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Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
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This looks very, very funny! Check out the trailer:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/bolt/

Neko
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Neko a private message Print Post    
I want to see this movie just for the hamster.
"STARVING!" and "I'll go break his neck" sent me into convulsions hahaha

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
LOL, every time he says anything about his "hamster ball" I die laughing. I usually don't seek them out films like this (though they are harmless) but I find a lot of the jokes in Bolt very funny.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
"Ball?" "ball" "Ball?" "Ball?" "ball?" "Ball?" "Ball?"

Makes me laugh, every time I see it.

Neko
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Neko a private message Print Post    
LOL It reminds me of the seagulls in "Finding Nemo"

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
We saw this in 3-D yesterday. The 3-D effects added more depth to the picture, it's wasn't so much about gimmicky tricks like stuff coming at you. The animation was quite stunning and detailed (you could even see scratches on Rhino the hamster's plexiglass ball).

Puppy Bolt was SO adorable. The part explaining him being a tv star was a little slow but once he got lost and began trying to find his way back to Penny, his person, the story picked up. My favorite character was Mittens, the Alley Cat (with a heart of gold, of course). There was a lovely sequence of Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino traveling across the country while Mittens teaches Bolt how to be a proper dog. I guess they have to do those sort of things in montages now because modern audiences don't have the patience for the quieter, character-type moments.

I still remember being traumatized by the Witch in Snow White so I'll just mention that there are a few scenes that might be a bit intense for little kids but there's nothing too bad. The movie is refreshingly light on the scatological humor that is so common in animation and family entertainment nowadays (there's a scene where dogs greet each in the doggy way that they do but that's about it).

The East Coast, Hollywood, and Midwest pigeons are very funny.

ETA: The voice acting was just fine and there's a couple nice songs in the movie/over the credits too.

Oh and there was a hysterically funny trailer for Ice Age 3, plus ones for Up (Pixar's next movie - looks fantastic), Return to Witch Mountain (very different from the original but I kinda want to see it), and a couple others too.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Monday, November 24, 2008 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
The other trailers I skipped mentioning...Inkheart, Coraline, and Bedtime Stories. I've read the books for the first two so I guess I ought to have remembered them.

I try to ignore box office stats but couldn't help hearing that Twilight crushed the movie competition this weekend. I read that book too but wasn't as enamored of it as others were. Oh well. While Bolt may not be a masterpiece like WALL-E (which I love, love, love), it's a solid family-friendly film with beautiful animation.

ETA: Oh and not that it matters but it was actually the Evil Queen before she transformed into the old Witch who scared me so much in Snow White.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
We really enjoyed it. We'd skipped it the first week because something else was on, and we thought it would just be ok, but we were very pleasantly surprised. Wasn't the animation something? I know they're all good these days, but Penny's hair could have been real.

I don't think we had a trailer for Ice Age 3, but it might have been there and I wasn't paying attention. Up looks like a bizarre concept!! I love Brendan Frazer (Inkheart), he seems to have found his niche in family friendly adventures.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
The Ice Age 3 trailer had Scrat being outfoxed by a female squirrel for an acorn. You have to see how, it just cracked the entire theater up. I found it online here.

And yeah, they may not be that much of a professional stretch for him but Fraser's roles in family friendly films have served him well. His sense of humor and self-deprecation just work in them.

ETA: I love Pixar's movies & shorts and animation in general so I'm looking forward to Up.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Monday, November 24, 2008 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Oh, one other thing I meant to mention. We had a "regular" German Shepherd when I was a kid but our neighbors two houses down had a white shepherd (his name was Dino). It was a long time before I learned they were both shepherds because I never knew they could be any other color than black/brown. I hope there's not a run on breeders for white shepherds like what happened with dalmatians.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Monday, November 24, 2008 - 7:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
So, do you think it's necessary to see the 3D version? Or is the regular screen one fine. We'll probably see this Thanksgiving day.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
We wondered about seeing the 3D version (we saw that last Brendan Fraser movie on 3D) but chose the regular version as that cinema is nearer. I'd say the film was definitely good enough that it didn't need the 3D gimmicks. On the other hand 3D gimmicks are fun...

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 6:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
rhino

The Breakout Star of Bolt--and It's not the Dog

Naja
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06-28-2003

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 6:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Awww, that's a nice story...and the guy himself seems so nice. Good for him :-)

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Brenda1966: I think the regular version should be fine. The 3-D in this movie was more about adding depth between the foreground and the background which gave a real sense of movement and, well, dimension. It was lovely but subtler than this summer's Journey to the Center of the Earth which had all those fun old time 3-D tricks such as stuff floating in the air or flying at the audience. (I just so wanted to see a string of T-Rex drool hanging over me, you know! *Ick*, lol.)

I'm glad they kept that guy's voice. He did a great job. Sometimes familiar/famous voices can be distracting.