Hannah Montana: Final Season (a J!-ENT DVD Review)

For “Hannah Montana” fans, this show has entertained them for five years and now the series comes to a close with the release of “Hannah Montana: Final Season”.  A fitting final season and also series finale plus you get a pretty cool 28-page hardcase DVD holder/book.  If your child loves “Hannah Montana”, this DVD release is worth buying.

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DVD TITLE: Hannah Montana: Final Season

DURATION: 342 minutes (13 Episodes)

DVD INFORMATION: Dolby Digital 2.0 Sound, Widescreen (1:78:1), Dolby Digital Stereo Sound, French and Spanish Language Tracks and Subtitles

COMPANY: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

RATED: G

RELEASE DATE: March 8, 2011

Created by Richard Correll, Barry O’Brien, Michael Poryes

Starring:

Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana

Emily Osment as Lilly Truscott

Jason Earles as Jackson Stewart

Billy Ray Cyrus as Robbie Stewart

Mitchell Musso as Oliver Oken

Moises Arias as Rico

For those who have followed Hannah Montana for four-plus amazing years and are ready to see how it all ends, Miley Stewart has found herself at crossroads during her senior year. After all these years, does she still have the best of both worlds? Can she continue her alter ego, Hannah Montana, or will she leave it all behind to be an ordinary girl? This exciting release invites viewers to come join Miley, Lilly, Oliver, Robby Ray, Jackson, Rico and special guest stars Sheryl Crow, Cody Linley, Dolly Parton and more as they bring the groundbreaking and beloved series to a close.

Film Clip- Are You The Boy

 

Film Clip-Jackson’s Advice

 

The end of Hannah Montana, a final goodbye to Miley Stewart and friends…

For four seasons and a feature length movie, we have seen the character of Miley Stewart struggling with having a normal life and being another person with her music persona Hannah Montana. With the release of “Hannah Montana Forever”, this latest DVD focuses on various moments in Miley Stewart’s life in which she contemplated telling the world that she is Hannah Montana. But most of all, it features the special episode “I’ll Always Remember You” when a grown up Miley Stewart is now pushed to the brink of deciding to tell the world that she is Hannah Montana.

Having a child that is a big fan of various Disney series, “Hannah Montana” has been part of our household family viewing for years. So, suffice to say that I have watched and reviewed a good share of the episodes of “Hannah Montana” to get a good feel of what the series is about.

While the ending of the first season who could have been a good series finale for actress/singer Miley Cyrus, she and the cast came back for one more final season to tie everything together and say goodbye. And possibly a good time for the singer to leave her TV persona as she has grown up, doing feature length films and has said many times in interviews that she now wants to try different things in her life that is not targeted towards a younger audience. Which is understandable as we have seen this young teenager grownup quickly before our eyes and has become a young woman.

For those not familiar with the television show that launched the career of pop star, Miley Cyrus, “Hannah Montana” is a popular Disney Channel television series which started back in 2006 and revolves around a family of three.

Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) is a normal teenage girl but when she goes on stage and records an album, she dons a blond wig and is known as the popular pop idol Hannah Montana.

Her father/manager Robbie (real life father, Billie Ray Cyrus) has given her the dual identity so she can live a normal teenage life. She lives with her brother Jackson (played by Jason Earles) who is a bit of goof off who tends to get himself into some sort of predicament at home or at work at the hot dog stand owned by young entrepreneur Rico (played by Moises Arias). For Miley/Hannah, she is fortunate to have her best friend Lilly Truscott (played by Emily Osment) and Oliver Oken (played by Mitchel Musso) around at times to be her voice of reason and to help bail her out of trouble.

In the third season, Miley having made a successful movie, her career is doing well but getting a taste of her old life in Tennessee, she questions if California or Tennessee should be her true home. Jackson is dealing with decisions about college (and not going to college) and living on his own. Oliver has done well in a music talent show and sees his music career starting to blossom while Lilly is now living with Miley and figuring out where she fits in with the success of her best friends. Eventually Miley and the family ended up moving but Lilly came to move in with the Stewart’s.

In the fourth season, Miley has a new boyfriend named Jesse (her guitarist), Jackson has a new girlfriend named Siena and as for Lily, she and Miley are trying to get into Standford University.

The “Hannah Montana – Final Season” includes all episodes from the fourth, final season. Included are:

1. EPISODE 86 – Sweet Home Hannah Montana – Robby Ray tries to bring some of Tennessee to Miley’s bedroom.  Meanwhile, Jackson falls for a bikini model named Siena.
2. EPISODE 87 – Hannah Montana to the Principal’s Office – Miley and Lily star their senior year but Miley’s dad forgets to register her.
3. EPISODE 88 – California Screamin’ – Hannah tries to set her father up with the school nurse, meanwhile Jackson tries to win Siena’s heart.
4. EPISODE 89 – De-Do-Do-Do, Da-Don’t-Don’t, Don’t, Tell My Secret - Miley nearly blows her cover when she returns home as Hannah Montana which causes a jealous Siena to wonder why Hannah was at Jackson’s home?
5. EPISODE 90 -It’s the End of the Jake as We Know It – Oliver visits Lily but also to show photos of Jake (Miley’s boyfriend) that he is cheating on her.  Special guest: Sheryl Crowe
6. EPISODE 91 -Been Here All Along – Jesse returns and Miley wants to do something good for him after he finds out his father is in Afghanistan.
7. EPISODE 92 -Love That Let’s Go – Miley tries to get Lily to ride her horse Blue Jeans.  Meanwhile, Miley reminisces of her moments with Blue Jeans.
8. EPISODE 93 – Hannah’s Gonna Get This – Hannah’s producer needs a song for her album and Miley wants to create a track. Special guest: IYAZ
9. EPISODE 94 – I’ll Always Remember You - The kids are growing up and as for Miley, things are heating up between her and Jesse but when Jesse accidentally kisses Hannah Montana after her performance on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, everyone wants to know who Hannah’s new boyfriend is.  Everything seemed alright until he and Miley were together and media started to speculate why Hannah would date a boy who was two-timing her.  Eventually the pressure from the media starts to work its way into their relationship and it becomes too hard on Jesse.
10. EPISODE 95 – Can You See the Real Me? – Miley reminisces memorable moments as Hannah Montana.
11. EPISODE 96 – Kiss It All Goodbye - Miley’s secret is out and now the paparazzi won’t stop bothering her.  Aunt Dolly comes to the rescue.
    
12. EPISODE 97 – I Am Mamaw, Hear Me Roar! – It’s Miley and Lily’s graduation and Mamaw wants to spend quality time with Miley without the fans and media, but will she ever spend time with Miley?
13. EPISODE 98 – Wherever I Go – Miley gets a movie role and has to film in Paris but with college starting, will she choose to stay in college as she promised Lily or go overseas and take pare in the movie?

VIDEO, AUDIO & SUBTITLES:

“Hannah Montana: Final Season” is presented in wide screen (1:78:1) and is featured in English Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 Sound with also a French and Spanish audio track available. Subtitles are in English SDH, French and Spanish.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Hannah Montana: Final Season” comes with the following special features:

• Alternate Ending: Wherever I Go - (1:52) An alternate ending for the final episode of “Hannah Montana”.  Interesting alternate ending as it showcases Bill Ray and Tish Cyrus with a very young girl (who is supposed to be Miley Cyrus) who dreams to become a rockstar.
• From Auditions to Wrap: The Cast Looks Back - (5:26)  Featuring the original audition tape of Billy Ray Cyrus talking about how life will not be the same for his daughter Miley if the show takes off and the cast talk about being cast for the show.
• Cast Goodbyes – (1:56) The cast sit on the couch and say their final goodbyes to the audience.

EXTRAS:

“Hannah Montana: Final Season” comes with a slip-over case and a special 28-page hardcover booklet featuring iconic moments from the show, favorite guest stars, glamorous fold-out fashion spread, quotes from the cast, The Hannah Time Capsule, a Tribute to the Wig! Plus a photo with Hannah with signature is included.

With the last DVD, “Hannah Montana – Miley Says Goodbye?”, the episodes focused on the kids growing up and now having to make decisions about life, love and career. It was not known at the time if the season would be the final season of “Hannah Montana” but for the episodes alone, I felt it would have been a fitting ending if Disney chose not to renew the series.

Personally, it’s quite interesting to see how much has changed with the characters and to see them grow from these young kids to now young adults within the last five years and here we are with “Hannah Montana Forever”. For four seasons, we have seen Miley Stewart agonize about having to live the life of two people. And through each season and the feature film, we have seen her getting closer and closer to revealing herself to the public. Well, she did in the “Hannah Montana” film to her local town (who promised to not tell a soul about her real identity) but for the TV series, we see Miley now grown up. Dating a boy named Jesse and trying to hide it from the public, but when Jesse slips and kisses her during a late night talk show, now their relationship is put under a microscope.

Meanwhile, Miley and Lilly are trying to get into Stanford University and once again, being Hannah Montana has taken its toll on Miley getting into college. This season is literally the breaking point for Miley Stewart as she is sick of hiding behind Hannah Montana. It was fine when she was younger but now she has grown up and she’s tired of hiding behind the blonde hair.

I have wondered how the series would end, because the show and fortunately, the show did end with class and sticking to the formula of what made the show so popular.

Fans of the series will definitely find this DVD Release to be a fitting goodbye for “Hannah Montana”.  The hardcase DVD holder and booklet really is an awesome goodbye and a wonderful bonus for the fans who have stuck with this series for five years.

Speaking of five years, this has been part of the lives of many children and my son was only two-years-old when he start watching this show and so it has been quite interesting as a parent to see watch this series and watch the cast grow up together pretty much throughout their teenagers years while being on the show.

Overall, as a father of a child who enjoys the series, the show definitely has its share of hilarious moments and while we have seen Miley and friends grow-up to become teenagers entering college, the final season maintains its storyline to entertain children, teens and parents… people of all ages and it was great to see how the writers ended this series and they did it right (all I can say is that I am so happy they did not use that alternate ending… awkward!).

If you are a fan of “Hannah Montana” or any of the cast, definitely give “Hannah Montana: Final Season” a chance.   A fitting final season and finale… recommended!

Hannah Montana Forever (a J!-ENT DVD Review)

For “Hannah Montana” fans, each season of the TV series including the feature length film was building up to the moment when Miley Stewart would reveal to the world that she and Hannah Montana are the same person.  “Hannah Montana Forever” features the new two-part special plus five episodes where we see Miley throughout the four seasons being torn apart of having to live two lives.  If you are a longtime “Hannah Montana” or Miley Cyrus fan, this DVD is definitely for you!

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DVD TITLE: Hannah Montana Forever

DURATION: 185 minutes (one special + five episodes)

DVD INFORMATION: Dolby Digital, NTSC, Color, Dolby Digital Stereo Sound, French and Spanish Language Tracks and Subtitles, Full Screen (1:33:1)

COMPANY: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

RATED: G

RELEASE DATE: November 2, 2010

Created by Richard Correll, Barry O’Brien, Michael Poryes

Starring:

Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana

Emily Osment as Lilly Truscott

Jason Earles as Jackson Stewart

Billy Ray Cyrus as Robbie Stewart

Mitchell Musso as Oliver Oken

Moises Arias as Rico

World-famous superstar Hannah Montana has been living a double life as Malibu teen Miley Stewart?! Say what, say what? In the much-anticipated, 1-hour episode from the all-new season, HANNAH MONTANA FOREVER, the whole world will watch as Hannah takes the wig off … for good! This is the must-have series collection that includes all of Hannah’s biggest moments when she takes off the wig and shares her true identity. Hannah has been rocking the world and living the celebrity life, but behind all the glitz and glamour, she’s just a normal teenage girl named Miley Stewart. Things get complicated when she has to keep her true identity from friends, classmates, crushes, paparazzi and millions of fans! Join Miley on a journey of self-discovery in 8 hilarious episodes — including the sensational series pilot! Watch as she confesses her double life to her BFFs Lilly and Oliver, then to Jake, and then to…? You’ll have to watch to find out! Will Hannah finally take center stage as Miley Stewart? It’s the big moment y’all have been waiting for — and you can see it first, only on this DVD! Sweet nibblets!

It’s the end of Hannah Montana.

For four seasons and a feature length movie, we have seen the character of Miley Stewart struggling with having a normal life and being another person with her music persona Hannah Montana.  With the release of “Hannah Montana Forever”, this latest DVD focuses on various moments in Miley Stewart’s life in which she contemplated telling the world that she is Hannah Montana.  But most of all, it features the special episode “I’ll Always Remember You” when a grown up Miley Stewart is now pushed to the brink of deciding to tell the world that she is Hannah Montana.

Having a child that is a big fan of various Disney series, “HANNAH MONTANA” has been part of our household family viewing for years. So, suffice to say that I have watched and reviewed a good share of the episodes of “HANNAH MONTANA” to get a good feel of what the series is about.

While the ending of the first season who could have been a good series finale for actress/singer Miley Cyrus, she and the cast came back for one more final season to tie everything together and say goodbye.  And possibly a good time for the singer to leave her TV persona as she has grown up, doing feature length films and has said many times in interviews that she now wants to try different things in her life that is not targeted towards a younger audience.  Which is understandable as we have seen this young teenager grownup quickly before our eyes and has become a young woman.

For those not familiar with the television show that launched the career of pop star, Miley Cyrus, “HANNAH MONTANA” is a popular Disney Channel television series which started back in 2006 and revolves around a family of three.

Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) is a normal teenage girl but when she goes on stage and records an album, she dons a blond wig and is known as the popular pop idol Hannah Montana.

Her father/manager Robbie (real life father, Billie Ray Cyrus) has given her the dual identity so she can live a normal teenage life. She lives with her brother Jackson (played by Jason Earles) who is a bit of goof off who tends to get himself into some sort of predicament at home or at work at the hot dog stand owned by young entrepreneur Rico (played by Moises Arias). For Miley/Hannah, she is fortunate to have her best friend Lilly Truscott (played by Emily Osment) and Oliver Oken (played by Mitchel Musso) around at times to be her voice of reason and to help bail her out of trouble.

In the third season, Miley having made a successful movie, her career is doing well but getting a taste of her old life in Tennessee, she questions if California or Tennessee should be her true home. Jackson is dealing with decisions about college (and not going to college) and living on his own. Oliver has done well in a music talent show and sees his music career starting to blossom while Lilly is now living with Miley and figuring out where she fits in with the success of her best friends.  Eventually Miley and the family ended up moving but Lilly came to move in with the Stewarts.

In the fourth season, Miley has a new boyfriend named Jesse (her guitarist), Jackson has a new girlfriend named Siena and as for Lilly, she and Miley are trying to get into Stanford University.

The “Hannah Montana – Forever?” DVD features a total of seven episodes. Included are:

1. EPISODE 94: I’ll Always Remember You - The kids are growing up and as for Miley, things are heating up between her and Jesse but when Jesse accidentally kisses Hannah Montana after her performance on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, everyone wants to know who Hannah’s new boyfriend is.  Everything seemed alright until he and Miley were together and media started to speculate why Hannah would date a boy who was two-timing her.  Eventually the pressure from the media starts to work its way into their relationship and it becomes too hard on Jesse.
2. EPISODE 89: De-Do-Do-Do, Da-Don’t-Don’t-Don’t Tell My Secret! – Miley nearly blows her cover when she returns home as Hannah Montana which causes a jealous Siena to wonder why Hannah was at Jackson’s home?
3. EPISODE 35: Achey Jakey Heart (Part 1) - When popular actor Jake tells the world on TV that he loves Miley Stewart, Miley becomes popular in the media.
4. EPISODE 36: Achy Jakey Heart (Part 2) -  Miley reveals her secret to Jake that she is Hannah Montana.
5. EPISODE 2: Miley Get Your Gum -  What happens when Miley reveals to her friend Oliver that she is Hannah Montana?
6. Episode 1 – Pilot: Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret? - What happens when Lilly sneaks into Hannah Montana’s dressing room and finds out that her friend Miley is Hannah Montana.

VIDEO, AUDIO & SUBTITLES:

“Hannah Montana – Forever” is presented in Full Screen (1:33:1) and is featured in Dolby Digital Stereo Sound with also a French and Spanish audio track available. Subtitles are in English SDH, French and Spanish.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

The DVD comes with the following special feature:

• Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure! - (2:09) A sneak peak into Ashley Tisdale’s latest “High School Musical” related film, “Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure”.

With the last DVD, “Hannah Montana – Miley Says Goodbye?”, the episodes focused on the kids growing up and now having to make decisions about life, love and career. It was not known at the time if the season would be the final season of “Hannah Montana” but for the episodes alone, I felt it would have been a fitting ending if Disney chose not to renew the series.

Personally, it’s quite interesting to see how much has changed with the characters and to see them grow from these young kids to now young adults within the last five years and here we are with “Hannah Montana Forever”.  For four seasons, we have seen Miley Stewart agonize about having to live the life of two people.  And through each season and the feature film, we have seen her getting closer and closer to revealing herself to the public.  Well, she did in the “Hannah Montana” film to her local town (who promised to not tell a soul about her real identity) but for the TV series, we see Miley now grown up.  Dating a boy named Jesse and trying to hide it from the public, but when Jesse slips and kisses her during a late night talk show, now their relationship is put under a microscope.

Meanwhile, Miley and Lilly are trying to get into Stanford University and once again, being Hannah Montana has taken its toll on Miley getting into college.  This season is literally the breaking point for Miley Stewart as she is sick of hiding behind Hannah Montana.  It was fine when she was younger but now she has grown up and she’s tired of hiding behind the blonde hair.

So, it was quite interesting to see this DVD release of “Hannah Montana Forever” show us various moments in which Miley Stewart has had enough of Hannah Montana and having to become two people.   We get the first two episodes of “Hannah Montana”, the Jake episodes from season two and two episodes from the new season four.

And most importantly we do get the two-part special 94th episode (the episode before the final episode) with the major big reveal by Miley Stewart.  I suppose when you think about it, nearly each season was building up to this special episode, so it was bound to happen.

Overall, as a father of a child who enjoys the series, the show definitely has its share of hilarious moments and for one special plus five episodes for a low price, you really can’t go wrong with it. Fans of Miley Cyrus and “Hannah Montana” won’t be disappointed.

Hannah Montana: The Movie (a J!-ENT Blu-ray Disc Review)

“For fans of the ‘Hannah Montana’ television show or Miley Cyrus, this Blu-ray release is definitely worth owning.  You get absolute magnificent picture quality, an awesome lossless soundtrack, a ton of special features and all this in a 3-Disc set.  Definitely recommended for the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus fan!”

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TITLE: Hannah Montana the Movie

DURATION: 102 minutes

BLU-RAY DISC INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition (1:85:1), English 7.1 DTS HD Master Audio, French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish

COMPANY:  Walt Disney Home Studios Entertainment

RATED: G

Release Date: August 18, 2009

Directed by Peter Chelsom

Written by Daniel Berendsen

Characters by Michael Poryes, Richard Correll, Barry O’Brien

Screenplay by Kristen Buckley, Brian Regan and Burr Steers

Executive Produced by David Blocker, Steven Peterman, Michael Poryes

Produced by Billy Ray Cyrus, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar

Associate Produced by John Albanis

Music by John Debney

Director of Photography: David Hennings

Edited by Virginia Katz, David Moritz

Casting by Lisa Beach, Sarah Katzman

Production Design by Caroline Hanania

Art Direction by Elliott Glick

Set Decoration by Fontaine Beauchamp Hebb

Costume Design by Christopher Lawrence

Starring:

Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana/Miley Stewart

Billy Ray Cyrus  as Robby Ray Stewart

Emily Osment as Lilly Truscott

Jason Earles as Jackson Stewart

Mitchel Musso as Oliver Oken

Moises Arias as Rico

Lucas Till as Travis Brody

Vanessa Williams as Vita

Margo Martindale as Ruby

Peter Gunn as Oswald Grange

Melora Hardin as Lorelai

Get ready to be dazzled by Disney’s big-screen smash hit Hannah Montana the Movie – now even better on Blu-ray Disc with sensational visuals and theater quality sound!  Plus, this 3-disc set has exclusive extras, including “The Hoedown Throwdown Dance-Along” and more!  “Hannah Montana the Movie” Deluxe Edition: More Music & Moves!  delivers laughs, adventure, family fun and fabulous music as Hannah returns to her roots, mixes it up with awesome guest stars (Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts and Vanessa Williams), and faces the most important decision of her life!  When Miley Stewart (aka pop star Hannah Montana) gets too caught up in the superstar celebrity lifestyle, her dad decides it’s time for a total change of scenery.  Miley must trade in the glitz and glamor of Hollywood for some ol’ blue jeans on the family’s Tennessee farm, where she’ll have to decide if she can truly have the best of both worlds.  Bring home heartfelt entertainment for the entire family:  Hannah Montana the Movie Deluxe Edition, More Music & Moves! – now even more awesome Blu-ray Hi-Def!

Since 2006, “Hannah Montana” has not only been a popular television series for the Disney Channel but a series that has definitely made Miley Cyrus, daughter of country music star Billy Ray Cyrus, a bonafide star.

It was one thing to watch this young teenager who was 13-years old at the time, grow up and become a popular television star and music talent that would sell out many concert venues, has had her music on top of the Billboard charts and now has two Disney films under her belt.

The first film from Disney focused on a 3D version of her concert and television show personality but this time around, “Hannah Montana: The Movie” takes to the big screen and takes a more serious look at Miley Cyrus’s character as her pop star identity has now affected her family and he friendship and has come to the point that the lifestyle of a popstar has gotten to her head.

The film is directed by Peter Chelsom (“Shall We Dance”, “Serendipity” and “Town & Country”), a screenplay by Daniel Berendsen (“Sabrina, the Teenage Witch”, “The Cheetah Girls: One World”) , composer John Debney (“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”, “Spider-Man 3″ and “Sin City”) and cinematographer David Hennings (“Strange Wilderness”, “Blue Crush” and “Ice Princess”).

For those not familiar with the television series, former music artist Robby Ray Stewart (Billy Ray Cyrus) has moved his family (which include Miley, played by Miley Cyrus, and her older brother Jackson, played by Jason Earles) from Tennessee to Malibu in order to manage his daughter Miley’s music career.  But in order to keep sanity at their home and keep their family together, he and Miley has kept secret identities and Miley dons a blonde wig and goes by the name Hannah Montana.    Along with her best friend Lilly Truscott (Emily Osment) and friend Oliver Oken (Mitchel Musso), who also take on disguises, help protect Miley’s secret.

In “Hannah Montana: The Movie”, the film picks up with Hannah Montana’s career doing quite well and is now managed by Vita (Vanessa Williams).  While Vita is successfully booking Hannah in various, major events, the fame has kept her busy to be with family (to celebrate Jackson’s entrance to college) and Lilly’s birthday party.  To make things worse, a member of the paparazzi is trying to figure out Hannah Montana’s secret.

After Hannah ends up getting into fight with Tyra Banks over some shoes and getting plastered on the newspapers and disrupting Lilly’s birthday party by coming as Hannah Montana, Robby Ray feels that his daughter Miley can’t balance her time as a family member and friend and is focusing too much of her life as Hannah Montana and thus tricks her to going to Tennessee (instead of an award ceremony in New York).

Hannah is not pleased that her father has tricked her and prevented her from attending the award show and is upset that he dragged her to the farmlife in Tennessee.  But Robby Ray wants her to remember where she came from and that Tennessee was their home before California.

While in Tennessee, Miley tries to adjust to the slow-paced life and meets an old friend when she was younger named Travis Brody (Lucas Till) who she becomes closer too, while her father Robby Ray gets closer to Lorelai (Melora Hardin), but with both of them having to live secret lives, can Miley or Robby Ray ever be able to have a normal life?

“Hannah Montana: The Movie” comes with three discs.  The first is the Blu-ray Disc, the second being the Digital Copy and the third is the DVD.

VIDEO & AUDIO:

“Hannah Montana: The Movie” is featured in 1080p High Definition with an aspect ration of 1:85:1.  For the most part, the film is absolutely vibrant.  There are many outdoor scenes that showcase the film’s color.  May it be the shot at Lilly’s birthday party at Santa Monica Beach to the lush area of Tennessee.  The film definitely showcases a broad spectrum of colors, all of which are sharp, clear and absolutely eye-popping.  For the most part, David Hennings did a great job with utilizing the environment with this film and overall, picture quality is magnificent.

As for audio, this is probably the first time I have seen Disney sport an English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack (the film is also presented in French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital).  The dialogue is crystal clear and as much as this film is dialogue driven, with it also being somewhat of a musical as well, music plays a big part of this film and sounds fantastic.  Definitely good utilization of surrounds to pick up crowd ambiance or the animals at the farm but for the most part, this is a film where dialogue is king and music is also a big part of the film. Thus the soundtrack is quite crystal clear, the lossless audio definitely makes the music come alive.

As for subtitles, “Hannah Montana: The Movie is presented in English SDH, French and Spanish.

A DVD is included and sports a widescreen (1:85:1) – enhanced for 16×9 televisions and an audio soundtrack sporting a Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound soundtrack.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Hannah Montana: The Movie” features the following special features with some in 1080p High Definition or 480i Standard Definition:

• Audio Commentary by Director Peter Chelsom – Peter Chelsom is the type of director who utilizes his commentary to thoroughly setup a scene and give credit to who came up with the ideas in pulling them off.  From utilizing scenes from Miley Cyrus’s first film and inserting scenes into the film to how animals were brought in to the film and managing over a thousand extras, this is a very thorough commentary.
  
• Deleted Scenes – (10:35) A total of four deleted scenes which features an introduction by director Peter Chelsom discussing why they were removed.  But for the most part, Chelsom says the film is the final cut and mostly all footage was utilized in the film.  But the four deleted scenes included are: “Jackson: I’m Pretending to Be at University…”, “How Are We Going to Get Hannah Down to Crowley Corners?”, “Oswald and the Hannah Wigs” and “Oswald, The Ostrich and the Alligator”
  
• Music Videos - (9:30) There are a total of seven music videos included.  Music videos featured are:  “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus (3:52), “Back to Tennessee” by Billy Ray Cyrus (4:22), “You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home” by Miley Cyrus (3:49), “Let’s Get Crazy” by Miley Cyrus (2:59), “The Climb” (movie version) by Miley Cyrus (4:06), “Bless the Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts (4:17) and “Crazier” by Taylor Swift (3:15).
  
• The Hoedown Throwdown Home Experience – A Blu-ray exclusive only.  This featurette is learning the popular dance created for the film (featured during the fundraising event and the ending credits) and features the full featurette titled “Everybody Now” (14:39) featuring how all the cast members (and crew) learned the dance by choreographer Jamal Sims.  While, for those who just want to watch “how to do the dance”, they can watch the “Learn the Moves (9:47) featuring choreographer Jamal Sims with “Hannah Montana” talents Mitchel Musso and Moises Arias.
  
• Find Your Way Back Home - (15:05) A featurette with three segments.   The first features Miley Cyrus and mother Trish showing us around Franklin, Tennessee and the various shops and eateries.  The second is Billy Ray Cyrus showing us Tennessee and talking about how it’s home for the Cyrus family.  While the final segment features Emily Osment showing us Los Angeles and Hollywood and the key spots to visit.
  
• I Should Have Gone to Film School with Jason Earles – (15:18) Jason Earles takes us behind-the-scenes of the “Hannah Montana: The Movie” film and introduces us to the crew and what their responsibilities are.  Especially for “Best Man”, “Grip” and “Gaffer” and differences between a Assistant Director and a Director’s Assistant.
• Fun with Hannah and the Gang – (3:53) The blooper reel from the film.
• B Disney Live – Fans can connect with family and friends through the innovative movie-watching experience!  People will need a profile 2.0 Blu-ray player to take advantage of this capability.