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SYNOPSIS:
Are you hot on the trail of the coolest adventures under the
sun? The sky's the limit with DISNEY'S LITTLE EINSTEINS?.
Join Rocket, Leo, June, Quincy and Annie on a daring trek
across the Egyptian desert. Their quest: to find a legendary
Golden Pyramid and unlock its magical, musical secrets. Travel
to the Far East for a parade of beautiful kites along the
Great Wall of China. Then, head west to the City by the Bay
where you'll fly -– and sing! -- higher than ever before
to help a brave little toy plane rescue a green helicopter.
Whether your preschooler is exploring the Forbidden City,
soaring over the Golden Gate Bridge or solving the riddle
of the Sphinx, THE LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN PYRAMID is the perfect
passport to a world of exciting new discoveries you can experience
together.
MOVIE REVIEW:
Finally, three episodes of the educational and fun
Little Einsteins from Playhouse Disney Channel contained on
one DVD. Previously, all we got were bonus episodes of this
preschool animated series on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVDs.
And in an effort to learn more about the ancient pyramids,
“Hungarian Dance No. 5”, the artworks of Zhang
Lu, Oui Ying, Zosan and Cai Jia, “Peer Gynt Suite: In
the Hall of the Mountain King”, Keith Herring’s
1988 and “Symphony No.40” (that’s quite
a lot to learn), this reviewer decided to sit through this
72-minute DVD despite his family members thinking that something
has gone wrong with this grown up in his late 20s.
In
“The Legend of the Golden Pyramid”, the children
fly to Egypt to save music notes (what creativity!). However,
they are locked inside of a room towards the center of the
pyramid, so the children will need to venture into its ancient
halls if they wish to get the music notes out safely. In “Dragon
Kite”, a Little Dragon Kite comes to visit the kids
while they are playing in the garden. The Little Dragon Kite
needs their help because some of its friends went missing,
So, they head off to China to find three Blue Dragon Kites,
two Yellow Dragon Kites and one Orange Emperor Dragon Kite
(yes, those are the exact names). In “Annie and the
Little Toy Plane”, Annie (one of the members of the
gang) notice a green helicopter stuck way up high in the highest
redwood tree and guides Purple Plane over the highest landmarks
in California to reach green helicopter.
Yes,
these are the storylines of each of these 24-minute episodes.
Apparently not geared towards adults, they are still engaging
and entertaining enough for the toddlers. They will be responding
to the questions asked by the characters in the show. They
will be happily singing “Open up, we want to come in.
Open, open, open, open, open, open up” (to the tune
of “Hungarian Dance No. 5”), “We’re
off to save the Kite Parade, Kite Parade, Kite Parade, We’re
off to save the Kite Parade and find the missing Kites”
(to the tune of “Peer Gynt Suite: In the Hall of the
Mountain King”) and “Purple Plane, Purple Plane
to the rescue! You're a brave purple plane, yes it's true.
Purple Plane, Purple Plane to the rescue! When we sing there's
so much we can do!” (to the tune of “Symphony
No.40”). Repetitions and familiar tunes help the young
viewers to learn about classical music, and along the way,
they learn about famous artworks too.
And
we won’t be surprised if you were trying to sing the
classical tunes with the lyrics we provided above.
SPECIAL FEATURES :
This Code 3 DVD contains a “Little Einsteins
Storybook – Mission: Where’s Froggy’s Family?”
where kids save a frog by sending him home through an interactive
quest from deserts to rainforests. Included in the disc are
Previews of other Disney products like the 101 Dalmatians
DVD.
AUDIO/VISUAL:
The disc’s visual transfer enhances the clean-cut animation
which will appeal to young viewers, while there are 2.0 Stereo
English, Thai, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish and Portuguese
audio tracks (except for Annie and the Little Toy Plane which
is only available in English) to choose from.
MOVIE RATING:
 
DVD
RATING :
Review
by John Li
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