DVD
REVIEW:
THE ARISTOCATS SPECIAL EDITION
02/03/08
If you forgot to buy the Gold
Collection Line DVD version of the Aristocats that lasted
until 2006, you are in luck, after two years of absence
Disney is re-releasing this wonderful classic again in a one
disc DVD Special edition. The Cats are back and sounding
better than ever, with a new digitally mastered video and
audio this Classic will have kids and adults tapping their
feet to a contagious jazzy beat. This movie as any Disney
classics like Pocahontas, Aladdin and the Little Mermaid,
have your heroes, villains, and adventures. and it will
delight youngsters and grown ups of all ages. The Aristocats
is Disney’s twentieth animated feature, and even it has more
than 30 years its animation will delight youngsters and
grown ups of all ages. It is unquestionable a great movie to
have for those people who like any kind of animation, and a
most have in the collection for any Disney fan. The new DVD
will be available on February 5 2008.
For those who do not know the story, The Aristocats takes
place in Paris, and it is a story of a high class Cat,
Duchess, her three kitties, an alley cat, O’Malley, a greedy
Butler, and Duchess’s owner Madame Adelaide. When Madame
Adelaide decides to leave all her fortune to her cat,
Duchess and her kitties, she made a clause stating that if
anything were to happen to her precious cats, then it will
be her Butler Edgar the one who inherits her fortune. Edgar
overhears this and decides to take action, he catnaps
duchess and her kitties and dump in in the outsides of
Paris. Duchess come across an alley cat by the name of
Thomas O’Malley and the fun begins with an adventure to get
back to Madame Adelaide, while meeting interesting and
captivating characters along the way.
The movie is fantastic, the story is kept simple but
interesting the characters are charming, attractive and fun.
Each one of them have their unique characteristics that
makes the audience fall in love with every single one of
them. Now I have the old VHS tape of the movie and what
Disney did with the visual is totally amazing the colors are
brighter, the sound is louder and clearer the whole movie
experience changes completely. It felt just like when I was
a kid sitting in the theater watching it for the first time.
The movie is accurate on the time, it depicts the life and
culture of the 1910s, with a sophisticated cat knowledgeable
of the different arts, and a charming lower class alley cat,
using a more street folklore of the time; the only original
American truth form of art: Jazz. The music is incredible
the songs are well written and executed, and with the new
digitally mastered sounds amazing.
The Aristocats is and will remain a classic in animation. It
is one of Disney’s more elaborated movies, it portrays
family values, human emotions, and, social and cultural
aspects that are still valid today, while it entertain us.
This DVD is well designed and full of extras for any kind of
audience, It also comes with the fast Play feature which
takes away the extra step that most DVDs require in order to
watch the movie and special features. It also comes with
songs and an interactive game to play in your computer. It
is definitely a most have family DVD.
VIDEO:
Widescreen (1.75:1) Enhance for 16x9 TVs
AUDIO:
Dolby
Digital 5.1 Surround - English Spanish French,
Subtitles - English, Spanish,
French
BONUS FEATURES:
The DVD is loaded with good and interactive special
features. If you play it in the computer you get a chance to
access other stuff from the Disney website like screensavers
and get to play and interactive game where you have one of
the kittens as a pet. Where you can print stuff. If it is
only plug in the DVD payer it has the following:
Deleted Song: “She never Felt
Alone” written and develop by Richard Sherman he also
explains the meaning of the song behinds it. Also it tells
that it was in the beginning of the movie (7:54)
Music and Songs: this is
basically the sound track of the movie, it has all the songs
played in the movie with the lyrics so you can sing a long.
It includes : “The Aristocats,” “Scales and Arpeggios,”
“Thomas O‘Malley Cat,” “Ev’rybody Wants To Be a Cat”(10:51)
Games and Activities: includes
three different menus like the interactive game Disney
Virtual Kitten available only on DVD ROM and The Aristocats
fun with language Game where you select the correct
instrument.
The Sherman Brothers The aristocrats of
Disney songs: how the different songs were composed
and chosen with commentary by the Sherman brothers(4:24)
The Aristocat’s Scrapbook it is
about 18 pages of concept art and nice pictures
The Great Cat Family (Excerpt) original
air date September 19 1956: a cartoon told but no
one butter than Walt Disney itself about the story of the
cat, it tells its origin and evolution (12:56)
Bonus Short.Bath Date: a short
cartoon about Figaro a black cat own by Minnie mouse, it is
kind of funny and bring back memories of early
animation(6:39)
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Review
By Milo
milo@smartcine.com
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