Digital Hierarchy Movie Reviews

The movie had poor quality as far as color was concerned. The movie was good but who ever put the movie on DVD did not get the picture right it had a glare all the way through the movie.
They could have had better coloring,better tint and contrast.

The plot: ozone deplition causes every animal in the world that lacks the ability to reason to go rabid and band together against humans-everything from rats and house pets like dogs to snakes and bears. This is especially bad for a group of hikers that have gone for a trek up in the hills, who happen to be out in the wilderness miles from civilization when the s--- hits the fan. First a woman is attacked and injured by a vicious leapord, and she and her lover split off from the main group to head back to town for medical attention. (This is before they've figured out all animals in the world are on the rampage.) Then we get two parrallel stories about what happens to the man and woman and what happens to the rest of the group. There is also a third story about what happens in town, as soldiers come in to evacuate the town in responce to the animal revolt. Meanwhile, the man and the injured woman are attacked by berserk birds, (can you say, "Hichcock"?) and the woman is killed. The man escapes and later finds a little girl who seems to be the only survivor of her camping group. So then the rest of the film is about what happens to the main hicking group, what happens in town, and what happens to the man and the little girl as they desperatly search for help. I thought the latter story was particularly suspenceful, as I really cared about what happened to those two. Also, kudos to the film makers for including a charecter who is native american, but not steriotypical. Also I liked Leslie Neilson as a guy who starts out as a standard thorn in the side, but as the situation gets worse, begins to snap and become something of a menace himself.

A great cast of familiar faces make this above average viewing. It is great to see the talented Paul Mantee in one his best screen roles since the 1964 classic Robinson Crusoe On Mars. Likewise Michael Ansara, Richard Jaeckel and Ruth Roman.
For those used to seeing Leslie Nielsen the comedian, beware.
Also good are Christopher George and Lynda Day George.

As a fan of the novels and Disney's version, I knew I had to lower my expectations for this title. However, the title was lower than that! Poor animation, mucky colours and thoughtless voice casting made this very hard to watch. I'm just glad I didn't actually buy it muself. However, a friend's daughter liked Alice herself. Why? 'Because she was funny'. I don't like to moan, but this is one for the DVD Dustbin!

Well I was looking to buy the disney version but didn't pay much atention when I purchased it. Fortunatly I bought it for a dirt cheap price. It seems to be a little lacking in the area of music since there is only one very generic song that is played several times for no aparent reason. however some of the scenes were rather funny though the hummor tends to wear thin once you approach the end of the movie. Additionaly I absolutly loved the voice of Alice in this version. No good reason, I just love the way it sounds. I would recomend skipping this one and paying the extra few dolars for the Disney version.

I found this DVD for rent and I am glad that I did. The transfer appears to have either been horribly botched or done from a low quality original. This is sad.

Does anyone have a print of "Ali Baba" where the soundtrack in the final big fight scene is in sync ? I have not seen one yet.

One star 'cause someone took the effort to put these classics on DVD, but 0 stars for the lack-of-quality of the effort.

i took a chance on this dvd and i dont regret it!
ali baba and sinbad are approx. 15 minutes each and are worth the price of the disc.
i remember seeing these two classics in black and white on tv when i was a kid,and i had a cheap video tape of ali baba,but the dvd version is much better quality.the sound track is clear enough to hear all of popeyes hilarious mutterings.the other two cartoons are okay,but the 1956 animation just does not compare to the 1930"s ali baba and sinbad,.........the word "classic" really applies here.

Well, this isn't the definitive version of Popeye cartoons on DVD. The film is a little scratchy and jumpy, but it is no better or worse than I've seen on TV. The four cartoons are fun and a pleasure to watch. The animated menu is pretty cool, and I like the little Popeye as he cruises around on camel back.

The true classic, "Popeye Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves," is available on another collection, so I mainly bought this for "Popeye Meets Sinbad The Sailor." "Sinbad" has a great song and is a very fun cartoon. I am glad to have it. "Ancient Fistory" and "Cookin' With Gags" are fine. I would have liked to have seen more than four cartoons on the disk.

As with many of these cartoon DVDs, the extras consist of addvertisements for other collections. It would be nice to see a little more, but I was happy with the purchase

I own this movie because a Friend recommended it, but It's not the original version, it is cut and edited, C'mon guys better sit down and watch TV this weekend, there are better movies there....

Okay, first off, I did not buy this version of Anthropophagous (or as it's titled here Grim Reaper). I'm writing this to let ALL of you know that this version is not worth the buy. There is, however, a place to get this--FULLY uncut with all the restored footage (including the fetus-devouring scene and the last scene, the self-consumption of the entrails). Go to [website] and visit their DVD section. They've got it there, along with dozens of other obscure horror, gore and exploitation flicks. While the DVD that I ordered there has trouble fastforwarding and rewinding, I still have the entire complete footage. The website really is the #1 place to go for anything like this...if they can't do it, none can.

I know I'm only restating what's been said countless times, but just to avoid anyone making the same mistake I did buying this:

The original, uncut version of this movie goes by "Anthropophagus: The Beast" or "Unsane". Those titled movies include the notorious scenes of the fetus getting ripped out of a woman's womb and the self-evisceration and devouring of the zombie's guts at the film's end. As of this writing, Anthropophagus is not available (to my knowledge) on a US, region 1 DVD. This heavily cut and edited version is all that is available on DVD (though the uncut versions are purchasable on VHS in NTSC format).

Add to the fact that the picture and sound on Grim Reaper is laughably bad and that there are no special features (not even chapter stops- the whole movie runs in one continuous loop, so to jump ahead requires your finger on the fast frame or fast rewind buttons), and what was an effective gross-out, 3 1/2 star gore flick has been transferred into a 1 star ripoff.

Perhaps we'll see Anthropophagus in an uncut DVD version by Anchor Bay or Image in the not too distant future. Until then, steer clear of this abomination.

I bought volumes 1 and 2 at the same time and I feel cheated out of my hard-earned money. These are two of the worst purchases I have made EVER!!! Most of the songs are song by people who would have a hard time getting gigs at Holiday Inn lounges. The videos themselves have nothing to do with the lyrics of the songs since the director thinks that all of of the songs can be summarized visually as "bimbos in cheap bikinis (or other forms of revealing clothing bought at K-Mart). Not that the director could have done much with the actors. The girls look like strippers at a low-class country strip clubs and have the same level of acting ability. The guys look like Sears catalogue models who are either semi-nude or are wearing tacky and cheap cloths and they have the same dopey "I am posing for the underwear shoot" expression no matter what they are supposed to be doing in the video. You will be terribly disappointed if you buy these terrible DVDs.

Hello,

There is a song missing on this dvd, Killing me softly. I bought this dvd for the next numbers: my way, whenever i call you friend, show me the way, if you leave me now, fame and killing me softly. So you understand that i was disappointed. For the rest it's a fine dvd.

I bought this DVD a couple of weeks ago in Luxemburg in a store as a special bargain, but i have to say that it really wasn't worth the money. All crashes are known to everyone that watches car reaces on tv. Nothing special,only old stuff.

The back of the packaging reads, ". . . [Odysseus'] faithful wife, Penelope, is wooed by many ambitious Princelings who hope to capture his throne. . . ." Oddly, this version of the Odyssey has neither a "Penelope" waiting for him at home, nor ambitious suitors vying for his throne. Instead, the young princess, "Nausicaa," whom Odysseus meets on the isle of "Phaeacia" (6.127-), in this version of the story, is named "Penelope" and, in as strange an addition as I've ever seen, Odysseus must rescue her from a human sacrifice to the Sea-God Poseidon, thus mixing the story up with the myth of "Perseus and Andromeda." If that, however, weren't enough, the sea-monster, to which "Andromeda" would otherwise be offered, is now replaced by a "Poseidon" dwarf, which like Homer's "Old Man of the Sea," whom Menelaus wrestles, shifts into the shape of many beasts (4.455-59). At the story's end, Odysseus sails off into the sunset with "Nausicaa"/"Penelope," in effect countering everything normally connoted by the name of the "Penelope" (i.e. Shroud Weaver) (see Book 19). Those of us familiar with the story also remember the Cyclops in the cave asking, "What's your name?", to which Odysseus responds, "My name is Nobody" (9.366). This makes for a humorous scene, when after being blinded by Odysseus, the Cyclops cries out to the other Cyclopes, "Nobody is killing me" (9.408), thus incurring their derision. One could certainly understand altering the scene to make it more suitable to children, since this is, after all, a cartoon; for example, Odysseus could slam a rock on the Cyclops' foot, instead of poking out his eye. But strangely, although the movie does show the Cyclops' eye being gouged out, it leaves out the "my name is Nobody" humor all together, which of all the original work's most humorous parts would, likely, be the best appreciated by young viewers. From a completely objective standpoint, the cartoon wasn't all that bad to watch, yet calling it the "Odyssey," instead of (let's say) "Mythology Sloppy Joe," is a great misrepresentation and a greater insult to lovers of Homer's epic.

Very poor choice,matching of music and lyrics is very poor, the images they chose do not match the songs well at all. Also, not something you can enjoy with your kids with all the half dressed attempts at being provocative. Would not recommend to anyone.

I bought volumes 1 and 2 at the same time and I feel cheated out of my hard-earned money. These are two of the worst purchases I have made EVER!!! I would give NEGATIVE 1000 stars in rating if I could. Most of the songs are song by people who would have a hard time getting gigs at Holiday Inn lounges. The videos themselves have nothing to do with the lyrics of the songs since the director thinks that all of of the songs can be summarized visually as "bimbos in cheap bikinis (or other forms of revealing clothing bought at K-Mart). Not that the director could have done much with the actors. The girls look like strippers at a low-class country strip clubs and have the same level of acting ability. The guys look like Sears catalogue models who are either semi-nude or are wearing tacky and cheap cloths and they have the same dopey "I am posing for the underwear shoot" expression no matter what they are supposed to be doing in the video. You will be terribly disappointed if you buy these terrible DVDs.

It was disappointing to see that a couple of my favorite songs were missing, Can't Help Myself by the Four Tops, Greatest Love Of All by Whitney Houston.

I strongly recommend renting this video before purchasing. Mostly, because it is quite simply, awful. I've always been a big fan of Animation, but this video was sub direct-to-video quality. In this film the plot is butchered to include, (amongst other things), a talking panda, a dragon and an evil skull-uniform-wearing general complete with underground fort, a legion of badies in skull ying/yang armor, and an American bald eagle (!)

The good: The only (somewhat) well-designed character was Mulan and her Grandfather. There is a somewhat decent message at the beginning about not judging people by their appearance/color of skin, which I felt was appropriate.

The bad: It's too bad the animators didn't take the movie's message to heart when they chose to draw most of the Chinese in an ugly, stereotyped and exaggerated way. The art had me cringing! And if the good guys were ugly, the 'evil' villains, looking more like trolls than people. Also, the voice acting was terrible. Mulan sounded like a cranky teenager reading her lines completely deadpan. The rest of the Chinese sounded like they were voiced by one guy, with a Brittish accent!

Overall, while I expected to find this movie MILDLY entertaining, instead it was dime-store anime at its worst. Watch at your own risk.

This ain't the original version. Neither is that Disney thing. Both videos are pretty poor retellings of a centuries-old poem.

If you want the original version, go to the book section of this site and look for the poetry collections _The Flowering Plum and the Palace Lady_, or stick "Ballad of Mulan" into a search engine.

No, this is not the Disney version starring Eddie Murphy as a hip, street-talking little dragon thing. This is the original Japanese version of the film that Disney bought the rights to. Please note that most anime is not intended for a young audience. There is cursing, violence, and blood shed. However, it is an excellent movie and has a very engrossing plot and detailed characters. The Disney version has nothing on the original's story.

Before I actually saw it, I expected full sound and gorgeous visual from the DVD title as I did from other excellent DTS titles. In addition, the novel under the same name written by Jules Vernue, enchanted my whole life when I was young. This title with 40 minutes running time in DTS/Dolby Digital format is a total disappointment. First of all, the movie squeezed the great story down to 40 minute nonsense. There is no inspiration or excitement I got from reading the original novel. You can never have any kind of Disney style amusement. Neither DTS or DD track gives you any quality sound you may expect from an average DVD. It is just loud! Even my 5 year old daughter who was given the title as her 5th birthday gift, after viewing 15 minutes "Daddy, can I swap this with your Elvis?" Please do not waste your bucks on this.