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Being Green with Avatar Extended Edition Blu-ray GiveawayClosed

- brandy3 413 Comments

Avatar is one of the great movies of 2010. The movie really makes you have a better appreciation for nature and helping the environment.

Avatar Extended edition features a video message from Pandora.  A Special Feature to watch with any member of your family who is concerned about the environment. It Features James Cameron’s trip to Brazil where we met some of the native tribes to show them his support, and to speak up against the building of a dam that will destroy the ways of the indigenous people who live there.

Watching this feature with your family, specially your kids will make a great discussion on helping the environment. On ways they can help the environment like….

  • Making sure the lights are turned off when you leave a room
  • Turning off the water when you brush your teeth
  • using tote bags at the grocery store, instead of plastic ones
  • carrying reusable water bottles instead of plastic ones, to reduce waste

I have 2 Avatar Extended Edition Blu-ray copies to giveaway

Please keep in mind these are Blu-ray copies and not DVDs.

Open to US and Canada

To enter tell me how your children help being green?

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Contest closes 1/20/11

Disclosure: No compensation or product was received. Giveaway products are being provided by sponsor

Despicable Me DVD Review

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Product Description: Vying for the title of “World’s Greatest Villain”, Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) – along with his hilarious crew of mischievous minions – plots to pull off the craziest crime of the century: steal the moon! But when Gru enlists the help of three little girls, they see something in him nobody else has ever seen: the perfect dad. From executive producer Chris Meledandri (Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age), and featuring the voices of an all-star comedic cast, including Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove and Julie Andrews, Despicable Me is “rousingly funny, heartfelt and imaginative”.

****I never saw this movie in theatres, so watching it for the first time was exciting.  We’ve seen all the commercials and my kids have been begging to see it.  The movie started out kind of boring, but as soon as the minions came on everything got exciting and funny. Now there aren’t to many funny parts , but there are a few and they had my kids on the floor.  An evil villan is set out to steal the moon, but is distracted by the children he adopted for his evil plan. When he decides to give them back and go through with his plan, they are kidnapped and he tries to rescue them.  He does and they live happily together as a family. my favorite part would have to be when he kisses the girls goodnight and then the minions say can we have some kissy Kissy! Or at the  end when they all dance. I have to warn you though there are some words in this movie that may be disgusting, such as fart, poop, butt among a couple of others.   We really enjoyed this movie.

Retail: $29.98 but you can get on Amazon for $14.99

Release date: December 14, 2010

Running Time: 95 minutes

My rating:9

Disclosure: No compensation was received, a product was received for my review.

Holiday Gift Guide: Fantasia/ Fantasia 2000 Blu-ray combo pack review

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Product Description: Walt Disney’s animated musical masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound-now brilliantly restored for the first time ever in high definition! Blu-ray technology finally  allows you to experience Fantasia-and Fantasia 2000, the triumphant classic it inspired-the way Walt envisioned! Plus, for the first time ever on Blu-ray, experience the 2003 Academy Award nominated animated short Destino-the extraordinary collaboration between Walt Disney and legendary artist Salvador Dali.

Bonus Features for Fantasia:

  • digital Restoration
  • DisneyView
  • Disney Family Museum
  • The Schultheis Notebook (movie secrets)
  • Art gallery
  • Audio Commentaries

Fantasia 2000 Bonus features:

  • Destino (Short film)
  • Dali and Disney (Destino Documentary)
  • Musicana (Walt’s inspiration for a Fantasia sequel
  • Disney’s Viral Vault
  • Audi commentaries

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****I love being able to share movies I grew up watching with my children. When I first played this movie a few years ago on VHS, my kids were not interested at all. Now that they are a little older they can actually sit through it, although I don’t think my kids really understand what Fantasia is all about, but they loved the colors and music. There favorite part was Mickey playing with the wizards magic.  Watching the bonus features made me appreciate this movie more, hearing the commentaries and Walt’s inspiration. This movie truly is inspirational and I think one of Disney’s best movies ever.

Retail: $45.99 but you can find on Amazon for $28.99

Release date: November 30, 2010

Running Time: 200 minutes

My rating:10

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was provided by Disney.

Mickey’s Number Roundup and Handy Manny Big Construction Job With Mickey Mote

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Product Description:  Rustle Up Some Fun! Howdy Mousekeroos! It’s time to put on your cowboy hats, grab your lassos and help Mickey, Goofy and all your Clubhouse pals wrangle a boisterous herd of wild numbers into Mickey Corral. Laugh it up as you count ‘em down from 10 to 1, and rustle up the right Mouseketools to catch those rascally numbers! Then search for Daisy Bo Peep’s lost sheep, decode a secret message, and solve more super fun puzzles. For big surprises and rootin’, tootin’ fun from sun up to sundown, count on Mickey’s Numbers Round-Up!

Bonus Features:

  • never before seen episode

Description:  Put on your hard hats and team up with Handy Manny on an awesome full-length adventure!  Join Manny and his Tools as they head out of town to work on an exciting construction project in Concrete Falls. Meanwhile, back in Sheet Rock Hills, Mr. Lopart tries to fill in for Manny – with hilarious results! Can Kelly convince Manny to come home and save the day? Introducing new Power Tools, new songs, and a wonderful message about the rewards of taking on new challenges, Big Construction Job is fully loaded with tons of fun for everyone!

Bonus:

  • never before seen episode (Good Fences/Butterflies)

**** This is so much fun according to my kids. My son is almost 3 and even he can participate in this.  The Mickey Mote gets the kids up, more learning and fun.  My son really enjoyed Mickey’s number roundup and even learned a few numbers I don’t think he knew before.  The only downside is I have 3 kids and 1 mote. they share but not enough. LOL! This is a great learning tool and what i love is it actually has the thinking instead of just sitting in from of the TV.

Retail:$23.99

Release date: November 16, 2010

My rating:8

Disclosure: No compensation was received, a product was received for this review.

Minion Madness Just In Time for Despicable Me

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Despicable Me is coming to DVD and Blu-ray December 14, 2010

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Fromgift cards to all-expense paid family vacations, “Minion Madness” will award more than 15,000 prizes. Each week, gift cards in $10, $20, $35 and $50 increments will be awarded to winning players. In addition, three once-in-a-lifetime sweepstakes Grand Prizes will be awarded:

  • Lifetime, all-access passes to Universal Studios theme parks.
  •  Family trip to New York City for the 2011 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
  •  Luxurious family vacation to Los Angeles complete with hotel stays and spa visits.

Register on www.minionmadness.com, players earn chances to win prizes by participating in an array of entertaining and creative challenges, ranging from online games and videos to mobile activities to create, share and rate personalized Despicable Me content. For each activity completed, players are rewarded with their very own, ever-expanding personal army of online Minions. As the total number of Minions grows, so does the player’s chances of winning weekly and monthly prizes. The prizes also increase in value with each new Minion population benchmark level reached, escalating to as many as a whopping 100 $50 gift cards every week.

 Holiday Madness:

Holiday shoppers and kids can submit photos taken at Minion photo displays located in the Santa Photo areas at over 170 Simon Shopping Malls nationwide starting in November thru December 24.  Other Minion photo opportunities include the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC in which the Minions and teen sensation Miranda Cosgrove, star of Nickelodeon’s hugely popular television series “iCarly” and the voice of Margo in Despicable Me, will be featured on afloat in the parade.  Thousands of colorful Minion beanie caps will be distributed in New York City the week of the parade to celebrate “Minion Madness” and provide additional photo opportunities.

 

Have A Laugh Volumes 1 & 2

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Product Description: If you think you know Mickey Mouse, guess again! Have A Laugh and discover why Mickey and his friends are still the funniest, most adventurous, and coolest characters you’ll ever meet!     Whoop it up when a mischievous baby seal hides out in Mickey’s bathtub. Shriek with laughter as ghost hunters Goofy, Donald, and Mickey are scared silly by four spirited spooks. Then, get ready to roar when Goofy attempts to hook up his new, high-tech home theater system and, “BLAM!”, things go hilariously haywire!    Fully restored and re-mastered, these awesome cartoons also feature a new “Re-MICKS” – a mash-up music video of crazy cartoon clips remixed to the hit song, “Another One Bites the Dust” from Queen. It’s a fresh take on classic comedy that’ll have you laughing and singing out loud. So sit back and get ready to Have A Laugh!

****My favorite character has and will always be Minnie Mouse, so getting to watch this movie and see her and Mickey along Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto in hilarious clips was so enjoying.  My kids really enjoyed watching this and were laughing the whole time. My favorite was part is the Re-Micks, Hannah Montana’s He Could Be The One. It features Mickey and Minnie back when they were in black and white, and in love.

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This brings back a lot of memories of the original Mickey and Minnie Mouse, they are just not the same anymore.

Retail:$15.99

Release date: October 26, 2010

Running time: 73 minutes

Disclosure: No compensation was received a product was provided.

Holiday Gift Guide: Toy Story 3 Blu-ray Combo

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Product Description: As Andy gets ready to leave for college, Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the rest of the gang wonder if this is the end of the line. But, when a mix up lands them in the Sunnyside Day Care Center where they meet 14 new toys, they soon discover that a wild new adventure is just beginning! Take an amazing journey with some of the most beloved characters in movie history and discover what being a friend is truly all about.

****I was surprised at how hilarious this movie is.  I was thinking this movie was going to have a couple funny jokes throughout the movie. It was non-stop laughter though. Barbie and Ken were really my favorite, they were so funny. The funniest of all though would have to be Buzz speaking spanish and dancing around. My kids and I loved this movie. This is definitely a must have this holiday season.

   

Retail:$24.99

Release date: November 2, 2010

Running time: 102 minutes

Disclosure: No compensation was received a product was provided by Disney

Tangled Meet Rapunzel

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Character Bio: Rapunzel may have lived her entire life locked inside a hidden tower, but Rapunzel is no damsel in distress. The girl with the 70 feet of golden hair is an energetic, inquisitive teenager who fills her days with art, books, and imagination.  Rapunzel is full of curiosity about the outside world, and she can’t help but feel that her true destiny lies outside of the lonely tower walls.  Rapunzel has always obeyed Mother Gothel by staying hidden away and keeping her magical hair a secret… but with her 18th birthday just a day away, she is fed up with her sheltered life and ready for an adventure. When a charming theif seekd refuge in her tower, Rapunzel defies Gothel and seizes the opportunity to answer the call of the kingdom. With the unwilling Flynn Rider along for the journey, Rapunzel leaves the tower for the first time, and begins a hilarious, hair raising  journey that will untangle many secrets along the way.

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Tangled Meet Flynn Rider

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Character Bio: The ultra confident Flynn Ryder is his own biggest fan and he has relied on his wit, charm and good looks to get out of even the stickest situation-and Flynn’s life just happens to be full of sticky situations. Flynn is a thief looking for the one last, big score that will allow him to finally live the life he’s always dreamed of. He’s never been closer to having it all when he meets Rapunzel, an odd girl with ridiculously long hair. Rapunzel seems to be the only girl in the world immune to Flynn’s moves, and for the first time ever he seems to have met his match. An unlikely alliance with this girl from the tower sends Flynn on an adventure of a lifetime, and helps him realizethat sometimes you don’t know what you want…. until it hits you over the head… literally.

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