Disney's Bolt - Trailer

[lordcookie]

Maybe Goose could split this discussion up and have a dedicated Bolt thread?

Anyway, here is the Trailer

It looks okay but I still want to see the Sanders version more. It seems a bit cheeky that they use an Elvis song in the trailer. Considering Elvis music played such a major part in Sander's Lilo & Stitch they rub it in by using a song on a film he got kicked off from.

[Goose]

Not heard much about this but with Wall-E out this weekend in the US, Disney/Pixar are ramping up the hype on this one. The voice talent involved isn't anything to write home about yet, but a lot of attention is being paid to the fact that Supersupersuper Teen star Miley Cyrus is voicing a role.

Here's the official blurb

For super-dog Bolt (voice of John Travolta), every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue—at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet—a cross-country journey through the real world. Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and with the help of two unlikely traveling companions: a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens (voice of Susie Essman) and a TV-obsessed hamster in a plastic ball named Rhino, Bolt discovers he doesn't need superpowers to be a hero. Miley Cyrus ("Hannah Montana") brings her vocal talents to the role of Penny, Bolt's human co-star on the television series.

[DarhkFox]

Hmmm not sure if im feeling this. Maybe its cos i saw the super stylised version of this (in pictures of course).

However...

The three pigeons - are EXACTLY the same as Animaniacs 3 pigeons (the goodfeathers) . They even talk and act the same (as well as being the same colors). Even the dog and cat reminded me of Animanics Rita and Runt (to some extent anyway)

[Headache]

Well that got some chuckles from me, mainly for the manic hamster. I like the sound of the set up and it looks good too. I've seen those shots of the old version and they go look good, but I think this does too, just in a very different way.

Let it begin!

[Ketchup]

The hamster has the same look in both pictures...

[lordcookie]

I know they were in the other thread but here are the sketches from Sanderson's version of the film.

[Campfire_Burning]

I like the hamster, but I also preferred the original designs.

Also, the film within a film looked much better than the actual film itself.

[lordcookie]

There is a short film attached to Bolt called Glago's Guest.

Conceived and directed by Chris Williams (who makes his feature directing debut later this year with Disney’s animated comedy-fantasy Bolt), Glago’s Guest follows the intriguing and thought-provoking story of a lonely Russian soldier stationed in a remote Siberian outpost. When the soldier’s solitude is interrupted one day by the arrival of a strange new “guest,” Glago is jolted out of his uneventful daily routine but soon comes to realize that things aren’t always what they appear to be. With its bold art direction, stark but stylish depiction of the frozen Russian landscape, and inspired computer-animation, Glago’s Guest is an exciting, entertaining, and original short film that uses the medium to full advantage.

It has had a lot of praise from those that have seen it and it is supposed to be very different for Disney.

[Capwn]

Also, the film within a film looked much better than the actual film itself.

Yeah. It looked about 5% serious (compared to every other cgi kids movie which are 0% serious). But then you get the screech type thing within the trailer followed by 'cool' and 'fun' music

[Mr Do 71]

There is a short film attached to Bolt called Glago's Guest.

It has had a lot of praise from those that have seen it and it is supposed to be very different for Disney.

Looks interesting.

[Goose]

Really like that shot second for some reason.

[lordcookie]

Extended Clip

I'm really not keen on the character design for this. It just looks really dull and lifeless.

[cantonarv]

watched this in 3d Last night - Read3D is then nuts - movie was not that good but the hamster stole all his scenes!

[Yoshimax]

Saw this today with my son and really enjoyed it - he thought it was excellent which is the main thing.

Some cracking CG in places. Story is very predictable fair but I hadn't read up on the premise before watching it and that certainly made the first 10-15 minutes more interesting.

[Sidewaysbob]

It's got John Lasitter all over it.

Charater out of normal environment .. Check

Charater who doesn't understand who he really is ... Check

Buddy road trip with added danger ... check

"she's found a new friend" .. Check

wise cracks .. check

Overcoming adversity and gaining stength .. Check

Saving the day .. check.

Saying that, the Hamster is ace and the end made my blub like a 16 year old girl given her first Valentine card. My 4 year old son wasn't really impressed, but still enjoyed it.

However..... the advert for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince .. looks 'effing amazing. No dodgy back projection of broomstick rides to be seen.

3/5 .. it would be a 4 but John travolta as the voice of Bolt is irratating after 20 minutes.

[lordcookie]

And that arty looking short posted above? We got a Cars short instead. Which was probably more amusing than Bolt, but still suffered from being deeply indebted to popular culture so that it'll date alongside it's lesser Disney cgi outings.

I was going to ask if we had the decent short film attached as I was interested in seeing that.

[Blobcat]

I laughed quite a bit at the Car's short.

Same as everyone has been saying, predictable, had some nice moments but Rhino was ACE.

[jonnyalpha]

I thought the 3D was amazing. The UP trailer and the Cars short in particular were astounding. It certainly made Bolt a worthwhile watch for me and my daughter thought it was great which was the main thing anyway.

[divine visitor]

It's got John Lasitter all over it.

Charater out of normal environment .. Check

Charater who doesn't understand who he really is ... Check

Buddy road trip with added danger ... check

"she's found a new friend" .. Check

wise cracks .. check

Overcoming adversity and gaining stength .. Check

Saving the day .. check.

I thought this too. One scene in particular was right out of Toy Story 2. I mean, really reeeaaally similar.

It was a decent enough film, certainly Disney's strongest CGI movie so far... but I felt pretty indifferent about it all.

And although I'm not a fan of the Cars movie, the Cars short was visually AMAZING. So crisp and shiny.

[Hawkeye]

I saw this at the weekend and actually thought it was pretty good. Completely by the book and highly predictable, but an enjoyable popcorn flick.

The hamster is the best thing about it though.

[ThePinkNinja]

Me and the fiance watched this last night and it was amazing, we both laughed, we both cried and we both loved rhino! the bit with the map and the french fry made the film!

It's always really obvious what's going to happen but it is still such an amazing film and well worth a watch/buy/cinema visit.

[c-cat114]

I came out of the cinema pretty dissapointed really... Went with my fam as it's daughter's birthday tomorrow and had mixed expectations. Someone had told me about the Cars short but it was one dressed up that they'd shown on the Disney channel last year (there's a series of four or five on youtube all called Mater's Tales or something and, thinking about it it wasn't even the best one of that series (I prefer the Evil Knievel one but maybe this one was better suited to Real3d).

Anyhow: Cars film ok. Beautiful but lacking voice talent (although was borderline interesting to try and hear the vocal actor for Lightning - Blue from Foster's home) and... Dunno. Just a little lifeless. Rushed and in need of more space to play.

Bolt itself: very much a riff on Toy Story, so much so that if any other company had come up with it people'd've been howling insults. The real 3d thing for me made things look a little bitty and unattached to the depth of focus they were playing with although that could have been where I was sitting, near the back to the side (but I have to be there on films as that's where carers and disabled children tend to be placed). Some of the skydomes were bizarre, just weird and incongruous in comparison to the scene they were framing and, most of all, the characters didn't really make me want to like them. Most were pastiches of TS archetypes and at some parts of the story I found myself hearing Buzz's or Jesse's voices instead.

The mum, sorry, mom, was an utter waste of space and made me wish that someone was phoning social services. Maybe the obligatory sequel will have Penny going off the rails a la Britney and the mom teaming up with the agent to sell the story before deciding to get married, causing Bolt and Penny to patch up their differences, Bolt to rescue her from being sectioned during the final chase sequence and the two of them stopping the marriage taking place or being consumated. Where the hamster comes into that... well, this is the place for sick suggestions.

In fact the only thing I did like was the agent, although he could have been miles better, but I worked with a marketing bod once who was very similar. He was on the road to being a good character or at least his own character though, more than anyone else in it really.

Anyhow. Derivative, more than competent technically, mostly souless and occasionally funny. Rhino was good but not brilliant (he doesn't really steal the scene like the supporting characters in Madagascar or Ice Age 2 or most other CGI films thinking about it) and the whole thing made me wonder just why Lasseter is putting so much energy and credibility in promoting it himself. It is, at best, very much a pseudo sequel to Toy Story without the amazing script, characters or accomplishment. And oh boy can you tell that this was set up to have the tv show of Bolt's adventures being played out while the sequel was created if it got the public nod.

Anyhow, with his best OLL voice on: 7/10.

Anyone know what did happen to the short that was due to be screened with it? Also, where can I get more info on the film that was scrapped with this preferred.

[DarhkFox]

Predictable in places but I quite enjoyed it, and was better than I expected.

[lordcookie]

It had its moments but it was very much a retread of early Pixar films but with poor art direction and weak characters. I hated Rhino - in fact the only possible way I could have disliked him more was if he had been voiced by Jack Black.

I'm still bitter that we never got to see Sanderson's vision of the film.

[Rayn]

This must be a forgettable film, as I saw this a few months ago and now I can barely remember anything from it. I do remember being disappointed after watching it, though.

[Distinct muttering]

As this is one of my sons favourites I have seen it now about 10 times! Thought I would check out the forum opinion and surprised that it was negative. I actually think its pretty good, the opening segment with the motorbikes and helicopters etc is really well done I thought. The most annoying thing about is the agent guy with his stupid "put a pin in it" catchphrase.

So yeah, its no toy story, but much better than Cars 2 for instance.

[Arc'Tan'Gent]

Oh definitely, Cars 2 was dare I say, boring. Pixar, boring? I never thougt it'd happen in my lifetime.

[Distinct muttering]

Cars 2 is awful. I can imagine the meeting where they were discussing it.

"And there will be spys"

"Mater will be an accidental super cool hero"

"the races will be bigger and better, in more varied locations"

"and and he can have guns and jet engines"

"ooh ooh, and we can have some iconic English actor do the voice of the bond car"

"AND 3D"

And it will be shit.

To be fair the races are ok I suppose.

[Daley]

If Cars 2 (which I haven't seen) and all the tat that movie sells paid for Up and Wall-E then I think that's a fair trade off.

[lordcookie]

Up and Wall-E more than paid for themselves, as do all Pixar films, so I don't think you can really use funding better films as an excuse for why Cars 2 was just a money grabbing exercise and little else.