Number Forty Eight: Bolt

Bolt

2008

I kind of wish my dog was a super hero. That’d be fantastic! She could take on all the bad guys I’d ever encounter, keeping me forever safe. Who wouldn’t want to be forever safe? Unfortunately all my dog is good for is chasing squirrels and eating small animals. I still love my baby anyway.

Bolt thinks he is a super hero. In reality he is a TV star for a spy show, and to make it appear as authentic as possible, the producers have tricked Bolt into thinking he actually can shoot lasers, pick up things that would normally squish a dog, and sonically bark. Of course he can’t. He’s just a normal dog. Everyone just lets him think differently.

Until one day when he is accidentally mailed to New York. Once he figures out he is no longer in Hollywood, he begins to panic. As he discovers his “powers” are no longer working for some unknown reason to him, he really freaks out.

His panic causes him to kidnap a cat, Mittens, and force her to return him to Hollywood, so he may return to his person, Penny. Long story short, he makes it back, is reunited with Penny, everyone lives happily ever after, blah blah blah.

I know that isn’t saying much. But after forty eight days, all of these plots are starting to seem really similar. It’s beginning to make my head hurt actually. I mean, a Disney plot really has the same basic elements, and when you watch them daily, it is hard to write about them. You just to sound like a broken record, and no one wants to listen to one of those. Right?

Anyway, this particular movie was okay. I watched it only three hours ago or so, and I don’t really remember much of anything about it. This is the sign of a not as great movie. I do remember being entertained whilst watching it, but that’s about it, and I do not think that is enough. I could just be grumpy over this whole process, or it could be the fact it is super late and I want to go to sleep, but still. Movies should be memorable! That is all I have to say.

Movie Watching Budd(y)(ies): Leslie.

Best Song: I have a note on this. Penny and Bolt were voiced by Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, respectively, and they sang a song at the end. John Travolta is kind of awesome (Really. Have you seen Grease?) but Miley Cyrus is just…. Words do not describe how terrible of an existence she is. So obviously, her songs would suck too. So there is NO best song.

Best Part: The lunatic hamster who truly believes Bolt is a real super hero. He almost makes me want a hamster. Almost. Hamsters in general are a no good species, and not even an occasional cute one can redeem them.