A Chinese Musical Journey - Hangzhou DVD

Advantages: A little series of such simplicity that makes you fall in love with the world again.
Disadvantages: Can be frustrating for its constantly changing perspectives.

...INTRODUCTION "A traveller doesn't just see numerous different places, but gets familiarised with different cultures and the results of their sick and twisted circumstances. Kino is one of these travellers. Riding on Hermes, her talking motorcycle and companion, she searches answers to all of life's mysteries. Armed with hunting knives, revolvers, and a sharp tongue she is ready for a journey, that differs from all others before. Do you want to join an unforgettable journey?" THE "PLOT" AND BACKGROUND To be honest, when I read the above description of this DVD in the store I was far from convinced of its merits. The part about the "talking motorcycle" in particular ringed like light-hearted kiddie stuff a la Knight Rider that didn't really warrant any special attention. But in any case I decided to chance it for it wasn't very... Read review

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Advantages: Lovely colours, cute dinosaurs and a heart warming tale
Disadvantages: none, apart from a lack of featurettes and extra bits

...quality of the graphics and animation, I'd say it was quite a let down. It's not really been improved very much from the old Video tape format. The songs and sound quality however is noticably different, either that or my speakers are much better than when we had the VHS's. But the colours still blur, which is disappointing for me as I'd expected some improvement. The kids on the other hand, adore it and don't care that it's not as digitally mastered as other animated films, for example, those in the genre of Finding Nemo and Toy Story. Title: The Land Before Time 9 - Journey To Big Water Format: Animated, PAL Language English Region: Region 2 Number of discs: 1 Classification: U Studio: Universal Pictures Video DVD Release Date: 22 Sep 2003 Run Time: 71 minutes Overall 4 star rating, a super storyline and follows quite... Read review

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Advantages: Funny, good performances by both actors, good choreographed martial arts scenes
Disadvantages: Somewhat cheesy

...', 'Jackie's Comedy' and 'Western Stunts, Eastern Style' and a music video ('Yeah, Yeah, Yeah' by 'Uncle Kracker', which featured in the movies soundtrack). The DVD is a single layer format DVD disk. Shanghai Knights The Movie The sequel starts off with Jackie Chan's character from the first movie, Chon, being the sheriff of Carson City, where he settled down after the end of the last movie. However, he doesn't stay there long, as he gets bad news from his sister - that his estranged father has been killed back in China. This results in Chon reuniting with Roy and the two of them travelling to victorian London (both movies being set in the Victorian age, just to clarify), where they accidentally stumble upon a plot to kill the Royal family. Again they end up in lots of different situations, including being thrown back in jail again... Read review

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