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Summary: Slow Manuevering DVD (Great Content poor execution)
Review: The menus are flashy and creative...but to get from one area to another takes f o r e v e r. This is frustrating to me. I enjoy the DVD menu feature so I can JUMP to an area and on this DVD you can slowly meander to that area. The Dopey Mine game is fun...once. Then you realize that the alternative path is only different in 1 aspect and then you are bored. The add-on bonus features in the Platinum Edition are cool and the archival info well worth it for a colllector. But for an impatient adult, and a toddler who does not understand the process the menu action is faulty.
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Summary: Snow White has bells! Snow White has whistles!
Review: You could never accuse the guys at Disney of being on the cutting edge of progressive social thought, but they sure knew about fun -- and the current crew augments that same idea of fun with the latest technology by coming up with the best bells and whistles I've seen on a DVD. There are two discs to hold it all -- pretty remarkable when you condsider that the movie itself is only 84 minutes long. The movie looks and sounds great .... a beautiful restoration. Images are sharp, sound is clear. You can listen to the original mono soundtrack, or an improved digital track in English or French. If you choose French, even the opening sequence of a printed fairy tale book appears in French. Pretty cool. The extras include Streisand singing 'Some Day My Prince Will Come'; a karaoke edition of 'Heigh Ho'; a 39-minute documentary about the making of the film narrated by Angela Lansbury; audio commentary by Walt Disney himself, pieced together from archived materials; an animated short used to test some of the animation; and Dopey's Wild Mine Ride -- a great little trivia/puzzle game -- and that's just the first disk! The second disk is spectacular -- there are dozens of elements here, but I will mention (what I consider to be) the best: storyboard/film comparison; scenes deleted from the film (including a great scene of the dwarves making Snow White a bed, with comments penciled in by an animator); camera tests; featurettes about the voices, audio sessions, restoration of the film, and artistic concepts -- layouts, backgrounds, character sketches and development; publicity materials (posters, photos, trailers, radio commercials); and a timeline of the history of the film *and* Disney studios. The amount (and quality) of extras is truly incredible; and there is a well-designed print brochure, as well as on-disk tours of the material, to help you find your way around. This is a great version of a wonderful film -- and an exemplary use of the DVD format. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Nice and Sad
Review: Landmark cartoon about a lovely young maiden trying to escape from a hateful queen. New 2-disc DVD is compulsory for animation buffs, who'll thrill at the ornate artwork.
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Summary: Snow White a milestone in digital entertainment
Review: Let's just put it plain and simple. If you ever plan to understand and discover the possibilities of the DVD format this is the DVD to have. A classic flawless animated feature, and the most comprehensive DVD extras ever produced. This is a milestone DVD a must have.
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Summary: Very 'HAPPY'
Review: This is a very happy movie maybe just a little too happy for teens. This is a family movie but teens find it childish. Great for kids 10 and under. OK for adults.
I rate 11 out of 10 for kids 9 out of 10 for teens and 10 out of 10 for adults.
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Summary: It's Snow White. You must love it!
Review: This movie is a classic! So fantastic! I had problems getting the second disc--the features--to work, but it may be my DVD player. It looks great!
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Summary: Oh, For More Movies Like Snow White
Review: The story of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is an enchanting, experimental romp with animation. At the time of its release, in December of 1937, Walt Disney was taking a heavy, financial risk with this movie. Film goers were used to watching short animated films, like "Steamboat Willie", starring Disney creation, Mickey Mouse. However, what was yet to be known was ... would audiences sit through an hour and a half cartoon? The story itself is simple enough. A wicked queen, vane in every respect, has but one sinister ambition. That being to be "the most beautiful of all". Every day she asks her mirror, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most fairest of them all?". One day, however, the mirror answers, "Snow White" as the most fairest. Outraged that there is another person more beautiful than her, she orders a huntsman to find Snow White, and kill her. He obeys this command up until a point. After taking her deep into the forest, he has seconds thoughts, tells Snow White what the queen wanted him to do, and pleads with her to escape, which she does. Snow White meets up with seven dwarfs, who initially have no interest in her, nor her imposing ways. The dwarfs are bachelors, of sorts; at least, living in the manner of a bachelor. They are dirty and unkemp, as is their home. Snow White gets them to clean up and live more respectfully; a rough task in the beginning, and much despised by the dwarfs. However, she grown on them, and soon they come to respect her. Meanwhile, the queen discovers Snow White is still alive. Finding out where she is, the queen disguises herself as an old hag, and goes in search of her. In her possession she carries an apple ... a poisonous apple with which she intends to give to Snow White to eat. While the dwarfs are out working, Snow White encounters the queen, and is given the apple. After taking one bite, she falls to the ground, dead, unable to be revived and brought back to life but by "love's first kiss". Eventually a prince comes along, as is the custom in fairy tales, and kisses Snow White, bringing her back to life. What happens to the queen is an entirely different matter indeed. So is a short synopsis of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". However, problems evolved in the making of "Snow White". Based on a Grimms Bros. fairy tale, there was not enough material to make it into a film version, and Dinsey wondered how he could make an animated feature length film, and still keep the audiences attention. He also wondered what he could do to offset the horror in the film. "Snow White", after-all, dealt with, and ultimately contained, much terror that even today still frightens some younger viewers. The answer came in several factors. One was in fast paced crosscutting scenes, so that the action was not concentrated on one particular character for too long. Another answer came with using sweet, mellow songs to help move the story along. "I'm Wishing", "With A Smile In My Song", "Whistle While You Work", and "Heigh Ho" were just some of the songs that helped carry "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". A third factor, and perhaps the most important of them all, came in the comedics of the dwarfs themselves. Doc, Sleepy, Grumpy, Happy, Sneezy, Bashful, and Dopey were all meticulously created, each with their own identities; and but for them and their silliness throughout "Snow White", the film may not have moved with the speed it did, and older members in the audience may have become bored, while younger ones may have become more frightened. All of the elements were now in place, including a wonderful cast
that starred Adriana Casoletti as Snow White, Harry Stockwell, as the prince, and Lucille Laverne as the Queen. In its initial release, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" pulled in over four million dollars, thereby securing both Disney's future, and the future of animated films. Without the success of Snow White, it is easy to conclude Disney would not have attempted it again, and we never would have known of "Bambi" "Pinocchio", or "Dumbo". Thanks to Walt Disney's heavy gamble with "Snow White", his exhausting persistence in seeing it through, a flood gate of highly successful animated films have graced the silver screen, amusing and entertaining audiences for decades hence.
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Summary: Breathtaking and Outstanding!
Review: If I could give this DVD more than 5 stars I definitely would. This is one of the most beautifully done DVD's ever produced. The classic Snow White comes to life on this DVD in vivid color and sound like never before seen! It was fun to watch this movie again as it has always been one of my favorites but was even more special to see my child watch Snow White for the first time ever in this format. Not only can one enjoy the movie, but a vast wealth of other information about the movie. Disc One contains the movie as well as a behind the scenes making of Snow White, a beautiful rendition of "Some Day My Prince Will Come" by Barbara Streisand and a cool game called Dopey's Mine Ride (but make sure you know your Snow White trivia!) Disc Two contains all types of information about the movie Snow White. One can view deleted scenes, press clips, original music, deleted scenes and even take a tour through a virtual art gallery to view original drawings and storyboards for the movie. This disc holds hours of fun for Disney lovers and lovers of the Snow White tale both old and young alike. Enough cannot be said about this crisply done, beautifully rendered edition of a timeless classic. You have to see it for yourself!
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Summary: Great quality
Review: The digitally remastered version of this classic is great. There is such a big difference between watching this movie on DVD and then on video. I couldn't believe the clear quality. Definitely worth the purchase.
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Summary: not a "Dopey" DVD...
Review: Okay, before I begin, I should tell you that this isn't a review of the movie "Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs". I'm gonna be talking about the bonus stuff included on the DVD! "Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs" is the most advanced DVD I have ever seen. Even though that alone might not say much, (Our family curently owns only 5 DVDs) I can tell it's great judging by what the other people are saying. The movie itself has been fully restored, and it looks better than it ever did before! Disc One of the DVD contains the film, as well as audio commentary by Walt Disney himself (I know he would be proud of just how great this DVD is). The forty minute "Making Of Snow White" is also great. And the new version of "Some Day My Prince Will Come" is so good, it might put Snow White herself to shame. My favorite part of the DVD just might be the great trivia game, "Dopey's Wild Mine Ride". Players have to help Dopey gather the other dwarfs from the mine to help him save Snow White. It's a thriling experience! Disc Two of the DVD is also great. The deleted scenes just might be the best part, and there are surprisingly alot of them. Some are fully animated! Another treat is the "Disney Through The Decades" film: It not only let's us see what's been hapenning with Disney through the years, but it also let's us see "Snow White's" original trailers. The first one doesn't even show any actual scenes from the film. There's much, much more on this DVD, but I don't want to spoil it all for you. But I will tell you that after watching some of this DVD, I have a new respect for "Snow White" that I never thought I'd have!
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