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Summary: Excellent video
Review: My two year old son loves to watch this movie over and over. An excellent video that keeps him entertained.
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Summary: Dull
Review: Young James led a perfectly happy life - that is, until his parents were killed by an evil rhinoceros stormcloud. Now he must escape his harridan aunts and journey to New York City in a giant magical peach to fulfill his and his parents' dream. Yowza.This is the sort of film where you realize that you are supposed to be entertained, but something isn't working. The whole thing is surreal and creepy, but there is far too much figurative language and imagery here - the thing screams "the world as seen through the eyes of an idealistic child". James' companions - Centipede, Ladybug, Grasshopper, Earthworm, Spider, and Glow Worm - are nicely characterized but completely flat parodies of the various social groups, but since most of the film is a passive journey, they have little to do but squabble. James faces a number of sophisticated dilemmas, including how to harness a flock of seagulls, and what there is to eat on a giant peach. A bit less metaphor, and it would've been so much better...
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Summary: Ok, but the book was better.
Review: Dark offbeat stop-action animation adventure about an orphaned boy discovering magic fruit. Animation buufs loved its technically dazzling effects. A treat for older kids and adults who enjoy visually stunning fantasies.
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Summary: Better than A Bug's Life
Review: That's right, better than A Bug's Life. Certainly a heck of a lot better than Antz. It's been a while since I've seen this so I can't really give more of a critique than that.
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Summary: James and the Giant Peach
Review: This film is a delightfully imaginitive tale of the triumph of the parental love a boy experienced before his parents' deaths; once they are gone, the transforming magic of their faith in him and in hopeful possibilities overcome the emotionally abusive treatment he receives from greedy relatives. The wondrous animation detailing the boy's voyage in the peach with his delightful companions is matched by the spritely and enchanting songs.
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Summary: READ THE BOOK--It's far better than this sucky movie
Review: Let me put this movie in an analogy for everybody: Book is to good as movie is to bad. See! I explained it all. I hated the way they made the rhino look like a dream of James' because it wasn't suppose to be. his parents were shopping in london, the rhino escaped from the zoo, and ate them in 30 seconds flat. i also hated the way sponge and spiker followed James across the Atlantic. that was stupid. the two were supposed to be rolled over by the peach in the very beginning and skooshed. BUT THERE IS ONE GOOD THING: The producers waited until Roald Dahl died to make this movie so that he didn't have to see what a disgrace thay made out of his beautiful and wonderful, and down-right awesome book. Take my advice: buy the book form Amazon.com instead of this movie.
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Summary: claymagic !
Review: WOW ! Quite a disparity in the reviews for this one. As a 30-something who saw this twice in the theatrical run, I was entertained on an adult level as well as tickled from a child's point of view. The DVD looks great, especially with the original 1.66 format nearly filling the screen. I've noticed that reviews panning my favorite works seem to contain an unusually high number of spelling and grammatical errors : not to be snobbish, but it's difficult to take seriously feedback from those who are either 1) too lazy to communicate beyond a 6th grade level or 2) completely unaware of how uneducated they appear.
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Summary: Unbelievable Animation
Review: In this film, the second feature-length film by Henry Selick, one of Roald Dahl's best known children's books is brought to life in a way that only Selick would have done so--in a word, amazing! Aside from just a couple of background scenes that were computer animated, the rest of the animation was done the old-fashioned, low tech way--stop motion animation with puppets. Like his earlier film, Nightmare Before Christmas, Selick infuses this film with a richness of color and depth that is impossible to achieve with either live action or computer animation (and check out Jack Skellington in the underwater scene!). As for the storyline itself, it is faithful to the book and, as a consequence, is not all fluff--recall that Dahl was a decorated British pilot from WWII who wove into all of stories an occasional edginess that made them as interesting to adults as they were to children. In summary, this is more than merely a great movie--it represents a timeless work of art!
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Summary: pretty bad
Review: This movie is so stupid, I thought it was a total waste, the only reason I added an extra point was for Mario Yedidia's small appearence at the end, cuz hes a Hott-E! anyway, overall I really disliked this movie!
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Summary: This Movie is Very Favorable
Review: This movie is great! It is so good because it combines the use of computer animation adn real people to create an awesome movie. My favorite part was when James got into the peach and took off. I hope you enjoy this movie.
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