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Rating:  - My Wish Came True!
This DVD is going to rock! Critics are raving about it! And the free DVD deal is wonderful! Disney's first full length animated masterpice and Acadamy Award Winner finally comes to DVD with digitally remastered picture and 5.1 surround! The Special Features are great. Disney obviously spared no expense on this DVD. This is the start of Disney's "Platinum Collection" wich will release one Disney film on DVD each year! The 10 most loved animated classics including "Beauty and the Beast", "101 Dalmations", "The Jungle Book", "The Lion King", "The Little Mermaid", "Lady And the Tramp", "Aladdin", "Cinderella", and more! "Snow White" is the classic fairy tale about a young princess who is forced out of her home and lives among 7 dwarves in a cottage in the woods. When her evil step-mother, the queen, poisons her with an apple, she can only be awakened by loves first kiss! The music is great! The animation is remarkable even by today's standards! You better get your copy fast because it's only available for 60 days!
Rating: - A CLASSIC THAT REMAINS A CLASSIC!
Sometimes movies are labeled classic, and yet they date poorly. It isn't always the fault of the movie, but can be blamed on modern sensibilities. Take a movie like THE LOST WEEKEND (about alcoholism). It was a classic in its day due to its harrowing treatment of a subject that hadn't really been tackled by film up to that point. But today, after dozens of TV movies on the subject, our ability to be moved by THE LOST WEEKEND is disappaited. We have to tell ourselves as we watch it, "Yeah, this is a classic. Remember, this is the 1940s. It must have been quite something."SNOW WHITE is the opposite. It is a classic, a charming classic, all on its own. A delight from start to finish. And telling yourself, "This was made 80 years ago," only enhances the experience. All children MUST see this movie. As a 39 year old man, I'm hardly the audience for it, but WOW, it still holds up. There is minimal dialogue on the movie, yet the antics with the dwarves are so charming and funny, you just can't help but smile. And the creepy scenes really are creepy. And you MUST own the DVD. It is SO full of extras that you just won't see anywhere else. Although perhaps not as mind-boggling as the extras of, say, LORD OF THE RINGS, the completeness is still pretty amazing. This was the first movie to offer its extras in an organized manner, a "tree" of extras, if you will, and the DVD will be considered a classic too.
Rating: - A Masterpiece gets the Treatment it Deserves
The Disney Company has over used the term Masterpiece when referring to its own movies. But this one truly deserves that title. While its animation betray its age, the story and characters are still fun, and its place in history also makes it a must.The story is simple and familiar. Snow White's wicket stepmother wants her killed because Snow White is "the fairest of them all." She is saved from this fate, and hides out with seven dwarfs. But will the queen find her and try to kill her? Walt's genius here was in creating the characters. The dwarfs have very distinctive personalities, and some of the best scenes in the movie revolve around them. (The scene where they first come home is a classic.) The animals add some humor as well, especially when cleaning the cottage. The plot moves along well, and when I first saw it in college, I was drawn into the story even though I knew the ending. I actually felt tears when the dwarfs were mourning Snow White.
By today's standards, the animation is flawed, especially for the prince. However, there are some truly beautiful scenes as well, particularly the sun set when the dwarfs are coming home. Fans of Disney in the 30's will recognize the feel of some of the silly symphony cartoons. The important thing to remember when watching this movie is its place in history. This is the first animated movie ever, produced when everyone thought no one would ever see it. The fact that we're still watching it is a testimony to Walt as a filmmaker and pioneer. This DVD set is the perfect way to enjoy this movie. The picture and soundtrack have been lovingly restored, and look and sound incredible. The sound is presented in Dolby 5.1 and its original mono. I didn't notice that much difference between the two modes, but it's nice to have the option. The first disc also contains a wonderful audio commentary. Recorded interviews with Walt Disney are interspersed with comments from John Canemaker. I learned quite a bit about the film from this commentary. The second disc contains all you would ever want to know about the history of the film. They've got character design changes, completely abandoned concepts, deleted scenes, and information on the releases over the years to name a few things. I spent hours soaking up the information and enjoying every moment of it. This is truly a classic movie that belongs in any film fan's library. Hurry and get this wonderful set before it disappears.
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