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Aladdin (DVD) by Dapocosta

Advantages: On Dvd has extra features
Disadvantages: quite old fashioned

Rub upon a lamp and get three wishes. As we enter the world of Alladin a street urchin who has a pet monkey (Abu). They come across an escapee princess Jasmine, who was fustrated with her father (the Sultan of Agrabah) for having her life lived for her and the fact that she has to have an arranged, obligated marriage. Alladin shows her around the market place. Meanwhile Jafar the grand advisor of the sultan is attempting to access the cave of wonders, ...
...but they soon learn they can't access the cave and only the diamond in tho rought can enter the cave. Using a machine they learn that Alladin is the Diamond in the rough and has him captured, Jasmine demnads his release but Jafar lies and tells Jasmine that Alladin is dead. Jafar uses his magic and disguises himself as an oldma, and releases him from captivity and leads him to the cave of wonders. The tiger shaped head entrance tells them to touch ...

dapocosta 05.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Aladdin (DVD)

Fern Gully -- Great for kids

Advantages: Positive message about saving rain forests
Disadvantages: Scary monster may be intense for very young children

My two kids (between ages of 4 and 9) loved this animated movie and would watch it over and over. It has lively music, an appealing story line about a fairy rebelling against the status quo, but then learning the important lesson of protecting her home and loved ones. It has a lot of magic (duh, fairies), but the fruit bat (played by Robin Williams) provides one of the best manic Robin Williams comedy routines around. This may not be adivsable for ...
...evil character who comes very close to killing all the very likeable main characters. He is truly demonic in his characterization. Lots of loud, frightening scenes at the end which would definitely have frightened my son if he watched when he was 2 or 3. However, for kids between 5 and 10, I recommend this movie highly. My kids loved it and I think your kids would love it, too. ...

balletomom 04.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Fern Gully - The Last Rainforest (Animated) (DVD)

Is it good..or bad??

Advantages: Watch It All Day!
Disadvantages: its animatedso not a good a it could have been

Ok...so spider in the bath is a great chidrens animation which children love to watch or all day long. But is it all good and could this animation actually be doing bad to young children?? This review looks at the good and bad point of this catoon and what children actually think of it as i have done a survey on children. GOOD?? Ok so its a rainy day, your children are getting tired and you just want them to be quiet..What do you do? Is 'Spider ...
...child there same age likes spider and see's them as a friend rather than something you point and scream at. Most children, when they see a spider, will run away from a spider and be extreamlly scared of something that isnt that scary! Another good reason about this dvd is that its an animation. This can always be a good thing because if a child gets scared of something that they see on the dvd, you can always tell them ''its only a cartoon, it isnt ...

lorna200293 05.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Spider In The Bath (Animated) (DVD)

Good fun!

Advantages: Dialogue, cracking pace, excellent animation
Disadvantages: May not be suitable for children who are old enough to understand innuendo

...for adults as well and Ice Age 3 certainly delivered on that front. I've seen Ice Age2 on TV but not the first film and never in the cinema. On top of that this was a 3D show. The story essentially follows Manny, the mammoth, his heavily pregnant wife, Ellie and Diego, the sabre toothed tiger as they venture under the ice to a land where dinosaurs are not extinct. They do this to try and rescue Sid, who feeling unloved due to the impending arrival ...
...subsequently been carried off with his 'children' by their real mother. In dinosaur world they meet Buck, the weasel with the Sylvester Stallone eyepatch and knife, the British accent (Simon Pegg voices him) and the literary connections to Captain Ahab of Moby Dick (both have been left injured by 'the great white beast', both are unnaturally obsessed and slightly unhinged by it). As a sideline, Scratt is still seeking his acorn but this time there ...

mouche202 29.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (DVD)

"I thought you guys were extinct?"

Advantages: amazing picture quality, good fun for all the family!
Disadvantages: Cant think of any.

I bought my wife Ice Age 3 for Christmas. She asked for it. Can't say its my type of film, but being a loving husband I sat down and watched it with her anyway. The first thing that struck me, being a blu ray, is the amazing quality. Animated films and comic-esque outings (like the Simpsons) always take full advantage of the High Definition nature of blu ray and make a movie a pleasure for the eye to behold. Ice Age 3 is quite possibly the best example ...
...were apparently living below the ice and meeting a swash buckling weasel who helps save the day. All the while, we get to watch the fun adventures of the little chap chasing his acorn, that have been present in the past films. This time, there's a love interest!! Its quite a good watch and plenty of fun for all the family. The usual deleted scenes and such are present, I can't say I watched them though, sorry, but its not my cup-of-tea, as I said. ...

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Review of Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (Blu-ray)