Plot: What’s it about?
This is the classic story written by Dr. Seuss and put together for television in 1966 by Seuss and Chuck Jones. This cartoon was narrated by Frankenstein himself, Boris Karloff. I was quite surprised when I read that onthe DVD case. All these years I have seen this cartoon and never knew that. The story starts out in Whoville, a small village that Christmas is the highlight of the year. Up on nearby mountain lives the Grinch who wants to take Christmas away from the Who’s. The Grinch takes away all of the gifts and trees and whatever he can find that has anything to do with Christmas. The Grinch’s heart comes into play when after he takes it all away. He sees the Who’s singing songs even without all of their gifts and trees. So he must do what any thing with a heart should….
There is also another Seuss and Jones collaboration on this disc titled, Horton Hears A Who! I don’t remember seeing this cartoon at all as a kid. I found thecartoon somewhat entertaining, but not as much as the Grinch. This one is about an elephant in the jungle named Horton who finds a cotton ball with a whole town of Who’s living in it. They are quite small and with the help of a microphone of some sort the Who professor talks to Horton. The problem is that the animals in the jungle don’t believe that Horton is talking to anybody and feel he is going crazy. They want to get rid of the flower that Horton put the Who’s on and getrid of Horton too. So Horton must do everything he can to save the Who’s. While the Who’s muster up every ounce of noise they can to save their town.
This is an enjoyable little DVD that the kids will love. This is on sale at some of the internet sites for $10. And with another $15 movie and a coupon you could walk away with two good DVD’s for quite a good price. So enjoy this DVD as nowis as good as time as ever to watch the Grinch try and steal Christmas.
Video: How does it look?
The full frame cartoon looks quite good for a made for television cartoon that is 30 years old. I saw this the other night on Direct TV and this DVD looked a little better. While it is not the best looking DVD you shouldn’t be disappointed with the way the colors stand out and with really no bleeding that I could see.
Audio: How does it sound?
The audio here is 2.0 surround sound and it does quite a good job. You can go without the subwoofer in this one and the surrounds really don’t come into play much here either. The center speaker gets most of the attention and the songs are heard clearly throughout the presentation without any cracking that you can get with some of the older soundtracks.
Supplements: What are the extras?
You get a Grinch trivia game that is quite easy and is intended for the kids. You navigate the menus with the remote from your DVD player and answer multiple choice questions regarding the story of the Grinch. You also get somepencil tests for both of the cartoons.
