Digital Hierarchy Movie Reviews

Like I said, THIS IS NOT DISNEY MATERIAL, what inspired me pick this one up was that saw the Peter Pan Broadway hit as well as The 2 Disney films-all of which I thought were decent and very enjoyable. I thought this one was nice too, except i took off 1 star because this DVD has no subtitles or alternant languages. At least I don't think it does. Anyhow what you get here is the same storyline: The Darling childeren fly off with Peter Pan to Neverland, and meet up with Cap'n Hook, Smee and such and such. I liked the Disney version better because it has the Second Star To The Right song built right in at the begginning. Oh, sometimes i can never stop singing that!

This movie was awesome. Chicks got naked and then sang songs while I danced with my homies. You have got to get this. Check it out.

the acting on this dvd is great. i wouldnt expect that much from a game, but this caught me off guard. i love it!

This animated version of the classic boys' adventure story written by Robert Louis Stevenson is actually a re-release of a 1971 Australian production. While the animation itself is subpar compared to today's standards, it's average for the day. The voice work, which to my surprise included Hugh Keays-Byrne (Mad Max, Moby Dick), is pretty good. Pretty faithful to the original text, though a bit fast paced, this cartoon is suited for audiences of all ages (though primarily young children).

My mom bought me At War With The Army and THE MARTIN&LEWIS show from when they appeared on the Colgate Comedy Hour and I thought that this movie would be good like their other movies but mine had tracking I had to fix all through the movie-and it screwed up two times!

This movie was boring-all it had was people running around-and the plot didnt even go nowhere-if there was a plot!

And what was up with Jerry wearing that dress?
that part was dumb!

Hollywood Classics Collection DVD
1950 Black & White with a running time of 92 min.
Directed by Hal Walker
Starring Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin and introducing Polly Bergen
The transfer from VHS to DVD was done well. The picture quality and sound are very good.
In this film Martin and Lewis are starting out their career together. Martin plays a Sergeant that has girl troubles and Lewis plays a bumbling Private First Class. They find out that the Army isn't so accommondating to their wants or desires. Martin's singing in this film reminds us of how remarkable and charming he was. The antics Lewis performs shows us his talent of mockery and silliness. The best scenes of this film are when Lewis is dressed as a woman singing a love song to a drunk soldier and Lewis' battle with the soda machine. This film is a good family film but probably wouldn't keep the attention of the younger generations. However, for our generation, it is a nice look back at the beginning career of Martin and Lewis.

This one was a nice surprise. I had already seen the movie, and had enjoyed it, but didn't know what to expect from this DVD. Face it, Madacy dosen't rank too high with collectors as far as picture quality goes! But here they surprise me with a print thats scratched, but extremely clear. And a bonus of newsreel footage from the year in excellent condition, as well as a blooper reel (not from "Army")? Things are looking up here, and at six bucks and change, some value as well! Fans should seek this one out.

This review is of the Madacy DVD of "The Little Princess." The picture quality of this DVD is acceptable, but the audio portion is another thing. The sound is limited to a very narrow band in the midrange. Shirley's voice, for example, is quite tinny throughout the film. At times the sound volume changes abruptly or even disappears completely. One has the impression that the DVD audio engineer tried to regulate the sound volume at a single sitting by turning the knob in real time as he listened to the film. This movie has always sounded quite good on broadcast TV, which obviously wasn't playing back this Madacy disaster.

Unfortunately, it would seem that this writer's experience with "The Little Princess" is not unlike others' experiences with Madacy products. Read Doug Pratt's review of "Two Women" in his Video and DVD Guide (available from amazon.com) and be forewarned. I now avoid Madacy DVDs.

I have recently bought this DVD from the brand/company, and it came with a scrach and would only play the first half of the movie. Having opened the DVD I could not return it, but because it was such a cheap price it wasn't to bad. I have seen the full movie, and I think it is one Shirley's better ones. One of my favorite parts is when Shirley and Arther Treacher sing "Knock'd Em In The Old Kent Road". I loved the movie, but I don't think I would buy from the DVD company again.

I think The Little Princess movie is the best movie Shirley
Temple ever made because she played the part like it was real.
The movie was about Shirley Temple as Sarah Crew and she had to live in an orphanage while her daddy was in the war. Sarah Crew`s mother died. The headmaster and the girls were jealous of her and made Sarah clean and sleep in the attic.
At the end of the movie Sarah thinks that her daddy is in the hospital. She escapes from the orphanage and finds him there. My favorite part about the movie is when Sarah has a dream and then she awakes and has lots of pretty things.

If your a fear factory fan than this DVD is your best bet, but I was a little dissapointed that the footage was taken from other live shows. It would have been nice to see them jam on one live performece but none the less its a good buy. From a serious metal head's perspective,pick up the sepultura chaos DVD or live cannibalism DVD you will get hours of metal meyhem

Over ten years ago Fear Factory dropped a bomb on the metal world, and it's never been the same since. This is a MUST HAVE for any FF fan, hardcore or not. Over 80 min. of the band, from a bunch of live performances, to videos, to the guys talking about their history, and just jokin' around. The live stuff isn't the best ever, but I don't know why everyone always complains about the audio on bands live performances? The live songs on this are fine, I didn't even really notice if some of them were a little scratchy. When you're a fan, you put up with the little imperfections. This is an excellent DVD, no matter what anyone may say. WELL worth the money, you won't be disappointed. Truly, one of the greatest metal bands of all time, from their beginning to their untimely demise, these guys where in a class of their own! This is the real breed baby, you just don't hear stuff like this anymore:( There will never be another...FF forever!

I've read that a lot people didn't like this dvd because of bad audio quality. This only made me want it even more, and let me tell you, it's worth it! A couple of highlights are the onstage performances, music videos, and footage of the band on the road(very humorous!!!) No one can deny how good this is, this dvd is for any Fear Factory fan. Don't forget to check out their albums-Soul Of A New Machine, Demanufacture, Obsolete, and Digimortal, and the album that got them signed, Concrete, coming July 30th, 2002.

When I was a kid this movie really scared me, but my memories of Grizzly were amplified by my childhood imagination. While there are some tense moments in this film, the good points are overshadowed by the mediocre acting and poor film quality. The DVD tranfer isn't great. The film isn't very clear and sometimes the sound fades in and out. I would recommend this film only if you really like B movie horror flicks, in that sense I enjoyed its campy quality, and the bear footage isn't half bad.

I havent seen this since i was a kid, Im a little dissapointed, i was hoping that the bear wasnt just some bloke in a suit and its not-its worse... The footage is taken of a bear standing and walking through the woods and is then used again and again throughout the film which is a shame as the film is enjoyable enough.

This was the best "woods" movie i've seen since friday the 13th.If I could give it 10 stars I would!The only things dislikable to me were one, you dont ever realy see the grizzly up close to a person, so you never get to see how massive the bear realy is, second, they use a real bear, so when they do reveal it, it isn't that scary, I think the scenes where they just show his claws, etc. are scarier than when they actually show the whole bear, but I still highly recommend it to any true horror fan!

I tried this DVD on Playstation 2, which in addition to being a game console is a fully functional DVD player. Trying to play Space Ace DVD on this system was pure frustration. The pauses that occur every time you enter a move are significant...seemed like a good 2 seconds...making it impossible to enjoy playing.

However, one cool feature of the DVD is the "Watch" option which allows you to view the game from beginning to end. Believe me you have never seen this before, even if you've played the arcade version all the way through, because now you can view it without any "beeps" and without any gaps...even between levels. For me, this feature makes the DVD worth buying, although some people may find it hard to understand why you spent $ on roughly 15 minutes of animation.

The second neat feature is a few old news clips related to the game. Particularly entertaining is a segment where Rick Dyer describes his circa 1985 home laser disc game console as comparable in sophistication to the HAL 9000! Daisy...daisy...

OK, let's start by mentioning that there are TWO versions of this DVD. There is a DVD-ROM version which requires Windows 95/98 to run, and there is THIS version (called DVD-VIDEO) which does NOT require a computer to run. Both versions are manufactured by Digital Leisure.

Here is the scoop on both versions...

DVD-ROM version:
-Requires Windows 95/98 to run. (I don't know if it will work with Windows 2000 or Windows Me)
-Has smoother game play. From what I have heard from other people, the game play on this version is practically flawless.
-I don't think that this version has the "watch" feature, which lets you view the entire animation without actually playing the game.

DVD-VIDEO Version:
-Does NOT require a computer to run.
-When I use this on my Sony DVD player that is hooked to my TV, the game play is painful. There are 2-3 second gaps between moves that makes the game almost unbearable. However, when I play this on my computer's DVD drive, the game play is quite good. There are still gaps between moves, but only about 1/4 of a second or so.
-Has a "watch" feature that lets you view the entire animation without playing it. This is very cool!
-Works on MOST DVD players, except some Toshiba models.

WHY I BOUGHT THIS VERSION:
Even though the game play is better on the DVD-ROM version, I decided to buy the DVD-VIDEO version for a couple of reasons...
-The "watch" feature was important to me. I wanted the ability to just sit back and take in the whole beautiful animation without having to do shoot, left, left, shoot, etc.
-I wanted this purchase to last. In other words, I didn't want to be forced to buy a new version of this product when I switch my computer system over to Windows 2000 (or whatever Bill Gates comes up with next).

ABOUT THE ACTUAL GAME:
What can I say??? This game is an arcade classic, and a personal all-time favorite of mine. The images on the DVD look EXACTLY like they did in the arcade. I can not tell any difference. It is awesome, and I love it!!!

15 years ago, I was one of those guys who waited hour after hour to play this game. The thought of a cartoon that you can control thrills me. Ok, you don't have that many options, but still it's a great idea. Finally, now I got it home and I took it right to my heart. It works good on my JVC, even without patches... So I don't see any problems with it... BUY NOW! Yours sincerely. -Jonas

This was a gift. I knew enough to stay away from Madacy products. The quality of the print is just awful with lines, missing frames, terrible contrast, fuzzy focus, washed out color, and the worst sound I 've ever heard on a DVD. I wish I could recommend a good copy of this movie but I don't know where to get one since it's public domain.

Abbott & Costello made only two color movies and most circulating copies have variable color quality (sometimes so bad that the video is released in black-and-white instead). But this version of "Jack and the Beanstalk" is the best I've seen, and Goodtimes Home Video deserves a round of applause for issuing it on DVD. The original "Super Cinecolor" (less expensive and impressive than Technicolor) is generally very good indeed; I noticed a few instances of Costello's green costume shifting to blue-green, probably owing to different surviving film elements. Goodtimes did a fine job restoring this, and this DVD offers excellent value for the budget price.

The movie itself is a pleasant children's story with music. After a "modern" prologue in monochrome, Bud and Lou adapt their usual sharpie-and-patsy roles to colorful fairytale settings, and Buddy Baer is an excellent foil as the fearsome giant. (Listen for cartoon-voice Mel Blanc playing several roles in the "I Fear Nothing" song.) Makes a nice kiddie matinee, best for small children but older A & C fans will enjoy it, too.

Perhaps I'm a bit biased here, but this film was my first exposure to Abbott and Costello, and I've loved them every since. My parents bought the VHS tape of this when I was very young and I was instantly mesmerised -- those guys were the funniest team of comedians I'd ever seen. They still are, really.

In retrospect, this may not be one of their greatest films (it's not on par with Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, for instance), but it's a fun retelling of the classic Jack and the Beanstalk story, casting Lou as Jack and Bud as the crooked butcher who swaps him magic beans for a cow. Transplanting the boys into the fanciful setting works, and although some of the stuntwork and sets seemed pretty threadbare at times the story and the comedy still click well. This is also one of the few films the boys ever made that could be classified as a musical.

For completists who love Abbott and Costello and are still impatiently waiting for the rest of their films to come out on DVD, this is a must-have. Also recommended for folks with kids -- it's a wonderful movie for the young.