Family and Consumer Science Movie Reviews

I think the visual aspect of this video is very good, but I was expecting something with a story. The children's tour is good, but I'm thinking multiple viewings will get a little boring (unless your kid is under 2). The Luna Sleepers are very cute--our favorite alien of them all! I would like for the next DVD (if there is one being planned) to have a story that involves the characters--like a movie, which is what I thought this was going to be. Cute, but not what I was expecting...

Both my son and daughter just love this one, which is great, because they usually don't like watching the same thing. The funny thing is, I like watching this DVD too!
It's so different. I'm not even sure how to explain it. It's kind of like taking a little vacation to this animated world. My favorite is the sentry. It's so funny watching him react to all the other aliens.

We saw Wonderlens at a friend's house and my 4 year old son was completely captivated by the vivid colors and imaginative creatures. There are a number of "tours" you can take--we loved the "childs" tour with the Dr. Seuss-like poems for each alien. Very clever and funny! We had to have our own copy and would highly recommend Wonderlens to any parent with school age children. Very helpful with creative writing ideas and great poetry for phonics/phonemic awareness activities. Would also be a great gift for any teacher.

I really enjoyed the VHS version of this film, which has become a cult classic, so as you would expect I was eagerly awaiting the DVD version of it. Well after purchasing it and receiving it the other day I have to say I was hugely disappointed! The DVD version of the film is lousy!

No attempt was made at all from what I could see to restore the original version for transfer to DVD. In fact it seems from what we viewed that they must have simply copied a not to great film copy over to DVD. The images are fuzzy at times and depth and clarity, which we have come to expect from DVD versions, is simply not there at all. The full screen version even seems to have cut some stuff out of the screen view in some scenes which leaves you guessing at what the actors are looking at.

If you have VHS version of this film, keep it instead and pass on this badly done DVD version! I am very unhappy with it. The only reason that I rated it a 3, instead of a 1, is that the film is not at fault, just the DVD treatment of it.

It's sad that Anchor Bay Entertainment and Touchstone Films chose not to not make any real effort to give this film the DVD treatment it so richly deserves. Two thumbs down on this DVD version!

Bloody fantastic film, been trying to get hold of this film since the 80's, and at last someone has a copy to sell!! love dennis hopper in this, great actor, great film, great storyline!