{"product_id":"5050629942477-monster-house-open-season-surfs-up-3-pack","title":"Monster House\/Open Season\/Surf's Up (Triple Pack)","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRODUCT DESCRIPTION \u003cbr\u003e This special Blu-ray triple pack contains the animated fun-filled family films Surf's Up, Monster House and Open Season. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Surf's Up, penguin Cody Maverick enters the \"Big Z Memorial Surf Off\" on Pen Gu Island. The teenage penguin is determined to win the most important competition in the world of penguin surfing in honour of \"Big Z\", a deceased surfing legend whom he has idolised since childhood. But the competition is steep. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMonster House focuses on an anthropomorphic mansion, a haunted house with human characteristics that actively frightens neighbourhood folk as it attempts to reign over its inhabitants. One day, a trio of intrepid youngsters, sick of being terrorised, decide to fight back. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpen Season, an animated action-adventure, follows the fortunes of two forest-animal misfits; Boog is a gentle and domesticated bear, while Elliot is an absentminded and accident-prone deer who has been shunned by his herd. Together, they struggle to adapt to the ways of life in the wild and on their own. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDVD Special Features\u003cbr\u003eMusic Video: Deathray - \"I Wanna Lose Control\"\u003cbr\u003eArt Gallery\u003cbr\u003eBeat Boards\u003cbr\u003eVoice-A-Rama Activity\u003cbr\u003eWheel of Fortune: Forest Edition\u003cbr\u003eFirst Look at Surf's Up\u003cbr\u003eLil' Chris Live From the Blue Carpet Featurette\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Features Hosted by Lil' Chris\u003cbr\u003eVisual Effects Commentary\u003cbr\u003eRingtales\u003cbr\u003e\"Swept Away\" Scene Deconstruction\u003cbr\u003eFilmmaker Commentary\u003cbr\u003eBehind the Trees Featurette\u003cbr\u003eBoog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run Short\u003cbr\u003eCommentary with the Filmmakers Behind Open Season\u003cbr\u003eDeleted Scenes\u003cbr\u003eThe Voices Behind the Stars\u003cbr\u003eChubbChubbs, The Original Short - The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas\u003cbr\u003eAll Together Now: Surf's Up Voice Sessions\u003cbr\u003eBehind the Scenes of Doris \u0026amp; Sheila\u003cbr\u003eSurf Cam documentary\u003cbr\u003eMaking Waves documentary\u003cbr\u003eStoryboard to Surfboard Multi-Angle\u003cbr\u003eArnold's Zurfinary\u003cbr\u003eProgression Reels\u003cbr\u003eMeet the Penguins--with Mario Cantone\u003cbr\u003ePhoto Galleries\u003cbr\u003eMusic Video: \"Lose Myself\" by Ms. Lauryn Hill\u003cbr\u003eSurf Like a Pro--how to surf featurette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Amazon REVIEW \u003cbr\u003e Surf's Up\u003cbr\u003eSurf's Up is a computer-animated sports mockumentary about penguin surfing contests, which makes it stand out from the crowd of penguin movies. The story unfolds as it would on any sports-channel on TV, with interviews (with penguins) overlapping footage of (penguin) surfing action, gradually unveiling the tale of Cody Maverick (voiced by Shia LaBeouf, Transformers), a young penguin from Antarctica with dreams of winning a surfing competition--a competition named after his idol, the missing Big Z (Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski). But when he joins the competition, Cody finds his zeal for winning may not be enough to defeat the cruel reigning champ, Tank Evans (Diedrich Bader, Grim \u0026amp; Evil). The story of Surf's Up is typical stuff: Youngster learns to value friendship over material success. But the documentary style gives the movie a different rhythm from the usual feature-length cartoon; it stutters and skips around, dithers on side topics, and backtracks to catch up with supporting characters. Some viewers may be annoyed, but others--perhaps the more media-savvy--will find it a refreshing change of pace. (Kids who don't watch much sports, however, may just find it confusing.) Surf's Up also features the voices of James Woods (Hercules), Zooey Deschanel (Elf), and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite). --Bret Fetzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMonster House\u003cbr\u003eThe spooky shadows and eerie creaking of a rickety old house are brought to life via lush CGI in Monster House. A young boy named DJ has suspicions about the house across the street and the cranky old man (voiced by Steve Buscemi, Fargo) who lives there. When the old man has a heart attack and is carried away by an ambulance, DJ thinks the danger is over. Unfortunately, as he, his friend Chowder, and a candy-selling prep-school girl named Jenny discover, the house itself has plans--plans that include eating all the kids who'll be trick-or-treating that Halloween night. Monster House begins with some deliciously creepy scenes that will send chills down children's spines (and may be too intense for younger viewers); animated movies rarely make such effective use of what isn't being shown. The animation is vivid and detailed (though CGI still has a ways to go in capturing the full range of human facial expressions). But like most horror movies, the anticipation of horror is much more exciting than the horror itself; as the secrets of Monster House are revealed, the movie's thrills unravel. The noisy explosions at the end aren't half as much fun as the slow twitches of a few blades of grass in the movie's elegant beginning. --Bret Fetzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpen Season\u003cbr\u003eOpen Season - Growing up can be a confusing journey fraught with difficult choices. Boog (Martin Lawrence) is a domesticated grizzly bear who leads a perfectly happy life inside of Park Ranger Beth's (Debra Messing) garage, but a chance meeting with an overly energetic mule deer named Elliot (Ashton Kutcher) quickly changes everything and lands Boog high in the forest a few days before the opening of hunting season. Devoid of even the most basic survival skills, Boog and Elliot stumble through the woods and find themselves at the mercy of every forest animal from skunks to chipmunks as well as an evil hunter named Shaw (Gary Sinise). After unintentionally inciting and endangering an entire forest full of clever animals, Boog and Elliot come to the realization that only by banding together do the forest animals stand a chance of outsmarting the hunters and ensuring their own survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpen Season is the first animated film from Sony Pictures Animation, and takes its inspiration from cartoonist Steve Moore (In the Bleachers) and features animals with human-like intelligence, a vibrant colour palate, and skilled animation that makes everything from the wind blowing Boo's fur to the animals' wild trip down the falls simply breathtaking. While it doesn't quite live up to Over the Hedge, Open Season is an entertaining production that explores the difficult process of maturation, the universal need for acceptance, and the true value of friendship. --Tami Horiuchi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41707768086625,"sku":"5050629942477","price":64.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_12391050_17480458.jpg?v=1718040501","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/5050629942477-monster-house-open-season-surfs-up-3-pack","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}