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A film so sweet, it'll rot your teeth

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...pleasantly to himself . Heidi also makes friends with Peter, the goatherd, and his grandmother, blind Anna. Just as she gets settled in to her new life, Heidis aunt comes to steal her away to Frankfurt without her grandfathers knowledge, where she is placed as a companion to an invalid, Clara, who is wheelchair bound after a spinal injury. Clara's governess, who is trying to make herself indispensible to Claras widowed father, is not happy to have ...
...to be there either, and although she soon works her own particular brand of magic on Clara, she misses her grandfather. How can she go home when the happiness of Clara depends on her company, and how will her grandfather manage without his cheerful granddaughter to keep him from his demons . The film is old, and as a result is very dated in places - for instance, one toboggan scene is clearly shot against a large TV screen showing mountainside scenes, ...

Thehonesttruth 07.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Heidi (DVD)

Snow white and the seven dwarfs

Advantages: A timeless classic that yo will want to watch time after time!
Disadvantages: None that i can think of!

...when he came up with snow white and the seven dwarfs! It contains all of the disney magic that was contained in the original film on VHS but with the advantage of better quality graphics and better sound! The film has an amazing soundtrack which will leave you humming the songs over in your head for hours! Children and adults alike will love this film along with the memorable characters which will take them on a magical journey through fantasy and ...
...and allows her to escape. Snow white escapes ito the forest where she makes friends with the animals who lead her to the home of the seven dwarfs! the seven dwarfs take snow white under their wing and allow her to stay with them however the stepmothers magical mirror informs her that snow white is in fact still alive and well and she disguises herself as a peddler to try and gives snow white a poisoned apple which makes her fall asleep for eternity, ...

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Review of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (Animated) (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

Snow White - 70 years and still as good as ever

Advantages: The dwarves, the animals, the imagery and the sense of fun
Disadvantages: A few old fashioned features - particularly some of the songs/singing voices!

...More than seventy years later, Snow White is still available as a testament to how wrong general opinion can be. The Story Like many of the brilliant films that followed it, Snow White was based on a fairy tale – in this case the German fairy tale Schneewittchen, as collected by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. It follows the fortunes of beautiful young princess Snow White, who is driven from her home by the murderous intentions of her jealous step mother ...
...I should first say that Snow White is not entirely what you might expect of a Disney heroine. As someone who grew up with the films of the so-called ‘Disney Renaissance’, and with characters such as Jasmine, Esmeralda and Belle, I found her to be a lot less self reliant and realistic than my favourite ‘princesses’ and so found a lot more interest in the rest of the cast. It may well be a generational difference, but I always thought that Snow White, ...

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Review of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (DVD)

Kris Kringle Is Not Crackers

Advantages: original version is cleaned up and presented in original black and white
Disadvantages: remake suffers greatly when presented with the original for comparison

...as Kris is released. The miracle has not happened yet though, for that is a miracle of the heart. No, that happens on the way home, as a young Susan sees the house of her dreams on the route Kris has told them to take to avoid traffic. A house, with a cane like Kris' leaned against the chimney and a wedding proposal from Fred to one now thawed hearted Doris. Aww... Starring Maureen O' Hara as Doris, John Payne (Fred Gailey), Edmund Gwenn (Kris Kringle), ...
...is indeed a star studded affair. Natalie Wood's childhood portrayal is precociously good, with no playing for the camera or simpering and makes this a fun film to watch. Maureen O'Hara does quite well with what could have been a difficult role to play. Doris Walker is a complicated character; she is caring, yet cynical and a bit hard, yet with a centre still a bit marshmallowy if you can get past the slightly crunchy exterior. She manages to pull ...

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Review of Miracle On 34th Street (1947)/Miracle Of 34th Street (1994) (DVD)

MULAN - *you dont meet a girl like that every dynasty*-by emperor

Advantages: funny, great for whole family to watch
Disadvantages: i really cannot think of any

MULAN This movie is one of my all time favourites i love it. In my opinion it is funny and what makes it funny is the characters in the film you have mulan, the little dragon, the slightly crazy grandma, the soldiers and the 'lucky' cricket all of whom make this film a joy to watch. I believe that this is a great film with a great story line to it. The basic story line is that Mulan who is basically a tomboy who is deemed unmarriable. There ...
...man from every family must go to help fight which means Mulans father who can hardly walk after the last war has to go as there is no son .Mulan takes his place disguising herself as a man. A little dragon is sent by Mulans ancestors to bring her home but he decides to help her instead and make her a war hero. Along with her horse, cricket and dragon she risks everything to save china. I think this film is great for the whole family to watch together ...

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Review of Mulan (Animated) (DVD)