The stellar cast Disney put together do a wonderful job of bringing all the characters to life. Mae Whitman (Independence Day, Hope Floats) is Tinker Bell and the first to give the pixie an actual speaking voice. America Ferrera (Ugly Betty, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1 and 2) is Animal Fairy, Fawn. Raven-Symoné (The Cosby Show, College Road Trip) plays Iridessa, a light fairy. Rosetta, a garden fairy, is voiced by Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies, Stranger Than Fiction). Lucy Liu (Dirty Sexy Money, Chicago) plays Silvermist, a Water Fairy. Singer-songwriter Jesse McCartney (Summerland) lends his voice to Terence, keeper of the pixie dust, and Anjelica Huston (Prizzi’s Honor, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) reigns over Pixie Hollow as the voice of Queen Clarion.
We were lucky enough to watch the Blu-ray disc (BD) version. You might be wondering if this is the next technological trend sure to go by the wayside. Should you even bother investing in it? I say no... and yes. Blu-ray is here to stay, it’s not a fad. In fact, it’s expected that in the long run BDs will completely replace SDs. As the norm in home television broadcasting switches over to High Definition beginning February 17, 2009, sooner or later you will be adding HDTV to your home if you haven't done so already. These two technologies are made to go hand in hand.
Blu-ray enhances the entire process as far as audio and video are concerned. Even without a fancy surround-sound home theater and big screen equipment you will be able to notice a difference in how movies sound and look. Tinker Bell is a terrific example of how the entire package works together.
The colors and images in are bright and crisp. One case in point is Tink’s hair. When she wears it freestyle around her shoulders, pre-topknot, it looks like real hair. You can see each strand. The color and highlights are so lifelike that I had a hard time with the reality of it. Another is the Pixie Dust Tree. It’s as if you can see every individual particle glimmer and glitter. The hub and I spent a lot of time our first viewing of Tinker Bell saying WOW and hitting the rewind button just to get a second (or third, or fourth) look.
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