Advantages: Great Opera Tenor, A truely gifted and talented singer
Disadvantages: Prehaps give Silent night a miss until December.

...Paul Potts ------------------------------------------------------------ Does anyone remember last years Britain's Got Talent show ? Well if you can you will almost certainly remember a guy called Paul Potts who went on to win the show with his fabulous Nessun Dorma opera song. I'm not a great fan of these talent shows and neither have I a great affection for Simon Cowell (X Factor) although he's somewhat amusing at times but I was totally taken back when I heard Paul Potts singing Nessun Dorma live in front of the panel of judges. I remember very clearly I was doing some clearing up in the kitchen not taking much notice of the show 'Britain's Got Talent' when I heard what I thought sounded like the late great opera tenor 'Pavarotti' in seconds I was inches away from the television set with pure admiration and will not forget... Read review

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Advantages: A classic in family entertainment
Disadvantages: A very long film, no thrills DVD

...An epic amongst children’s entertainment is a good way to describe the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, It is family entertainment at its very best. With a running time of 2 hours and 25 minutes it is extremely long for a children’s film. Remarkably however children as young as two or 3 will watch the entire film with interest such is the level of entertainment it provides. THE STORY: Dick Van Dyke takes the lead role as Caractacus Potts, an inventor whose enthusiasm is far greater than his level of success. He lives in a windmill with his children Jeremy and Jemima and his own eccentric father (Lionel Jeffries). His latest invention is a sweet, sadly overcooked and indeed full of holes, but wait! It can play a tune, it is in fact a TOOT SWEET! Fate, children and bad driving bring a meeting with the delightful Truly... Read review

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Advantages: A fun family film suitable for all ages young and old
Disadvantages: A required taste so my hubby says.

...to an end so does the life of the racing car as it crashes. We move on to the two children Jeremy and Jemima playing in the very same racing car which is rotting away outside Mr Coggin's garage. He decides it is time to sell it for scrap, but the children really want the car, so Mr Coggins tells them that if they can find the 30 shillings to buy the car then can have it, they are given until the next day. Off home they run to ask their father to buy the car, but on the way they run in front of Truly in her car, causing her to abruptly stop. Angry that they are not in school she takes them home to confront their dad, Caractacus Potts an eccentric inventor. It is here we get to meet Grandpa Potts who is an old soldier and sceptical about his sons inventions, but is possibly more eccentric than Caractacus. We hear some lovely songs... Read review

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Advantages: A Disney Film
Disadvantages: None

...Well I must be one of the very few people who had never seen this film and my husband thought it was tragic so he bought me the special edition of the film to watch. The special edition consists of 2 discs. The first of which has the film on. THE FILM The film is about an eccentric inventor, Caractacus Potts, who has 2 children, Jemima and Jeremy. The children have fallen in love with an old racing car which is going to be sold. We see the racing car winning the Grand Prix around the world at the beginning of the film. As the children are running home to ask their father for the money they are nearly run over by a very pretty lady called Truly Scrumptious, she takes it upon herself to speak to the children's father about why they are not in school. She takes a shine to Potts. Potts soon finds, with the help of his dog... Read review

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Advantages: everything
Disadvantages: whish i had this car

...Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Has got to go down as an all time favourite of mine, its been enjoyed in my family as far back as I can remember, and still just as popular today, The story is based on the Potts family, Father Caracatus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) his two children Jemima (Heather Ripley) Jeremy (Adrian Hall) and Grandfather Potts played by (Lionel Jeffries). Caracatus is an eccentric Inventor, who is trying to make ends meet, and support his family through his inventions, but to no ava