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Post by Butterscotch on Jun 10, 2010 22:37:35 GMT -5
I thought for sure you'd know, BRP!
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Post by princessrapunzel on Aug 11, 2010 22:01:00 GMT -5
I love sleeping beauty and it is one of my favorites.
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Post by rapunzelshair on Dec 31, 2012 9:06:38 GMT -5
It's my favourite classic Disney Fairytale of all time, I have the Collectors Edition 2 disc DVD 50th Anniversary edition with hardback storybook
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2013 12:00:45 GMT -5
I like it, though I wouldn't say it's my favorite Disney Princess film ('m more of a Beauty and the Beast kind of girl). I did really love the story though, as well as the good fairies.
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Oct 8, 2014 21:56:12 GMT -5
Since Disney has released Sleeping Beauty from the vault yesterday, I thought I'd share my thoughts about the new bonus features included from the Diamond Edition release.
While I like the new menu with Aurora sleeping and the various animals showing up periodically it's sad to say that this is one of the better things about the Diamond Edition release. But that's par for the course. Recent Disney blu-ray releases have been very poor in the bonus material category.
Deleted Scenes: These are basically normal for a Disney film. They sometimes provide some insight in the creation of the movie, but were usually deleted for a reason. Fulfilling the curse is the most interesting, but it was the right decision to cut it. It feels extremely similar to the poisoned apple scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. And for a film already loaded with parallels to Snow White , Sleeping Beauty did not need another one.
The curse is almost identical to the finished version of the film albeit with a few more lines of dialogue and a look at very early concepts of Maleficent.
The fair is from a very different version of the story. It feels more like something out of Cinderella with the princess talking to the birds. The vulture felt more like Iago from Aladdin.
They provide an interesting insight into how the story developed, but the movie is far better because they were deleted.
Once Upon a Parade is a nine minute ad for visiting Walt Disney World and seeing their new parade. More time showing the floats instead of a story would have served this feature better. I do find it somewhat ironic that they included this as a bonus feature on Sleeping Beauty since they decided to remove Princess Aurora from the parade and replace her with Anna and Elsa.
The @disneyanimation feature was interesting, but I don't think it's something I'll watch again and again. It features a current Disney animator making a paper model of Maleficent and why she enjoys working with paper.
Beauty-oke replaces those baffling music videos that didn't belong on earlier releases. Since it uses the original voices from the film, it's an improvement. I wish they would have set it to concept art or something though from that scene. Sequence 8 (Once Upon A Dream) is one of the most beautiful scenes ever in the history of animation.
Generation of Evil: The Disney Villains is the best new feature, but it also could have been so much more. Clocking in at 9 minutes long, it's far too short. They easily could have done a lot more with this, but Disney home video apparently doesn't value the rich legacy and history of the company anymore. This feature, while good, would have been greatly improved if they had focused it on the work of Marc Davis and showcased his talents in both the leading ladies and femme fatales of Disney especially since Davis animated both the Princess Aurora and Maleficent. I found it rather odd that they spent so much time talking about Hans from Frozen since he's not a key part in that story.
Obviously, I'm dreaming here, but how about a feature focusing on Davis' work with interviews from Glen Keane (Ariel) and Mark Henn (Belle) and more insights from the always great Andreas Deja. The best new bonus feature could have been truly special.
Final thoughts: Honestly, the only reason to double dip on this release is if you really want the digital copy. I feel sorry for those who sold their platinum releases expecting this to be better. It isn't. There were a lot of tremendous bonus materials left off this release and the new features do not compare with what was lost.
If you don't care about a digital copy, then try and pick up the 2008 release. In my opinion, it remains the best Disney home release ever.
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Nov 8, 2014 13:36:38 GMT -5
In the event anyone is interested, ABC Family is airing Sleeping Beauty tonight Saturday November 8, 2014 and Sunday November 9, 2014. Please check local listings for the time it's showing in your area.
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Post by icyheart16 on Nov 8, 2014 15:17:48 GMT -5
Oh yes! Thanks for reminding me! I must record it!
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Post by Butterscotch on Nov 8, 2014 16:22:14 GMT -5
I'll try and watch it tomorrow!
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Post by icyheart16 on Nov 8, 2014 22:41:53 GMT -5
Okay. I am watching this now. I will let you all know if I like it or not. I remember not liking this when I was younger... so we shall see if my tastes have changed.
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Post by Butterscotch on Dec 15, 2014 17:43:32 GMT -5
So, Disney Jr. was airing Robin Hood and Sleeping Beauty was on Disney at the same time. I thought my little nephew might like Robin Hood, but he got bored pretty quickly, so I switched to this and he was more into it.
I'm always blown away by how beautiful the art is! Nothing else comes close. I was really noticing the backgrounds today, especially in the forest scene. The stylized art gives it such a distinct feel compared to other Disney movies and really makes you feel like you're somewhere far away where anything can happen.
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Post by drpepper on Dec 15, 2014 19:04:38 GMT -5
I watched this movie a few months back and I feel that it is the most polarizing Disney movie to me. For every cool thing, there is something equally bad in the opposite direction. The main character and the prince are super boring and there is too much pointless filler. However Maleficent is one of the coolest villains ever and the fairies were nice sidekicks. I think it had the potential to be really cool but just fell short.
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Dec 16, 2014 1:05:30 GMT -5
I'm always blown away by how beautiful the art is! Nothing else comes close. I was really noticing the backgrounds today, especially in the forest scene. The stylized art gives it such a distinct feel compared to other Disney movies and really makes you feel like you're somewhere far away where anything can happen. Sent from my GT-P3113 using proboards One of the animation historians interviewed for the 2008 blu-ray release of Sleeping Beauty discussed how the design of the film was so rich that it felt like a world that not only could you live in, but that you would want to live in. In a documentary about the history of fantasy films that aired on American Movie Classics (AMC), it pointed to Sleeping Beauty as an influential fantasy film on future filmmakers George Lucas and Peter Jackson, both of whom achieved tremendous success directing fantasy films such as Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. I do note here that Prince Phillip is very important in the annals of the royal men of Disney. He was the first prince to actually have a substantive role in the story. Because of the challenges of animating human males, Walt Disney had to seriously cut the screen time for Prince Charming in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Prince Charming in Cinderella is barely in the movie at all, but Prince Phillip is actually given screen time, is actually given some personality, and of course has to fight Maleficent to rescue Aurora. As with most Disney animated movies, the development of Prince Phillip and giving him more to do than show up and kiss the sleeping princess is unique to Walt Disney's telling of the story.
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