nd Golden Globe® Awards: Nominated: Best Animated Feature. 2015 Academy Awards®: Nominated: Best Animated Feature. Saturn Awards: Nominated: Best Animated Film.

    Voice Cast: Sir Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Simon Pegg, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Nika Futterman, Tracy Morgan, Pat Fraley, Fred Tatasciore, Max Mitchell, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, Maurice LaMarche, James Urbaniak, Brian George, Toni Collette, Lori Tritel, Laraine Newman, Reckless Jack, Tom Kenny (uncredited), Sam Lavagnino (uncredited) and Julian Stone (uncredited)

    Directors: Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable

    Producers: David Ichioka, Matthew Fried and Travis Knight

    Screenplay: Adam Pava, Irena Brignull, Vera Brosgol (additional writing) and Alan Snow (novel)

    Composer: Dario Marianelli

    Cinematography: Edie Bleiman

    Video Resolution: 1080p

    Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

    Audio: English: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French: 5.1 DTS-HD Surround Sound, Arabic: 5.1 DTS-HD Surround Sound, Hindi: 5.1 DTS-HD Surround Sound, Dutch: 5.1 DTS-HD Surround Sound, Portuguese: 5.1 DTS-HD Surround Sound, English: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo, English: 2.0 Descriptive Audio and French: 2.0 Descriptive Audio

    Subtitles: English SDH, French, German, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese and Dutch

    Running Time: 96 minutes

    Region: Region B/2

    Number of discs: 1

    Studio: Universal Pictures / LAIKA

    Andrew’s 3D Blu-ray Review: In ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ [2014] we have a villainous troll catcher sets out to eradicate the underclass and join the cheese-eating elite in the latest from the animation people who were behind the animation films of 'Coraline' and ‘ParaNorman’ before it, the film was hatched out of artisanal Oregon-based animation studio LAIKA, where Travis Knight serves as CEO President. And like those earlier animation features, which managed more successfully to juggle dark with light, this one appears unafraid to target a more limited audience than most wide-release CGI animated films. Its demographic seems likely to mirror a younger age range of the source material, especially related to the British children’s author Alan Snow’s fantasy adventure novel entitled, “Here Be Monsters!” Who not only wrote it but also did over 500 black-and-white illustrations for it as well and the book was published in 2005 in the UK and in the US the following year.

    Here we have a family event with a totally brilliant and inventive animated film that introduces audiences to a new breed of family called “The Boxtrolls,” which is a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs [Isaac Hempstead-Wrigh]) in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher [Sir Ben Kingsley], comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, "into the light," where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnifred [Elle Fanning]. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family.

    The people of Cheesebridge live in fear of the Boxtrolls ever since that day that Baby Trubshaw was believed to be taken by the Boxtrolls in the dead of night. Ever since then, come night fall the town of Cheesebridge becomes completely deserted as a curfew takes place and the people of Cheesebridge hide in their homes. This curfew of course is perfect for the Boxtrolls as it means that they can roam the streets and alleys searching through bins and boxes for clocks, gears and other bits of machines that the folks of Cheesebridge throw away. The Boxtrolls you see are sort of tinkerers and engineers; they love to put things together, making new things out of the things that others throw away.

    Between the stinky, the gross, the wretched, and the evil sits the adorable Boxtrolls, an anti-Pinocchio set in a snooty British-ish town obsessed with the extravagance of cheese. Underneath them in a mechanical sewer are the Boxtrolls, timid, tame, and thieving. They love garbage. The Boxtrolls teaches plenty in this scenario. Income gaps, the endlessly imbecility of politicians, the superficiality of wealth, the complexities of being a good person; it’s a loaded gun of entertainment metaphors and as unusually modest with colour as to set an unusually glum tone for a feature destined to be more aimed at younger fare, but I still enjoyed with an older out look of this animated film.

    With the Boxtrolls, their joy, bugs and boogers are their delicacy. Elegant cheese is nostril harming and prone to causing allergies. The Boxtrolls is much in its own world where kids shout, “Eww!” and adults wonder what happened to their gentle animated delights and probably without realising a prior generation grew up on the bliss of people being slimed on national TV. So that’s where we are: Worms and flies, sewers and stench, with a dash of mould. The Boxtrolls are friendly critters, but they love all that rotten stinky stuff. They hide in boxes and name themselves after the products screened onto the front of their comfy cardboard clothes, names like Fish and Shoe. In their company too is a child, who to the outside world is dead. The child was allegedly ripped apart and mauled by the snivelling maws of the sewer troll beasts, or so they say. Or rather, they’re told. This town, known as Cheesebridge, even holds a celebration to honour the supposedly lost child as a warning of the Boxtroll’s threat and then add in a little propaganda metaphor too.

    Where the Boxtrolls is headed is inevitable, as the Boxtrolls wish for their freedom and Eggs [Isaac Hempstead Wright], a young human changeling, as one of their own beneath the city streets and this boy will eventually become a hero, but it becomes more complex and rich than something so droll on its surface. The Boxtrolls villain, blatantly named Archibald Snatcher [Sir Ben Kingsley], brings with him three thugs to every night of the Boxtrolls snatching. Two of them are uneasily conflicted about their current status as bad guys, adding depth to an otherwise pale fairy tale with simple battle lines. There’s more humour than heart to ‘THE BOXTROLLS,’ but there are a couple of poignant moments thanks to the bond between Eggs and Winnie, charmingly voiced by Elle Fanning, who honed a reasonable English accent in the film ‘Maleficent.’ Winnie is a true scene-stealer, ghoulishly revelling in the legend of the child-snatching Boxtrolls.

    All is told via the brilliant production studio LAIKA and their exquisite stop motion artistry, building a miniaturised world of unbelievable craftsmanship by hand. It’s so often meticulously detailed and ridiculously complex as to challenge what we once knew of the animation form. Their solutions are genius, their form is flawless, and their style is unmatched. It’s so often meticulously detailed and ridiculously complex as to challenge what we once knew of the animation form. Their solutions are genius, their form is flawless, and their style is unmatched. The visuals are totally awesome and dazzling at the same time, the voices are very expressive, and the end-credits sequence offers a laugh-out-loud appraisal of the madness of the animators’ labour-intensive craft.

    Certainly, the challenges of stop motion can supersede story and it’s all too easy to fall under the trance of such beauty in motion. But not for Boxtrolls which carries exuberant personality as it gives life to indifferent citizens and playfully enjoyable critters. Often, there are no words. Unknowingly adopted by the Boxtroll human Eggs [Isaac Hempstead Wright] is introduced without dialog, merely some indecipherable mumbling known as “Trollese.” They party, they laugh. And, they enjoy their existence for what, and who they are. In between everything else, that is the Boxtrolls kindest message and The Boxtrolls has more humour than heart, but should please adults and children alike.

    There is a totally captivating sequence during the end credits of ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ that’s more or less a hand-drawn capsule version of the entire story, accompanied by an airy cover of the Pete Seeger hit “Little Boxes” performed by the Loch Lomond band [Loch Lomond is a band based in Portland, Oregon, United States that was started as a solo recording project of Ritchie Young in 2003]. That’s followed by two characters who share an existentialist bent and amusingly voiced by Richard Ayoade and Nick Frost, imagining a world in which their every movement is manipulated by unseen giants, before cameras pan back to show producer and lead animator Travis Knight tinkering away. Those few playful minutes are packed with charm, wit and an infectious enthusiasm for the magic of animation and all the qualities that makes this brilliant 3D animation film a delight and a joy to view.

    LAIKA has never made a poor looking animated film. Their output includes ‘CORALINE’ and the 2012 gem ‘ParaNorman,’ although ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ is so very different, this is a much bleaker picture, but have fun and frolics on the way. While their previous work often exploded in tremendous colour, short of an orange-ish heavy third act finale, much of ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ is slightly muted and hues are weakened into a dusty pattern without the intention of depth. Black levels are sprayed with a bit of London fog.

    And of course, that is okay. In terms of tonalities, the look is where it should be despite lacking the powerhouse “pop” now expected of animation. Instead, the Boxtrolls earns itself praise for resolution. Mini clothes, dirty floors, hair; they’re flawless. Digital photography and literally they use high-end Canon still cameras, not video and captures the nuance of each puppet. Background details, especially town buildings which recall the exaggerated forms of German expressionism very lightly anyway, stretch vertically. Each brick or weed is fully visible. Universal Pictures encoding work is doubly astonishing. Any fine lines maintain their integrity without aliasing. But seeing ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ in 3D makes watching this animated film well worth it and all in all will be perfect viewing for all the family, so give it a try, you will not be disappointed. The humour in this film is distinctly British in nature, so be prepared not to have the same sort of laughs you'd usually get from a PIXAR or Disney animated films. So ultimately what I'm saying is that ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ was a really wonderful lovely surprise, a thoroughly entertaining animated film with endearing characters that you'll learn to love as the film progresses. Also stay for the end credits, you'll be rewarded with a neat look at how stop-motion animation is done all the while two of the goons Richard Ayoade and Simon Pegg has an existential moment. It's really cool and silly at the same time.

    3D Blu-ray Video Quality – As we have come to expect from a LAIKA stop-motion production of ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ and seeing the Boxtrolls roaming the dark streets and alleys of this 3D Blu-ray disc that has a magnificent and stunning first-rate 1080p encode image that will have viewers believing in this a real fantasy world. One of the presentation's better aspects is surprisingly the lack of gimmick shots, but a couple action sequences break through the screen with the occasional trick effect, but the real focus and attention is placed on creating a realistic 3D world, which it does really admirably. The dark streets of the fictional Cheesebridge penetrate deep into image, forming an awesome sense of depth, an elongated passageway that one can actually feel turns the corner. Separation between buildings and objects is superb while characters have a nice roundness to them and their noses in particular protrude and extend from the faces of each character. Presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, the video is also razor sharp with excellent detailing in every scene, even those with a thick, hovering fog, of which there are several. The stitching on the clothes is plainly visible; we can make out every thread and seam is precise and evident, allowing viewers to really appreciate the level of work that went into designing this elaborate world. The primary colours are vibrant and sumptuous while cleanly-rendered secondary hues provide warmth and vigour to the comedy, making this stop-motion flick an outstanding watch. Interestingly this Blu-ray of ‘THE BOXTROLLS,’ especially in the 2D version, actually detracts from the extensive stop-motion animation, as the purity of the high definition image actually, at times, makes LAIKA’s hard work CGI look absolutely stunning in 3D. Whereas I think it’s the first time I have felt seeing it in 2D Blu-ray hinders rather than help this brilliant animated film, so maybe if you are not into 3D animation, then maybe the best option is to only purchase and watch the DVD, as it is pointless to get the 3D Blu-ray disc? Playback Region B/2: This will not play on most Blu-ray players sold in North America, Central America, South America, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Learn more about Blu-ray region specifications.

    3D Blu-ray Audio Quality – ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ has an excellent 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio mix, that has a grand time filling the home cinema space with music and atmospheric effects. The subwoofer gets a surprising good amount of work here, particularly from ideas like the Snatcher’s giant robot or an impossibly large wheel of Brie. However, the rear speakers are employed on several occasions, primarily and most notably during action sequences where effects enjoy discrete directionality and excellent panning. Dynamic range is distinct with clean definition of the tiniest object clanging and ringing across a very well-balanced soundstage. The low-end is ample and robust, providing adequate weight and rumble to certain scenes, and dialogue is intelligible with clean intonation in the conversations, making this an excellent sound mix.

    Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:

    Special Feature: Preliminary Animatic Sequences [2014] [1080p] [1.78:1] [17:28] Here we have six separate animated sequences we view mainly animated sketches in Black-and-White and some colour, with the music score from the film in the background. We get to see in great detail what the filmmakers were initially thinking about various parts of the story. There’s actually an alternate opening here, with a different view of how Eggs was taken by the Boxtrolls. The actual six separate animated sequences are as follows: “Baby In The trash;” “Eggs In The Underworld;” “Man On A Horse;” “Trubshaw’s Inventorium;” “Cheese Shop” and “Tea and Cheese.” You have three choices, one you play with the audio commentary by Directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi, secondly without the audio commentary or thirdly Play All.

    Special Feature: Dare To Be Square: Behind the Scenes of The Boxtrolls [2014] [1080p] [1.78:1] [32:48] This is a collection of five features: “Voicing The Boxtrolls;” “Inside The Box;” “The Big Cheese: Allergy Snatcher;” “Deconstructing the Dance” and “Think Big: The Mecha Drill.” The first of these obviously focuses on the actors voicing the characters, with an interesting revelation that Sir Ben Kingsley likes to read his lines while lying on the chair vertically to get that guttural quality. The other four features cover the work of the brilliant animators working behind-the-scenes and seeing how the little boxes work, particularly what relates to major sequences like Snatcher’s allergy attack, the virtuoso ballroom dance scene and the final battle with Snatcher’s monster Mecha Drill robot, all in all this is a truly wonderful feature. But as you go through all five features, you get contributions from the following people: Travis Knight [Producer, Lead Animator]; Grahame Annable [Director]; Anthony Stacchi [Director]; Isaac Hempstead Wright [Voice of “Eggs”]; Elle Fanning [Voice of “Winnie”]; Jared Harris [Voice of “Lord Portley-Rind]; Sir Ben Kingsley [Voice of Snatcher”]; Richard Ayode [Voice of “Mr. Pickles”]; Nick Frost [Voice of “Mr. Trout”]; Tracy Morgan [Voice of “Mr. Gristle”]; David Bleiman Ichioka, P.G.A. [Producer]; Toni Collette [Voice of “Lady Portley-Rind”]; Steve Blum [Voice of “Shoe”]; Dee Bradley [Voice of “Fish”]; Simon Pegg [Voice of “Herbert Trubshaw”]; Brian McLean [Replacement Animation & Engineer]; Georgina Hayns [Character Fabrication Supervisor]; Brad Schiff [Animation Supervisor]; Oliver Jones [Animation Rigging]; David Vandervoort [Story Artist]; Jeff Croke [CG Facial Animator]; Tim Yates [Lead Replacement Animation Specialist]; Edie Ichioka, A.C.E. [Editor]; Dario Marianelli [Music Composer]; Deborah Cook [Costume Designer]; Brian Van’t Hul [Visual Effects Supervisor]; Gerald Svoboda [Animation Rigging]; Paul Martinez [Model Builder] and Curt Enderle [Art Director].

    Special Feature: Featurettes [2014] [1080p] [1.78:1] [13:00] This is a shorter collection of five separate features and consists of the following: “The Nature of Creation;” “Trolls Right Off The Tongue;” “Allergic to Easy;” “Let’s Dance” and “On the Shoulders of Giants.” These cover some of the same ground as the longer previous features, and appear to be the promotional video that was posted on the internet when the animated film hit the cinemas in 2014 and is a FOCUS Features / LAIKA Production. As before, we get lots of contributions from people like: Travis Knight [CEO + Lead Animator, LAIKA]; Graham Annable [Director, “THE BOXROLLS”], Anthony Stacchi [Director, “THE BOXROLLS”], Ollie Jones [Rigging Supervisor, “THE BOXROLLS”], Curt Enderle [Art Director, “THE BOXROLLS”], Steve Emerson [VFX Supervisor, “THE BOXROLLS”], Steve Blum [Voice of “Shoe”]; Dee Baker [Voice of “Fish”]; David Vandervoort [Facial Animation Designer, LAIKA]; Peg Serena [Facial Animation Supervisor, LAIKA]; Brian mcLean [Rapid Prototype, LAIKA] and Georgina Hayns [Creative Supervisor of Puppet Fabrication, LAIKA].

    Audio Commentary: Feature Commentary with Directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi: Here Directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi introduce themselves and talk about the famous British children’s author Alan Snow’s fantasy adventure novel entitled, “Here Be Monsters!” that they based the animation film on, but they point out that the start of the animation film is totally different to the start of novel and they call it the “Prologue” and was the last sequence to be filmed, on top of that in the book they had thousands of characters, which could not of been conceived in the film, as the logistics would have been a nightmare to create for this animation film. But what they did want to do is to make the film look like the French Graphic Illustrations of Nicolas de Crécy, that they felt were inspirational art and if you want to know what they are on about, then check out his web site, as you will see why the buildings in the animation film are like they are and are of such brilliant interpretation and they both praise the LAIKA Art Department in bringing the French Graphic Illustrations of Nicolas de Crécy to life for this LAIKA animated film. This scene-specific commentary finds both directors in a happy mood as they go through the animated film you are viewing. They each take a fair amount of time to discuss the specifics of each character, as well as the evolution of the animated film’s story. When we first get to see the baby Boxtrolls named “Eggs,” you hear him hiccup, and the voice of the small boy was done by Max Mitchell, and at the time of the recording of the voice Max had a hiccup fit, so they decided to keep it in, as it gave the baby Boxtrolls a more human characteristics. When we get to the ballroom scene, they both comment on what a difficult scene it was to animated and a total logistic nightmare, with so many elements into the technicalities of producing something totally seamless and realistic. But when we come to seeing the Mecha Drill in daylight, it was an even more logistic nightmare to animate, but they praise the animation crew for all their hard work in making it look really good and realistic. As we get to the end of the animated film, especially the Credits, Directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi praise most of the people you see mentioned in the credits and what a wonderful professional job they did on ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ and to find out that over 400 people work their heart out in producing such a brilliant animated film. So all in all the audio commentary was fascinating and you can hear how much Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi in making ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ and they hope you have enjoyed their audio commentary.

    BONUS: Exclusive to this 3D Blu-ray UK Release it has a beautiful designed 3D printed slip cover.

    Finally, ‘THE BOXTROLLS’ is another smart contribution from the stop-motion dream factory at LAIKA. It is really good work all the way around and a pleasure to watch. It starts slow, but it gets better and better as it moves along, ending with a virtuoso display of animation and a lovely final parting gag before things fade out. The 3D Blu-ray offers this animated film in both 3D and 2D high definition, and of course as I have already stated that my ultimate preference being the 3D Blu-ray without doubt that arrives with spectacular video and an excellent audio presentation. There is a generous amount of special features are also included. This brilliant animated 3D film gives great pleasure and is a brilliant all round family entertainment. Highly Recommended!

    Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Fan
    Le Cinema Paradiso
    WARE, United Kingdom
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  • Peter69
    5,0 sur 5 étoiles Lovely, funny, original film
    Avis laissé aux Pays-Bas le 11 septembre 2022
    Achat vérifié
    If you love animation films, and a great story, the buy this film. Comes with a 3D version too.
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