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Summary: SEPTEMBER?!?! I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG!!
Review: I have always loved this movie, and it just gets better every single time I watch it. It's the only Disney film I can think of that I have enjoyed more over the years; I suppose I can now appreciate certain things more now that I'm older. For instance it is, quite possibly, the most beautifully-drawn Disney Animated Masterpiece ever. And the music is pure enchantment, ingeniously drawn from the works of Tchaikovsky. But by far the best of all. . . . . Maleficent is without a doubt THE BEST DISNEY VILLAIN EVER!!! She used to scare me half to death as a little kid, and she's still just as sinister and enjoyable to watch today, if not more. The only other Disney villain who comes close is "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 's Frollo.Now, I'll be honest, the story is sort of cliched when you look at it. But I'm talkin' BARELY, here. Plus, even if you think so too, you'll be totally entranced and enchanted by everything previously mentioned to even care. I'd also like to add that the humor is among the best you'll ever see in a Disney cartoon. Though the film is not exactly bursting with it, the laughs are kind-hearted and of good taste. Notice, that this is the exact opposite of most modern Disney films, which are usually overflowing with lame jokes. "Sleeping Beauty" is definitely among Disney's top five. It is certainly the best of Disney's "traditional" fairy tale adaptations, as well as their "Princess" brand films. I mean, in their previous princess films "Snow White" (which I absolutely hate) and "Cinderella" (a major improvement, but still entertaining mainly for the animation), the prince is just some pretty boy waltzing around catching the heroine's eye. You never understand why exactly the princess falls for him! Hence, the "Happily Ever After" ending simply felt extremely contrived. But this is not the case in "Sleeping Beauty", which paved a new tradition for the prince's characterization that would be carried on in such other Disney masterpieces as "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty & The Beast". Indeed, Prince Phillip at times seems more of the main character than Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)! The new "Special Edition" DVD is gonna rock! With the new remastering technique used for the "Snow White" Platinum DVD (which, regardless of the actual movie, looked absolutely stunning), and all those special features, you can bet your butt that this is one Disney classic that they will NOT shove back into the vault before I get my hands on it!
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Summary: The DVD lacks of something...
Review: The title has just been released in Mexico in DVD and I bought it as soon as I knew it was available. This is my favourite classic Disney movie and was expecting that all the extras would be treated in the same way as in Snow White or Beauty and the Beast, but was very dissapointed. Most of the "Extras" are just plain text and the menu in the second disc is very plain, nothing to talk about. The images are very clear and the sound very good, that's the least Disney could do for its very first movie in stereo.
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Summary: Eleanor Audley's Voice Makes This Film Work
Review: The Disney heroes/heroines never really did it for me. Maybe, its my slightly warped personality that makes me root for the villains. "Sleeping Beauty" boasts a humdinger of a bad girl in the guise of Malificent, maliciously voiced by the late character actress Eleanor Audley. She had the perfect pipes for the portrayal of one devoid of compassion and love. The actress had previously made a distinctive contribution to an earlier Disney film, the classic "Cinderella" (she was the wicked stepmother). '60's audiences also remember her as Eddie Albert's mother on the comedy classic "Green Acres" and her frequent appearances on that other country-themed comedy "The Beverly Hillbillies". Also, being a dragon fan, I love Malificent's final transformation as she takes on the valiant, handsome, and dashing (although, bland) prince. Unfortunately, the good guy wins.
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Summary: Good!
Review: Sleeping Beauty is a good movie and based on one of my favorite fairy tales but even though I enjoyed watching it I didn't enjoy it as much as other Disney movies so I only watched it once, I used to have this video but since I only watched it once and I hadn't watched it in years and it was just sitting in a drawer I gave it to a lady I know who has young grandchildren and they are enjoying the video so it's getting good use which is nice to know. It's still a good movie though and if you like Disney movies and fairy tales you will probably like it.
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Summary: One of Disney's best
Review: One of the better Disney animations. After years of trying, King Stephan and his wife finally have a kid. They name their daughter Aurora and throw a huge party and betrothe her to the neighboring king's son, Phillip. Right as the three fairies are giving magical gifts to Aurora (to ensure she won't grow up to be a hideous tone-deaf beast), the evil witch, Maleficent, crashes the party. She's a little miffed because somebody "forgot" to include her on the guest list. Maleficent decides to bestow her own gift on the baby, but being an evil witch, you can guess it won't be a Hello Kitty pen set. Poor Aurora is cursed to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel on her sixteenth birthday and die. Since the last fairy didn't get to give her gift to Aurora (she was rudly interrupted by Maleficent's uninvited arrival), to lessen the evil curse she changes her gift. Instead of dying, Aurora will fall asleep until her true love gives her a kiss and then she'll wake up and live hapily ever after. ...
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Summary: The best ever...
Review: This is the best of the Fairy Tale films Disney has ever done, with Beauty and the Beast a close second. The thing that makes this the best is the Villian, Malificent. She is still the best villain they have created and so far has never been topped.
The songs are lovely AND until The Little Mermaid and beyond was the first time they gave the prince a name besides "Charming" as well as a good character instead of just being there to get the girl at the end....and his horse Samson is wonderful.
Simply a delight.
I do have one comment about the review of the foreign DVD 2-disc set.
Sadly there is NO guarantee that what has been released in Europe will be what we get in the US and vice-versa. For example the Legend DVD here in the US is far superior to the European release, with more extras etc.. And the Brotherhood of the Wolf DVD released in Canada is a 2 or 3-disc set instead of the one disc we got here in the US.
So watch this listing and make sure this has what you want before you just assume it will have the extras they get across the big pond....
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Summary: Sleeping Beauty- The Special Edition
Review: Ok so you've seen the trailer on Disney DVDs advertising that Sleeping Beauty is coming soon as a special edition DVD for the first time ever. Yet you can't find it in the shops and Disney don't have a release date. Well, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that Sleeping Beauty- Special Edition is now available on DVD. The bad news is that it's available in the UK, and not the US as yet. However, I can tell you all about it. The 2 Disc Collectors Edition features an all new remastered edition of this Disney animated classic, and it is quite frankly the best looking Sleeping Beauty you'll ever see. The animation looks fantastic and the music is more beautiful than ever. As for special features there is the typical behind the scenes animation info and history that you might find on a Gold Collection release except spread out over two discs. So there's definitely room for an an Ultimate Edition. When Sleeping Beauty was first released in 1959 it was a commercial failure, but became more popular when it was released on video. It has since been re-released on video several times, but it has never been more welcome than it is this time round, because it is the best looking and sounding version so far. Here's hoping that when Disney release it in the US, it has a few more special features added, and receives even more of the recognition that it deserves.
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Summary: Another twisted Disneyfication of a classic fairy tale...
Review: This is another Disney "classic" in which almost all sense of the original fairy tale has been removed. In this case, things like rape, adultery, cannibalism and more. In place of the original story line Disney adds annoying soprano's trilling away, an evil witch that turns into a dragon, and a 16 year slumber party at the good fairies house!?! To experience the real Sleeping Beauty I suggest reading Giambattista Basile's "Sole, Luna, E Talia", Charles Perrault's "The Sleeping Beauty In The Wood", or even the Grimm's "Brier Rose". Disney destroys real classic fairy tales and controls the minds of your children.
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Summary: Best Disney movie ever
Review: Sleeping Beauty has been my favorite movie ever since I was a child, and it still is, the story plot is amazing, and fits in
the adventure/fantasy category, magnificent is the most evil of all disney villians, and sleeping beauty, the most beauitful, this movie will keep you glued the the T.V. if you're a child or adult, a must have!
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Summary: Another Feather in Disney's Cap
Review: Though it is remembered nowadays as a masterpiece of animation, when the film was released in 1959, it got the cold shoulder from moviegoers, mostly because of its adult themes and hellish villian. The uptight society of the day did not take to it too well. But today, we know the genius behind the movie. The film revolves around Aurora, a Princecess who will one day succed Father, King Stefan as ruler of the Kingdom. But the King's enemy, Maleficent the evil fairy, does not take kindly to this and lets out a warning that Aurora will die on her 16th birthday when she pricks her finger on a spindle. Not sweet is it. But the King's friends, the good faries (sorry I cannot remember their names), offer to take the princecess to a secret place in the woods to hide her from Maleficent, until her 16th birthday has ended. That is the plot. The animation in this movie still holds up today for its rich colors, sharp contrasts in moods and settings (Stefan's Castle is bright and proud while Maleficent's Castle is vile, dark and ominous) and simply unforgettable characters. The three fairies are an absolute delight to watch. If you need any one scene from this movie to prove what I just said, see the finale where Prince Phillip battles Maleficent as a colassal dragon from hell. This movie got Disney going on the path that would eventually, though it took another 30 years, lead them to the Aladdin, Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, even though they had dabbled in Adult themes before. This movie is for anyone looking for a good story, lush animation and/or that Disney flare. It is one of their best.
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