Advantages: Jiminy Cricket, clever animation, lovely score Disadvantages: Lack of good songs, too scary for young children
Pinocchio, the famous story of the adventures of a little wooden boy, was first released to American audiences in 1940. At a point where Europe was already embroiled in the Second World War and the USA?s own entry lay just around the corner, Walt Disney chose for his second film a fantastical adaptation of Carlo Collodi?s puppet morality tale.
The Story
The story of Pinocchio begins, not with the main character with himself, but with the film?s guide and narrator Jiminy Cricket (a cricket, mind bendingly enough!) He takes shelter from the cold in the house of Gepetto, a toymaker who has just finished building a wooden puppet. Just before going to sleep, Gepetto sees that one of the stars in the night sky is a wishing star: and so, as a lonely old man with only his cat and fish for company might do, he wishes that his puppet might ...
silverbird55 17.10.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Pinocchio (DVD)
Advantages: Brings a story to life by listening to the different sounds. Disadvantages: None
I recently purchased this electronic storybook in a car boot sale for my grandchildren to use when they come for a visit and they are absolutely enthralled by it.
The book measures 31 cm by 22 cm and has a picture of Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket featured on the front. On the right hand side there is a green plastic strip with 10 pictures representing the buttons on it which can be pressed. Each button gives of a different whimsical sound effect - some sounds, some music and some voices.
Of course everybody knows this fairytale of Pinocchio - Gepetto an old wood carver, wishes that his wooden puppet, Pinocchio was a real live boy. In this book the story has been adapted by Ronald Kidd and illustrated by Mateu.
Publisher - Western Publishing Company Inc;
The idea is that as the story is read there are pictures incorporated in ...
Advantages: Long-lasting, loads of colours, cute packaging, no creasing/fading Disadvantages: Price
The latest product to come from the French cosmetics brand, Bourjois is Suivez Mon Regard, a loose eyeshadow in a little pot, complete with a mini-brush and screw-on lid.
I was wandering around Superdrug, and spotted these on sale. Of course I had to have them! The cute little pots had me interested instantly. They retail at £6.50, but they were £1 off. There were a huge variety of colours, from green to purple, and I decided on 05 Regard Gris Pepites, a sparkly grey.
The pot weighs 2.6g, and offers no clue about how much eyeshadow you actually get for your money. It is tested under ophtamological control, and has been tested on contact lens wearers, so should be fine for people with sensitive eyes. Mine weren't particularly irritated, but then again, I don't have sensitive eyes!
There doesn?t seem to be a lot of actual ...
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