One of the favorite DVD sets of my grandson!
A marvelous collection of animated films for kids and grown-ups alike
I'll say this up front: I loved the four animated stories in the DVD set. Three of the films were produced for TV specials between 2007-2010. The fourth film - Gift of the Night Fury, based on the animated film How to Train Your Dragon - was released in 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray, and I don't think it has been shown on TV.
A brief summary of the four films:
* Shrek the Halls (2007) - The story takes place after Shrek 3 and before Shrek Forever After, while Shrek and Fiona's three children are infants. Shrek promises Fiona a special Christmas surprise, but as usual, Donkey gets involved, and chaos ensues in Shrek's first family Christmas.
* Merry Madagascar (2009) - The story takes place between Madagascar and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria try to escape from Africa and return to the zoo in New York in a hot air balloon. In an unlikely turn of events, Alex unintentionally shoots down Santa Claus while he's delivering Christmas...
Up to date Modern Holiday 'Traditions'
This 2 DVD set is a great idea for a family Christmas gift - or rather family Holiday gift. Dreamworks makes fine animated features as we all know but there may be many families out there who have not had the opportunity to see these takeoffs on original ideas that are just terrific to welcome in the holiday season. Not only are the stories well written clever, but the added advantage of have famous Hollywood stars such as Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas and more enter your living room as the voices of these fun characters makes the entertainment even better.
There are four stories based on movie successes re-crafted into television specials for the holidays, so even though the characters on the colorful packaging set look familiar, the stories are fresh. The works included here are Shrek the Halls from 2007, Merry Madagascar from 2009, Kung Fu Panda Holiday from 2010 and Gift of the Night Fury (based on How to Train Your Dragon) from 2011. In...
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