The Movie: A Bug's Life is a kid's movie, through and through. Basically, you've got an ant colony that is being oppressesd by a bunch of mean grashoppers who force them to gather food, and the inept nerd ant who tries to go out and solve all their problems. But no one believes he can actually fix anything because he always makes things worse whenever he tries to make them better.

He employs the help of some circus bugs who he convinces his ant colony are actually warrior bugs, and to everyone's surprise, they save the day, everybody is safe, and he probably even gets the girl at the end. I guess you could say that it's about teamwork and believing in yourself.

I found this movie only mildly entertaining, but it did manage to hold my attention all the way through. It doesn't offer too much for the adults in the audience, but I'm sure kids love it.

I did really like how they took something that would normally be looked at as "cute", like a robin and her newly-hatched fuzzy baby birds, and from a completely different perspective, turn it into a monstrosity to be feared.

The animation by Pixar is fantastic as always, with plenty of great voice talent (that I won't list here) to go around. Great movie for the kids, I'd say, but like I said, not much to offer to the adults.

The DVD: I was incredibly disappointed to pop this disc in and find a non-anamorphic letterboxed widescreen transfer. Had this disc been an anamorphic transfer, I would have given the video a rating of "5" -- this is another great direct from digital transfer as has become standard practice for Disney, and thus, the colors, the contrast, the clarity... everything is 100% perfect and grainless.

The audio however, was absolutely incredible. The surround mix was so rich and immersive, with wonderful ambient sounds and effects and great movement throughout the soundscape.

The special features on this disc are pretty weak. There are two versions of the closing credits, each with its own set of manufactured "outtakes", and you also get Pixar's Academy Award winning animated short "Geri's Game".

I'd like to note though, that there is a Special Edition version of this movie out on DVD, and it does have an anamorphic widescreen transfer, along with additional features. It also comes with a $49.99 MSRP (ouch!).

So my verdict? Well, if you've got a standard 4:3 aspect ratio TV, the quality of this transfer is incredible -- it can't get much better than this in terms of video and sound quality. The special features are weak, and I'm willing to bet the special edition won't be worth the extra $20 for anyone but the most avid Bug's Life fan.