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Summary: Crisp Bible Storytelling From Big Idea's VeggieTales
Review: Fans of "Toy Story," The Bible, or fresh salads (guess that covers everybody) will enjoy VeggieTales, half-hour videos telling faithful (ungarnished?), fun Bible story adaptations starring a tomato (Bob), cucumber (Larry), carrot (Laura) and asparagas (Junior) aimed to kids'(and adults')pressures and problems."Rack, Shack, and Benny," (aka Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) is one of the series' best. It retells the story of the Fiery Furnace as a parable about peer pressure with catchy songs ("The Bunny Song" is a favorite despite its intentionally inappropriate message, "Dance of the Cucumber" is a hilarious "silly song" and tension breaker), cute one-liners ("What does being a junior executive mean?" "It means you have to wear a tie.") and kid-friendly suspense leading to God's climactic rescue where the three ("Now there's four, and one looks real shiny") are saved. The lesson is summed at the end with a pinch of good humor. Kudos (Bacos?) to Phil Vischer and his merry band at Big Idea for creating a series which, like its stars, are good and good for you. It's a series to relish, and HIGHLY recommended.
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Summary: A great video for kids and adults!
Review: Great computer animation! Wonderful Songs! Wonderful charaters! Great story line! Great message against peer pressure. My children and I have seen this video (and the other VT videos) over and over again! Big Idea, keep making these Bibical stories so it can speak to the heart of a child as it does.
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Summary: A weak link in the food chain...mostly annoying
Review: I appreciate any attempt to get Bible stories out there for public view, but its hard to recognize the original story through the contrived context. Instead of a king, this story uses a boss of a chocolate factory. His underlings (our protagonists) won't bow to his chocolate bunny because they remember what their mom told them. No real mention of God. I had hoped for more from this, because I know the creators can do (and have done) better. Check out "Dave and the Giant Pickle" or "Josh and the Big Wall" before you get this one. I will admit, the Argentinian "Song of the Cucumber" is a stitch.
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Summary: yuck!
Review: I can't believe people like these. The animation is awful, the voices and songs are annoying. I couldn't stand my son even watching it and threw it in the garbage. Sesame Street, Teletubbies, Wallace and Gromit, Pee Wee's Playhouse are infinitely better - and at least that way you are exposing your child to good production values.
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Summary: A good movie that is just slightly off
Review: I enjoyed this movie just as I enjoy most of the Veggie Tales movies. The music is entertaining and there is a good message. I just think that the message and the retelling of the story in this one is just not as good as some of the other ones. Your kids will be entertained though and as usual, this is a quality piece of work that Big Idea has put together. On the plus side, it contains my favorite silly song "The Dance of the Cucumber"! In addition, the DVD has some fun things you can do like change the voices on certain scences and a narrative from the founders.
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Summary: One of the best Veggietale videos
Review: I enjoyed this video throughly. The "Bunny Song" is addictive(as I can't even stop singing it), so parents should explain that it's not the song to go around singing. For older folks, it's a great telling of the story in Daniel of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. It encourages trust in God no matter what circumstances, something that all of us need to learn.
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Summary: A great video for all ages
Review: I first saw Veggie Tales at a camp, and this is one of the best! The ebntire series is appealing to everyone, at our church the high school youth group and the nursery children watch right alongside each other. This video is full of bright colors and good lessons for the young ones, but if you look carefully there are a lot of messages for teens and adults as well. This is a lovely video with messages for all about peer pressure and a wonderful set of songs.
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Summary: Not the best Veggie Tales out there
Review: I love the Veggie Tales videos. They are the rare kind of kids video that entertains PARENTS, too, not just kids. So maybe a 3 rating is a little hard on them. But I definitely found it inferior to the other Veggie Tales videos, and thought I would expain why. It is based on the Bible story in Daniel about Shadrack, Meshach, and Abednigo. In the Bible, the three men refused to worship an idol to a false god and were thrown into a fire because of it. They survived, because God was with them. In Veggie Tales, Rack, Shack, and Benny also refused to do something the "boss" at the chocolate factory told them to do -- pig out on chocolate bunnies while neglecting more nutritious foods. For that, they were thrown into a fiery furnace and survived. The problem I see is that what the men in the Bible took a stand for was worth risking their lives for. Proper nutrition, while certainly wise and desirable to do, is not. I thought that rather than properly tell this Bible story, (in an entertaining way, as the other Veggie Tales do) the video distorted it. It still has a lot going for it, and I think it is certainly possible for parents to teach their child the REAL story and the more important truth behind it on their own, so I wouldn't want to discourage people from getting it. But if you don't have all the Veggie Tales videos, well, buy another one first.
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Summary: Good message, may be too much for really young children
Review: I really like all the Veggie Tales videos, and so do my children. However, since my children are very young (1 and 4) they found this one is their least favorite. They find parts of the video scary and prefer to watch all their other tapes instead. The music is great, and so is the message but it's probably better for older children.
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Summary: very saccharine
Review: I think the message here is, no matter what happens God will save you! and it's kinda creepy! I mean, I don't want my kid jumping into a furnace! Some of the songs are funny, but I found it annoying overall. I don't like being bludgeoned with Biblical messages. In fact if I hadn't read the review here I wouldn't have known WHAT Biblical story was being told!!
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