The King and I VHS

I hadn't seen the movie in a very long time and I was so happy to watch it after all this time and while I haven't seen the live action version, this one is my favorite one 😊

The movie had some promise. The animation style is what I expected from WB studios from the late 90s. Warner Bros. has a very good grasp on animating people, but they do create characters for slapstick purposes that have very overexaggerated bodies (think bugs bunny villains). The additions to the story were most likely deemed necessary because an animated adaptation to The King and I would have ended up fairly empty (animation needs movement, excitement, etc...). I think having the advisor that's a sorcerer as a villain is fine because it adds a fairly common villain that most animated movies use (Anastasia, Aladdin, etc.), so it does make sense, especially since the king has the personality for it. (The sorcerer seems oddly "ahead" of the times... he knows what's "proper" for English people and uses that against the king, so he does the secret conspiracy, and he know what is considered "barbaric" vs. "modern" when modern things are still being introduced. You have to give them a pass on that I guess. The racism is there, but it was always there from the original musical, so that's not much of a new thing. Basically, good music, good animation, sup-par movie.

I feel that 'Quest for Camelot' and 'The King and I' are two cartoons that never really made it famous, yet deserved to! They are both entertaining for children and parents alike, and both have originality.Quest for Camelot tells the story of a ragtag team of misfits who team together to find Excalibur when it is stolen from King Arthur and gets lost in the Forbidden forest. This cartoon promotes bravery, making peace with the past (the girl must get over her father's death 10 years later and now is against the man who killed her father), that you don't have to be perfect to be a hero (the boy is blind, for instance). It also teaches you that things you mightn't consider blessing really are, but only very well hidden blessings that you have to squint your eyes at, tilt your head to the side, and not blink for a couple of minutes to see the blessing...yet its actually there (an example is the two-headed dragon they make friends with that can't fly, can't breath smoke, and whose heads can't stop arguing with each other).The King and I tells the story Anna and the King yet in a family version that is fun, entertaining, and has a child-orientated background. The King of Siam brings Anna and her son (and his pet monkey) to teach his children so that his kingdom may become advanced like the others, yet the spoiled king doens't want to let go of many of the traditions that are keeping his kingdom from progressing...such as the law where the royal prince's wife will be chosen for him...something that the royal prince is trying to fight seeing that he's fallen in love with a slave girl (another no-no in Siam). The villan and his teeth-loving sidekick Master Little are rather comical, as are the misadventures they come across.I encourage both films for children everywhere and I hope that you found this review helpful.

I spied this on a movie channel, and tuned in just to see what it was. What A surprise; what a gem--the music, the fantastic graphics, the story--it was so good; even the final credits were shown while being serenaded by exquisite voice of Barbra Streisand doing some of the songs from the show. I just had to have a copy of my own, and it came in less than a week.The only thing is I am having problems navigating the menu for some reason, but will keep working at it. Oh and also some of the antics of the monkey and some of the lesser characters were a little juvenile at times, but the movie was meant for children too.

Delivery was a little slow, but showed up in Perfect condition! Good price

The King and I cartoon is based on the original Rodgers and Hammerstein musical (which I rate an A+), with a lot of the same music, which is very well done in the cartoon. Where it goes wrong is the creation of a silly villain with magic mirrors, powers, and whatnot that corrupt the original story. I see having to simplify the plot of children, but my 7 nd 11 year-old girls have better taste than the makers of this cartoon and prefer the original.

Its has its moments of being different that the live action films of the story of the King and I. But that is what makes the film endearing. The music is so beautiful and though the animation is not on par with Disney, it still is quite good. The film overall is well scripted and casted.

I grew up with the cartoon, not the live-action one... HA! This takes the cake for me by far! Humor, wit and all the rest <3! I LOVE THIS VERSION SO MUCH.

I was a little worried it might be scratched but it wasn’t. Worked perfectly for my teenage daughters who reminisce about their childhood movie favourites. This is one of them.

I use to watch this movie all the time when I was growing up.....I had to have a copy

ok

Great film however I didn't read the description properly as I live in Europe and doesn't work on my dvd players

Excellent!