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Rollicking Adventure under the High Seas

Advantages: lovingly remastered and viewable in its original scale, insightful and interesting extras
Disadvantages: once more region 1 gets a better deal with more special features

I can remember when the Wonderful World of Disney came on saturday nights, and great family films aired. This was a film that came up every so often over the years, and such was the quality that my school actually showed it to us in class when I was in 6th grade. I loved the film then, and when I saw it was available to rent from Amazon, I grabbed it. I mentioned we were watching it to my Mom, and she then bought us a copy, and sent it to us from ...
...Region 1 disc that are not on the Region 2 disc. I will go into that in a bit. Firstly, in case you are not familiar with the Jules Verne story, or have not seen the film either, you should know that it is a story that takes place under the sea. Wow, you did not see that coming from the title, did you? The premise is that shortly after the American Civil War, several ships are sunk "by a whale with a great horn". Professor Ned Land (Paul Lukas) ...

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Review of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (DVD)

Small but certainly Mighty!

Advantages: Good fun story, wonderful animation
Disadvantages: strange looking humans!

The Kingdom of Dor is famous for its soup and once a year the whole kingdom come together to try the new soup which the chef has carefully prepared for them. Things go wrong though when Roscuro the Rat arrives in town and cannot wait to get hold of and sample the soup. As a result of his eagerness he lands in the Queens soup and as a result she faints and then drowns in her bowl of soup. The King now so upset banishes all mice and rats from the Kingdom ...
...is all taking place in the Mouse words a little strange big eared mouse called Despereaux in being born. He is different from the other mice as he does not cower or get scared of cats. He is brave and adventurous. As a result of this he gets to see the Princess and tell her of a story he had just read in the library and she asks him to go on a quest to discover how it ends. When the Mice Kingdom learn of what Despereaux has done he gets banished ...

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Review of The Tale Of Despereaux (DVD)

There is a Prisoner on the Loose

Advantages: great story and acting, excellent special effects
Disadvantages: Big chunks of the book missing again

Poor old Harry once again finds himself back at Privet Drive for the school holidays and getting annoyed with his Aunt and Uncle. Things go wrong for Harry when his Uncles sister arrives and starts calling his parents names and he looses control of his magic and she ends up being blown up like a balloon and floating out of the door. Harry decides he has had enough and leaves the house. He accidentally calls the night bus and finds himself being taken ...
...outside of school. Luckily for Harry he gets excused and soon discovers that he is in danger as Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and he is believed to be after Harry to kill him. Sirius was imprisoned when he was found to be a follower of Voldermort and the one who lead him to the Potters and got them killed. He is believed to be a very dangerous man and the whole wizard community is scared of him. Harry promises the Minister of Magic ...

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Review of Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (DVD)

What is the Chamber's Secret?

Advantages: good story, great effects, great acting
Disadvantages: Big chunks of the book missing

Harry Potter finds himself being back at Privet Drive with his Aunt and Uncle as it is the school holidays, he is quite sad that none of his friends have written to him and is feeling very lonely. He receives a surprise visit from a house elf called Dobby and he soon finds out that his friends have been writing to him and Dobby has been stopping the letters from getting to him. Dobby soon tells Harry that he is not to return to Hogwarts School as ...
...Harry not listening to him Dobby leaves the room and causes havoc at Aunt and Uncles House party which results in Harry being locked in his room. Fortunately for Harry, his best friend Ron and his older brothers arrive in their Father flying car and help Harry escape. Once at Ron’s house Harry feels happy and excited about returning to Hogwarts. The day comes when they are to catch the Hogwarts Express but as Harry and Ron try to get to the platform ...

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Review of Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (DVD)

'Bah, Humbug!' you say? Have a Worther's instead!

Advantages: plot, voices, 3D
Disadvantages: /

...not one to turn away a free cinema ticket, and when I was presented with the chance to go and see 'A Christmas Carol 3D', I didn't hesitate to say yes. It wasn't the fact that it was A Christmas Carol that made me so excited, but the fact that it was in 3D. I'd only ever seen one 3D film before, which I had loved, but that was on a DVD. I imagined the 3D experience in a cinema would be twice as exciting if not more. But the answer I wanted to know ...
...had only ever seen Mickey's A Christmas Carol as a child, but when you are viewing this little Christmas cartoon about a mouse, it's hard to take it seriously. So I was indeed looking forward to seeing how something a bit more serious would turn out. The story itself is quite traditional, telling the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter man with no Christmas spirit. Though one Christmas Eve, seven years after his business partner Jacob Marley died, ...

Amy69 09.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of A Christmas Carol 3D (DVD)