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Summary: Jonah - A Veggie Tales Movie
Review: My kids all absolutely love this movie, and it's a "must" for anyone who thinks that religion/Christianity is too difficult for younger children to understand. Our then 2-year old had gotten into VT a little while before this movie came out on video, and he insisted on getting it for his 3rd birthday. We thought he would watch a while and then lose interest, but he *loves* the movie, and sings the songs, and has understood the lesson very clearly. Like previous VT movies such as "Lyle the Friendly Viking", the message is very clear even for the youngest children, but it is also a whole lot of fun, and we even have the audio tape, which the kids love to sing along to in the car. All three children now understand that "God gives second chances". :-)
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Summary: Great movie
Review: This is Big Idea's first attempt at a feature film and I thought they did a very good job. The film has lots of humor for both adults and kids. The animation is quite good, and it several good lessons to be learned. There are several music videos to listen to on the DVD as well.
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Summary: Veggie fan amazed!
Review: I was so excited when I first learned there was going to be a veggie movie going to the big screen! I never had the chance to see it in the theater but bought the DVD as soon as it was released. I was a big fan of the pirates who dont do anything before this movie and was pleased as punch to see the role they got in this movie!! But, you've already read all about the movie from the other reviewers and I want to point out the extra material. I LOVED the tours of the Big Ideas studio where Jonah was created. I love the comentaries from the veggies and everything else this DVD offers. If you are a veggies fan, or if this is your first bit of veggie exposure, do not hesitate to buy this DVD!
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Summary: Jonah a veggietales movie was awesome
Review: im not one to hug the bible or anything but i loved this movie, it was stupid but funny so thats why it is so good. i love the pirates, they are the best because they are just like me.... THEY DONT DO ANYTHING!!!. the songs are good but you should of included the cheeseburger song! now i must go buy the ultimate silly song countdown... just to get the cheeseburger song!! yah
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Summary: Very well done children's version of Jonah for all ages.
Review: The heart of this Veggie Tales movie is the telling of the story of Jonah. While Jonah is inevitably associated with the "whale" (actually "great fish", from the Hebrew "Dag Gadol"), there's a lot more to his story than that. The story is set out with delight and with humor. One problem the filmmakers had to work around is that they did not want to make God (who has a fair amount to say in the Biblical book) a character in this movie. They get around this quite well by putting His words in the mouths of other characters. This does lead to a slight weakness near the end (Chapter 4 of the Biblical book) which, in the Bible, is heavily devoted to conversation between deity and prophet, and leads to the lesson in compassion which concludes the story. There is simply no way to reproduce God's unanswerable statement which concludes the book; the moviemakers settle for spelling out the lesson in compassion. Reasonably faithful to the Bible, there are some delightful moments--as when the sailors cast lots to see which among them has offended his god--the lot falls upon Jonah through playing a dramatic game of Go Fish! And, as Jonah floats in the water and the sailors try to rescue him, the moviemakers show great sense of humor and cinematography, as tension-filled music is heard, and a wide shot is maintained--showing plenty of ocean shortly to be filled by Jonah's swallower. There is a slight Christian emphasis (mostly through the repetition of the "God of the Second Chance" and "mercy" themes, which, as it is not overt, should not present a problem for those of other faiths. Kids and adults should enjoy a good story here, and the latter should admire the techniques used to tell it! Well recommended.
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Summary: A Ridiculous and Irresponsible Ending
Review: This otherwise superb Veggie Tales film is ruined by its ending. What the Big Idea people purport as a "Biblical" story is in fact, in its ending, nothing at all like the ending to the story in the Bible. Creative license is one thing, but when you are teaching values to kids from sacred religious texts, you need to have a more faithful (pun intended) adherence to the source. My kids watch Veggie Tales quite often; we own many of their tapes and DVDs. But my kids don't ever ask or choose to watch this Jonah movie. They've told me, "What's the point?" You see, this movie's ending is a complete downer. In a very real sense, it creates a bit of an existential problem for the young viewer. I have seen children struggling to understand why this "man of God" should be so much weaker and have so much less faith than them, and then, in the moment when they are happy for him because he's "finally come around", he fails miserably for them because he just doesn't "get it" the way they do. It's basically an attempt by the Big Idea people to create some dramatic irony; and it's just put in the most inappropriate moment possible for this movie. The kids who understand better than Jonah do not feel better about themselves or empowered or wise; rather, they are frustrated and confused because a character they've been identifying with for over an hour has suddenly just fallen off the deep end of understanding... and the kid is left with this nagging little fear (which one of my children expressed to me) that says "maybe Jonah has good reasons for not understanding... maybe God was wrong...?" Thank you, Big Idea Productions, for plopping that discussion into my lap. So, if you are going to show this movie, just be prepared to do a LOT of talking with the little ones when it is over.
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Summary: BEST VEGGIETALE MOVIE EVER!
Review: Best Movie Of My Life.
It's The Story Of Jonah
From The Bible (Jonah
1-Jonah 4) and the
lessons are compassion
and mercy.(Compassion Is
When Someone Helps Someone
Who Needs Help.Mercy Is When
You Give Someone A Second Chance,
Even If They Don't Deserve It)
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Summary: Absolute fun for kids and adults
Review: Sure, it's the same Veggie-characters as on a lot of their shorter stories, but "Jonah" is a cut above the others in quality. Kids will love their familiar characters, but adults will enjoy the detailed graphic animation, the jokes, the sight gags, and most especially the music. The musical number that takes place while Jonah is trapped inside the fish is worth the whole disk. It's the equal of any professional gospel choir-- powerful, inspirational, even if it does happen to be sung by a bunch of animated angelic asparaguses (asparagi??). You'll love it!
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Summary: I liked it. It wasn't too kiddish.
Review: Don't let the G rating fool yopu. Its great. Not for little kids, theres just nothing offenseive in it unlike finding nemo. I think its aimed for older kids its just rated g so everyone thought it was for little children.
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Summary: Pretty good not bad.
Review: Its an okay movie........I guess its okay. When I saw the commercails I really wanted to see it but never got the chance. heres the basic idea. They hit a seafood restraunt, the pirates talk about jonah, they sing, its over. I saw it at a friends huse who said it was his or one of his favorite movies. I like the fat that it christain based. but i think it was aimed for younger audinces, but i liked it all the same. i think its a good stroy but they should have done noah or something people are more familer with. not that i dont know jonah. its okay. i
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