 The Granddaughter's Review? Aaaaaa-mazing!!! |
| Review Date: October 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Mary Kate, Wisconsin, USA |
My five year old granddaughter loved the first Tinker Bell movie (Tinker Bell (BD Live) [Blu-ray]) and has been anticipating this one with regular updates to me on just how many days still remained until it would be "available in stores everywhere on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc". I picked it up early today and we were able to watch it together this afternoon.
Though my enjoyment of the film could not possibly have matched the pleasure I took in watching my granddaughter's face glow with joy, gasp with dismay and dissolve into laughter as SHE watched the film, I'm happy to admit that I darned well liked it, too.
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure in a genuine delight. Moms, dads and grandparents should be entertained right along with the little ones. The story of friendship, arguments, placing blame and taking responsibility is a very good one for the target audience (and the rest of us as well, for that matter). But above and beyond the story, what really stands out for me in this film is the incredible amount of creativity that lies behind it. The Imagineers have done a wonderful job "tinkering" with the natural elements of Pixie Hollow to make everything: clothing, tools, everyday items, machines to complete each fairy's work, etc. It's so much fun to see what they come up with. My favorite touch was the cricket clock.
I also enjoyed getting a chance to go beyond Pixie Hollow and see a little more of the world surrounding Neverland. I liked seeing more of Terence, got a big kick out of the wise owl (there are more scenes with the owl in the extras), loved the calla lily trumpets and found the trolls very amusing.
Extras: Though I'm sure she wasn't getting all the jokes, the "bloopers" had both my granddaughter and me laughing out loud. I was also happy to see some of the beautiful drawings from In the Realm of the Never Fairies: Secret World of Pixie Hollow, The (Disney Fairies), which I absolutely loved, used in one of the other bonus features, "The Magical Guide to Pixie Hollow".
I've heard that two or three additional Tinker Bell films are planned, with the next being Tinker Bell & The Great Fairy Rescue. I can only hope my granddaughter anticipates the coming films with the same enthusiasm she anticipated this one and that I'll be with her as she views each of them for the first time so that I can watch her face reflect their magic as well.
Happily recommended.
Note: Even if purchasers don't currently have a Blu-ray player, they might want to consider purchasing the Blu-ray Combo Pack (Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (Two Disc + BD Live) [Blu-ray]) rather than this DVD because it includes both the Blu-ray disc AND the DVD. That way, should they get a Blu-ray player sometime down the road, they would have the Blu-ray version already. (I only paid about $5 more for the combo pack, which I thought was a good buy.) |
Tinker Bell: Even better the 2nd time around!
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| Review Date: October 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Dave, San Diego, CA |
I had extremely low expectations for the first Tinker Bell (BD Live) [Blu-ray] but was very pleasantly surprised. Still, I wasn't quite sure that this particular "franchise" needed a sequel. So, with trepidation I put this Blu-ray into my player. "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure" actually blows away its predecessor. Sure, the story is a tad predictable, but with fantastic new characters (including Blaze the firefly, and the two Trolls at the Troll Gate), returning favorites (Garden fairy Rosetta whose bubbly personality is pure Dolly Parton), and top-notch animation, this movie will be a joy to watch for all ages.
The story: Tinker Bell is entrusted with the creation of the scepter for the Autumn Revelry. Her friend Terence offers to help, but his micro-managing of Tink sets her off, and in her anger, she accidentally breaks the precious and rare moonstone, threatening the life of everyone in Pixie Hollow. Lashing out at Terence, the friendship between these two fairies is jeopardized, and Tink must find a way to fix the moonstone...and the friendship. The rest you'll have to watch on your own; this synopsis is greatly simplified, but I do not want to give away any spoilers.
On Tink's journey to repair the moonstone, she is joined by Blaze, a firefly. He is absolutely adorable, and given plenty of spunk and character by the Disney animation team. The animation team deserves a plethora of kudos; on Blu-ray this movie will take your breath away; especially the scene in the Fairy Tale Theater. The lighting effects are amazing; absolutely beautiful. All throughout the movie there are many visual touches that will show that the people behind this movie took special care to elevate this many notches above the usual straight-to-video movie. Hidden Mickeys, Skull Rock, and plenty of other details that bear repeated viewings. The Celtic-style music is back, but I feel it is blended much better into the movie than it was in the original film. I really can't say enough good things about this movie.
SPECS:
Video: 1080p High Def (1.78:1) * Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (48 kHz/24-bit), French & Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital; subtitles: English SDH, French & Spanish. While the audio is crystal clear and pleasing to listen to, there are really no dynamic uses of the surround that seemed memorable to me.
EXTRAS:
Backstage Disney
Tinker Bell Comes to Disney World (8:20): Both Disneyland in Anaheim & Disney World in Orlando have Pixie Hollow areas, but this featurette focues on the Orlando version which has beautiful topiaries and 3-dimensional recreations of objects from this movie. With careful attention to colors and characterization from the movie, garden designer Carla Schuman and team discuss how it all came together.
Deleted Scenes (16:00): Includes intros by Director Klay Hall and Producer Sean Lurie
Alternate Scenes (4:00): These are pretty much manufactured bloopers that are fun to watch, including gaffes, some bodily function jokes, as well as a few other mildly funny/amusing bits.
Bonus Short (4:46): This is a magical guide to the Autumn area of Pixie Hollow, led by Terence & Tinker Bell. Pleasant to watch, it does appear to be more of an advertisement for Disney Books than a true short. Even the animation style is a little static and looks more like a 2-dimensional book illustration with simple movement than an animated film.
"The Gift of a Friend" music video, performed by Disney Channel's Demi Lovato
Previews include Dumbo (70th Anniversary Edition on Bluray in Spring 2010), The Princess & The Frog, Tinker Bell & The Great Fairy Rescue (the next installment!), Blu-ray/High Def Disney movies, Santa Buddies-The Legend of Santa Paws (with Christopher Lloyd), Ponyo, G-Force, Beauty & The Beast (Diamond Edition in High Def), and Disney on Ice-Worlds of Fantasy (including Tinker Bell & Friends)
FINAL WORDS: You'd have to be extremely curmudgeonly not to enjoy this film and appreciate the high quality of animation and characterization! |
The sequel is better than the first! Excellent!
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| Review Date: October 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Dave, San Diego, CA |
I had extremely low expectations for the first Tinker Bell but was very pleasantly surprised. Still, I wasn't quite sure that this particular "franchise" needed a sequel. So, with trepidation I put this disc into my player. "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure" actually blows away its predecessor. Sure, the story is a tad predictable, but with fantastic new characters (including Blaze the firefly, and the two Trolls at the Troll Gate), returning favorites (Garden fairy Rosetta whose bubbly personality is pure Dolly Parton), and top-notch animation, this movie will be a joy to watch for all ages.
The story: Tinker Bell is entrusted with the creation of the scepter for the Autumn Revelry. Her friend Terence offers to help, but his micro-managing of Tink sets her off, and in her anger, she accidentally breaks the precious and rare moonstone, threatening the life of everyone in Pixie Hollow. Lashing out at Terence, the friendship between these two fairies is jeopardized, and Tink must find a way to fix the moonstone...and the friendship. The rest you'll have to watch on your own; this synopsis is greatly simplified, but I do not want to give away any spoilers.
On Tink's journey to repair the moonstone, she is joined by Blaze, a firefly. He is absolutely adorable, and given plenty of spunk and character by the Disney animation team. The animation team deserves a plethora of kudos; on Blu-ray (good reason to upgrade from DVD!) this movie will take your breath away; especially the scene in the Fairy Tale Theater. The lighting effects are amazing; absolutely beautiful. All throughout the movie there are many visual touches that will show that the people behind this movie took special care to elevate this many notches above the usual straight-to-video movie. Hidden Mickeys, Skull Rock, and plenty of other details that bear repeated viewings. The Celtic-style music is back, but I feel it is blended much better into the movie than it was in the original film. I really can't say enough good things about this movie.
SPECS:
Video: Widescreen, 1.78:1 * Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound, French & Spanish; subtitles: English, French & Spanish. While the audio is crystal clear and pleasing to listen to, there are really no dynamic uses of the surround that seemed memorable to me.
EXTRAS:
Backstage Disney
Tinker Bell Comes to Disney World (8:20): Both Disneyland in Anaheim & Disney World in Orlando have Pixie Hollow areas, but this featurette focues on the Orlando version which has beautiful topiaries and 3-dimensional recreations of objects from this movie. With careful attention to colors and characterization from the movie, garden designer Carla Schuman and team discuss how it all came together.
Deleted Scenes (16:00): Includes intros by Director Klay Hall and Producer Sean Lurie
Alternate Scenes (4:00): These are pretty much manufactured bloopers that are fun to watch, including gaffes, some bodily function jokes, as well as a few other mildly funny/amusing bits.
Bonus Short (4:46): This is a magical guide to the Autumn area of Pixie Hollow, led by Terence & Tinker Bell. Pleasant to watch, it does appear to be more of an advertisement for [...] than a true short. Even the animation style is a little static and looks more like a 2-dimensional book illustration with simple movement than an animated film.
"The Gift of a Friend" music video, performed by Disney Channel's Demi Lovato
Previews include Dumbo (70th Anniversary Edition on Bluray in Spring 2010), The Princess & The Frog, Tinker Bell & The Great Fairy Rescue (the next installment!), Blu-ray/High Def Disney movies, Santa Buddies-The Legend of Santa Paws (with Christopher Lloyd), Ponyo, G-Force, Beauty & The Beast (Diamond Edition in High Def), and Disney on Ice-Worlds of Fantasy (including Tinker Bell & Friends)
FINAL WORDS: You'd have to be extremely curmudgeonly not to enjoy this film and appreciate the high quality of animation and characterization! |
I have no kids and I was still entertained...not sure what that means!
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| Review Date: October 29, 2009 |
| Reviewer: A. Chandler, Austin, TX |
I got this dvd for my young nieces and just figured I'd turn it on and let them watch it while I busied myself and viewed it periodically. It is so enchanting I gotta admit I sat down and watched it as well!
And loved it...all of it.
Has a great message about friendship, comes to life in blu-ray with colorful fairies and the story of using a glowing moonstone to restore the Pixie Dust Tree in Pixie Hollow...but there's more fun than just the movie for kids with the extras in this set:
containes the feature film
the magical guide to Pixie Hollow
a short showing how the filmmakers helped transform Epcot into Pixie Hollow
Goofs and Bloopers that never made the screen
A music video called "the gift of a friend"
and the dvd film
The animation is true to any Disney adventure...colorful and captivating and imaginative.
It also allows for excellent kid discussions and tons of giggles! |
80 Minutes of silence with a good message!
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| Review Date: November 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Jennifer Parker, Fernley, NV |
I have two young daughters who both loved the first Tinkerbell, especially my 2 year old, so I got this last night hoping it would be as big of a hit as the first one. My 4 year old sat through the whole thing without budging, and my 2 year old kept telling Daddy "I love you" while she watched it (overly appreciative toddler FTW!). Both girls got giggles from parts of the movie. My youngest apparently laughed every time Tink counts.
This movie is on par with the first one in regards to the visuals and music, but I think the message is much better this time around. I also like that Terrence is more involved in this film, and Blaze is just as cute as can be. I'm still out on my opinion of Tinks new outfit. My kids seem to like it though. The "scenes you never saw" are absolutely hilarious and frankly almost better than the movie itself.
And if anyone from Disney reads these I know some little girls who would LOVE more about Silvermist, Iridessa, Fawn, and Rosetta too. ;) |
I Do, I Do, I DO Believe In Fairies!!!
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| Review Date: November 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Karen Joan, Texas |
My four year old daughter and I just watched TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE, the second of the new Tinker Bell stories, and I must say that Disney has hit another home run with this film. I really don't understand why these films are going straight to DVD. I think Disney would make a fortune releasing these movies in the theatres. My daughter was completely entranced by TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE, and I must admit, I found myself with a happy grin on my face throughout the entire movie. The TINKER BELL movies are, by far, some of the best films, animated or not, to come out of the Disney Studios in a long time. They are sweet, pure, and have lovely messages.
In TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE, Tink is given a very special task to help celebrate the Autumn Revelry. Because Tink is one of the most talented tinker fairies ever born, this very high honor falls to her. But our Tink is feisty, impetuous, and emotional, and things do go dreadfully wrong, possibly putting the future of Pixie Hollow and all fairies everywhere at risk. Tink tries to solve her problems all on her own, but soon learns that true friends, both old and new, are more important than anything else.
The animation in TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE is as magnificent as it was in the first film. The colors are rich and brilliant, the action smooth and clean, and the characterizations are delightful and loveable. The voice talent was cherry-picked from some of the best. Mae Whitman, who voices Katara in the AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER series, continues to be a perfect choice for Tink. Charming and sincere, she is conveys Tinker Bell perfectly. The talents of Kristin Chenoweth, Lucy Liu, Anjelica Huston, Jessie McCartney, Raven-Symone, and a host of others add to the pleasure of this film. And, as in the previous film, there is nothing particularly scary in TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE; nothing that will frighten or upset children. No one dies; no one is particularly evil; there is no bad language. A bad temper, a fight with a friend, and, yes, a stomped foot...but that is the worst of it. From start to finish, TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE is cute, appealing, and captivating.
TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE is another new sentimental favorite; this series just makes me feel all happy and gooey inside, and that is a wondrous thing in today's crazy world. I am going to sit down with my wee one, and watch this one again soon. My child in my lap and a joyful family film can certainly cure almost any bad day.
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
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| Review Date: October 27, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Carlos E. Velasquez, |
Ever since I watched "Tinker Bell" last year, I kept asking myself why this animated feature didn't make it to the big screen. It is certainly well made, and I'm sure it would have found an audience. After all, there are thousands of little girls that like and identify with Tinker Bell. Now, for my pleasant surprise, we have the equally exquisite and fun - and I would say better -- "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure," which comes to us via a grand Blue Ray plus DVD two-disc set.
In this second installment of the series, we find Tinker Bell as happy as ever in her lovely and magical Pixie Hollow. Unbeknown to her, her peace will be disturbed by an unusual assignment, which is only given to exceptional people: she is ordered by Queen Clarion and the Minister of Autumn to build a magical fall scepter. This scepter has to follow very concise specifications, because it will be responsible to focus the light of the rare Blue Moon into a moonstone. As a result of this process, Pixie Hollow's supply of Pixie dust - the source of their magic -- will be replenished. Being highly creative and motivated, she enthusiastically accepts the mission and goes immediately to work. While immersed in her endeavor, her good friend Terence offers to help, and she graciously accepts - they had limited amount of time to reach the deadline. However, just about when the scepter was completed, an accident produces the moonstone and scepter to be broken into pieces. This incident creates friction between Tinker Bell and Terence, and forces her to fly away, by herself, from Pixie Hollow to a distant land, to find a replacement for the moonstone. In the way, she will face many dangers and plenty of adventures.
"Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure" is great fun. It is visually stunning, and it has a message about true friendship. In addition, contrary to many Disney friendly characters, Tinker Bell does have a temper and it is interesting to see how she slowly accepts her mistakes. The fantastic Blue Ray disc, in addition to its crisp picture, also includes features describing several aspects of the production, additional scenes, deleted scenes, the music video "The Gift of a Friend," and more. Released October 27, 2009. (USA, 2009, color, 80 min plus additional material).
Reviewed by Eric Gonzalez [...] on October 26, 2009.
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Amazing Sequel
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| Review Date: November 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: David Foughty, |
All fans of Tinker Bell and her first movie have no reason to worry; "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure" is a full-worthy sequel to the first movie. Considering that there's only one year of absence between the movies, the filmmakers have done a good job to make this a complete movie and not only a product for cash-cowing, like it easily could have been.
Although I enjoyed last years Tinker Bell adventure, I definitively enjoyed this film more. The previews who were released before the movie came out seemed very promising and the final movie definitively lived up to the expectations. This "sequel" is more dynamic in many ways. It opens with the catchy and inspiring "If You Believe". The plot is more engaging, more suspenseful and it has a few more action sequences than it's predecessor, but this is after all a G-rated family film, so it never crosses the line.
The film focus more on the relationship between Tink and Terence this time, which serves the movie well. Tink herself is presented as a versatile character and the fact that she actually talks feels never distracting in neither of the movies.
Otherwise, this film has the cuteness-factor like the first flick had, which only makes the experience more enjoyable, but it's also a bit more edgier in terms of the adventurous plot. The animation is even better this time, the characters are still likable and the cute score of Joel McNeely fits the movie well. Besides, there are more humor in the screenplay.
So don't hesitate by seeing this movie when it comes to DVD. It is a cute and sweet movie experience and a wonderful movie threat for kids and every Tinker Bell fan. |
AWESOME MOVIE! For both boys and girls. We loved this great family movie.
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| Review Date: November 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Mrs. R. Henderson, LOWER ALABAMA USA |
| *Warning at the end some little ones may get scared, when the rats with the red glowing eyes come out in the pirate ship wreck and almost catch Terence and Tinkerbell. This was a excellent movie and one of the best examples of Disney Movie Magic ever. There was something for everyone in this movie. It was filled with lots of action and some of the most beautiful colors ever. Even my husband like this one, with all the creating and tinkering and the tresure hunting. |
Outstanding CGI, Great Story, Trippy Visuals, Lots of Fun!
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| Review Date: November 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: James Finch, Bradford, PA |
Tinkerbell and The Lost Treasure has some amazing and expressive CGI animation, a strong message about friendship, great music, and some funny moments that made 76 minutes go by rather quickly. Some new characters introduced since the first film, including a chubby fairy sounding an awful lot like Sean Connery after a spontaneous appendectomy, were refreshing. Mae Whitman, as Tink, is even better at it this time 'round.
It's a direct to DVD release, a practice by Disney and other studios that is starting to pick up. If I didn't know better, I would almost think that the studios were considering this type of marketing as an alternative to theatrical release after so many films tanked this year. CGI animation has come a long way over the past decade and while this film might have done well at the theaters, I can understand the studio's decision to market it this way.
The Tinkerbell franchise is selling well, as releases are planned all the way into 2011. This particular DVD is the second Tinkerbell film and is even more complex visually than the first release. I grew up with Walt Disney stuff and I think if he were alive today, he'd be pretty impressed with this one. Get your copy today! You and the kids will love it. Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure |
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