First Hit: This was an out loud funny film that hit its marks all the way through.
Scary to me when animation films, of which I’ve seen two in two weeks, are consistently and overall better than many of the non-animation dramas I’ve seen.
The story is about a dog which has lived his whole life on a television set and therefore when his human companion, a young girl named Penny, goes home he still exists on the set. On their TV show, called Bolt, he and Penny fight crime and he has superpowers which include a stare that melts steel and a bark that has earthquake type repercussions.
Because of the set up, all he knows is the TV world and therefore he believes that everything which takes place on the set is reality. One day he believes that Penny gets kidnapped and gets out of his closed trailer to go find her. He ends up in the real world and slowly discovers his super powers do not exist.
At first Bolt blames his diminished capacity on Styrofoam packing peanuts which get stuck to his dog fur. He meets up with a cat and a hamster and together they are off to find Penny.
There are many funny bits in the film like when another dog comes up to him and starts to sniff his butt. This has never happened before and Bolt is quite taken aback.
To me the funniest scene is when the cat is sitting in a tree and egging Bolt on to use his super bark to make him come out of the tree.
Disney produced this film and it has the Disney animation quality. Everything flows well. Bolt’s voice is provided ably by John Travolta and Miley Cyrus is the voice of Penny. Their adaptations are excellent and carry the tenor.
Overall: This was a really good film and it was easy to just sit back and relax while it takes you on its journey.