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Summary: Blue's Big Disappointment
Review: Slow pacing and poorly written songs plague this overly long Blue's Clues production. It failed to hold my two year old's attention and I really can't blame her. The weak plot about the characters preparing a backyard play never goes anywhere and the songs are completely forgetable. Unless your child is a diehard Blue's Clues fanatic, I would not recommend this DVD.
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Summary: One of my Son's Favorites
Review: Kids will love this movie if they already like Blue's Clues. As a parent, I felt it dragged for about 30 minutes in the middle, but when it comes to a movie for my son, his reaction is what really matters most.
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Summary: My 18mo Old Loves It!
Review: My 18mo. old son is in love with Blues's Clues, and adores Blue's Big Musical! He knows several songs from the video and has learned a great deal from it. I would suggest purchasing this video to any parent.
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Summary: another winner from a great team
Review: Steve, Blue and their friends are putting on a show -- but where is Steve? He's in bed, still sleeping! Thus begins the day of the Big Musical -- an expanded 78-minute show in which Steve finds three clues that let him know who Blue wants as a singing partner, Periwinkle gets frustrated trying to audition for the show, and bashful Sidetable Drawer struggles to overcome her shyness so she can join the cast, among other ongoing activities on the first DVD release from the Blue's Clues team.Our two-year old, amazingly, sat through the entire movie -- even the relatively lengthy visit with G-Clef and the notes (played winningly by Ray Charles and the Persuasions) as they discussed the composition of a song using notes, rhythm, tempo and, of course, soul. DVD extras: two music videos: 'I Can Be Anything That I Want To Be' and 'There It Is'; 'Who Am I?', a game to try and guess Blue's Clues characters given three clues; two DVD-ROM games; and a wonderful 16 minute backstage tour, meeting the talented team behind this great show. I thought about giving this disk 4 stars -- my PowerMac met all the system requirements for playing the two DVD games, but still they wouldn't run -- however, the movie is so good and the backstage tour so interesting that I couldn't bring myself to give this product anything less than a 5 star rating. Another great job by the Blue's Clues team.
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Summary: My 2 year old LOVES this--especially the sad parts :)
Review: My 2 year old loves this video. She says she wants to watch "Me Steve sleeping" because Steve is sleeping in the very beginning. She especially loves the fact that some of the characters are sad in it. She looks sad when they cry and says they are sad. I think it really teaches her empathy. She is happy in the end when she sees that the show is a success. The songs in this video are some of the best that I have heard in kids' videos (excpet a few Bear in the Big Blue House, which I love). My husband and I walk around singing them!
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Summary: Must have!
Review: This is a must have for any kid... The only drag is that it seems to be the only DVD based title in the blue's collection.
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Summary: Get on with the show already!!
Review: I bought this video for my daughter because she enjoys the show so much and I was very dissapointed. The whole movie practically revolves around Steve and his friends getting ready to do a show,
him composing a "Lame" song with the help of some animated notes, and just seemed to go on and on. By the time it finally got to the part when they're going to put on their "musical" we
all couldn't care less. My daughter and her friends were so bored they left the room, and I ended up turning it off on frustration. Don't waste your money. Stick with the short shows.
They're much less tedious, and more apropriate for toddlers with short attention spans. --C. Petersen
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Summary: Musical fun for Everyone!
Review: This was SUCH a great purchase, and a must-have for any Blues fans! It is longer than the regular shows, and the first couple times we watched it with our now 2 yr old daughter, we inserted an "intermission". Don't need to do that anymore. My husband and I are both musicians, and we love the bluesy/jazzy/big band style music (we even got the soundtrack cassette for the car--what a tantrum squelcher!). I STRONGLY disagree with a previous reviewer about the Ray Charles segment--no one in our family finds it "boring" to learn about the musical elements of notes, rhythm, tempo, harmony. Granted, I'm a music teacher--but my daughter is just an average 2 yr old and she enjoys it. And as a teacher, I think it's a great mini-music lesson! Another little lesson woven into the fabric of this movie is the concept of making "to-do" lists, so everything gets done, and we don't forget about anything. This is just a little nugget of learning organization and priorities. This movie also teaches that even though you may have a mishap onstage--keep going--your friends are there to support you. And it happens to everyone. This is great for young kids to know when preparing for their school programs and pageants. Of course, there is a game of Blues Clues within the show--Blue's duet partner, Tickety loses her voice, and we need to figure out who should take her place. Poor Steve, all he wants to do is find a clue himself! As you can see, we found LOTS of redeeming qualities (educational and entertainment) in this video. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Needs to pick up the pace a bit
Review: What's perfect about Blue's Clues episodes that air on Nickelodeon (and CBS on Saturday mornings) is that in 25 minutes each show crams in all the things that kids love about it: the opening ("Hi out there. . ."), the "To Play Blue's Clues" song, finding the first clue, interacting with the other 'housemates', finding the second clue, getting the mail, ski-dooing into a book or picture, finding the third clue, "We Just Figured Out Blue's Clues" song, and then the "Now It's Time For So Long" song. That's the basic, um, blueprint for each show. What's disappointing about Blue's Big Musical Movie is that. . . . it's. . . . .really. . . . . .slow. What my daughter loves about Blue's Clues is Steve (of course). But what really draws her in is Steve talking directly into the camera. Too many times Steve leaves the screen and we're stuck with Side Table Drawer wailing a sloooooooow torch song or Periwinkle practicing a magic trick. And although it sounds promising, I'm telling you it REALLY gets boring when Steve and the voice of Ray Charles (as G-Clef the Note) show how to sing a song. I think it would have worked much better if they had just made three consecutive episodes with the musical show being the grand finale. As it is, taking 80 minutes to find three clues mixed in with sub-par (except for the first) new songs makes for a very sub-par tape.
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Summary: Kids love it!
Review: I've owned this video for a few months but never popped into the VCR for my 1 and 2 year old until after we saw the Blue's Clues Live! show last month. They LOVE this movie! It is cute and the tunes, I have to admit, are disturbingly catchy.
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