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Friday, March 20, 2009

Movie Review: Bolt

This movie, an animated comedy about a dog who thinks that he is a super-hero, is clever and moving.
We just got back from watching it at the two dollar theater, but anyways:
The movie starts with Bolt in a pet shop, just a puppy, when a little girl shows up and falls in love with him immediately. Years later, the girl and the dog are the main characters of a hit TV action show where Bolt has amazing super-powers and is constantly saving "his human" from danger.
Because of a lack of interest in viewers over 18, the TV network decides to make the show a bit more unpredictable; they end an episode with a cliff-hanger, and Bolt, who thinks that every dangerous situation acted out is real, is left with the impression that his master is in danger. His human's agent doesn't allow her to find and comfort Bolt, and so he breaks out of his trailer to find his human (whose name is Penny). By a mistake, he ends up in a cardboard box that is shipped all the way from Hollywood to New York City, and is left with the task of finding his way back to Penny, who he still thinks is in danger.
So he begins his journey across the continental United States; along the way, he meets vivid characters like Mittens, the cynical cat, the ganster pigeons of New York, and Rhino, the hamster who has an obsession with Bolt and his television show.
With a touching ending that will make every dog owner cry (or maybe just me, since I'm a sap), this movie is definitely worth watching.
I have made the decision, however, that if I cannot make it through an animated dog movie without getting emotional, then I will wait for Marley and Me to go to the red box before watching it so that I don't make a scene in the middle of the theater ( :
This movie is awesome and you must see it. Now. Ten/Five stars: **********

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