Product: The Last Unicorn [VHS] (1982)
Rating: 1.0
Lousy sound, lousy video. Stay away!
Don't buy this DVD! This DVD is playing in my living room right now, and I took the opportunity to get away and write this review. We popped this into the player and settled in for our Friday family movie & pizza night on the couch. I've never seen this movie, and I don't think I ever want to watch it all the way through. The picture and sound quality are both so lousy that I can't stand to watch for more than 5 minutes. I bought this as a surprise for my wife, who loved this as a kid. And as much as she loves it, she's even noticed how warbly the sound is and isn't enjoying it very much. Also, being full screen, not wide screen, much of the picture is cut out. There's some scene where two characters are talking to each other from opposite sides of the TV screen, and you can hardly see them... you mostly just see a castle wall.Enough of the technical shortcomings of the DVD. Now for the subjective, opinionated stuff:I'm not a fan of the fantasy genre, and I'm *really* not a fan of the animation style... it grosses/creeps me out, even as an adult. Same guy that did the Hobbit cartoon way back, I think. Give me Looney Tunes, thank you very much. And for getting a G rating, there are some things in there that I hope my kids repress. A tree thing with boobs? Some cussing? Plenty of creepy & frightening images.Soundtrack: I saw that America did the music. OK, I like "Ventura Highway" and I like hearing "Horse With No Name" once a year or so. But the music score for this movie is driving me nuts! There's a duet between the used-to-be unicorn and the prince that's just plain painful to listen to. It's so bad, I feel awkward FOR the people singing it. I love Rush, Coheed & Cambria, B-52s, Bob Dylan... so I can tolerate really annoying vocals & bad singing. But this duet was over the top.On the plus side, we've got a dog. So if I leave the DVD on the floor tonight, it'll be all chewed to shards by morning.