Product: The Last Unicorn [VHS] (1982)
Rating: 5.0
Better Then Modren Cartoons
I always love reading the adult reviews of cartoons, especially if they never saw the cartoon as a child. Every child's movie has plot holes. Get over it. I saw this movie when I was very young and watched it a lot. I didn't like every character in the movie, including the prince. I watched it because of the unicorn. That is the point right? I mean it is about unicorns.I also love the people crying out over the two instances of 'damn' and the supposed adult situations. Do you let your children outside? Swear words are everyhere. You can't walk down the street anymore without hearing a string of them. Don't isolate your children, teach them that swear words make you look uneducated. Disney has adult situations in almost all of it's movies. In fact it is getting worse, such as the one liners that I hope go over childrens' heads. You all really need to watch the modren cartoons. There are adult themes, sex, and other subtle things around every corner. I also like the people proclaiming Disney over this movie. Disney makes people perfect, makes them all look the same and acceptable and in the end creates unbelievable happy endings. I would take a talking butterfly over the endless musical hack numbers that are jammed into any Disney film. Don't subject your children to such things. They really are more intelligent then that.The bottom line is that this movie at least has a theme that isn't sugar coated. It is approriate for children but I would watch it with children under the age of ten just because of a couple of scenes that might scare them, such as the harpie. Children's movies are silly and have plot holes and have reality issues but they are written for children - not for adults. There is a lot of good material in this movie - at the least it teaches courage. The last unicorn in the end faces her fears and wins. The plot is original and hasn't been done to death. I've never seen another movie like it and hope that no one tries to remake it. It's definitely worth at least a rental from the movie store.I have it on VHS and seeing all the comments about the DVD I would rent it from the video store or try to find it second hand. The VHS video quality is actually quite good and is not grainy at all.