The Adventures Of Tom Thumb And Thumbelina (Animated) (DVD)

Advantages: Very fast-paced and exiting.
Disadvantages: Too much difficult language used

...Tom Sawyer In the novel 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer', the writer, Mark Twain, uses various techniques such as alliteration, onomatopoeia and wordplay to describe Tom's venture from childhood to adulthood and also the setting and characterisation. The novel Tom Sawyer is set in Missouri, Mississippi,1849, the home town of Mark Twain the writer and is situated within the depths of the shabby little village of St. Petersburg. The writer tells of growing up within Southern America in Missouri and also illustrates the difficulties of living there. Tom is a immature 12 year-old boy who is always acting childlike by playing hooky and repeatedly tormenting his Aunt Polly. For example:"Y-o-u-u Tom!". This illustrates the anger from his Aunt Polly as she hunts high and low for him. As the story progresses, Tom realizes that he is growing... Read review

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Advantages: A fantastic story, wonderful classical music, great voice actors, a colorful environment.
Disadvantages: Weaker animation quality.

..."Thumbelina", produced by Golden Films in the year 1993 and released on DVD by Goodtimes Entertainment and other companies worldwide, is based on the classic story by master story-teller, Hans Christian Andersen. It's the story of a little girl, smaller than a human thumb, who lives with her father down in the valley and away from the rest of the little people in the meadows. The story begins when the little girl's father tells her about some cracks that have appeared in the dam next to a small pond. The old man, who works as watch-keeper of the dam, worries that when spring comes, the snow from the top of the mountains will melt and flow down into the valley filling up the pond; the dam won't take the pressure and it will break, allowing the water to flow over the meadow, drowning the little people who live there. The old watch... Read review

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Advantages: Memorable scores & songs, characters & stories
Disadvantages: Animation level compared to modern is just standard

...Having grown up on every animated fairytale feature that was available as a child, I consider myself something of an authority on classic animation films, not only of Disney but of Warner Bros and Dreamworks, Studio Gihbli and many others also. So before I begin I would just like to say to everyone who thinks that either or both Anastasia & Thumbelina are Disney productions THINK AGAIN! Anastasia is a 20th Century Fox production, whilst Thumbelina comes from Warner Brothers. Now that I have that little bugbear out of the way, we are free to continue. Both of these films played a role equal to that of Disney for me as a child, despite never getting quite the fuss or attention they may have deserved - and would certainly have got if they were attached to the Disney label. I may have a slight bias in that both remind me of that... Read review

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