The Christmas Toy
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Movie Reviews of The Christmas Toy
Movie Review: Disney's Mistake
Summary: 3 Stars
Disney should have produced this DVD. For that way we could see this in its entirety. Instead Disney is too busy sucking up to Miley Cyrus and her dad. This is a Chriatmas classic that Disney missed a chance at producing.Movie Review: Great, but not what I remembered
Summary: 3 Stars
My brother loved this movie when we were kids, so when it came up on DVD I bought it for him for Christmas. We both forgot how it was a musical. It is a great movie for kids 5-7 yrs. old. Sort of a Toy Story with puppets.Movie Review: When will we get to see a classic Muppet special UNEDITED?!?!?!
Summary: 2 Stars
I have fond memories of this special, and when I saw the DVD release I had to get a copy. The first thing I noticed with dissapointment was the missing opening with Kermit.On instinct I searched for the final chapter and alas, Kermits gone there too and the closing song as well.
As far as the story goes, it appears untouched, but its a realy big let down to see yet another special edited for no apparent reason. Something just seems to be missing for me from this special, and thankfully I still have my VHS copy.
Movie Review: DISAPPOINTING - How did they put Jim Henson's name on this?
Summary: 1 Stars
For those who've never seen this... maybe Kermit's missing scenes would have made a difference (as other reviews mentioned), but I found this quite eerie at first. My kids (12, 10, 6) thought it was creepy too. The girl doll takes some getting used to... she'd be cute if she didn't look like the sister of Chuckie (from the Halloween movies). I can't imagine Jim Henson using some of the mean words either, which you hear over & over: "stupid", as the toys refer to each other; & "brats" & "monsters", as the older sibling (not seen, only heard) refers to the younger siblings. And, that Barbie... OMG - she could not be any MORE superficial (& creepy!)! (What kind of message was THAT for girls?!) Maybe we expect more in this day & age, but I've only ever known Jim Henson to be GENTLE & KIND with his stories for children. This was EXTREMELY disappointing!! Even the way the toys treat each other... they're rude, inconsiderate, & the main character/the tiger is repeatedly condescending... & that's how it treats its BEST friend (another toy)!! Yes, there was a 'lesson', but we found it to be totally lost behind all the negativity. And,there wasn't much about it that was at all Christmasy. Most of the show is set in the playroom & the darkened hallway. It's all about a selfish tiger who doesn't want to lose his spot as the 'favorite toy' when the kids get new toys for Christmas. And, that new toy... did it have to be a rough, villain type of doll? Were they trying for a model of a 'powerful' girl doll? Bcs it missed its mark!! Yes, the toys helped each other; yes, the tiger learns his lesson, but there was really no explanation for HOW the tiger learns its lesson. Suddenly it just understands the nice doll & realizes the error of it's condescending ways. And, the quality... NOT at ALL what we would expect from Jim Henson puppets!! The caliber of this show was not in Jim Henson's league in any way whatsoever. These are NOT the Muppets! And, I never thought I'd be negative about a Jim Henson production! I (generally) see him as right up there with Mr. Rogers!
Movie Review: Jim Henson is in tears over this DVD
Summary: 1 Stars
Studio Lyons should be ASHAMED of this DVD release. No extras. Missing opening by Kermit and closing finale of Old Friends, New Friends. This is one of the best Christmas films ever made and they do it no justice. To add insult to injury the disc is labeled as CC closed captioned for the hearing impaired and our friend who is hearing impaired came to watch and we assured her it has subtitles so she could enjoy the film. She was so heartbroken being a big muppets fan that she could not follow the film because there IS NO CLOSED CAPTIONING. Luckily I already own the VHS release and it has closed captions and no missing scenes. DO NOT BUY THIS DVD!!!!