Bambi (Animated)

Advantages: Classic film re-mastered | Loads of Extras
Disadvantages: None

...---About the film--- Bambi was Disney's 5th animated classic and was first released in 1942, when it was nominated for three Academy Awards including best song. Right that's all the history I'm going to tell you, because quite frankly that's all I either know or care about. And onto the film itself, and what a wonderful animation it is, in fact it's an animation against which all others should be compared. While the backdrops are rendered with ...
...characters from the film with Bambi taking the prominent position. This is then enclosed in a cardboard slipcase, which is identical in design to the actual case and helps keep it looking pristine. The actual DVDs are beautifully printed with scenes from the film, but the lack of gloss finish does give a little bit of the impression that I could create just as good printing using my Epson DVD printer. All in all though I would say that the presentation ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful sound colour and a lovely story
Disadvantages: why does Thumpers and Flowers voices go so deep??

...loads of grown up deer. Bambi is learning what being in the forest is all about from his doting mother and his new found friends; Thumper the rabbit and Flower the skunk. We see Bambi going through the seasons of winter and summer, autumn and spring and how he grows up to be a beautiful Prince of the Forest. But for poor Bambi, life and man were harsh on him and they took someone very important from him … this is where most people start to ...
...fire you will see in Bambi actually came from Pinocchio! Cool eh?! -------------------------------------------------------- What I thought of the new revamp of a classic -------------------------------------------------------- To revamp this classic what the fellers at Disney did was to re do some of the colouring and make the voices crisper rather than in the original which I have seen as well, they were dull and hard to hear, sort of muffled ... Read review

Advantages: Classic Disney animation
Disadvantages: The songs and mothers death

...I don’t know if Bambi does stand up to the time test, like so many other people say! The music to me is dated, as are the songs. The colour perhaps not as sharp as you get in animated films now and the story not quite what most kids would expect and want. OK, that being the case, why write it? Because, for me it was a time of innocence lost. I learned that man is not always nice and that he can do cruel things, I learned that mothers die and that ...
...film! History ******* Bambi was written by Felix Salten, whose real name was Siegmund Salzmann, in Germany in 1923 and began production in 1936. It was the first animated feature to have an oversees premier, being released in England on August 13, 1942. It was also said that Disney held a premier in Lincoln Theatre of Damariscotta which is in Maine to thank Maurice Day an animator credited with bringing Bambi to Disney’s attention! It was also ... Read review

Advantages: Superb overall movie
Disadvantages: Maybe not enough action for today's youngsters

...tries her best to teach Bambi the difference between right and wrong and a tangible deep link forms. As he grows he meets and befriends all manner of animals; his closest friends are Thumper, a smart yet cheeky rabbit who is immensely cute, and Flower, a friendly skunk. Together they begin to explore the world and experience new things – this leads to many interesting and fun experience, one in particular being Bambi’s hilarious attempt ...
...to come by, we find Bambi and his moving finding a patch of grass – this is a God send to the almost starving deer – however, their joy is not long lived as they are suddenly surprised by hunters. Running for their life, we hear Bambi’s mother say ‘Don’t look back’. The fear inspires flight but unfortunately for his mother there is no escape as we hear a gun shot. Bambi’s life changes with the death of his ... Read review

Advantages: Great animation and music
Disadvantages: None

...who is called Bambi. Bambi soon goes off walking around the forest with his mother and meets several of the animals. One of the animals he meets is a rabbit called Thumper who he becomes good friend with. Thumper encourages Bambi to talk and along the way they meet flower who becomes another good friend to Bambi. Bambi and his mother go off to the meadow where his mother explains about the dangers which are there and how he should never just run ...
...meadow. It is here where Bambi meets a young girl deer called Colleen. Bambi is very shy with her at first but they soon warm to each other and become friends. Bambi comes across the Prince of the Forest who he is very amazed with. The prince they alerts all in the meadow to danger so they all flee. Bambi gets left behind in the meadow but the prince and his mother manage to get him to safety. As they are fleeing from the meadow we here 2 gun shots. ... Read review

Advantages: Great childrens film, improved sound and picture quality
Disadvantages: Second not as good as first

...for yourself. Price & Availability I paid around £29.99 for the set including Bambi 1 and Bambi 11 and a cool soft Bambi toy included. The price has probably come down now as it does with all DVDs over time. It might now be hard to get of in supermarkets but I'm sure it will be quite easy to find on an internet site that sells DVDs. Recommendation I would definitely recommend this film to both children and adults, children especially those who love animals will love this film I did when I was a child and still do now. It's well worth a watch with the new sound and picture quality making it better than ever. I hope this review helps anyone looking at buying this DVD or anyone who comes across it might consider it as something there children and/or themselves will enjoy, definitely a 5 star rated DVD from me.... Read review

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Disadvantages: see review

...message is clear, and yet is never the main focus of the movie. This is after all a kids movie first and foremost and the bulk of the plot is aimed towards them rather than us adults. There are some trult funny moments and a scene in the woods with a deer which easily rivals anything seen in Bambi(well almost). The animation is superb and traditional rather than compuer animated and despite the voice over cast being somewhat second rate they perform rather well. Jennifer Anniston is excellent as the pannicky concerned voice of Hogarth’s mother and Harry Connick Jr is good as the laid back Dean although perhaps the best performance is that of Christopher MacDonald as the paranoid FBI agent Kent Mansley. When it was released in the cinema The Iron Giant wasn’t exactly a smash hit which is a shame because it is an excellent movie... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant animation, humour for all the family
Disadvantages: None worth mentioning

...the movements in water and the movement of water - this is clearly what has taken them all this time to do. The "April Showers" scene in Bambi was revolutionary animation for it's time but now Pixar takes water animation splashing into the 21st Century - a landmark (or watermark?) in animation. The Voices ---------- The voice acting is excellent. The star of the film is comedienne Ellen Degeneres as Dory - this character is just so funny. Another high point is Barry Humphries as Bruce the shark. 9 year old Alexander Gould (previously in 'They') plays Nemo as a truly endearing youngster. Marlin is well played by Albert Brooks. Other notables are Willem Dafoe as Gill (the escape obsessed Angel fish in the dentist's tank), Geoffrey Rush as Nigel (the Pelican) and Andrew Stanton (the director) as Crush (the hippy turtle). The Humour... Read review

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