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Hey, my name is Marcus and I'm 19 now. Anyways, I grew up watching the Winx Club back in 2004 when I was in elementary. I fell in love with the show, because it reminded me a little of one of my old fave TV series, Sailor Moon. I was devastated after buying all the Winx DVDs and hearing in 2007 that The Fox Box/4kids TV lost the rights. Then I was excited when Nick obtain the rights. Thus, I am disappointed that they cut out the majority of this movie. The movie is on youtube, and it is originally an 1 hr & 29 mins. & 59 secs. but they made it only 45 mins. TF? -_Why wait to down size the 2nd movie, but leave the 1st one alone?
P.SThe only reason I'm mainly buying this DVD is for the 7 episodes. -_-
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This Winx Club movie is even better than the first. I'm glad that Nick took over the rights from 4 KIDS so that the later seasons became availible. This movie reveals the secret why Prince Sky's father always seem to have trouble with his relationship with Bloom in the TV series. Its great to see how much Bloom has grown and become less dependent on her parents thought it nice in this movie seeing Bloom's Earth parents together with her birth parents. The movie eals with Bloom's birth father being upset with Sky for not taking Bloom to the princess ball and his search for a better suitor for her. Bloom knows her heart lies with Sky and with the Winx help plans to get to the bottom of Sky's action when the Trix's newest attack causes The Winx to loose their powers and the girls join with The Specialists on a new quest.Best Deals for Winx Club: Magical Adventure (2013)
I first saw this on tv and liked it so i decided to buy it on dvd be sure your watching the series or yowl be lost.Honest reviews on Winx Club: Magical Adventure (2013)
As a fan of magical girls or in this case, guardian fairy princesses -I was overjoyed to see that both of the Winx Club movies received US English releases. I loved what Nickelodeon did with the first film, and after seeing the second in the European-English dub and loving it, I hoped the good feelings would continue.But then I saw the 45 minute running time on the first disc and all the good feelings were gone.
The movie isn't bad though I honestly think that the major change to the plot still worked somehow, probably for the better. The original movie's plot actually has Sky [*not really a spoiler*] propose marriage to Bloom, not invite her to a Princess Ball [which would probably be something Bloom would prefer doing to Sky, given her personality], so it's a sudden huge step for our main couple right at the get-go of the movie; it's understandable that Nick probably changed this to relieve parents of the idea of their child's beloved show about love, friendship, fairies and magic having young teen love just instantly leading to marital happiness and bliss, and a Princess Ball is more of something that the general age range for Winx Club would probably love anyway [it works for the other Princesses in the fictional media anyway. Plus, it's 'Princesses'. I think it sells itself.].
Other than that, the plot is still "bad witches trying to rid the good magic from the world, good fairies fight to save the magic, yadda-yadda-yadda" we all know the drill. There are inconsistencies in the film [since this supposedly takes place after Season 4; this is true in both versions], but the original RAI English music remains [which is a miracle in itself] and the CGI animation is really quite pretty.
Still, the sudden edits to make a supposed 87 minute movie into half its time have a good plot is what makes this release fail. A lot of unnecessary scenes that I found amusing in the original film were cut, and added with the plot changes, this film is like Nickelodeon's good attempt at being like the show's original US licensee, 4Kids Entertainment [who was infamous for their many edits and cuts to anime and foreign cartoon series]. Just that last sentence is a sad thought to even think about, but they did it.
I really wish the full movie was dubbed into Nickelodeon-English, as I honestly prefer their voices than the European cast [and even the 4Kids cast, though they never made it this far]. Oh well, at least there are seven episodes of the show Season 5! on the second disc to whet your Winx appetite. If anything, you should buy the DVD solely for the episodes and maybe watch the movie once before using it as a cup-coaster. If you have a Winx Club fan or a fairy/princess-obsessed child in your house, the movie should tide them over after a couple of hours... until they find the original European-English version on Youtube to be much better than the Nick cut.
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