| RATING: | 60% |
| FORMAT: | DVD |
An interesting story about human relationships that does not get down to the practical details. It fails to fully analyze why so many of our Western myths come from television and are almost entirely incompatible with reality such that reality seems to contain nothing more than insurmountable challenges. These leave us nothing but frustrated and all the more desirous of the unrealistic pablum that so often passes for tv entertainment.
This Walt Disney picture emits the usual envy of the better movies that others make, yet manages to craft a story around the human need of fantasy that is kept constantly in check by the facts of reality. The script lacks any real humor - although it does try hard – and the action sequences lack any real emotional punch, until the very end.
The animation in these computer generated pictures is still not as good as what can be done by hand – it is only quicker – and most of the characterizations are not that good. And it is in cartoons that they characters must completely convince because one has to believe that simple drawings possess human emotions. Only John TRAVOLTA – in the lead role – manages to make his the dog who imagines he has super powers come to life and, in fact, all the animation effort is concentrated on his characters very agreeable body language.
Although this is a lot of uncomplicated fun, too many cartoons are being made in America, at present, with too few good storytellers around to ensure the quality does not decline. State of the art special effects are simply not enough, the stories are becoming lackluster and trite.
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