Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection [Blu-ray]

Great fun. Love these movies.

Update: This film has one big problem. The third film, A Close Shave is in the 16:9 format on this disc while the original was in 4:3. This means the original film has been cropped to fit a widescreen TV. Pretty upsetting that they wouldn't include the three original videos in their original form. The first two, A Grand Day Out and The Wrong Trousers are in their original 4:3 format.This is a great collection of the Wallace & Gromit films. The films all look excellent in HD and the behind the scenes features and commentary tracks are wonderful to listen to and really provide a lot of insight into the creation of the films.For example, the commentary track for A Grand Day Out, the first film, talks about its production over about 6 years and the tricks that Nick used to film each shot. I'm pretty sure that these commentary tracks are taken from the DVD release, so they are nothing new if you have that version. The film also has several behind the scenes features which are also a lot of fun to watch and give good insight into the animation process, Nick Parks career, and the growth of the Wallace & Gromit franchise.The packaging consists of a standard blu-ray case with a paper sleeve that has the same art as the case. There is no booklet with the film, just the disc.I think the only thing missing from this collection is the full length feature film, but I think Wallace & Gromit works best in this shorter format.I would recommend this collection to any Wallace & Gromit fan. The noticeable improvement in quality when viewed in HD and the behind the scenes and commentary tracks make it a joy to re-watch these excellent films and notice all the little details in the sets and animations.

These little shows are so fun to watch and I can’t help but appreciate the obvious hard work that went into every single frame.

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Fantastic! Great for kids and adults.

If you grew up watching Wallace & Gromit the way I did, this is a no-brainer. All the classic specials lovingly remastered in HD quality, plus the additional "Cracking Contraptions" short films. It's a great little collection for fans.That said, it seems to be lacking in any real additional features outside of these shorts, like some of the "making of" featurettes that were apparently on some older DVD releases. Some copyrighted music was changed here and there too, which was a bit disappointing as it alters the mood of some scenes. There's also the issue of "A Matter of Loaf and Death" seemingly not working on some players due to region issues, but I can at least say that everything worked fine on a PlayStation 5.If you're simply looking to rewatch these old classics again and relish in the impressive brilliance of some of Aardman's earliest works, you cant really go wrong here. The charm, wit, painstaking detail, and mind-blowing early stop-motion techniques are still an absolute joy to experience. But if you want a more "complete" set with extra features, it may be worth seeking out an older DVD collection.

I'll leave for others to talk about Wallace & Gromit themselves and focus here on the Blu-Ray offering.There are four "movies" included on the disc. Each of these is about 30 minutes long. The first three were previously included on the DVD, "Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing Adventures." Also included on the BR disc are the features that were on the DVD. New to this release are the short "A Matter of Loaf and Death," the episode of Shaun the Sheep, "Off the Baa!," and at least one of the short features. A game demo is also included, but you need a BR player on your computer (PCs only) to play it. The first two features are full frame and the second two are widescreen. The features all look great on BR (though I don't know if they were remastered for this release).The disc doesn't include "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," so one might quibble that it doesn't include all the W&G material, but it does include all the shorts (including the two that won Academy Awards).Overall, I thought this was a very good presentation for a very funny duo and well worth the price.

I enjoyed all the content of this Blu-Ray. I think the inventions are very imaginative.