December 21, 2008.

Mickey and Disney.

Rating: 4
This is where animation really got started. There were other animation studios doing shorts. It's just Disney's constant striving to raise the bar. And to keep raising it through the years. You'll see why Disney said "the house that mouse built".
There is more edgy content with the warner brother/MGM bunch but these Disney shorts are quality.

December 04, 2008.

Most of the Micky Modern Classics.

Rating: 4
This is a great collection of Mikey shorts. The only one I wanted that wasn't found in this collection was "The Brave Little Tailor".
But most of my favorites were found in this collection such as:
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Mickey and the Beanstalk
The Little Whirlwind
Mickeys Christmas Carol(The reason I bought this collection)
The Prince and the Pauper
Comes in a metal tin with a numbered certificate. Also the DVD case enclosing the DVDs inside the tin was well designed. The way its made the disks cant come loose during shipping if you buy on line

December 31, 2007.

Disney Treasures DVD Rule.

Rating: 5
If you love the old Disney and the style that placed it above the rest, then you gotta have this DVD as well as the others. I mainly bought it for "Mickey's Christmas Carol" yet I received much more from it with all the extra shorts and bonus features. This is a must have for all who wish to learn from the masters of animation.

December 04, 2007.

Yep, Disney HERE is Cheap and Greedy! ! No Two Ways About It!! I Feel Ripped Off!!.

Rating: 1
I am a HUGE "Mickey Mouse Club" fan and I grabbed The Walt Disney Treasures, "The Mickey Mouse Club", the moment that it became available a few years ago. It remains my favorite "Walt Disney Treasures" boxed set and I also have have several others that I really like, although, "The Mickey Mouse Club" Walt Disney Treasures set is my very favorite. If I could only keep one, that would be it. Within that set I have the complete first week of the show plus many bonus features includeing the original full length introduction of the show and the introduction of the mouseketeers within the opening day at Disneyland. Both of these bonuses are in color. NOW I find out that I have to buy this seperate "Walt Disney Treasures" set" to get Mickey's individual introductions to each themed day of the week in color when these introductions could have very easily been included within "The Mickey Mouse Club" set along with the other material included within that set which was presented in color!! I feel ripped off!!

Why oh why am I being forced to purchase two seperate sets when purchaseing one set would have been sufficient? Being down right cheap and greedy in putting together THIS Walt Disney Treasures boxed set together are the only answers that I can come up with. The only things worthwhile to me within this set are Mickey's introductions to each day of the week, which are in color, from "The Mickey Mouse Club".

To be completely honest, even though I more than cherish "The Mickey Mouse Club", Mickey is my least favorite Disney character. I don't dislike the little guy with the big ears in the least, it's just that many times I find him boreing. I just prefer the other characters (with Donald and Chip and Dale being my favorites - maybe Goofy).

Jimmie Dodd, the mouseketeers, and so many other elements of "The Mickey Mouse Club" are what have always made me cherish that show. Not Mickey. It's sort of strange in the fact that I LOVE the show for which Mickey is named after and yet not necessarily Mickey himself. Also,I LOVE the introductions to the "Mousekartoons" on the show which were performed by the mouseketeers yet not really cared for many of the cartoons themselves (especially the ones that featured Mickey).

Yep, Disney HERE, within this set, is cheap and Greedy!! No two ways about it!! I feel ripped off!!

By the way, when are complete seasons of "The Mickey Mouse Club" comeing out? I keep waiting.

December 21, 2005.

Mickey's Coasting Period.

Rating: 5
The greatest always go through a "coasting period" where they stop trend-setting and start craftmaking. The innovative, industry leading Mickey of the 20s/30s gives way to "the icon"/"institution" Mickey of his later career.

Mickey's cartoons from 1940-and beyond show a superstar in his element doing what he does better than anyone: entertain and delight. He does so by himself, but mostly with the best animated supporting case ever made.

Enjoy this set that (like MM in B&W Vol Two) allows you to play all the cartoons back to back continuously.

"Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip", "The Pointer", "Mickey and the Seal", AND "The Little Whirlwind" show a veteran movie star making it look soooo easy.