Cinderella Blu-Ray Release, Disney Store Sale, and Jungle Book Trailer

Hey guys! Just a post of randomness today. ;)

First off, Disney's live-action version of Cinderella comes out today. Hooray!! :D My girls and I are very excited to add this movie to our collection. We haven't snagged it yet, but I'm hoping to by the end of the week. :) Is anyone else planning on getting it?

Just in time for this special release, there's a 40% off sale at the Disney Store website on Frozen and Princess items (an online exclusive). I wanted to mention it because included in the sale are all of the dolls from the Cinderella movie (aside from the huge $200 pack). This is the first time that the Cinderella and Prince wedding set has been included in a sale. It's a discount of about $30. Sigh. If payday were closer and things weren't so financially tight right now, I'd love to add these guys to my collection, somber faces and all. ;) You can see all of the sale items HERE.

Finally, a new trailer for Disney's live-action version of The Jungle Book has just been released, which you can see HERE. I have to say, I wasn't all that interested in this movie before, but it looks pretty cool. I'm also encouraged by the nice CG quality, since the live action Beauty and the Beast will rely heavily on CG. (Have I mentioned that I can't WAIT for 2017?) ;)

Hope you guys have a great week. I'm still home, trying to get over my cold, but hoping that I'll be out and about again by tomorrow.

More posts to come! :)

Thoughts on the "Tangled" Blu-ray

Hi everyone!  So, I got the chance to watch "Tangled" and its special features last night.  I had so much fun! :)  Let me just say, aside from the great story and music that takes me back to the films I grew up on ("The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin"...), this is an absolutely breathtaking film.  I love the beauty of the animation.  It's so fun to see all of the attention to detail, especially on the human characters.  The lighting, the scenery...everything blends together to make a perfect mix.  Since I'm familiar with the story, it was fun being able to focus on details this time around.

As far as special features go, I was a little bit disappointed.  I only watched the regular Blu-ray, so I don't know if there are more special features on the 3-D Blu-ray.  I won't know for a long time, as I don't have a 3-D compatible TV. 

The features they had were fun...I just was expecting more of them.  Maybe I'm too used to the "Diamond Edition" Blu-rays with loads of extra stuff.  There were a few deleted scenes, a couple of extended songs, lots of fun Tangled trailers (a lot of which I'd seen on Disney.go.com), and a really fun countdown of all 50 animated features from Disney.  That will be nice to have as a reference. :)  There was also a behind the scenes featurette hosted by Mandy Moore (the voice of Rapunzel) and Zachary Levi (the voice of Flynn/Eugene).  The featurette was fun and light (it looked like something that was probably made for the Disney channel), but didn't go into as much detail as I was hoping for. 

There also didn't seem to be any sort of pop-up menu on this Blu-ray like there has been for others.  Oh well, maybe I'm just too picky! :}  I'm sure there are at least a couple of Easter Eggs, since there usually are on Disney films.  I was hoping to check the Web today and see if anyone has discovered them yet.

So, I guess that's about it.  Overall, I'd give the Blu-ray a 4 out of 5 stars, just because I would have liked to see more Bonus Features.  I'd be interested to hear what all of you think, too. :)

P.S.  My dolls got to have a movie night and watch with me.  Tess did a post about it on her blog, and she'd love it if all of you checked it out.  For now, here's a pic of all of them enjoying the movie. :)

TANGLED!!!!!! :)

So, for those of you who don't know, Disney's "Tangled" came out on DVD and Blu-ray today.  Yay!!  I pre-ordered mine on Amazon.com.  The good news is that I got a great deal on the 4 disc Blu-ray DVD combo.  The bad news is that it won't get here until April 1st at the earliest.  :(  Of course, being the extremely patient person that I am (HA!!), I have no problem waiting.  Yeah, whatever.  It was KILLING me that I had to wait.  And yes, I know I'm completely pathetic. :} 

Then, my mom and aunt came over for a quick visit (after stopping by Walmart to buy their copies).  They were on their way to my mom and dad's to watch it.  I was bemoaning the fact that I'd have to wait to see it, when my mom very sweetly offered to leave her copy here for me.  I felt really bad and told her to ignore my whining.  Then my aunt pointed out that she didn't even own a Blu-ray player, so she could leave her Blu-ray copy here and take home her DVD copy. 

I couldn't resist the offer.  So now, I do NOT have to wait to watch my second favorite Disney movie of all time, plus see all of the great bonus features! :)  Well, at least I don't have to wait as long.  I do have to get 3 kids thru the bath and to bed first. :)  But then, it's movie time! :)  I'll be sure to do a post on what I thought of the Blu-ray. :)  Okay, I used waaayyy too many smiley faces in this paragraph.  :}  I'm just so excited!!!! :D