32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Compilation of Classic Shorts!, January 17, 2004
This review is from: Mickey & Minnie's Sweetheart Stories (DVD)
If you are not a fan of the classic Mickey Mouse cartoons, than I advise you to steer clear of this DVD, because it is a compilation of 8 shorts with love as the main theme. Also, if you collect the "Walt Disney Treasures" series, you will end up owning all of the shorts on this disc, eventually. I am collecting that series, but bought this DVD because I love the cartoons on it and don't want to wait the several years it will take for Disney to release them as "Treasures."
As I said before, the DVD is compiled of 8 classic cartoons, and they are as follows, with a description of each:
1. "Mickey's Rival," in which Minnie and Mickey are on a picnic, when Minnie's old flame, Mortimer, drops by and ruins it.
2. "In Dutch," In which Pluto lives in Germany and falls madley in love. When he accidentally rings the town's emergincy bell, he and his love are banished. But when the damn is leaking, Pluto has to convince the town that he isn't lying.
3. "Donald's Double Trouble," In which Daisy refuses to speak to Donald until he learns to speak properly. So when Donald finds a proper duck who looks like him, the other Duck agrees to pose as Donald to win back Daisie's affection. But this duck has a sneaky agenda of his own.
4. "The Nifty Nineties," In which there is no real story line, but is simply a glimpse of what life would have been like in 1890. The only reason it's on this disc is that Mickey and Minnie are on a date.
5. "Pluto's Heart Throb," in which Pluto is hit by Cupid's arrow and falls for a weiner dog, but theres a bully of a bull dog who is ready to fight Pluto for her affection.
6. "Mr. Duck Steps Out," in which Huey, Duey, and Luey ruin Donald's date with Daisey.
7. "Society Dog Show," in which Mickey enters Pluto into a dog show, but Pluto falls in love with the compitition.
8. "Mickey's Delayed Date," in which Mickey accidentally sleeps through his date with Minnie. He then forgets their tickets to a party and gets so mesed up on the, way there, that he looks like a hobo.
I highley recomend this DVD and I hope Disney releases more compilations of classic shorts in the future. Due to the fact that none of the shorts were created for Valentine's Day, and instead are just shorts with a love theme, this DVD will proviede viewing pleasure all year round.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great for little kids and adults, October 3, 2005
I have not seen the DVD version, which apparently differs from the VHS version. I checked out the VHS version at the library for my two-year-old daughter to watch and she LOVED it. My intention was just to familiarize her with some of the classic Disney characters so she'll be excited to see them when we take her to Disneyland next spring. My plan worked too well. She kept asking to watch Mickey Mouse over and over again and was very distraught when we had to return the video to the library today. She really liked Pluto and Donald, too. The one with the penguins and the one with the car don't really seem to fit in with the rest of the video and are probably her least favorite parts of it, but the video kept her constant attention.
Now I'm scrambling to find more classic Disney shorts with Mickey and will probably end up buying this video for her because the only thing we have with Mickey in it is the "Twice upon a Christmas" DVD.
I also enjoyed watching the old cartoons and it made me want to see some of the ones they used to show on the Wonderful World of Disney when I was growing up. Overall, I'd say the video is definitely worth buying.
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