Cheap VeggieTales - Lord of the Beans (DVD) Price

Related Products

Customer Reviews of VeggieTales - Lord of the Beans

Great fun for kids and their parents
This was the first Veggie Tales DVD we purchased for our kids (the oldest are 3 & 4) and it was a big hit. While most of the jokes went flying right over their little heads, they were able to follow and enjoy the larger concepts with ease (good versus evil) and got a real kick out of the talking vegetables, silly songs, and evil "sporks". The Veggies also passed the ultimate test--they held the kids attention the entire time and they were sad when it was over. <
> <
>I was most surprised at how genuinely enjoyable the DVD was for adults as well. Both my wife and myself, having read the Lord of the Rings and watched the movies, found ourselves laughing out loud several times at the unexpected and occasionally subtle humor. The whole thing was very cleverly done, indeed. <
> <
>We also appreciated the positive message of the DVD and the tying of that message to a passage from Sacred Scripture at the end. As soon as my wife saw that, it sealed the deal--we'll be buying a lot more Veggie Tales products in the future.

---

who, exactly, is the audience?
It was fun. It was funny. But, as another reviewer pointed out, a 7 year old with no knowledge of LOTR wouldn't get most of the jokes. And then, Veggie Tales songs work best when they are funny. The "Stuff Mart Rap," and "I'm So Blue," (both from Madame Blueberry) for example, are very funny songs which still convey their messages.(I still clench my teeth at the very thought of that cornball Esther song--but then I was one who rejected Shirley Temple as "too corny" when I was six). <
> <
>Having said all that, the jokes were lively, the message of using your "gifts" wisely was good, and the characters within characters were well done. Maybe this is Veggie Tales for those on the older side of elementary school

---

Below Average Children's Entertainment
My family use to love watching Veggie Tales. The original episodes were hilarious, filled with silly songs that would make the whole family giggle and laugh. But since Veggie Tales sale in 2003 to Classic Media, Veggie Tales have been bland and filled with songs that seem devised by someone with no musical ear at all. Lord of the Beans is no exception. It falls flat, and is reduced to just another below average episode of a once great franchise. Check out the earliest Veggie Tales, but pass on the episodes in the Classic Media era.