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DVD Bambi (Two-Disc Special Edition)
It always comes up when people are comparing their most traumatic movie experiences: "the death of Bambi's mother," a recollection that can bring a shudder to even the most jaded filmgoer. That primal separation (which is no less stunning for happening off-screen) is the centerpiece of Bambi, Walt Disney's 1942 animated classic, but it is by no means the only bold stroke in the film. In its swift but somehow leisurely 69 minutes, Bambi covers a year in the life of a young deer. But in a bigger way, it measures the life cycle itself, from birth to adulthood, from childhood's freedom to grown-up responsibility. All of this is rendered in cheeky, fleet-footed style--the movie doesn't lecture, or make you feel you're being fed something that's good for you. The animation is miraculous, a lush forest in which nature is a constantly unfolding miracle (even in a spectacular fire, or those dark moments when "man was in the forest"). There are probably easier animals to draw than a young deer, and the Disney animators set themselves a challenge with Bambi's wobbly glide across an ice-covered lake, his spindly legs akimbo; but the sequence is effortless and charming. If Bambi himself is just a bit dull--such is the fate of an Everydeer--his rabbit sidekick Thumper and a skunk named Flower more than make up for it. Many of the early Disney features have their share of lyrical moments and universal truths, but Bambi is so simple, so pure, it's almost transparent. You might borrow a phrase from Thumper and say it's downright twitterpated. --Robert Horton
Bambi, Thumper, Flower, characters that will stay with you for a lifetime. One of the most moving stories ever brought to animation. A story of tenderness, heartbreak, growing-up, and learning to move on. Can be extremely funny, but also a bit strong for small children too. This is classic Disney.
Bambi Is The Best Movie Ever!
Bambi is great. This movie is very touching to people even if it is just animation. Its so good because they have great voices. The voices are great for Bambi, Thumper, The Mother and all the other charectars! Then theres a good plot. It shows when Bambi is young (Which there are lots of funny parts) and then something very sad happens. I wont tell you what it is because that might ruin the movie for you. Then it shows when hes older. Great animation. The animation is so good. The backrounds are great to. See the backrounds of the forest are mot complete. They make little swrls in the backrounds to show bushes and trees. But the closer part they have very good loking trees. The funny thing though is you still think your in a forest! Its great for anybody. I cant think of one thing I dont like (beside the sad part) This movie is great! The 2 disc special editions is good to. First disc is the movie, a art gallery, previews, and a the movie of Bambi, but with pictures of the workers and them talking sometimes. The second disc is with games, deleted scenes and behind the scenes. Theres a Making of Bambi, a cartoon The Old Mill, and some other great stuff. Anybody would like this movie. (And its my personal favorite) So I recommend this 2 disc set of Bambi!
A Deer Little Film
"Bambi" is Walt Disney's 1942 animated feature about a young deer's first year of life. There is fun, there is joy, there is sadness and there's love. It was one of the first films my Gran ever saw back when it originally came out, and a favorite of mine when I was little. I loved the golden book too...
It's a pretty simple plot, a deer (Bambi) growing up over a year, but thanks to the animation and the score, it feels pretty dramatic. I remember when I was little, having this feeling that there was something signficant and special in the changing of the seasons, and of the growing-up of the animals. Slipping across a frozen pond, eating clover in a meadow, two bucks battling over a mate, a forest fire, the morning chorus of birds it's all made to feel so momentous, and it does actually feel that way. A lot of characters (particularly the birds) are very cute, in that unique way that they were when Walt was still alive. There's a lot of humour out of the cuteness too (the skunk Flower going all red and tumbling backwards when he gets kissed by Ms. Flower, for instance, as well as Thumper the bunny in general.)
The version of the film I saw on DVD (the two-disc special edition) has been restored, and I think it looks pretty good. It's colourful and crisp, as is the soundtrack and score. I did actually think to myself, regarding the score, "this was recorded back in the 1940s, wasn't it?". It's pretty clear sounding.
The special features are nicely done too. There's two "deleted scenes" from the winter sequence, which are basically storyboards with audio of the script. There's a "Walt's Story Meetings" feature, which is as close as we'll get from getting an audio commentary from Walt Disney himself. Introduced by Patrick Stewart, it's basically the film, mixed with rough drawings and the like passing around, while a dramatization of the transcripts of Walt Disney's meetings are acted out. It's interesting to get a feel for what Walt was aiming for, and it's a unique way they've gone and shown it. There's also a few other making of documentaries on the second disc. There's a sequence of games based around the seasons, where you play Bambi, and the owl (whose a lot friendlier than he is in the film) shows you round to games and puzzles. It's point and click remote control stuff, pretty standard DVD games, though it's very nicely presented. The games in this feature are for kids, and are loosely educational (memory games, counting games, matching games, etc). It's pretty playable, the only problem with it I think is in the flower matching game, where you have to match the colours of the flowers. The owl asks you to find the yellow one, when the ones that are yellow look kind of light green to me. I'd find that a bit frustrating if I was younger, but anyway. There's also a "DisneyPedia" mini-documentary on deer.
Definitely worth a look for fans of kids films and fans of animation.
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A Disney "classic" that actually is a classic, Dumbo should be part of your video collection whether or not you have children. The storytelling was never as lean as in Dumbo, the songs rarely as haunting (or just plain weird), the characters rarely so well defined. The film pits the "cold, cruel, heartless" world that can't accept abnormality against a plucky, and mute, hero. Jumbo Jr. (Dumbo is a mean-spirited nickname) is ostracized from the circus pack shortly after his delivery by the stork because of his big ears. His mother sticks up for him and is shackled. He's jeered by children (an insightful scene has one boy poking fun at Dumbo's ears, even though the youngster's ears are also ungainly), used by the circus folk, and demoted to appearing with the clowns. Only the... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Ben Sharpsteen DVD Release Date: Released the 06 June 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Imaginatively rendered but slightly chilly, this 1951 Disney adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic is also appropriately surreal. Alice (voiced by Kathryn Beaumont) has all the anticipated experiences: shrinking and growing, meeting the White Rabbit, having tea with the Mad Hatter, etc. Characterization is very strong, and the Disney team worked hard to bring screen personality to Carroll's eccentric creations. For a Disney film, however, it seems more the self-satisfied sum of its inventiveness than a truly engaging experience. --Tom KeoghMore Info about this DVD Director(s): Wilfred Jackson - Clyde Geronimi - Hamilton Luske DVD Release Date: Released the 27 January 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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It's still one of the sweetest kisses onscreen, up there with Bergman and Grant, Bogey and Bacall: the moment when pampered purebred Lady and streetwise mongrel Tramp, sharing a moonlit plate of spaghetti in an alley behind an Italian café, unknowingly slurp the same strand, and suddenly find their mouths meeting in surprise and tenderness. Ah, puppy love. Lady and the Tramp is a delight of animation and surprisingly deep character development, given that the stars are all dogs. Lady, an adorable Cocker Spaniel, feels neglected when her owners become distracted by the pending birth of a baby. But the last straw is clueless Aunt Sarah's appearance with her conniving Siamese cats (among Disney's most creatively evil villains), who wreak havoc on Lady's blissful home life. Soon... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Clyde Geronimi - Wilfred Jackson - Hamilton Luske DVD Release Date: Released the 28 February 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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After creating the last great traditionally animated film of the 20th century, The Iron Giant, filmmaker Brad Bird joined top-drawer studio Pixar to create this exciting, completely entertaining computer-animated film. Bird gives us a family of "supers," a brood of five with special powers desperately trying to fit in with the 9-to-5 suburban lifestyle. Of course, in a more innocent world, Bob and Helen Parr were superheroes, Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl. But blasted lawsuits and public disapproval forced them and other supers to go incognito, making it even tougher for their school-age kids, the shy Violet and the aptly named Dash. When a stranger named Mirage (voiced by Elizabeth Pena) secretly recruits Bob for a potential mission, the old glory days spin in his head, even if... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Holly Hunter - Samuel L. Jackson - Jason Lee - Craig T. Nelson DVD Release Date: Released the 15 March 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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