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MovieMeditation presents...
HIS FILM DIARY 2015
The year is no spelling mistake
total movie count ........... viewing day count
289 .......................... 347
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December 14th
—— 2008 ——
BOLT
—— animation ——
DISNEY CLASSIC no.48
REWATCH
Bolt, boulder,
bodacious...
Still searching for a certain type of magical lightning to strike the studio of Disney, ‘Bolt’ is the latest film in the can of movies ranging from career defining to canned dog food. Yes, you guessed it, this film is far more of the latter than the former, even though ‘Bolt’ does boost some evolutionary visuals and pretty impressive and exciting action sequences throughout. And that is what I basically take away from this movie that isn’t straight up take-away trash – the action scenes and the solid animation sells the experience, though the simple, safe-bet storyline and cuddly character compilation makes this a film that fails to impress all that much, ultimately still ending up awfully forgettable and disposable when it all comes down to it…
‘Bolt’ sports ancient basics of plot presentation and moral compensation, which have been brought back to life by a lightning stroke and roams the movie media in a modern-day setting. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks and ‘Bolt’ seems to be a poof of that saying. There is nothing really new to be found here and the tired old tropes are more tiring than ever. The finding one’s true self, staying true to oneself, trust in oneself, be brave and bold in life is all so old that the importance of it feels lessened here. I’m aware that these themes are basically timeless and are to find in every other kids’ movie out there. But it isn’t so much about the morals being old, the presentation is simply not interesting enough to feel refreshing. ‘Bolt’ isn’t completely unoriginal and parts of it feels fun and exciting enough on their own merits, but as a whole, this movie is hollow and hardly worth writing home about.
The voice-work is solid though and that helps sell even the most monotone characters in the movie and thereby the interactions between said characters. I can’t deny a few fun scenes indeed does rise from the whole jargon about this “superhero” dog on the run, who thinks he’s invincible. It may have sounded like I really hate this movie, but I don’t, I just don’t find it anything special other than the fact that it might be the best and most complete Disney have felt outside their Pixar-projects – a company you definitely don’t want to compare the studio with quite yet, since the solid animation suddenly looks dull next to a ground-breaker like ‘Wall·E’, which saw release the same year…
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MovieMeditation presents...
HIS FILM DIARY 2015
The year is no spelling mistake
total movie count ........... viewing day count
289 .......................... 347
__________________________
December 14th
—— 2008 ——
BOLT
—— animation ——
DISNEY CLASSIC no.48
REWATCH
Bolt, boulder,
bodacious...
Still searching for a certain type of magical lightning to strike the studio of Disney, ‘Bolt’ is the latest film in the can of movies ranging from career defining to canned dog food. Yes, you guessed it, this film is far more of the latter than the former, even though ‘Bolt’ does boost some evolutionary visuals and pretty impressive and exciting action sequences throughout. And that is what I basically take away from this movie that isn’t straight up take-away trash – the action scenes and the solid animation sells the experience, though the simple, safe-bet storyline and cuddly character compilation makes this a film that fails to impress all that much, ultimately still ending up awfully forgettable and disposable when it all comes down to it…
‘Bolt’ sports ancient basics of plot presentation and moral compensation, which have been brought back to life by a lightning stroke and roams the movie media in a modern-day setting. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks and ‘Bolt’ seems to be a poof of that saying. There is nothing really new to be found here and the tired old tropes are more tiring than ever. The finding one’s true self, staying true to oneself, trust in oneself, be brave and bold in life is all so old that the importance of it feels lessened here. I’m aware that these themes are basically timeless and are to find in every other kids’ movie out there. But it isn’t so much about the morals being old, the presentation is simply not interesting enough to feel refreshing. ‘Bolt’ isn’t completely unoriginal and parts of it feels fun and exciting enough on their own merits, but as a whole, this movie is hollow and hardly worth writing home about.
The voice-work is solid though and that helps sell even the most monotone characters in the movie and thereby the interactions between said characters. I can’t deny a few fun scenes indeed does rise from the whole jargon about this “superhero” dog on the run, who thinks he’s invincible. It may have sounded like I really hate this movie, but I don’t, I just don’t find it anything special other than the fact that it might be the best and most complete Disney have felt outside their Pixar-projects – a company you definitely don’t want to compare the studio with quite yet, since the solid animation suddenly looks dull next to a ground-breaker like ‘Wall·E’, which saw release the same year…
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