Planes [Blu-ray]

So he(my son) love them both and can't decide which one to watch again.. so being that he was my reason for buying the two was a success. Price for the both was right and delivery was on point. Need I say more...

I think kids may really enjoy this movie and be inspired by Dusty, but as an adult, I find the story quite simplistic. Nevertheless, those talking airplanes with their own personalities and body language are so cute and fun to watch that I don't want to give a worse rating. I used to want to be an aerospace engineer (though now I'm a biologist), so that means a lot.

Though in many ways this had a similar story line to the first Cars movie (rookie desires to win the big race), it still feels fresh. Dusty Crophopper desires to be more than what his original purpose was. He wishes to enter an around-the-world race that usually is reserved for planes that are built for racing. When he manages to make the cut, he has to deal with the prejudices of being a "farm boy." Aside from the challenges he faces from the difficult race and his fear of heights (imagine a plane afraid of heights), he also has to put up with the dirty trickery from other racers who don't play fair. However, he has old and new friends helping him out: the grounded Skipper (a war hero who suffers post traumatic stress), Dusty's best friend Chug (forgetful and big-mouthed), the nerdy girl whose name I've forgotten but is just as endearing, and the Spanish plane whose name I've also forgotten. The characters are memorable...the names aren't.In many ways, I like this story better than Cars. It is more exciting and adventurous, since it shows the various obstacles Dusty has to face traveling around the world. Dusty is a much more likable character than Lightening McQueen was. The film actually promotes many good morals: doing it anyway despite what anyone tells you and no matter how great the odds, always be a good guy (it does pay in the end), among others.

"The world of 'Cars' takes flight in 'Planes'", proclaims the blurb on the cover of Disney's new Pixar-like animated feature. We could only wish. Pixar produced films with superior technical qualities, but was best known for finely crafted stories that appealed to young and old alike. Planes displays great computer animation, but has a hit-and-miss story that appeals to children while leaving adults largely out of the fun.The story revolves around Dusty, a crop dusting plane who wants to be an air racer, and he gets his chance to compete in a round-the-world race against champions from many nations. This allows for not only slightly exotic character development, but for great displays of scenery as well. The settings are familiar from Cars, (a rural backwater community, inhabited by rubes and relics), as are the sidekicks (numerous small forklifts as workers, a not-so-bright truck as a friend, and an experienced old timer as a mentor). There is one sly reference to the tractor-tipping scene in Cars, as Dusty the crop duster is sightseeing in India. He comments on the many tractors wandering the landscape below, and his Indian companion says "they are sacred in our country".Although lacking the subtlety and storyline depth of Pixar's best, the three and four year-olds I watched this film with thought it was fascinating. It was colorful, fast moving, and flew literally around the world with plenty of moments of beauty and peril that kept the kids on the edge of their seats. So for the small ones in your life I rate this one four out of five. Try it, you might like it, and your kids certainly will.

honestly i really liked this one. i am a mother of 2, a 5 year old boy and a 2 year old girl. my girl loved the movie til she fell asleep, my son sat up and watched the whole thing. this movie along with cars so far are the only 2 he has actually fallen in love with. i as a mother thought it was super cute (with some adult humor for us parents, and references to things i know i laughed at). i liked all the planes, and i appreciated that they didnt just change the whole world over to 'planes' that you could still see cars, and things. **i was hoping to see a mater or lightening mcqueen somewhere amungst the movie ;)the voice of the friend truck is the actor from everybody loves raymond (brad garrett) and he was super cute and funny.i also really liked that they took you around the world, that was quite fun.prosfungets you on the edge of your seatfun for childrenanimation was easy to understandconsstoryline was lacklusterbut honestly, from a disney movie how crazy does a story really need to be?i loved it, and have watched it 2x now. i would say if your child loved cars and cars 2 and is tired of princesses (which my son is) this is refreashing and classic.

We bought this for our nephew for Christmas & we did our internet shopping after we did our store shopping. This way we could order what we couldn't find in the store & this also allowed us to shop for items that we knew were cheaper on Amazon. I ordered this, expecting it to arrive the 23rd. We had family over that day & I knew the gift was arriving that day but they actually left before the gift got here. They arrived for celebrations around 2pm & eventually left at just after 9pm since they had a long drive home. I was horrified & embarrassed since I kept looking up the tracking number & it didn't say anything past the 'on truck since about 5am that day'. The package came around 10pm, I think it may have been after but I was in bed when they delivered. I felt bad for my nephew & I felt bad for the driver (he looked exhausted). Now I have to pay to get it to my nephew & I don't want to deal with going to the post office, which is why I ordered it the way I did!!! So the product gets 5 stars, but everything else would be a half star. Bah Humbug!

How an itty-bitty crop duster plane wins hearts,minds and...,races ?I was 'tricked' into buying this DVD by the preview of a prop plane taking off from a battleship.What I expected I didn't know,but it sure wasn't what followed.Good animation though.I like the idea of mini forklifts being 'carried' over from the Cars movie,they're good minions,etc.They certainly help sell how changes and maintenance 'occur' to machines.I guess they're here to stay.The comic turns of the Mexican plane are very entertaining and reminded me of the film Despicable Me.

Not a patch on Cars even though they share the same universe. This is Disney's own attempt at producing a spin-off movie from Pixar's Cars franchise. Cars is an engaging movie with plenty of characters to connect with. My two year old son loves it and will watch it again and again constantly engrossed in the different on-screen relationships. Planes on other hand has a similarly structured storyline, but the characters are not very well developed. My boy just stared at it without any engagement. We switched it off after half an hour not caring what would happen next. My little boy did not react and went off to play. Save your pennies for something good.

I bought this movie primarily for the 3d.Ok, the movie has nice characters and a rather pleasing storyline, but it is defintely aimed at a younger audience than the cars movies. It's biggest selling point is that John lasseter..the Pixar guy helped write/produce the story so there are some nice touches. But it's certainly no Pixar production. This could be due to it originally being sculpted as a straight to dvd/home movie release.Ok... Now the 3d. Honestly it isn't great... The movie looks rather flat and unrendered, with the of exception of when is snowing or the rain/sea storm scenes. The rest is rather disappointing. This could be due to it not actually being made in 3d perhaps and it being added as an after thought. But I believe all Disney produced movies do this most likely as a way to save prediction costs.If you're buying for small kids, im pretty sure they'll enjoy it, but as an adult and big time animation addict I was very disappointed. The Voice acting is rather good, but it lacks the tongue in cheek appeal like cars did and other Pixar movies.It is however very watchable but almost like a copy of the first cars movie on premise (if you replace planes for cars). Pretty much the same story but everything including the characters come across as rather one dimensional, such a shame as it really could've been something as special.I've given a 3 star as I do love Disney and I love animation, but it just lacked that special Disney essence, again probably because it's really a TV movie as opposed to a big release cinema production.

Despite lukewarm reviews Planes tuns out to be a very entertaining movie even for adults because of course with most Pixar movies the jokes are plentiful. I only bought it to add to my 3D collection and because it was second hand and relatively cheap. Being all about planes I imagined the 3D would be impressive and it was. There was of course a message, well more then a couple and they weren't blatant and they promoted only good ethics. I started watching it to check the 3D and went on watching it to the end. I have great grandchildren now and know the boy and possibly the girl would love this movie. Cheers.

Very good move but it come to something where you are paying to get Adverts About 2-4 mins of them what is very bad when I know this use to sell for 10-20£ I know it is now a lost less but still you should get adverts on dvd you pay for this is the first time I have ever seen it although you can skip them so it not that big but it something you do not think you will get