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Summary: A recreated thumbelina story
Comment: This is not the original story of thumbelina. The major diffences in this DVD is right in the beginning. Thumbelina and her father are worried that when the river overflows the rising water will washes out the little people. Therefore, thumbelina was set to go alone to warn the little people and to find help to make a dam.
When growing up as a kid thumbelina was a girl who was gifted from a fairy to a woman who wishes to have a child of her own. One day a prince came into her house and they fell in love however the prince left that day and promise to be back...
Later that night thumbeline was kidnapped by frogs but she'd gotten away and began to find her prince...and at the very end of the movie, thumbeline and the prince got married and as they kiss thumbeline grew wings of her own.
Other than that the story is similar. However the scenes with the bears and wolves are a new take on old thumbelina.
I was going to give it a 2 stars but it really wasn't a bad movie but just wasn't as I remembered it. There's a lot of music in the background not much singings. But it is still a good movie the kids can enjoy.
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Summary: Spanish dvd for children
Comment: I was looking some dvds for my grand daughter in Spanish so i bought this one but i didn't find as good as i was expecting.
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Summary: thumbelina
Comment: My niece loved this movie so much she cried. I made the best purchase ever when I bought this for her. I am her favorite aunt now!
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Summary: Charming movie!
Comment: I'm glad I listened to my friends when choosing to view this film. It is perfectly wonderful, the animation is a little on the un-expensive side, but the image and sound are perfect and the colors are vibrant and varied. The movie doesn't attempt to be grand or earth-shattering and that is half of its wonder. It is a fifty minute film for every little child to enjoy. Certainly one of the finest animated films to come out of the Goodtimes studios which are known for cheap children's fare. This one is a real winnner and mothers, it's a perfect film for the little ones. No violence, no scary scenes (Except for a little battle with some wolves), lovely music and songs and memorable characters. I love it!
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Summary: "No one could have a better friend than you."
Comment: Goodtimes' Thumbelina is an imaginative, charming film that any child is sure to enjoy (Although my father really enjoyed watching the film as well, so the movie is really suitable for anyone looking for a sweet story to dive into).
Surely the title, Thumbelina, rings a familiar bell to anyone's ear thanks to the popular fairy tale about the girl no bigger than one's thumb presented originally by Hans Christian Andersen. Now this story has been retold countless times through books and movies and even just by the passing of words. Goodtimes also took a shot at retelling this popular tale, and ended up with a very nice result.
Goodtimes tells the story of an innocent Thumbelina living with her father in a beautiful meadow along with many other "little people." They live happily but are confronted with a problem - the snow in the mountains are melting, and when the snow melts, all the water will come down into the valley where the little people are. Worried that the dam will break, brave little Thumbelina sets out to go find the prince and bring some help to the meadow before the snow melts. Thumbelina finds herself in a world of hurt along the way, running into characters that mean her harm or want to use her for their own gain. Poor Thumbelina is held back countless times while trying to triumph, luckily, along the way Thumbelina is also confronted with characters who intend to help Thumbelina as much as they can. Resulting in sweet character relationships and scenes.
Sweet, timeless melodies accompany this heart-filled story, all beautiful classical melodies that match so perfectly with the scenes. There's also a sweet song in the beginning of the film, and we are even treated with hearing Thumbelina herself sing "Edelweiss."
There aren't too many films made like this anymore, the world today seems to focus on violence or comedies (a lot of the comedies these days are full of forced humor and not even funny). It's nice to look back on these older films, to see how charming and sweet they are, invigorating and peaceful. Thumbelina is one of those films that possesses all those qualities, any child will enjoy watching Thumbelina.
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