The Rescuers (A Walt Disney Classic) (The Classics) [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of The Rescuers (A Walt Disney Classic) (The Classics) [VHS]
Movie Review: The presentation is pale.
Summary: 5 Stars
As much as I love this Disney classic, I'm disappointed with the DVD for many reasons:
PACKAGING:
Being a single disc edition, I didn't expect a fancy cover but I was extremely disappointed with the fact that they were re-using the cover from the previously released VHS version.
No insert. No big deal, but it shows lack of attention put into this DVD.
No Satisfaction Guarranteed seal which I can see why is absent.
Film feels outcasted as if it weren't part of the animated canon, being one of their best, I should expect more pride in the DVD cover layout and presentation.
The text in the back is reused mostly from the previous VHS version, a few lines are altered and a "snappy new remastering" is stated, indeed snappy and poor.
FILM PRESENTATION:
Poor picture quality. Lots of grain and washed out scenes. Colors are pale and not vivid as they are supposed to be. Outlines appear thick and violet due to age which is rather disturbing sometimes. A few scenes flash and need deep cleaning, especially the darker scenes.
Audio is good, but could be improved much.
DVD LAYOUT:
Way too many previous, 8 in total before the film starts, most of them uninteresting ones.
Uninteresting menus. Fancy free, blurry and lacking.
Borus features could be improved. Water Birds and Someone's Waiting for You sing along should be cleaned for clearer presentation. Other features are dull and could use improvement.
MISCELANEOUS:
Lack of publicity, I didn't know this film had been released on DVD until I ran into original copies on eBay.
Overall, the film is indeed great, but the DVD is hard to recommend due to many faults. Buy the VHS if you really want the film or wait till it is re-released into a better edition. Rumor has it that the film will be re-released on a Masterpiece Edition DVD in 2007, commemorating its 30th anniversary. Wait till then.
Movie Review: Awesome classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
The rescuers was the last of the great Disney films before the studio fell in an area of financial troubles that kept them from shining with great animated films, not to say that the films that followed weren't good, but they didn't have the luster that films like The Jungle Book, The Rescuers and others from the '70s and before had.
Telling the story would be pretty much copy and paste, two little mice named Bernard and Miss Bianca must race to save a little orphan girl who's been kidnapped by Madame Medusa and Mr. Snoops, a pair of villains who need a little body to squeeze down a dark and scary hole into an underground cave where the marvelous Devil's Eye, the world's largest diamond; But what are two little mice to do when faced alone against Medusa's powerful shot-gun and a pair of hungry aligators Brutus and Nero?
The film's villain has often been critisized in two ways, one that she was a copy of Cruella DeVil, yeah, so now anyone who drives recklessly is a copy of Cruella? And two, because her motive was a diamond. Hello! It's the World's Largest Diamond! Who would not obsess over that?!
Anyways, the film is wonderful and filled with beautiful colors, loving characters, heartwarming scenes (Mainly the ones featuring the orphan girl Penny), gorgeous songs "Someone's Waiting for You", "The Journey" and "Tomorrow is Another Day" being downright delightfully beautifully. The film also features one of the happiest endings in Disney history. Unfortunately Disney, of course, couldn't leave the happy ending be, for they had to ruin it with a wretched and horrible sequel made somewhere in the late '80s/early '90s.
The DVD itself is quite horrendous, mainly in picture quality. The fact that the cover is reused from the previous VHS version tells the consumer that very little time was put into the DVD. It seems The Rescuers is going out of print, which may be good news for those wanting a newer edition.
I'd recommend this film to anyone who loves the greatest of Disney classics.
Movie Review: Rescuers.....
Summary: 5 Stars
A great Disney film. It reminds me alot of my childhood, because I used to(and still do) own a minature record of The Rescuers, complete with the book. The Rescuers was always the favorite among my Disney records and still one of my favorite childhood movies to this day.Movie Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
I recieved my product very quickly and it was in the exact condition that I expected. I was very happy and I will definatley order from them again. Movie Review: Five stars for the movie, 1 for the DVD!
Summary: 5 Stars
Disney's beloved animated classic, The Rescuers ranks among the most memorable and charming films of Disney's days of magic and glory. It's one of those Disney movies that you remember all your life, to the point in which you have every scene and every piece of dialogue memorized. The characters are fun and colorful, the storyline is sweet, charming and touching, the animation is lively and realistic but the DVD release doesn't do this film justice.
Picture lacks quality, it's blurry, the colors are washed out and outlinings are thicker than they should be, also colors are sometimes faded and not the ones the film was meant to have. Sound is pretty good but could be improved. Bonus features are lacking and few relate to the film. The packaging is below standard, reused cover art, missing insert and rather mediocre, it hardly seems that this movie belongs to the great Disney Canon of animation.
The back of the DVD cover says that the film has received a "snappy new remastering" which is somewhat obvious, yet somehow the film needs and deserves so much more. Unless you care about clean and sharp French and Spanish soundtracks, keep your VHS copy until Disney releases a more fit and proper DVD release. Movie: 5/5 DVD: 1/5