I went to a screening of Bolt yesterday and I have to say that overall, I was very impressed with the film.
The basic premise is centered around a dog named Bolt, who is the star of a hit television show. He is separated from his owner Penny by accident and in the majority of the film Bolt is traveling across the country trying to get back to her.
The characters are what make this film great. Besides Bolt, the film also starred a hamster named Rhino and a cat named Mittens. Rhino is a super fan of Bolt, and wants to go on big adventures like Bolt does in his TV show. Mittens is a stray cat, who once had a family and doesn’t know who Bolt is, even though he thinks she took him away from Penny. There are three pigeons who give a nice comedy touch to the film. They keep trying to figure out where they’ve seen Bolt before, in times when it’s especially obvious (a bus with Bolt’s picture on it is behind him, and at one point they’re even sitting on a huge poster of him).
I saw this in 3-D and if you have the choice of seeing it in 3-D, I would definitely recommend you spend a few extra dollars because it really enhances the experience of the movie. Also, the 3-D effects weren’t overdone which was something I liked. It’s hard to explain but instead of having things ‘pop out’ at you, it was more like the entire film just looked extremely realistic.
Bolt is in theatres now, be sure to go see it!
