The Last Unicorn [DVD] [2018]

I won't give away my age but when I spotted this on DVD it was an instant must have purchase as this had been one of my favourite films growing up. My Nan still has this film on video from when she bought it for me many years ago but as video players are pretty much obsolete nowadays and neither myself nor any friends and family own one, the video has sat unloved (but not fogotten!) on my Nan's video shelf (which she refuses to throw the contents of it away) for many years. I was actually browsing for a different DVD for my son when this came up in the "customers who purchased this also purchased..." list and as I said above it was an instant add to basket and purchase. My son is absolutely addicted to the DVD at the moment and has this on almost every morning before breakfast. It is so nice and very strange to see my own son getting so much enjoyment out of a film that I thought I'd never watch again let alone the 50 or so times I've now watched it with him! Surprisingly the film quality is actually really good and even the sound and music has been transferred onto DVD okay. The story is the same and tells of The Last Unicorn who sets out to find the rest of the Unicorns and what has happened to them. She finds out from a funny bird that the Unicorns have been taken by the Red Bull and then later that the Red Bull is being commanded by King Haggard. After being captured by a witch and a run in with a Harpy she meets up with the magician Smendrick who vows to help her. Other characters include Prince Lear, Molly and a drunk skeleton (I think the mention of the skeleton may jog memories who watched this when they were young). Like other reviewers have said, I knew the songs and the words to them within a few seconds of hearing them again and I can't believe all the parts and music I had forgotten. A real but wonderful blast to the past and still an enjoyable film even for the future generations. If you loved this film when you were a child then you'll fall in love with it all over again.

loved this when i was a child like the origional watership down and it was a good price

I had never heard of this film before but I love animation and had heard good reviews of this film. It's a Rankin Bass film and like all his films has a really unique and interesting style. It really looks gorgeous and has some excellent visual moments and ideas. The voice acting is top notch and Mia Farrow is exactly what a unicorn should sound like. Christopher Lee delivers the doom but also sorrow and heartbreak underneath those dark baritones. Alan Arkin is fun and Jeff Bridges sings! One of the great things of a Rankin Bass film is that it's never afraid to go dark and scary, there is a ugly harpy hag and a demonic Red Bull that is a brooding, destructive masculine presence that contrasts brilliantly with the frail, wispy feminine Unicorn. The songs performed by America work well whilst watching the film but you won't remember them by the time the credits roll. The story is your standard Hero's tale but the emotions really work and you genuinely feel sorry for the Unicorn and even for the bad guy at times because he's such a well rounded character. The ending leaves some loose ends and a band of Robin Hood loving bandits are introduced then completely dumped. However, these are minor flaws which stop the film being five stars but certainly don't ruin it and the film is still an entertaining and visually impressive film. The climax is especially amazing and a beautiful, fantastic sequence and one of my favorite animated scenes of all time. I won't spoil it but once you've seen it you will remember how breathtaking this climax is long after the credits roll.

I bought this purely for nostalgic reasons. I remembered this film from when I was tiny. I know the red bull scared the living daylights out of me when I was 4 haha, but wanted to see it again as an adult. It's a lovely film, well worth watching.

Words can't express how much I love this story. Loved it as a child, when it was just a beautiful fantasy story about hope and the power of love. Loved it even more when I re-visited it as an adult and now I'm taking some very differenty things from it. These days, it reads more like a quest for authenticity/truth, the power of courage versus fear, all in a wider senser and in the narrower context of art and the artist (some lines will hit a creative person or artist right in the heart). It even has a spiritual level - you could read it as the quest of the soul for its true purpose (and again, the power of love) - as the unicorn becomes human, she learns what it means to be human, and this will hit anybody in the heart who's ever wondered why on earth did they incarnate on this weird and wonderful planet. :) I think the true power of a story is measured by how it remains relevant as we grow and mature - anybody, regardless of age or background, will take something from this story, which to me is the mark of true greatness. A wonderful story, and a film I keep giving as a present to anybody who'll have it.

Nice film, very innocent, my ten year old Son really enjoyed it, he loved the magician trying to do his tricks. The story is about a Unicorn that overhears Robin Hood say she is the last of her kind, so needing to know if this is true, she leaves the forrest that has been her safe place for so long and goes in search of the Red Bull, who she has heard from a butterfly, has sent all the other Unicorns to the ends of the earth. She gets captured by a Witch on the way, makes friends with a magician who joins her on her quest, and plenty more surprises, you will have to watch the film for your self or I will spoil it.

Lovely story, imaginative and beautiful animation.

The Last Unicorn is a beautiful story about the last unicorn in the world on an adventure to find more of her kind. On the way she meets colourful characters such as Schmendrick the Magician, Mommy Fortuna and Molly Grue . I love the music as it is beautifully written and sung.I love the movie and I would like to read the book. The Last Unicorn is an enchanting tale that all children will love.

La edición steelbook de The Last Unicorn es una verdadera joya para los fans del cine animado clásico. El diseño del steelbook es precioso y muy elegante, perfecto para coleccionistas y para quienes crecimos con esta película. La calidad de imagen en Blu-ray es muy buena y permite redescubrir la animación con mucho más detalle que en formatos antiguos. En lo personal, esta película me llena de nostalgia porque la tenía en VHS cuando era niño, así que volver a verla en alta definición es una experiencia muy especial. La única cosa que realmente extraño es el doblaje original en español latino, que esta edición no incluye (no tiene ni doblaje, ni subtítulos en español, solo subtítulos en inglés). De haberlo tenido, esta edición habría sido absolutamente perfecta. Aun así, es un lanzamiento muy recomendable para los fans de esta historia tan querida. Si no tienes problemas en verla en inglés la recomiendo ampliamente.

Jag är glad att ha den vackra animated film

This is one of the best movies that I have bought from Amazon.co.jp. As a late thirties father who speak only English to his children it is sometimes hard to find good television and good movies for my daughters to watch in English, we currently live in Japan. I thought of this movie and how I liked watching it on Sunday afternoon when the Buffalo fox station would play it. I was pleased to see that it was super cheap. I watched the movie with my daughters last week and they could not stop talking about it. We watched it again last night and they are still talking about it. For that fact alone it is a good purchase. The movie itself really stands out from all the other animated movies not only from that time but from all times. The characters have a sense of realism as they make mistakes and are not clear cut character troups. Some characters are truely evil and when they get what they deserve in the narrative they still win. The animation is old by current standards but that does not mean that it is bad. It is qiute endering and a real pleasure to watch. Many animated movies require multipule watchings to enjoy all the hard work that the animators put into the film and this one is no different. There are some people who are up in arms about how the film has been edited, where a few swear words are replaced or edited out. This is true but it did not stop me from enjoying the film. I didn't know where the swear words were in the movie so my suspension of belief was not disrupted. This movie is fantastic and a joy to watch. The projects that these animators went onto afterwards was helping Miyazaki in Studio Ghibli make Naussica and the Valley of the Wind.

Das letzte Einhorn ist ein zeitloser Fantasy-Klassiker mit einem bezaubernden Soundtrack von America. In hypnotischen und stilistisch einzigartigen Bildern wird eine berührende, aber gleichzeitig fantasieanregende Geschichte erzählt – über eine ungewöhnliche Gefolgschaft, die durch das Schicksal miteinander verbunden wird. Die meisten, die diesen Artikel lesen, dürften die Handlung bereits kennen, weshalb ich darauf nicht weiter eingehe. Ansonsten empfiehlt sich die Inhaltsangabe oben. Ich selbst liebe den Film seit meiner Kindheit. Damals hatte ich ihn auf VHS aus dem Fernsehen aufgenommen und immer wieder angesehen, bis das Band praktisch abgenutzt war. Besonders beeindruckt hat mich die Stimme von Christopher Lee als König Haggard. Seine sonore und zugleich verletzliche Stimme macht die Figur nicht zu einem einfachen Bösewicht, sondern zu einem gebrochenen und vielschichtigen Charakter. Auch Prinz Lír wirkt zunächst wie der klassische „Prince Charming“, besitzt jedoch emotionale und charakterliche Tiefen, die man in solchen Figuren nur selten findet. Schmendrick wiederum ist weit mehr als nur der typische Zauberer – seine Suche nach sich selbst verleiht ihm eine melancholische Menschlichkeit. Und natürlich steht Lady Amalthea im Mittelpunkt, die menschliche Gestalt des letzten Einhorns. Warum es dazu kommt, enthüllt der Film im Verlauf seiner Handlung auf bewegende Weise. Die Disc liegt in guter Bild- und Tonqualität vor. Natürlich wirkt der Zeichenstil aus heutiger Sicht stellenweise etwas altmodisch, doch genau das macht einen großen Teil des Charmes aus. Für Fans des Films ist diese Veröffentlichung ohnehin Pflichtprogramm, aber auch Fantasy-Liebhaber, die den Film noch nicht kennen, sollten unbedingt einen Blick riskieren.

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