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Summary: My 5-year-old loves it!
Review: I'm not going to discuss audio or video quality, even tho I'm both an audiophile and videophile to the point of occasionally considering therapy. I buy this stuff for her. The Disney villains are at the heart of the Disney success, and they are collected together here doing their thing. You'll find no excessive violence or inappropriate messages/themes/language. It won't teach her rocket science, brain surgery, or the meaning of life, but if you're looking for another DVD to add to your collection to entertain your child in the car, at the restaurant, or at home, this one works. It makes her happy, even after 20 or 30 times through, so it makes me happy too. Enjoy the time off duty!
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Summary: My 5-year-old loves it!
Review: I'm not going to discuss audio or video quality, even tho I'm both an audiophile and videophile to the point of occasionally considering therapy. I buy this stuff for her. The Disney villains are at the heart of the Disney success, and they are collected together here doing their thing. You'll find no excessive violence or inappropriate messages/themes/language. It won't teach her rocket science, brain surgery, or the meaning of life, but if you're looking for another DVD to add to your collection to entertain your child in the car, at the restaurant, or at home, this one works. It makes her happy, even after 20 or 30 times through, so it makes me happy too. Enjoy the time off duty!
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Summary: A Homage to the Disney Cartoons of Old
Review: If like me, you can remember back to a time when Halloween meant not just candy and costumes, but spooky, cartoony specials on the Disney Channel, you'll be just as delighted with Disney's House of Villains as I was. Having just made the move to college, I was disappointed at the prospect of spending my Halloween night alone, with no trick-or-treating, and even worse, none of those Disney Channel specials I was always so crazy about. I had heard about the iminent release of Disney's House of Villains, but did not know just what the DVD would be like. Once I learned that one of my favorite classic cartoons, "Trick or Treat", was going to be presented on this DVD, I rushed out to purchase it. I was not disappointed. House of Villains mixes the old classics with a few new cartoons that just may become classics in the years to come. And for lovers of the classics, you can't beat the enhanced color and sound of "Lonesome Ghosts" on this DVD. This is the perfect treat (and trick) for any family collection.
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Summary: Cute, for kids
Review: If you have a little one that watches the "House of Mouse" on Disney in the middle of the day, you know exactly what this is about. Despite the title, the focus is Halloween-related cartoon shorts featuring the classic Disney characters. Do not expect a feature film. The cartoons are the kind of Disney cartoons I remember watching as a child. My son laughs for practically the whole hour. The target audience is small children and taken in that context, it's a cute film that keeps their attention.
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Summary: Cute, for kids
Review: If you have a little one that watches the "House of Mouse" on Disney in the middle of the day, you know exactly what this is about. Despite the title, the focus is Halloween-related cartoon shorts featuring the classic Disney characters. Do not expect a feature film. The cartoons are the kind of Disney cartoons I remember watching as a child. My son laughs for practically the whole hour. The target audience is small children and taken in that context, it's a cute film that keeps their attention.
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Summary: tepid rehash of old materials.......
Review: If you're looking for new materials, do not bother with this release. It is a loose grouping of old cartoons. While the cartoons are in themselves excellent, no new value has been added by the new animated linkages. Imagine if you would a nightclub operated by Mickey. On halloween, all of the classic villains arrive to watch cartoons. Then Mickey has a bit of a struggle and the show's ended. I am afraid that this release is all too typical of the recent Disney animated sequels. The characters are great, the animation good, but the plots are rotten. Disney is in danger of damaging its reputation. Please, Disney. Come up with some good plots!!
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Summary: Uhhhhh.....NO!
Review: It's been a LONG time since I've bought a Disney movie (after my almost 2-years of working with Disney Orlando), and my favorite characters are the villains, ESPECIALLY after seeing the Fantasmic show where the allmighty Maleficent was practically the star in the "villain take-over". When I saw HOUSE OF VILLAINS pop out of nowhere on the shelf one day, I was hesitant and waited a couple of weeks til finally giving in. I think I should have stayed with my first instinct because this was a major disappointment. Basically all the Disney characters and villains go to the House Of Mouse (a movie theatre) on Halloween night and Micky (of course) is the emcee, and you see several Disney animated shorts related to halloween; some classic, some new. I found the classics to be fun to see as always, however, the newer shorts were utterly terrible. After nearly an hour, the villains so-called "take over" the theatre and change it into the House Of Villains, throwing Micky & the gang out, and the villains have their own private showing of a couple animated shorts (the first one is decent, the second one is repulsive). After this, Micky throws on his Fantasmic garb and battles it out with Jafar in the weakest and corniest battle between Disney good and evil that I have EVER seen. Apparently Disney wanted to turn the wonder of the live Fantasmic show into a few measley seconds of an animated adventure, toning down the violence from lion to newborn kitten. I'm sorry, but I dearly love the character of Maleficent and with this film, it doesn't do her justice. She only has one spoken line in the film, and yes, she does transform into the dragon (in a one second flash) while romping around with the other villains during the song while they are taking over the theatre, but if you know Maleficent like I know Maleficent, she wouldn't waste no time piddling around giving a sing-song, but rather explode in a fit of rage and carnage, terrorizing Micky and his gang. Yeah, it seems a little horrendous, but I thought we would finally get to see a teaming of all the villains, but this is not what it seems. Fans of the villains, beware, and stick with buying the full length classic films if you wish to see your favorite villain to their evil capacity. This film is simply for children, possibly parents, but not for villain completists. Originally I was planning on showing this at my upcoming Halloween party, but I think I will hide this in the back of my movie collection so nobody will suggest viewing this. If anything, I will play the classics GREAT PUMPKIN and JOHN CARPENTERS HALLOWEEN. Again, children will probably love this as a Halloween treat, but adults...uh, no!
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Summary: Another cute Disney cheapie
Review: Just like Christmas's "Snowed in At the House of Mouse," this direct-to-video 70 minute film is made up mostly of new and classic Disney cartoons (this time all with a Halloween theme), with little bits of new animation in between focusing on Mickey and pals running a toon nightclub with all the Disney characters in the audience. In this story, about five or six of the classic Disney villians decide to take over the House of Mouse, though their reign lasts only about ten minutes. All in all, it sounds cute and worth it for the nine shorts that are sprinkled throughout.
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Summary: Good fun!!
Review: My 4 yr old daughter loves this! I was worried that the "villains" theme might scare her, but it's only lighthearted fun. I don't have all the shorts that people are complaining about here, so it's a treat for me not only to have them all on one video but also it's a good prelude to Halloween next month.
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Summary: Entertainment for ALL ages!
Review: My kids both love the Disney show House of Mouse, so when this came out, they had to have it! They really enjoy all the stories and shorts. Though the adults will remember many of the cartoons, they only remind us of what a master Walt Disney was...and how his legecy is being carried on! Everyone will enjoy this DVD!
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