VHS : Sleeping Beauty (Fully Restored Limited Edition) (Walt Disney's Masterpiece)

Rating: - GREAT
GREAT FLICK FOR THE LITTLE PRINCESS IN YOUR LIFE, A CLASSIC, IT WILL NEVER LOSE IT'S VALUE OR POPULARITY

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Rating: - "I Know You" ~ Such Childhood Memories Are Never Forgotten
I first viewed `Sleeping Beauty' during its original theatrical release in '59. It was a birthday present. I had just turned seven (you may now do the math). I loved it then and only recently have watched with my nineteen year old daughter at her request.

`Sleeping Beauty' stands at the end of phase I in the history of Disney's production of feature length animation films. Following such early classics like `Snow White' (37), `Alice in Wonderland' (51) and `Peter Pan' (53) and preceding the modern masterpieces `Little Mermaid' (89), 'Beauty and the Beast' (91), `Aladdin' (92), `Pocahontas' (95) and `Mulan' (98) you can easily observe both the gains in production values from the earlier and the shortcomings in comparison with those that followed.

Yes the characters are grossly undeveloped when judged by today's standards and the animation falls noticeable short of what can now be done, the colors are brilliant and alluring the three good fairies Flora, Flauna and Merryweather enchanting and the music memorable.

Whether you love it or just like this film it's a piece of Disney history and should ultimately be judged by its main target audience, children.

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Rating: - The Best Disney Animated Film
Music, sound, color, and motion were what Walt Disney once said about exploring the world of animation. This movie has it all! The pure use of the classical backdrop of Sleeping Beauty Ballet embraces this animated feature with a children's book come to life in a 3D manner, when 3D was looked upon as a cinema gimmick. Don't get me wrong, it's not a 3D movie, but seeing this film on the big screen theatre, makes one feel they have entered those magic castles-firsthand.
The gimmick here is to give the three good fairies each a unique color, which they relish, even for their change into peasant women, harboring the young princess in the middle of the forest in order to shield her from the witches curse.
The witch, of course, is dark, sinister, and very gothic. Not wanting to give into failure for her announced wicked spell cast upon the young princess since birth.
During an outdoor walk, the young princess stumbles upon a male stranger, who happens to be her once betrothed, and whom she is bound to marry. Not knowing he is the prince, and him not knowing she is the princess, they both fall in love with each other amongst cute trailing animals.
The miscommunication goes further down the road as they announce their love for each other with the people who have been protecting them, and then think they have fallen for some stranger.
It's the witch who becomes the first to find out they have mistakingly bonded, and captures the prince as hostage. (For he alone can break the spell, with love's first kiss).
It's not enough that she finally set the spell upon the princess, when she finds out her hostage has been set free. Ultimately transforming herself into a raging demon, in order to thwart his advance towards the Sleeping Beauty Castle. Fine animated tale, and incredible execution style for a film developed in the late 50's.
Thank God the home video big screens are getting bigger!

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Rating: - my favorite disney film
I highly reccomend this to any lover of fairytales,disney films,animation,or who is a fan of the score from the sleeping beauty ballet. I love everything about this movie. The animation is superb,the music is absolutely beautiful and is adapted from the ballet,and the romance is very touching as in all the disney fairytales. I love how disney was able to make such gorgious songs out of the ballet score. My favorites are "hail to the princess aurora", "once upon a dream",and "i wonder" Mary costa did a supper job with the vocals for briar rose/aurora. I think sshe has the best voice of all the disney princesses. Second to this is reccomend the cannon movie tale version which is a live action film starring morgan fairchild and tahnee welch.

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Rating: - For My Daughter
I purchased the video for my daughter who is in love with all the Disney Princesses. It was delivered in a timely manner. Would purchased again from the seller.