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Summary: Hakuna Matata!! Wonderful!
Review: Finally, A Lion King DVD from Disney that has all the songs with the words and some fun games as well. My two year old has learned the words to I Just Cant Wait to Be King, Circle of Life and Hakuna Matata. He has also learned to distinguish various animal tracks from one of the games included. If you are looking for the movie wait for the Special Edition in October, but if your child loves the Lion King and plays the audio tape over and over this is the DVD for you!!
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Summary: Read along in five languages - great idea
Review: I bought this DVD because it is formatted like a book with words on the screen in five languages. A group of words are shown in bold as they are read. My only complaint is that the words should be highlighted or change colors as they are read. Also, I had some trouble with the speed of the DVD. Initially it was reading fast but when I slowed it down, the words being highlighted did not match when the words are being read.
If the words are in synch and the each word highlighted as it is read, I think it will do a much better of job teaching young children reading. Anyway, my four year old loved the DVD. He already knows how to speak French and English and the vocabulary section got him interested in other languages too. The games are also pretty nice...only problem is that you can't choose which game to play. You always have to start from the beginning.
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Summary: Not what was expected
Review: I expected the DVD to carry the original Lion King movie/story. Instead, it is a modified story book edition with little if any animation, although the cartoons are all faithful to the originals. However, it really fails in achieving anywhere near the entertainment value, emotion and wonder of the movie or theatre performance. All in all - a big letdown. The only saving grace was that the price fell dramatically by shipment time and there are a couple of neat little inter-active games that keep young children interested for about 15 to 20 minutes. My suggestion - save your money; wait and see if they ever release the actual movie on DVD.
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Summary: Not worth a penny
Review: I thought "Read Along" meant a book - Not. It is a DVD "book" with subtitles on the screen, the characters don't talk or move, it only has a narator's voice and the pages "flip" on the screen. The whole story is over in 5 minutes. Most of the DVD is taken up with ads for other movies, and 3 music videos (Elton John, etc) which children aren't interested in anyway. Should be rated "fast reading adults only" who want a summary of the story at best.
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