Product: The Last Unicorn [VHS] (1982)
Rating: 4.0
Movie - Great; DVD, could be better
The DVD release of this movie has to be some sort of quick-cash ploy. They didn't do a thing to make it worth my fifteen bucks. No clean-up, no better sound quality, nada. It's not horrible, but they could have done so much better.Content wise, this movie has nothing particularly inappropriate, and the plot is very creative. In all honesty, the actors pretty much can't sing-- Mia Farrow sings the first half of "Now that I'm a Woman," and she really has no vocal ability there. However, it comes across less as a problem, and more like someone actually singing-- as if a normal person just spontaneously decided to sing. I actually like it.There are some pretty creepy moments in this movie, and most of my friends have mentioned that if they saw it when they were little it scared them, but not enough that they didn't really like it. There are two "damn"s in the movie, but they're barely audible and not particularly offensive, unless you're looking for them... national television has worse.I give the artists a lot of credit for the character design in this movie, which is wonderful. The unicorn doesn't have the Horseicorn cheapness seen in several other feature films-- its true to the book.I am excited for the release of the rendered version of this movie; perhaps it will present better quality than this dvd.