The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection
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Movie Reviews of The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection
Movie Review: REEMAAARKABOWL
Summary: 5 Stars
That's right, this is one remarkable set. And quit the nitpicking. I've seen the silent shorts. They may be important for completists, but they do not capture the ripping biting humor those funny kids delivered through spoken dialogue. And please, give me a break with the 1939 and after MGM shorts. Those range from "I'll never watch that one again" to downright dreadful. I never liked the episodes with Froggy and an overgrown Spanky. This is the complete collection of the Hal Roach talkie shorts. The ones that matter. The ones that have made us laugh for decades. The ones that we would talk about with our friends, either describing scenes or humming signature musical cues. The little Rascals started to lose their edge when Spanky, Alfafa, Buckwheat, and Porky became the central characters. But the stories were entertaining. So it would be a crime if they were omitted. When most people talk about The Little Rascals, they're talking about what's in this set.Movie Review: Complete collection?
Summary: 4 Stars
I was initially very happy that finally all the Our Gang shorts were being issued on DVD. When I saw only 80 episodes, from 1929 to 1938 were being released, I was very let-down. The Our Gang Comedies ran from 1922 to about 194?.220 episodes as compared to 80 being released is to be, a real let down. Movie Review: Best of the Series
Summary: 4 Stars
There were basically three runs of Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals. First was the Hal Roach silent classics that are commonly found and sadly, bootlegged all over the place, even on Amazon. Then there are the Hal Roach sound shorts which is what this box is. Third is the MGM sound shorts. The MGM shorts are not very good and not very funny. In fact, one of them was a financial flop.
While the silents are cute, this box set contains the best of the Our Gang/Little Rascals when they were in their prime. Better yet they are in chronological order so you can watch the Jackie Cooper ones in sequence, when Alfalfa enters the picture, Farina to Buckwheat, and more. "Mike Fright" is one of my favorites, but "Fly My Kite" is a classic you do not want to avoid.
The bonus extras are worthy of any purchase but if you really want a strong companion to this box set, I recommend (like everyone else) to buy the Leonard Maltin book at the same time. He reveals background information to the series and a fascinating look at why these are great films.
Movie Review: Complete? Guess again.
Summary: 5 Stars
While I am excited to see this collection be released, and am hoping for a new brilliance in each of the film's restoration, I am once again amazed by a DVD claiming to be "The Complete Collection." It is not even close.
Besides the fact that the last Little Rascals DVD collection contained 88 episodes, opposed to this collection have only 80 and apparently missing eight of those, the description of this new collection states that it "spans the years of 1929-1938", revealing that did not cover the beginning nor the end of the Little Rascal films. For example, "Dogs of War!" was released in 1923, and "Calling All Kids" was released in 1943, a full 20 years later.
Call this a "Good" collection, maybe even a "Great" collection, but unless you're releasing a 20 DVD set, please do not pretend that this is a "Complete" collection.
Movie Review: A GREAT IDEA
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great idea to release all the the little rascals films on dvd. I never liked them when I was a kid but as I got older I love them. Why? Because it is refreshing to see kids acting like adults rather then to see adults acting like kids.