When Frankenstein meets adorable!

Who doesn't love a movie about a mad scientist? I seem to feel like one lately in lab class staring at dead cats, sorry guys... its part of the class, and brains in jars. But usually you associate mad scientists with crazy laboratories and evil plots and of course their hunchback sidekicks who have about the same amount of brain cells as a cheese sandwich. At least that's how it's supposed to go down!

Dr. Glickenstein's hunchback, Igor, is no ordinarily dim witted Igor. He dreams of being a mad scientist himself and has been doing experiments behind Dr. Glickenstein's back. The only problem is that in the land of Malaria, yes the land is named Malaria.. heh, Igors are well just Igors and their only job function is to do as their master's ask them and pull the switch. Igor wants so much more and he sees his opportunity knocking when his master, Dr. Glickenstein, gets blown up by accident. The mad scientist competition is approaching fast and Igor must make his own entry, a huge gigantic monster to win.

His creation, who is supposed to be the most ultimate evil of all time, works and awakes to call herself Eva and sadly for Igor she is nothing of the sort when it comes to evil. Eva dreams of being an actress and likes to pick flowers. Igor just has to decide if winning the competition is really what he wanted all along or if his new relationship with Eva is more important. Sometimes what we want in life is not always what we think. Igor is beginning to learn that lesson himself.

Igor is tons of fun, beautifully animated, and who couldn't love a brain in a bottle named Brian? It's full of enough ironic comedy that parents will enjoy it as much as the kids and how often do you actually get to see an evil scientist from his perspective?

We were lucky enough to see Igor in bluray and let me tell you, ironically enough, it was another animated feature that sold me on bluray to begin with and Igor is no exception. There is something about the colors of an animated feature being presented in bluray that it just sucks you in. Igor is a darker film, I mean seriously people we are talking about mad scientists, so the color palette will not be bright pinks and rosey reds, but we are talking about lighting and electricity all of which pop on the high definition format. The soundtrack is also really electrifying. The only thing that disappointed me at all about the movie is the extras on the bluray. One of the things I've really begun to look forward to on bluray presentations are the extras and especially on kid's bluray the games. None of which really stand out on this one. No games just extra commentary and some art galleries which I took a brief look at but this is a kids dvd, there should be some more goodies.

Either way I the bluray is well worth it in terms of resolution and soundtrack I just wish they would have put in a bit more effort on the extras. One little personal note as well, I've heard some talk from friends that they did not take their kids to see Igor in theaters as it was too "dark". Meaning the subject matter not the color scheme. People, you terribly disappoint me, with Nightmare Before Christmas, my favorite movie of all time, being a huge deal these days and Neil Gaimen's work being main stream.. you dare say Igor is too dark? Come on people, then again when Nightmare Before Christmas first came out I heard the same rumblings. Igor is actually very light hearted, incredibly entertaining, and not at all deserving of the small talk. Have we forgotten that The Brain from Pinky and the Brain was also in his own right a mad scientist? What about Edward Scissor Hands... mmm yes you see Igor deserves his place in the sun.

Igor is available right now on DVD and Bluray and you can pick your copy on Amazon!

I have two copies of Igor to give away to my readers!

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