Peanuts - A Boy Named Charlie Brown
by Bill Melendez
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Actor: Andy Pforsich, Glenn Gilger, Pamelyn Ferdin, Peter Robbins, Sally DryerDirector: Bill Melendez
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Producer: Bill Melendez
Editor: Chuck McCann
Editor: Robert T. Gillis
Editor: Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez
Producer: Charles M. Schulz
Writer: Charles M. Schulz
Producer: Lee Mendelson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-28
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Peanuts - A Boy Named Charlie Brown
DVD Review: Animation is primitive, music is bad and tedious, not funny at all, and climax does not make up for two hours of pain.
Summary: 1 Stars
Man, I know I'm going to get roasted for this 1* review. Because I know that you may not read my entire review before giving me an "unhelpful" vote, please consider this up front: This review is my honest, sincere opinion. The reason the internet exists is so that we may all get exposed to a variety of viewpoints. I have tried my best to explain in detail why I honestly did not like this movie. As such, I hope that my review will be helpful to all, fans (many) and critics (few) alike. I invite you to rebut my opinion in the "comments" section, but in as much as my review helps you to understand why someone may not like this movie, I respectfully ask you to give me a "helpful" vote or no vote at all, even though you may disagree with me. Remember, nothing can please everyone.
I'm an adult seeing this for the first time, and I have an adult viewpoint. Simply not good. Animation is primitive, music is bad and tedious, not funny at all, and the weak climax does not make up for two hours of painful situations. Charlie, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and Schroeder are decently colorful characters. The rest don't even make it to cartoon quality. I did grow up reading Charlie Brown comic strips in paperback form, and I liked it. But it loses its charm in this format.
2 hours is way too long, forcing time killing extended sequences.
Overuse of the "Linus and Lucy" theme gets tedious and shows a lack of diligence.
Overuse of the minor key "Linus and Lucy" theme got annoying.
It's not funny at all. There is one funny opening joke, and then Snoopy gets just a few funny bits, and that's it.
You're in severe pain for 90+% of the movie. That's not entertainment.
Way too mean with name calling and ridicule. Personally I find name calling and ridicule very offensive in any situation, even more so when it's this extensive. I just don't see the payoff in this movie. CB is a loser, a dumb, dull, unliked, untalented kid that ends up losing and "the world doesn't end." I don't see how that's a worthwhile lesson to anyone. The lesson is: no matter how much people call you names, ridicule you, no matter how much you lose in life or no matter that you can't seem to do anything right, somehow it's ok. There may be a nugget of truth in there, but basically having the moviemakers essentially preach to me for two hours that I share those qualities - that's a little condescending, isn't it? But anyway, even if the message were worthwhile, the ending message is so weak and watered down that it doesn't give me a good feeling and erase all the misery I've experienced in the last two hours.
It always felt like they were killing time with extended animation exercises. Extended segments: spelling rules, Linus looks for blanket, Snoopy ice-skating, and the Beethoven segment. Except for the spelling rules segment, the other extended segments did not move the story along, with Snoopy and Beethoven completely superfluous. These segments also came across like animation experiments, "Let's see how realistically we can make Snoopy appear to glide over the ice." "Let's make an extended high art collage set to Beethoven's music." That said: The Beethoven segment was very good and was the highlight of the movie. In fact, it's the only portion I saved for repeated viewing. As a short animation segment it's great, but as far as moving the story of a 2 hour movie along, especially for kids, no.
I can't see anyone learning spelling rules from this movie - so educational value is not much. Show this movie to any kid and then see if he can recite even the I before E rule, I don't think so.
Music was no good - the spelling bee song was not good.
I know it's apples to oranges, but this 1969 movie compared to the work and storytelling that Disney was doing as far back as 1937 (Snow White)? Like Rembrandt vs. kids with crayons.
Climax did not even come close to paying off, or making up for all the setup. The climax is two lines: "The World didn't end," and "Welcome home Charlie Brown." That simply doesn't cut it.
Description of Peanuts - A Boy Named Charlie Brown
OUR STORY BEGINS WITH CHARLIE BROWN GEARING UP FOR HIS FIRSTPITCH OF THE BASEBALL SEASON - STOPPING MIDSTREAM BECAUSE HIS PITCHER'S MOUND IS FILLED WITH DANDELIONS. IT'S ONE ENCHANTINGSCENE AFTER ANOTHER IN THIS VERY SPECIAL MOVIE THAT BRINGS ALLTHE 'PEANUTS' CHARACTERS TO FUN-LOVING LIFE.Bestsellers in DVD
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