Sunday, November 23, 2008

Bolt

Remember in the movie Demolition Man where Sandra Bullock states: "All restaurants are Taco Bell." Well soon all movies will be 3-D. Bolt didn't need the third dimension to succeed on an adult entertainment level. It has a lot going on under the hood. The 3-D is definitely a bonus then. Although the visuals are such a natural fit you barely notice the effect save for one scene where Bolt swings out hanging for dear life on a ladder that becomes detached from the back of a train.
This is your basic Disney animal adventure a la Incredible Journey done in CGI animated style. John Travolta voices Bolt but Susie Essman is my favorite as the smart alecy cat Mittens. Miley Cyrus briefly voices Penny, Bolt's owner, but was MIA for most of the film's cross country trip. Bolt is a TV star who doesn't realize he's actually animal talent and not a real life super canine. Kind of the opposite of premise of The Truman Show. When Bolt gets separated from his lair he kidnaps a cat (Mittens) and heads from the East Coast to the West Coast. Along the way the pair pick up Rhino, an enormously gung-ho hamster and fan of Bolt's show voiced by Mark Walton.
The trio figuratively find themselves in situations that help heal Bolt's inner doubt. On a cosmic scale of cartoon features Bolt is in a league with lower level Pixar films, which is to say it ain't Toy Story but assuredly better product that other recent Disney family films like Beverly Hills Chihuahua.


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