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DVD The Classic Disney DVD Collector's Set I
All nine of Disney's first collection of animated classics on DVD are included in this set. Some of the nine titles include bonus features, and the DVD format will provide optimum sound and picture quality for the young and old collector alike. The crown jewels are Pinocchio and The Little Mermaid. The former celebrates its 60th anniversary with a brand new print, while the latter is the 1989 film that revitalized Disney's animation wing and brought new audiences to the art form. Both offer Oscar-winning songs. Two of the popular classics from the '60s are represented with 101 Dalmatians and The Jungle Book, which was the last animated feature that Walt Disney directly worked on and which saved the animation department when it was a box-office hit in 1967. Hercules and Mulan make great strides in the look of animation. The mythical figures of the former are based on the radical designs of Gerald Scarfe, and the latter makes bold advancements in computer animation in the refreshingly unknown legend of a Chinese girl. The collection rounds out with Lady and the Tramp in a grand widescreen format, the charming Peter Pan that hardly shows its age, and 1998's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, a made-for-video sequel. Although the sequel is entertaining, it's frustrating to note the original The Lion King has been kept out of circulation completely for a few years (as Disney does with many classics), gearing towards a grand future release into theaters. --Doug Thomas
Review(s): DVD The Classic Disney DVD Collector's Set I
Typical Disney. Getting The Minimum For The Maximum Price
Well, the good news is the Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, 101 Dalmations, Pinocchio, and Lady And The Tramp all shine on DVD. The bad news is that Mulan, Hercules, and the direct to video Lion King II: Simba's Pride still stink. Was Hades, the medocre villian in Hercules, involved in the desicion to release such an unever boxed set? The other bad news is all these movies, both as a boxed set and individually, cost top dollar for a DVD and come with the mimimum of extra features. You are lucky if you get a theatrical trailer. For the price Disney is charging they could have easily packed the extras that graced the deluxed editions of the laser discs of these films. If you must own these titles, by them individually, sparing some of the lesser titles. The only reason you may want to own all these movies is if you have a child who loves all of them.
A few gems with much crap
Don't bother with this set.
What a Scam
Why this product is entitled "Collector's Set" I will never know. Several of the DVDs arrived all scratched and unviewable, four of the DVDs were in fact foreign editions, and several of the DVDs appeared to be copies, in fact two of the movies stopped immediately with "The End" screen and did not roll the credits. I would strongly encourage anyone who wasted their money on this set to review your DVDs for lack of bar codes, smudged artwork etc and report it to the Walt Disney Company copyright department. How disappointing that Amazon would let a vendor such as this post goods on it's website. Oh yeah - the vendor did not send this expedited shipping as they were supposed to and it arrived almost three weeks after it was ordered.
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