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Anybody who struts around with Simba's hard-won authority deserves this royal DVD read-along from Disney. Kids can recoil at Uncle Scar's dastardly deeds en español and discover that "hakuna matata" sounds pretty much the same in Spanish, French, Italian, or German. And should the dynamic storytelling fail to thrill your 4- to 12-year-old fan, a flurry of other interactive options await. Toggle to "Songs" for sing-along renditions of movie hits, including "I Just Can't Wait to Be King," and on to "Music Videos," where Elton John roars soundtrack favorites "Circle of Life" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" and Jimmy Cliff and Lebo M groove to "Hakuna Matata." The "Vocabulary" feature allows for see-and-say mastery of a list of wildlife, while the "Game" section allows players to match paw and hoof prints to the proper beast and reassemble the scattered skeletal remains of an elephant. Original cast voices are featured, and grownups will be pleased by the package's reading component. --Tammy La Gorce
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How good-looking is the restoration of Disney's popular animated film? Take a look at the serviceable but dull film clips incorporated in the plethora of extras and compare them to the vivid gorgeousness of the film presentation. This "special edition" also adds a 90-second song ("Morning Report") that originated in the lavish stage musical. To Disney's credit, the original theatrical version is also included, both restored and featuring two 5.1 soundtracks: Dolby Digital and a new Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix, which does sound brighter. As with the Disney Platinum line, everything is thrown into the discs, except an outsider's voice (the rah-rahs of Disney grow tiresome at times). The excellent commentary from the directors and producer, originally on the laser disc, is hidden under the audio set-up menu.
The second disc is organized by 20-minute-ish "journeys" tackling the elements of story, music, et cetera, including good background on the awkward Shakespearean origins at Disney where it was referred as "Bamlet." The most interesting journey follows the landmark stage production, and the kids should be transfixed by shots of the real African wildlife in the animal journey. Three deleted segments are real curios, including an opening lyric for "Hakuna Matata." Most set-top DVD games are usually pretty thin (DVD-ROM is where it's at), but the Safari game is an exception--the kids should love the roaring animals (in 5.1 Surround, no less). One serious demerit goes to the needless and complicated second navigation system that is listed by continent, but just shows the same features reordered. --Doug Thomas
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An unforgettable Disney Classic!,
By Elaine Roche "Bunny" (Whitmore Lake, MI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lion King (Disney Special Platinum Edition) (DVD)
Those people that are saying Lion King was a rip-off of Kimba the Lion are only jaded anime otakus that seem to think American animation is always ripping off Japan.Not true. In fact, The Lion King was an adaption of the famous Shakespearian play Hamlet where the main character(which the play is titled off of)'s father, the King, is killed by his jealous brother. Told by his father's ghost to avenge his death, Hamlet does so, the similarity ends with Disney's trademark happy ending (in Hamlet, everyone dies at the end). This movie, though not my favorite of all the Disney animated features (that title belonging to The Hunchback of Notre Dame), is superbly made and has earned it's recognition as one of the greatest animated features of all time very easily. I'd go as far to say that if Walt were alive when it was released, he would have been proud. The music, acting, animation and overall story are all blended together seamlessly into a movie you have to be completely abnormal not to love. Buy this movie, you won't regret it, even after the upteenth viewing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not worth a penny,
By Rosie the labradoodle "kgaspen" (Aspen, CO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lion King (Read-Along DVD) (DVD)
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.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Shameful! No pride in these pridelands!,
By j (Toronto) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lion King (Disney Special Platinum Edition) (DVD)
While this is one of my favourite Disney movies, I have just purchased the DVD after YEARS of waiting and will be returning it promptly -- until the day Disney decides to use some of their money to put out *quality* products. Let's face it... the Disney company must have enough money to rule the world by now. They own several resorts, a cruise line, a town called Celebration, an island in the Bahamas... so that begs the question... why are their special effects so cheap and how could they do such a terrible job transferring this movie to DVD? Did we rush this DVD out just to make more cash without putting in an effort? I dunno... the other special features seem pretty good. But you don't have to be a technical wizard of any kind to notice the spot (during both the special edition AND theatrical versions) where the layers switch and Mufasa's voice is actually blacked out during his sentence. His lips move... but nothing comes out. The scene occurs approx 11 minutes into the movie, where Zazu delivers the morning report. Whether you're watching the spoken or sung version, right after the "pounce", a freeze-frame that switches DVD layers causes the background laughter, sound effects and Mufasa to be muted, taking it from "That was very good!" to a disappointing "...ry good". Even the children made sour faces and asked: "What was that?" Instead of explaining the challenges of the DVD-making process, I think I'll just wait until Disney learns how to cut movie properly. These switches are usually done between scenes or at a pause in the scene where viewers don't notice. But then THIS coming from a studio that claimed it was an original story when anyone familiar with Shakespeare will tell you it's Hamlet... much as Lion King II was Romeo and Juliet. As always, the movie itself gets ten stars, but the DVD gets ZERO as far as I'm concerned.
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