Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

A movie designed for young girls is not something I would normally watch but I read where the visuals on the Blu-Ray DVD of this film was astounding. So....I rented it the other day to see how it looked. Hey, for $2, it was worth a shot.

Well, the visuals exceeded all expectations. This is as pretty an animated film as I've ever seen, and I've seen most of them. Animated films have looking better and better in recent years and in high-def, many of them look downright spectacular. But, a little girl's movie about Tinker Bell? Could that look as impressive as those big-budget, big-hyped films like "Cars," "Up," "Ice Age," etc.?

In a one-word answer: yes.

The colors in here are as good as anything I've seen. Your jaw drops as you watch scene-after-scene. It's amazing.

Is there "bad news?" Yes, at least for old codgers like me who don't want to hear the lead character ("Tinker Bell") whining, bitching-and-moaning much of the time. Is this Tinker Bell I saw years ago? No, this is the modern version, I guess: a pouting 13-14-year-old-like girl who can really get on your nerves the second half of this film. She's okay in the beginning but once she's airborne and some troubles start, plug your ears because she's constantly complaining, snapping at well-intentioned friends and simply becoming a real pain-in-the-butt.

If I ever see this DVD again, I'll just mute the second half of the film and marvel 100 percent at all the incredible artwork in here.