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Summary: Ya Hoo Forays, Da Hoo Dorays, Welcome Christmas!
Review: This is the unusual but nice-sounding song that all the Whos down in Who-ville sing in "How The Grinch Stole Christmas". The classic Dr. Seuss tale of a mean nasty Grinch who hated Christmas as opposed to the Whos down in Who-ville who liked it very much. After 54 years of putting up with it, he tries to stop Christmas fromcoming. "But how?". Wonderful treat, for everyone.
"Horton Hears a Who" is a great addition and also deals with Who-ville, too!
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Summary: A Great Christmas Cartoon but the DVD Could Be Better!
Review: I have been watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas since I was a little girl and before I bought this DVD I had the video. The Grinch is a wonderful Christmas story but I was wondering why the video has better color then the DVD when it's usually the other way around. Why is the Grinch much greener in the video transfer? On this DVD for the first half of the cartoon, he starts off with a light mustard yellow and then in the middle all of a sudden changes to the correct green color. I know the Grinch was never that dark of a green like shown on the DVD case like some reviewers are claiming but was more like a light lime-green but was also NEVER yellow. Another reviewer claims that they have remastered the DVD and corrected the color problem and I hope that is true because I unfortunately got one of the defective DVD's. Well, it does happen once in a while that a bad batch of DVDs can go out with some people getting the good ones and others the defective ones. Now I still enjoy watching the Grinch and I will keep it until I know for sure that newer Grinch DVDs have the correct color because it's a delightful story. Now as for the other feature, Horton was one of my favorite books when I was a kid and the Horton Hears a Who cartoon was good but I preferred the book.
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Summary: Much better than Ron Howard's interpretation
Review: I've been reading the reviews for this movie, and I noticed that one "viewer" complained that this movie doesn't have Martha May, or Stu or Dru, or any of the other characters in the Jim Carrey version. THAT'S GOOD! This movie was made thirty-four years before the Jim Carrey movie, so of course it wouldn't! It's better without them. It's more true to the book. This is better than the new live-action Grinch because it is MUCH more true to the book.
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Summary: An amazing little piece of history....
Review: Since I am sure most of the world is familiar with How the Grinch Stole Christmas, it is most likely unneccesary to discuss this high caliber little story. The presentation of the story is worth mentioning however, since I have never seen the Grinch in a more colorful or crisp display than on this DVD. Besides this wonderful classic, we are offered an AMAZING treat in the features. An older TNT special on the making of the Grinch is included on the disc and in my opinion, is worth the price alone. The special is hosted by the gloriously campy Phil Hartman before his tragic death. He literally demonstrates the way the Grinch was made from beginning to end. At one point his voice is dubbed over the classic voice of Boris Karloff to demonstrate how perfect Karloff's voice was for the role. We are treated to the Grinch played by John Wayne and Jack Nicholson, as well as other hilarious impersonations that made Hartman a genius. He also shows us the many "tools" used to create sound effects for the Grinch. Children will find this particularly interesting.On top of this now preserved "performance" by Hartman, we are treated to interview segments with the now deceased Chuck Jones who shares wonderful tidbits about working with the genius Dr. Seuss. Speaking of Dr. Seuss, his wife is interviewed as well and gives us nice details about her husband and his love for his work. We are also given great background on the music of the Grinch, the most amazing thing being that Boris Karloff in fact did not sing the famous "You're a Mean One Mister Grinch." In fact, the man who did was never credited with his performance. We now know him best as Tony the Tiger and his most famous line, "It's GRRRRREAT!" Along with these special features and the feature, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" we get another Dr. Seuss classic, "Horton Hears a Who". This feature is also decently restored, although the picture is not near as high quality as "The Grinch". Horton, an elephant, hears a tiny voice screaming "help!" from a speck of dust one day (he has very large ears) and quips the line "I must save them, because after all, a person is a person no matter how small". The rest of the feature shows Horton's dilemma as his fellow jungle friends who do not hear the voice believe Horton is going mad and attempt to punish him and destroy the dust. We also learn that the voice is in fact coming from Whoville (the same as in the Grinch) and that the entire town is so tiny that it is entirely inside the speck of dust. The Who's don't believe that anything exists outside their world and thus, don't know of their impending danger, except for one Who who has built a large telescope which stretches to the outside of their world. Both the Who and Horton have to deal with the fact that society doesn't believe they have truly spoken with one another. If you find it difficult to spend money on a Christmas classic that lasts only half an hour and would only be watched during one season of the year, then the addition of Horton should make the purchase more worth while. This DVD is a classic every way you look at it. Two classic cartoons, and footage of personalities now gone but forever imprinted on our hearts. By way of Christmas classics, few are better than "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". Even my husband still sheds a small tear when the Grinch's heart grows three sizes. We now have this endearing work to share with our children any time we want.
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Summary: My Grinch is LIGHT BLUE!
Review: I heard some people get a yellow Grinch. Others an original green one. MINE IS LIGHT BLUE! I am wondering if they did this on purpose??? Since I am the first to have a light blue one, do I win a prize or something???? Still this is a classic and it should teach us something about racism. Its a great cartoon classic. Who cares if the Grinch is green, yellow, or light blue??????? I love it. I think they made him different colors on purpose. To show how much racism affects our life. It is sad to read these Amazon.com comments. Maybe we all need to take a look at the STORY here????
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Summary: The Ultimate Chistmas Classic!
Review: Wow! This DVD is great. It includes a ton of bonus features. One of the better ones was an interview with the guy that does the voice of Tony the Tiger--He sang the "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch," song. There's also a TNT special with the late Phil Hartman, and, of course, the original "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The story of the Grinch is just as relevant now as it ever was. It's hard not to be touched when little Cindy Loo Who (who's no more than 2) gets the first piece of Roast Beast when the Grinch starts carving. A modern classic.
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Summary: Don't be a Grinch, Buy this DVD
Review: This is one of the quintisential christmas masterpieces of our time. It is a shame that it is no longer shown on network TV, making it harder to locate during the holiday season. Everyone knows the story of the Grinch who slide down the mountain to steal Christmas from the little whos in whoville, because he gets annoyed with there jovial attitudes about everything. After he steals everything the whos wake up and are still happy, the Grinch realizes the true meaning of happiness is each other not the decorations or presents or even the christmas beast. It is a heart warming story that is a timeless classic. It is a must have for every family.
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Summary: The grinch IS Green!
Review: I almost didn't order this DVD because of the controversy regarding the Grinch's color in the transfer. I'm glad I finally did, because the Grinch appears perfectly green. Granted, it's not a dark green like on the packaging or in that horrible abomination perpetrated upon us by Jim Carrey and Ron Howard, but a light green which stays consistant throughout. This is the Grinch of your youth, order with confidence! As for the critics of the Grinch's color I can only assume one of three causes for their concern: 1-The DVD has been remastered recently due to complaints, 2-Their equipment is faulty, or 3-Ingestion of way too many consciousness altering substances, in which case STOP NOW! There are many books at Amazon.com which can help you.
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Summary: Pretty good
Review: I enjoyed this movie, when I watched with my two daughters. However, the movie didn't keep their interest very long. They enjoyed the Grinch story and managed to sit through it. However, the second story, Horton Hears a Who didn't capture their attention. Although I found it cute and entertaining, they haven't asked to see it again. I would recommend it to younger children. Mine are 5 and 6, and perhaps this movie would be better for early preschool and younger children.
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Summary: Better, but different than the VHS copy
Review: I have both the DVD and VHS copies of this movie and the DVD version is only slightly better -- yes, it has a few extras.
About the Grinch's color: yes, on DVD, it changes to green later in the movie (for whatever reason) and it STAYS green (even when it is NO LONGER night, which refutes the "night" argument of the previous reviewer). The VHS version has the Grinch as green the ENTIRE time. Whatever the reason, ONE of them has to be wrong - and since I NEVER remember the Grinch as yellow...my guess it that the DVD is incorrect.
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