TOM AND JERRY: SHIVER ME WHISKERS: ORIGINAL MOVIE [2006 / 2013] [Blu-ray] [USA Release] Enjoy the Ho-Ho-Hilarious of the World’s Favorited Cat & Mouse Team in Their Original Movie!
It’s a swashbuckling pirate adventure when Tom sets sail as a lowly cabin cat for the biggest, baddest pirate on the high sea: the infamous Captain Red. Tired of swabbing the deck all day, Tom thinks his luck has changed when a mysterious bottle a treasure map washed on board. But poor little Jerry has been guarding the treasure map and now has a greedy cat on his paws. The race is on and Tom and Jerry must work together to get past coconut-throwing monkeys and a giant slimy octopus, and then outsmart the pirates to find the buried treasure!
FILM FACT: ‘TOM AND JERRY: SHIVER ME WHISKERS’ was the third Tom and Jerry film to be filmed in widescreen and the third one to be filmed in the high-definition format and the first being ‘Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars’ and ‘Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry,’ although the NTSC DVD and the U.S.A. version of Boomerang were in full screen (cropping the left and right of the image) though not pan and scan as the camera stays directly in the centre of the image. Like other television shows and films filmed in high-definition, the monitor the animation team would have worked from would have 1.37:1 and 1.78:1 safe areas so that the full screen version would not crop off too much of any important visual elements (such as characters). However, the film is broadcast in widescreen on Cartoon Network in the United States and released in widescreen on the Region A/1 Blu-ray. Again this is false information regarding the Region A/1 Blu-ray, because all Warner Home Video Blu-eay are All Region. David Cornelious of DVD Talk gave a positive review saying "has enough chuckles in it that it comes recommended to families and fans alike."
Voice Cast:
Director: Scott Jeralds
Producers: Bobbie Page, Joseph Barbera Scott, Jeralds, Sander Schwartz and Tom Minton
Screenplay: Chris Painter (screenplay), William Hanna (characters) and Joseph Barbera (characters)
Composer: Mark Watters
Image Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Danish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Norwegian: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Swedish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
English: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Danish, Norwegian and Swedish
Running Time: 71 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Warner Home Video
Andrew’s Blu-ray Review: The adventures of the William Hanna and Joseph Barbera creations, ‘TOM AND JERRY: SHIVER ME WHISKERS: ORIGINAL MOVIE [2006] is their latest adventure. Although the director of this outing, Scott Jerolds, has done a number of other direct-to-video cartoons, for example ‘Superman’ and ‘Scooby-Doo’ and the like, so he has the experience, he doesn't seem yet ready for the big screen. TOM AND JERRY: SHIVER ME WHISKERS: ORIGINAL MOVIE’ plays like a children’s television product, but despite this, it is still an enjoyable cartoon adventure.
In this adventure, Tom and Jerry are crew members aboard a pirate ship sailing the Seven Seas. They engage in the usual hijinks, with Jerry usually getting the best of his big buddy, Tom, and the ship getting the worst of their pranks.
One day a wave washes a bottle on deck, and inside they find a treasure map. At first, they fight over the map, and we get typical Tom-and-Jerry, Roadrunner-and-Coyote type shenanigans while they wreak havoc aboard the ship. Then Tom learns the map comes with a curse; he's got to put it back in the bottle by sunset or face dire consequences. The rest of the animation film involves Tom, Jerry, the ship's captain, Red Pirate Ron, and others trying to find the map's treasure, the "treasure of the Spanish Mane," hidden away by the most famous wig maker in Spain.
The gags are routine, mostly slapstick, but not very imaginative slapstick. I'm sure the animation film will entertain the youngest members of the family, for whom the filmmakers intended it, but there probably is not enough originality to any of the tomfoolery to interest most adults. About the only other things of interest in the film I haven't mentioned are an erupting volcano and a rock rooster.
The film boasts some good voice talents and they are Kevin Michael Richardson plays the Red Pirate Ron and Blue Pirate Bob; Charles Nelson Reilly does Red Parrot Stan; Wallace Shawn is Barnacle Paul; and, best of all, Mark Hamill voices the Skull, possibly the most interesting character in the story.
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Blu-ray Video Quality – ‘TOM AND JERRY: SHIVER ME WHISKERS: ORIGINAL MOVIE’ is presented to you via a stunning high definition voyage, and a wonderful 1080p encoded image, with a generous 1.37:1 aspect ratio. Colours are bold and bountiful, with piercing primaries and deep blacks, and contrast is at least fairly consistent, but the rest of the image is fraught with some slight pixilation and shadow outline.
Blu-ray Audio Quality – Warner Home Video 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track for ‘TOM AND JERRY: SHIVER ME WHISKERS: ORIGINAL MOVIE’ delivers an exciting experience, but even at its most chaotic and adventurous has its quiet moments. Voices are bright and effects are crisp and clear, and the output is strong and seaworthy, and music has its way with the sound field. The rear speakers are used sparingly and sporadically, with a hint of dynamics. Yes. Exciting and enveloping. And all the family will have a very enjoyable cartoon adventure.
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Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:
Trailers: Here you vet to view two trailers and they are as follows: ‘Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon’ [Blu-ray + DVD] [1080p] [1.78:1] [0:45]. ‘LEGO® Batman – The Movie’ [Blu-ray + DVD] [1080p] [1.78:1] [1:50]
Sneak Peaks: : Here you vet to view two trailers and they are as follows: ‘Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz’ [Blu-ray + DVD] [1080p] [1.78:1] [1:00]. ‘Tom and Jerry & Robin Hood and his Merry Mouse: Original Movie’ [Blu-ray + DVD] [1080p] [1.78:1] [1:02]
Finally, Yo ho ho and a bottle of fun... and for me ‘TOM AND JERRY: SHIVER ME WHISKERS: ORIGINAL MOVIE’ was a very enjoyable romp, as Tom and Jerry is one of my favourite Warner Bros. comedy duo. Warner Bros. have brought us some of the best short cartoons ever made. Some people have slatted this Blu-ray, because they are moaning in stretching a seventy-one minute feature film. Well I thoroughly enjoyed this cartoon romp and critics should not be up their pretentious pompous attitude. This is a great modern version of the old M-G-M cartoon characters and cannot recommend this brilliant cartoon adventure. Highly Recommended!
Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Fan
Le Cinema Paradiso
United Kingdom
