Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Bolt (2008)

This review is dedicated to Walt Disney and Walt Disney pictures hard working Men and women who worked on Bolt. Good Job and Thank you for a wonderful movie. Happy New Year Walt Disney.

It all started when Bolt was at the pet store when a girl named Penny came in. She adopted Bolt and 5 years later Bolt became a Television star. Bolt has been a television star along with Penny his whole life. He does not know it is televison because he has never been off the set. He has always stayed in a trailer on set. Penny loves him. Then one day when something wrong happened on the set, Bolt accidentally got shipped to New York. The accident happened when the Green eyed man captured Penny. Bolt thought it was all real and he escaped from his trailer and fell in a shipping box. Now he met an ally cat named Mittens and they met when the pigeons tricked Bolt to thinking that the cat worked for the Green eyed man. The pigeons wanted to get revenge on mittens. Now Bolt and Mittens are tied togeather to travel all the way across the country to Hollywood. In Ohio, They met Rhino. Rhino is just fan that watches a lot of the Bolt shows and is the ultimate fan. He is a hamstuter that lives with an old lady in an RV. In this cross road adventure Mittens and Bolt get friendlier to each other when Bolt realized that he is just a dog on a TV show. He started as a dog that thinks that everything in his show is real to a more realistic dog at the end. This reaches a happy ending with Penny taking care of both Mittens and Rhino. Bolt is no longer enemies with the cat, Mittens instead they are good friends. My favorite part was when they reached Las Vegas , Nevada because I went to Las Vegas recently and was so excited to see the famous Las Vegas strip again. I saw MGM Grand, Treasure Island, New York New York, Paris Las Vegas, Bally in animated form. That was just cool how I can see a place in a movie and I just recently been there. The coolest part of the movie is that I got to see Bolt in Disney Digital 3D.
The storyboard was excellent because it gave background imformation on how Penny got Bolt at the very begining then leads to several scenes Bolt episode shots that leads to why Bolt ended up in New York. It Ends with how Bolt returned back to Los Angleses Hollywood. It also shows the experiences that Bolt had with Mittens and Rhino. It shows that Bolt has gotten more realistic of his TV show character's super powers. He also have 2 new friends, so this adventure has been more than trying to find Penny. It was an experience learning about the outside world. The world that was different from the glamor of a Hollywood set.
This movie has great shots with lots of shot variety and great visuals. The movie showed the great places around the 48 states. My favorite was Las Vegas because I just visited lasvegas during Thanksgiving and I got to see the foundain show of Bellagio again. They made every landmark especially Las Vegas with high pixels.This movie is pure hard work, intellegence, creativity, and high goals. A proverb once said, "It is not that you are afraid of setting your goals to high , but you set it too low that you can't reach it"
I was discussing this movie and believed that this movie can reach an Oscar. It might be Best sound effects, Best Visual effects, Best Animated film , Best Supporting Actress, or Best actor.
The best part about this movie is that it has a solid movie that does not loose focus. It is the best Disney animated movie of the year. Good Job Disney. You reached exceed Expectations and you will get an Oscar. That is the reward for your Success and hard working employees.Thank you Disney.
Walt Disney you have set a legacy, thank you. Not a single filmmakers have made so many good animated movies as your company did. From Alice in Wonderland to Bolt you have built a foundation for future filmmakers of Walt Disney Studios. Thank You and happy new year.

Overall Grade: A

Story: A



Acting: A



Direction: A



Visuals: A

Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

2000 years ago in 236 BCE, China is in a great civil war. The different warring states are fighting each other. One person named the Dragon Emperor is going to defeat all empires and form China.He enslaves his enemies to serve on the Great Wall construction and bury them in his wall. He kills the one that betrayed him. He pulls their limbs apart. Now the O'Connells'have discovered his tomb. They have awakenked the Dragon Warrior. If he reaches the Pool of Shangri-La then he will be immortal and able to summon his terra cotta army. Now the O'Connells and two immortal women who lived 2000 years to bring him down before he destroys the world.
In this epic series the O'Connells are going to China. This movie has awesome visual effects, special effects, camera shots, and story.
One of the best movie of the season.
The story does not have random scenes, everything flows not like Hancock. When they were filming in the Himalayas,they made it so real. Everything has great action like the battle between the undead and the Terracotta warriors.
This is my absolute favorite of the season. Rent it or buy it at Walmart. They have the greatest prices. This movie has great acting. The best acting was acting in acting when the O'connell's friend betrayed them and worked for the enemy that wants to bring the Dragon Emperor back from the grave.

Overall Grade: B

Story: B+



Acting: B



Direction: A+



Visuals: A