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 Snoopy, Come Home $14.98 Parents beware of this ultra-serious, somewhat dark Peanuts feature-length movie. Unlike the first Peanuts movie which had many light moments augmented by the joyous and classic Vince Guaraldi jazz scores usually employed in Peanuts animation, this one is full of conflict and sadness, and uses an incredibly hokey score by the Sherman Brothers (who wrote pop hits back in the day). My five year-old, who is pretty tough, broke down several times during this movie, worried about Snoopy getting KIDNAPPED at one point, and leaving Charlie Brown at another point (not to mention the brutality of Snoopy's lengthy boxing match with Lucy). Schulz's Peanuts always had an adult tone to it, but the Peanuts specials managed to reach out to kids with many purely joyous moments. Not so here. The plot isn't even that well-executed and the resolution is not emotionally satisfying. I don't recommend this to anyone. The first Peanuts movie is great (A Boy Named Charlie Brown) by comparison. No wonder this particular film was a big flop at the box office at the time. A must to avoid, and not to be shown to younger kids.  Here Comes the Indian $13.98 This album is amazing and i plan to pay a lot of money to get in on vinyl and put it up on my wall. It has such a woodsy-tribal feeling that is really unexplainable. It's not very accessible but once you get on its playing level you'll understand what I'm talking about |
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