Stellaluna
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Movie Reviews of Stellaluna
Movie Review: Poorly Written
Summary: 2 Stars
I love Janelle Cannon's children's books, so I'm puzzled as to why the author would allow her name to be associated with such a poorly written DVD production based on her work.
There are two musical numbers and they are are pretty awful. For example: A sad Stellaluna sings about being "gastrinomically lame." Ugh. I hate it. Two fancy birds sing to Stellaluna about her needing a makeover (double ugh) and use words like "diva" and "shake your derriere!" TRIPLE UGH. There's an option to play the story without the sing-alongs and I recommend doing this because then the story is tolerable. My son loves it but had I known about the content before-hand, I would not have purchased it. This mom has definitely learned a lesson about checking out content before buying.
I gave it two stars instead of one because there is some good educational information about bats in the other segment included on the DVD as well as a how-to video on making your own bat toy. However, I purchased the video for the movie, and the movie really disappointed me.
Movie Review: Good book, BAD movie adaptation
Summary: 2 Stars
Apart from the content directly taken from the book, this movie is confusing, jumbled and misguided. If you just want to plop your kids down in front of some DVD, regardless of the quality of content, then this is the movie for you.
I gave this 2 stars instead of 1 because it did, in fact, make my 4 and 6 year olds laugh a couple times and get scared in the scary parts, but I had trouble watching the whole thing because half the time my eyes were rolled so far back into my head (when they weren't sharing disbelieving looks with my wife). The music and voice casting were nice, but the plot was illogical and wandering and the song lyrics unfocused and forced.
Just read the book. If you want a magical DVD for kids, get My Neighbor Totoro.
Movie Review: STELLA LUNA
Summary: 2 Stars
BOOK WAS IN FAIR CONDITION.HAD 2 MISSING PAGES AND TORN COVER WITH MAGIC MARKER SCRIBBLING OUT SOMEONES NAME. WAS DISAPOINTED IN QUALITY CONSIDERING SHIPPING CHARGEMovie Review: Stella Luna Retold by Hollywood--very bad
Summary: 1 Stars
I saw this DVD at the library (I check things out there before buying) and mistakenly thought that it was a Scholastic production. Imagine my regret when we got it home and instead of an interesting reading of `Stella Luna' with good animation --you know, where animated drawings *actually* match the artwork in the original book-- we got a lame Hollywood video.
After 3 minutes my son (3) ran off to play with Thomas, and my daughter (5) began asking if the Library had made a mistake and put the wrong DVD in the box. "I thought this was about Stella Luna?" she complained.
And that was their complaints. Mine are even longer. First there are the multitudinous sales pitches for some of their other slocky products at the beginning of the tape. (I guess they couldn't pitch them after anyone had seen the movie!)
Then there is the weird option of turning off the music that goes with the video. Well, at least it seemed weird. After having listened to the music I know why that option is there.
But *Worst of the Worst* must be the misguided rewrite of this well known and well loved story (which some MGM mogul must of thought was a good idea). Out goes the wonderful tale of friendship and tolerance, and in it's place a tale featuring bullying and fear. Stella Luna?
MGM is responsible for this DVD and truly I think it would take a big movie company to ruin such a wonderful book.
If you would like a story about a bat and some birds that is entirely unlike Stella Luna, this would be a good choice. Zero stars.
Movie Review: Don't bother -- read the book instead
Summary: 1 Stars
My 6 year old daughter insisted that I rent this movie when we went to the video store so I did. We have loved the book for years and still find time to read it. The video doesn't even come close to the magic of the book. The story has been changed and fluffed up so much that other than for a few characters from the original story, it's not even close. If you want the heartwarming story of the little fruit bat raised by a family of birds, skip the movie and read the book instead.