Shaun the Sheep: Back in the Ba-a-ath
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Actor: Jo Allen, John Sparkes, Justin Fletcher, Kate Harbour, Richard WebberBrand: Lions Gate
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 51 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-02-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lyons / Hit Ent.
DVD Reviews of Shaun the Sheep: Back in the Ba-a-ath
DVD Review: Aardman Studios does it again.
Summary: 4 Stars
It seems everybody loved that Shaun and his sheep friends in the Wallace and Gromit short, "A Close Shave" and admittedly the scenes with the sheep were indeed the funnest and most outrageous of that film. It looks like Nick Park and friends know a fan favorite when the see one. Now Shaun is the star of about 80 stop motion animation (or claymation) shorts and it only seems to be going up from there. Shaun the Sheep is an entertaining and light hearted series of seven minute short films that are currently being aired on the Disney Channel (as well as other stations worldwide). This is one of those shows that truly deserve their success.
You have various levels of positives going on here. First off Aardman Animations is well known for their high quality stop motion films, and they are as on top of their game as ever. While you may got so many movie style camera shots like from their other projects you do get concise character animations that run very smooth for stop motion.
Next is an obvious ploy for family viewing: a cute set of characters that do funny things. Much of what made A Close Shave funny gets reworked on many episodes. This doesn't mean the cartoons are derivative. It does mean they have fun with physical humor in a way you don't really see much anymore. Animals ending up in crazy poses and situations. The humans being completely oblivious to this. Etc.
Finally there is story and production. The plot for each episode is tight, simple and seamless. They generally don't fall into the pitfalls of yesteryear's cartoons and do take a fresh and light hearted approach to the story. In other words perfect for family viewing (not just the kiddies). Music and sound is very consistent throughout. Nothing that really stands out, but then again this isn't a WB promo video either.
What you have here is the second release of shorts. You get ten in this disk. Here's a quick synopsis:
"Shape Up With Shaun" - Shirley the fat sheep needs to lose a few stone (pounds for us yanks). Lots of poking fun at those training montages from Rocky.
"Bathtime" - The sheep need a bath, but there's no hot water. A fun play on Mission Impossible on this one.
"Fetching" - Bitzer the dog wants to play fetch and ends up finding a picnic romance.
"Take Away" - The farmer orders a pizza. Now the sheep hatch a cunning plan to get some themselves. You gotta see how the sheep disguise themselves as a human.
"Still Life" - The farmer wants to paint a landscape portrait with the sheep interfering (with funny results). I won't spoil the ending, but it's the best.
"Scrumping" - Three pigs won't share apples from the apple tree. Good physical humor on this one.
"Stick with Me" - Bitzer gets stuck with some super strong glue; then the rest of the sheep get stuck too. This one reminds me of A Close Shave the most with the antics.
"The Kite" - The sheep go crazy over a kite that flew by. Shaun is obsessed with catching it.
The animated shorts are very funny, but there is a reason I don't give five stars to this disk. For one it's one of those DVD's that annoyingly keeps you from getting to the menu before going through the previews. It's easy enough to scene skip the previews, but really guys. Is it that bad to your bottom line to give us the option of getting to the main menu immediately? Also the DVD wants to play through all the content like a non-stop film going automatically through the episodes and then the special features (which is just a sing along video and those pesky previews), even if you just elected to view a single episode. The DVD makers brag about this all being a "feature" so you can have the disk repeat itself for the kids while you mow the lawn and whatnot. Still even Disney gives you the option to turn that OFF.
Another put off was this DVD runs all of its content in less than an hour. So you have eight shorts, a sing along, and previews that take up less than half the disk. With the scores and scores of episodes out there would it hurt them to pack a single disk with twice the shorts? Five stars for the cartoons. Four for the annoying stuff.
All in all if you like Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run or even Flushed Away there is absolutely no reason for you get see Shaun the Sheep. Maybe in the future they will make a more comprehensive collection so you get your money's worth. Still if you have kids the non-stop playing feature could be helpful.
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