Disney's The Wild [DVD]

I love this film & prefer it far more than Madagascar. Eddy Izzard makes it for me... A film the whole family can enjoy!

This was purchased for my mother for Christmas, who is a cartoon fan.The film was very funny and humorous, it tells the story of a group of animals who escape from a zoo and about there adventures.

This movie may not have the universal appeal of many Disney movies, but it's an unsung hero all the same and I can't stop going back and watching some or all of it once more. There's plenty of funny scenes (some involving bottom pinching!) and sharp dialogue, well-pitched cartoon physics and sound effects, and there is a genuine plot that is great to follow.There's several celebrity voices, as is usual with modern animations. Kiefer Sutherland leads the way as Sampson, a lion from a New York Zoo, who's trying and failing to inspire his son Ryan with false stories of a fictional life in the wild, but then is called on to be the hero he never actually was to save Ryan from being taken away to Africa forever. James Belushi is razor sharp as Benny the squirrel, who is besotted with Bridget, a stubborn but occasionally nervous giraffe voiced by Janeane Garofalo, who might, just might, eventually submit to his charm on their voyage to Africa. In Africa they fall foul of Kazar (William Shatner), a gaunt, mad-eyed wildebeest who has founded a cult that he hopes will elevate his fellow bovines to the status of predators over the lions. The best voice, however, is that of Nigel the wacky koala bear (Eddie Izzard), who resents the fact he has inspired a popular talking plushie doll, but then becomes drunk with power as he finds Kazar's cult worship him as a god.Pop culture threads through The Wild at numerous levels, such as Kazar paraphrasing James Cagney in White Heat ("Top of the world/food chain, Ma!"), Larry the python channelling the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard Of Oz ("I do believe in spooks! I do I do I do!"), or a scene involving a dustcart that very subtly references the garbage masher scene in Star Wars Episode IV. Coldplay's song "Clocks" is nicely placed next to a night time cruise through New York. Blag the wildebeest, voiced by Patrick Warburton (heard also in Family Guy and The Emperor's New Groove) delivers a deeply cutting line in the pop culture vein; "For the record, I never liked your choreography. It's so... Eighties." Burn! And then he goes on to do a zero G! Epic!There are some subtle nods to The Lion King in this movie too, but I'll let you out there try and spot them.Got to stop soon, but just have to post a few memorable quotes to conclude.Sampson: (Heading for Africa by tugboat) "I'm the lion of the sea, tra la lalala!"Benny: (To Bridget) "Bet you didn't know I could ride geese did you? (Slaps his haunch) Bareback!"Bridget: (To Benny, a little later) "Oh, I get it. You're giving me the Silent Treatment. Like I care!"Larry: (On Ryan) "Maybe he's sulking because he lives in father's shadow and he roars like a schoolgirl." (TMI, Larry.)Kazar: (About to dispatch Sampson) "Next floor: bottom of the food chain... DING!"Nigel: (Going crazy after weeks of baking sun) "Stop laughing at us, you solar twit!"

Brilliant thank you

Happy with the film! The blue ray works well and looks great the only thing I’m not too happy about is the fact that it doesn’t have the number on the side. Which is a shame. I just wish the listing didn’t advertise the slip case cover because as you can see by the pictures I didn’t get the slip cover. But overall very happy with my blue ray.

Perfect

Good film

its not a bad movie, not the best animated movie out their but should entertain the kids