Product: The Last Unicorn [VHS] (1982)
Rating: 5.0
Story - 5 Stars, DVD - 2 Stars
This story is based on a book released in 1968. It is a wonderful story, with much undelying meaning about courage, inocence, beleiving in our dreams and a little magic in our lives. It is beautiful! IThe DVD is not what I would have liked. It is not widescreen, but I could handle that if the picture was a little better. They could have included some special features, such as interviews with the cast looking back at the making of the film. I once read an interesting trivia fact that Christopher Lee (voice of King Haggard, better known nowadays for his performance as Saruman in the LOTR movies) brought his own copy of the book to the taping to make sure certain parts he deemed important were not taken out of the script. Little things like that would have been great to see. do sometimes feel like they left things out from the book that would have been nice to see in order to understand the story better. But this was the time of short cartoon movies. Even full length movies weren't as long as the ones produced today.It is true that the animation is not the same as Disney movies. Rankin Bass are better known for their TV cartoons such as Thundercats and Silverhawks. But it is not horrible. The music is not my favorite, but it is not bad. My daughter is 4 years old, and has seen just about every Disney movie out there as well as other kinds of animtion. She loves movies. And she loves this movie as well. She is captivated by the story and asks me questions about why the unicorn looks for the others and why the Red Bull is after her.This is a good movie. The DVD leaves a lot to be desired, but if you are just looking for a copy of the movie it is worth the money (it's not too expensive). Dont expect Disney animation or music. This movie's merits are in the story.