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Summary: Delightful, yet meaningful
Review: A beautifully crafted masterpiece that gets to the heart of the real meaning of Easter. My son loves it and it starting to ask questions about Jesus-Thanks Big Idea! The songs are outstanding, Rebecca St. James is perfect, and the animation is top level. No silly song, and minor roles for Bob and Larry, but those are minor issues, the DVD is fantastic. You won't be disappointed!
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Summary: A Veggie Tales Sequel.
Review: AN EASTER CAROL is the first Veggie Tales sequel that I can recall. It takes place after THE STAR OF CHRISTMAS and includes all of the main characters from that Veggie Tale (though most are in smaller roles). AN EASTER CAROL is a spoof of Charles Dickens' beloved A CHRISTMAS CAROL. However, instead of a miser who loves money, AN EASTER CAROL presents us with a miserly pickle, Mr. Nezzar, who is so infatuated with Easter and making plastic Easter eggs that he wants to tear down the local church to build an amusement park called Easterland. He wants to do this to honor his deceased Grandma who loved Easter. But Nezzar has it all wrong and it takes a visit from his Grandma and a music box angel named Hope to set him straight. AN EASTER CAROL is a nice way to reunite the chracters of THE STAR OF CHRISTMAS. It has some new original songs, including one sung by Rebecca St. James (who provides the voice of Hope). Overall, the video is a joy to watch and has a great message. I didn't like it quite as much as I liked THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JOE, but it's still quality Veggie Tale material.
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Summary: The Hope of Easter Fully Explained
Review: Ebenezer Nezzer has finally figured out his life's work. Misinterpreting his grandmother's last words, he decides to destroy the church and build an Easter theme park full of egg hunts and chocolate bunnies in its place to keep Easter, and Grandma's memory, alive all year long. Beside, church is just something that keeps people from buying his eggs on Easter morning.But the night before Easter, he has a vision. A music box angel named Hope (voiced by Rebecca St. James) shows him Easter past, present, and future. Will it be enough to show him what his grandmother already knew? This is a companion entry to THE STAR OF CHRISTMAS, using the same characters in the same rolls as before. I've been looking forward to this episode ever since it was announced, and I certainly wasn't disappointed. The story is fun and entertaining. While we see little of Bob and Larry, their sub-plot is hilarious. I especially love the scene with the seesaw. The story goes beyond the true meaning of Easter to touch on what that means in the lives of Christians, something I truly appreciated. At 49 minutes, this is longer then your average episode, but it never drags until after it's reached its explosive climax. Several new songs add greatly to the enjoyment. I especially loved their tribute to "The Music Man" and Rebecca St. James' song. The DVD is exactly what we've come to expect from Big Idea. The main feature is presented in full frame, with audio in your choice of stereo or full surround. There's an audio commentary, behind the scenes features, and fun games and activities for the kids. They even have a featurette on how real stained glass is made since stained glass windows play such an important part of the film. Easter specials are not nearly as plentiful as Christmas specials are. This is one that parents will snap up and kids will love. I know I'll be watching it every Easter for a long time to come.
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Summary: "The Hope of Eastah!"(Eastah = St. James' version of Easter)
Review: Ebenezer Nezzer is one of the richest vegetables in town. He owns half the town (including the town church), and runs his own egg factory, which was given to him by his grandmother right before she died. The town loved Grandma Nezzer, as did the chickens that were in her factory. But ever since Grandma died, the chickens slacked off, and Nezzer became a greedy loner. He is determined to make Grandma last forever, and replaces the chickens with plastic ones, the inevitable result of which is plastic eggs, so they will truly last this Easter. Ebby's perception of the true meaning of Easter is as hollow as his factory's plastic eggs. Factory workers Cavis and Milword (Bob and Larry) are concerned about Nezzer's attitude, but they are more concerned about getting time off to attend the church's Easter service, and subsequent unveiling of the new stained glass window. When Ebby is paid a visit by the Reverend and his little boy, who invite him to church, Nezzer has a surprise for him instead; plans to replace the church with his own version of Easter, Easterland, in honor of Grandma's favorite holiday. Everyone wants to stop him, but since he owns the property, they are powerless.
Nezzer is resolute; until the small music box on his mantle comes to life, turning into a musical, but somewhat feisty angel named Hope (voiced by Rebecca St. James). It's up to Hope to teach Nezzer the true meaning of the Hope of Easter - before it is too late!! BAD: There's absolutely nothing bad about this film, except perhaps that younger kids who don't know better might be frightened by Grandma's appearance, protruding from the large painting of her above Nezzer's fireplace. (Grandma quickly explains that there's no such things as ghosts, it's just a vision) GOOD: It's all good! The film actually deals with serious issues that aren't often explored in children's movies and films, such as life and death. But I think it's great that VeggieTales takes a very healthy approach to the whole thing, and gives a positive outlook on it, as well as the message of Hope. THOUGHTS: VeggieTales keeps making advances and one-upping themselves, and An Easter Carol certainly does that. Great music (strange for the two guys who don't know how to read music!!), great teaching, great animation. The sequence wherein Hope demonstrates the story of Jesus for Nezzer via the stained glass windows of the church is absolutely gorgeous. I kept expecting her song to turn loud and raucous like some of her more contemporary ones, but it didn't. It really has given me a bit of a new appreciation for Easter. It's also wonderful to see VeggieTales proclaim Jesus' name. While presenting awesome Biblical values, they've stopped short of mentioning his name in several of their features, but there's no more of that. Among all the ideas and commercialism asserting that Easter is about bunnies, ribbons, and eggs, it's certainly wonderful to see the message of Easter, even if we've come to expect it from our friends at Big Idea. Great buy, and a must have. Keep on the lookout for DVD Easter eggs!!
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Summary: As good as all the Veggie Tales stories
Review: Even though we are away from home, we watched the movie and brought us back to our Easter traditions, the kids immediately made the connection with the Christmas Carol. We own all the Veggie Tales movies/DVD and we are always looking forward to get the new one. We loved it.
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Summary: As good as all the Veggie Tales stories
Review: Even though we are away from home, we watched the movie and brought us back to our Easter traditions, the kids immediately made the connection with the Christmas Carol. We own all the Veggie Tales movies/DVD and we are always looking forward to get the new one. We loved it.
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Summary: I want to be a Veggietale!
Review: First, if you are buying this, you must by The Star of Christmas FIRST! Big Idea designed this to be the sequel because if your a Christian Christmas and Easter go hand and hand! I can't take credit for that because Mr. Vischer and Mr. Hodge said that on the commentary. I should've figured it tou because I am a Christian. Also, you kinda won't get the story without having seen The Star of Christmas first. I loved this. I watched it with my daughter and we laughed, we cried, and had a ball. Bob and Larry are at it again! The animation is phenomenal! WOW! Look out Disney, Here comes BIG IDEA! The story is great. It's perfectly portrayed and gets the biblical message of what Jesus has done for us and how we have hope in Celebrating Easter becaus of Jesus. So thankful that Rebecca St. James was Hope the Angel. She did a great job! I enjoyed the Behind the Scenes as well as previews for Sumo of the Opera and A Snoodle's Tale.
This DVD is well worth the penny! You won't be disappointed!!
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Summary: An awesome VeggieTales...well there all awesome but still...
Review: I am compleatly obsessed with VT. And no, I'm not 4. :) This VT is like the Easter version of "A Christmas Carol". It is also the sequel 2 another VT, "The Star of Christmas". Ebenezer (sp?) Nezzar owns a factory of plastic eggs, which his Grandma started 113 years ago. Mr. Nezzar has the idea that if he keeps making Easter eggs, it's like his Grandma is still alive. So he plans to tear down St. Bart's church nearby, so he can build "EasterLand". The night before Easter, his Grandma apperars out of her portrait and sings a little song telling "Ebby" that he has Easter "all backwards and upside down". Later, an angel appears to Ebeneazer, to tell him what he has wrong. This VT has great music, a great story, and an awesome silly song! (Not with Larry, but with Mr. Nezzar. See the chapter "Boids") VT is fun for the whole family. Older kids (like 10 and up) will really appriciate the message, and "Boids"! Younger kids will be cracking up at the funny scenes, and parents will be proud they chose such an awesome DVD 4 their kids!
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Summary: Another Funny and Solid Video from Big Idea
Review: I just showed this to about 70 1-5 graders and they all loved it. I have been a Veggie Tale fan since the begining and am very familiar with all of the videos. This has the quality story and fun that we have come to trust from Big Idea. I love Rebecca St James, her song was perfect and wonderfully done. Since I have been a fan of Veggie Tales since the begining my wife and I noticed the improvement in the animation not huge changes but subtle improvements that created an even better video. I do agree with another reviewer that the time concept with the past, present and future Easter's was difficult to follow. More time to develop that part of the story could have helped. Theologically it is all good. I liked the correction by Nezzers Grandma that she was a vision and not a ghost. The video does communicate the hope we all have in Christ but is very sensitive to the young audience of Veggie Tales.
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Summary: Another Funny and Solid Video from Big Idea
Review: I just showed this to about 70 1-5 graders and they all loved it. I have been a Veggie Tale fan since the begining and am very familiar with all of the videos. This has the quality story and fun that we have come to trust from Big Idea. I love Rebecca St James, her song was perfect and wonderfully done. Since I have been a fan of Veggie Tales since the begining my wife and I noticed the improvement in the animation not huge changes but subtle improvements that created an even better video. I do agree with another reviewer that the time concept with the past, present and future Easter's was difficult to follow. More time to develop that part of the story could have helped. Theologically it is all good. I liked the correction by Nezzers Grandma that she was a vision and not a ghost. The video does communicate the hope we all have in Christ but is very sensitive to the young audience of Veggie Tales.
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