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Disney's Bolt

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I really enjoyed it. Me and my two friends (who are brothers) laughed all the way thought it. It liked how at first you seen it through Bolts eyes then you get to see how it really works that the behind the scenes stuff. And yes i would agree with Jamie that Rhino stold the movie. Him and his lines they had for his character. One of my friends couldn't keep from laughing after hearing him say, "I'll Snap His Neck." He couldn't breath there for a while because of how he said it. But i really really enjoyed and would give it two thumbs up. Hope to see more of Bolt, Penny, Rhino and the rest of the cast in another movie or maybe a cartoon series.
 

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Actually, I think there was a LOT of potential in having the director as the villain of the piece. A lot of potential that wasn't tapped at all, I think. He definitely seemed dark enough. But he was only really in that opening scene. The real villain seemed to be the agent, who I thought was funny... but there really seemed to be some Truman Show like element that could have been utilized.
I never even considered the agent to be a villain. He was more mildly annoying than anything. And I agree that there was potential in having the director be the villain. Come to think of it, it sort of threw me off that he WASN'T the villain. Not that the movie needed a villain in the first place. I prefer the focus being on Bolt finding is way back to Penny. That was the heart of the story.
 

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I guessed the samething. I wouldn't ever had thought of the agent as a bad guy at all. Now that you said it. Wow! I just thought of him as well as just annoying.
 

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Actually, I don't think he was much the villain as an uncaring, almost villainous type... but just more annoying and selfish than evil. But the director really needed to be utilized more... something that sounds like it was in the original plot line.
 

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I loved Bolt, thought it was great. Like others have mention, totally not as good as Wall-E, but still great.

I think Bolt is something younger kids would be able to get into more than Wall-E though, I'm just thinking this cause of my two year old nephew. He loves Bolt, but I don't think he would give Wall-E the time of day, :smile:, but maybe I'll try again with that one.
 

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I was flipping throgh the channels one time, and landed on John Lassater talking about it. I was kind of interasted in it, since I'm a fan of Pixer. And tonight, my dad rented it for me. A few hours ago, I watched it and it was very good! It had some funny parts.
 

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I just checked out the Bolt DVD today. I liked the new short where Rhino had his own adventure.

Also, seeing how Penny and Bolt were treated kind of shows us how sometimes harsh it can be working in TV or movies. And it makes me thankful for the simple non-famous suburban life.
 

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Also, seeing how Penny and Bolt were treated kind of shows us how sometimes harsh it can be working in TV or movies.
Of course, they didn't try to turn Penny into a monster by spreading vicious rumors, or taking something she said out of context... but pretty much the same thing. I like how the movie ended, as far as the TV show went. But I gotta check out the DVD for that Rhino short.
 

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I thought the Rhino short was too... recycled? It seemed like 75% of the voice work were lines from the movie. It was rather disappointing. The ending was cute though. Predictable, but cute.
 

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In my opinion I think Rhino is the most overratted character in Bolt, people say he stole the show which I can see why they would say that, but I feel he's the weaker of the three between him, Mittens and Bolt.

I laughed so hard at those pigeons setting Mittens up too, funny stuff.
 
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