The Charlie Church Mouse Show Volume 1 and Volume 2
SCORE: 81
Since Lifeline Studios is
selling The Charlie Church Mouse Show Volume 1 and Volume 2 in the same
package, we will review them together as one unit. The price on their
website is $19.95, and this gets you two DVD's with 52 minutes each.
Each DVD contains six episodes of the television show based off the kids
video games. Thanks to an amazing brother in Christ, Family Friendly
Gaming received a reviewable unit of these DVDs. How does The Charlie
Church Mouse Show stack up against VeggieTales, and Boz? I hope this
review will answer that question.
Visually speaking The Charlie Church Mouse Show Volume 1 and 2 tries
some interesting things. There are live humans, and someone in a giant
mouse costume (Charlie Church Mouse) in a computer generated backdrop.
They interact with computer animated characters. This looks decent in
some parts, and really sticks out in others. VeggieTales and Boz do not
interpose humans, however their animation looks better to my eye. My
pre-schooler did not care, and he enjoyed these DVDs.
The Charlie Church Mouse Show Volume 1 and 2 has a wonderful message
that teaches great lessons. Some of the lessons repeat, or are very
similar. That was okay with me. The voice acting did not always have a
lot of emotion. At times the kids in the show looked like they were just
reading off a cue card. Again young children will not notice, and love
the songs included. In fact my youngest son was dancing to the songs,
and singing along.
There is an interesting bonus feature on both volumes of The Charlie
Church Mouse Show. That is a demo of the game. Put the disc into a DVD
drive on a computer, and you can get a demo of a Charlie Church Mouse
video game. This is pretty cool, but that is the only extra feature. My
youngest son rewatched The Charlie Church Mouse Show Volume 1 and 2,
until I needed something else on. Which is strange because I can rewatch
Boz over and over again. That may be because Boz contains content for
adults as well as kids. The Charlie Church Mouse Show Volume 1 and 2 is
targeted at kids only.
The menus screens function properly. Each of the 12 shows in The Charlie
Church Mouse Show Volume 1 and 2 follow a similar pattern. Kids can
learn wonderful lessons by watching these DVDs. The shows are a little
on the short side, but there are enough of them to make the purchase
feel worthwhile.
Reliance on Jesus, turning to God, and including God are some of the
lessons that The Charlie Church Mouse Show Volume 1 and 2 teach. There
are also minor lessons about obeying elders, doing the right thing, and
helping others. I feel that The Charlie Church Mouse Show Volume 1 and 2
is a good start for this franchise. I really hope there are sequels, and
that they improve upon this foundation.
- Yolanda
Graphics: 71%
Sound: 80%
Replay/Extras: 76%
Gameplay: 85%
Family Friendly Factor: 95%
System: DVD
Publisher: Lifeline Studios
Rating: 'NR' for Not Rated
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