This terrific story is given the treatment it deserves by director Henry Selick and producer Tim Burton (who also made Nightmare Before Christmas together). Stop-motion, live action and special effects combine to bring this incredible story to life, and the effort is dazzling, even though the work is almost a decade old.
The dvd features are marginal at best. While it's nice to have the option of DTS or Dolby Digital sound, the other features do not merit calling this a special edition. You can hear the dialogue in English, French or Spanish, and subtitling is available in Spanish or for the hearing impaired. There is also a 4-1/2 minute featurette, a trailer and a Randy Newman music video. Still photos are categorized as Concept Art (9), Puppets (9), Behind-the-Scenes (36) or Live Action (18), and they can be seen as thumbprints or enlarged. There are trailers for NBX, Toy Story 2 and Lady and the Tramp 2. Menus are a bit clunky.
Great film. Mediocre DVD edition.
The movie is about a young boy named James who lives with two evil aunts. He is constantly harassed by them and they work him like a slave. The movie takes a magical turn when James meets a strange man who gives him a bag full of crocodile tongues and other strange things.
The movie was pretty good, but not really that special. The animation is sometimes choppy, and looks a little too fake. The movie itself may seem too unbelievable for some, after all it's about a giant peach that flies, sails, and provides a domicile. Nevertheless, there were many enjoyable moments in the movie. The music was very good, and some of the characters were very memorable (the centipede, the grasshopper, the spider). There is some rude humor in this movie, but not too offending. Overall, this is a good movie that supplements the amazing book.
