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This is the original version of Sleeping Beauty. Not in format most kids watch movies. I was a bit worried, but my 4 yo granddaughter loves it ! She watched it 3x in a row. I know I watched it as a child, but I could really tell it was older style of cartoon movie. No pixels, just different than movies like Nemo etc. So glad she loves it, the witch and her bird had her hiding under the blankets for a moment. She was glad for the movie, because all I could find online was Youtube video that was just still characters in reading book style. She really likes holding the foil type cover sleeve while watching the movie. She would say, "Gg, watch, here comes Prince Philip" as I was starting to doze off. Cute movie, worth the money for sure
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Spoiler alert! This is a unique review. The 2 disc set of "Sleeping Beauty" in Blu-Ray form is a marvelous video update from Disney. The particular package which I received contained a blemish on Disc 2 (probably caused in manufacturing) which should have cause the original owner to return the set for replacement. I have tried the disc in 3 different Blu-Ray players (Samsung, SONY, and RCA) and none would even recognize it as a valid disc. I suspect that the seller was not even aware of the problem. Now the unique good news. The material on Disc #2 mostly repeated content from the earlier 2-disc DVD edition that I already owned, and reports indicate that much of it was not actually HD. My exclusive interest was in Disc #1, not for the feature (which is probably wonderful), but for the Academy Award winning "Grand Canyon"! On the earlier release, this full scope Tru-Life Adventure was not even enhanced, so the final resolution was nothing to brag about. The content on THIS SET is digitally clean-up, enhanced, and full 1080! Since the original footage was only 16mm this is probably as good as it's going to get! And let me assure you if you haven't seen it that it deserves the OSCAR it won! I would have paid the asking price for this set just to get these 30-minutes. So let me sincerely thank you for it.Read full review
For all of us spanish speaking followers of Disney, it has become a hard task to find spanish audio and subs in the Sleeping Beauty BD release. US versions do not carry spanish at all, the mexican edition is out of the counter -rejected by the public for not bringing the original spanish ost- and in Argentina, the case offering them is flawed, and the movie disc inside is the exact american one, only the extras bd carrying the spanish subs. The only edition carrying the audio and subs in spanish happens to be the canadian version, and in fact, it does have those. It can be identified by a green small circle with a tiny white leaf inside, at the back of the case and in every disc, and some tiny lettering at the back that claims the version was made in/for Canada. There is also the european version in Spain, but it is coded zone B. There was never an original castillian version for the movie, they always had the latin version in europe, but not sure if they made a castillian soundtrack for the 2008 release. The 2008 spanish audio version is not bad for choruses and narration but, for all of us having memories of the original track with the glorious song in the woods and mean Maleficient's unforgettable character, as ell as the kind fairies, well, it is true, the new one can be trash. ALL the rest, extras and picture quality included, is simply oustanding and a pleasure to watch from A to Z. Hope we can see the original mexican spanish soundtrack put in a new release soon. Miss that bad. http://www.petitiononline.com/lbddob/petition.html Here is a link for those wanting to help in that regard.Read full review
While I am a fan of Disney's earlier works, espically Snow White, Pinnocio, Cinderella, Bambi just to name a few, Sleeping Beauty was Disney's last all hand drawn movie and I feel it is a wonderful blu ray venture for the Disney collector. If this is what we will get with the future Disney blu ray releases, collectors can expect their dreams to come true. The transfer is breathtaking in clarity, many times almost three dimensional. The sound is wonderful, so much of Disney's genius was in the music wove into the story. The extras on the discs are so numerous it will take you hours to go through them. One that stands out is an Oscar winning short film on the grand canyon, almost a half hour long, it is amazing in high definition. This is well worth adding to your blu ray library.
I couldn't imagine the picture in High Definition getting much better than the DVD release, but every Disney Blu Ray disc I have seen look vastly better than the DVD counterpart. I'm sure that the player and TV make a difference, but the amount of improvement over the DVD is immense and I am sure will be noticeable on just about any HD setup. The difference between the DVD and the Blu Ray on EVERY Disney title I have seen is as different as the DVD was from the VHS versions. Sleeping Beauty seemed even more impressive because of the amazing colors and color shades in this film. You can see texture and detail that just isn't on the DVD versions of their movies. I hate to have to buy a third format of my favorite Disney films, but these really are worth it.
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