Bolt

You want a funny movie that the kids can enjoy and you can laugh at too? Bolt is your movie! Hey, even you “2 kool for that” geeks can see it…I did!

Bolt is about a dog that an actress adopts for her new TV show. The show is centered around the dog who has genetically altered to be a super dog. The show is filmed in a way that allows the super dog, Bolt, to believe he actually has super powers. At the end of each episode, Bolt saves his person, Penny and they go back to their trailer. Later, to boost the shows ratings, Penny is kidnapped on the show. With no happy ending, Bolt goes crazy searching for her and ends up getting thrown into the real world where he has no super powers. Now, Bolt must find his way back to his owner as a normal dog and on the way he learns how to be a normal dog.

On his journey he meets a New Yorker cat named Mittens who Bolt believes has info on where Penny is. He also finds a crazy fan of his show on the “magic box” named Rhino. He is a tiny hamster who runs around in one of those little hamster balls. He is incredibly funny and made the movie really good.

The voice acting on this film was better than most CGI movies. John Travolta did really well as Bolt and didn’t sound too goofy. Susie Essman was great as Mittens and gave her a lot of emotion. Mark Walton was spectacular as the hamster. He made me laugh a lot, especially at one point where he was singing along to the score of the movie. Malcolm McDowell was good as Dr. Calico (the bad guy on the Bolt TV show) but his role was fairly small. Diedrich Bader was very funny as Dr. Calico’s shoulder cat but his time on screen was very brief.

All in all, it was a really good movie. I thought it would be ok but it was much better than I expected. I recommend it to anyone, seriously. It gets a GO from me.

Until next time, keep your ball rolling and watch out for those Critical Hits!