Jason KingBolt in 3D ($11-)
January 10th 2009 09:12
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Bolt in 3D ($11-)
OK - I am so annoyed - I was about to hit "post" for this article and then IE flipped out and started opening window after window of the IMDB page for Bolt - 77 pages opened and had to shut off computer - all my hard work gone.
So - here is my less enthusiastic 2nd attempt!
I really dug this film - most of the 3D is amazing and the story of Bolt is great family extreme comedy entertainment for adults and children alike. The story is up there with all the best animations and the humor will please everyone - the first pic is of Rhino - close to the funniest animated character of all time - I swear a little bit of pee may have came out - I was laughing so hard.
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 to get back to his owner and co-star, Penny (voice of MILEY CYRUS). Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions—a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens (voice of SUSIE ESSMAN) and a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino (voice of MARK WALTON) -- Bolt discovers he doesn’t need superpowers to be a hero. --© Walt Disney Pictures
John Travolta (RIP his son) and Miley Cyrus are fine in their perfomances but Mark Walton steals the show. He is seriously amazing. Thanks to Wiki for his brief story below.
Mark Walton was born on October 24, 1968 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Although he is not a professional actor, Walton said in an interview, "I liked acting in high school and college. I enjoyed it. I think at some point I decided that if I was really going to be a professional actor that it would take at least everything that I would have emotionally or physically and I knew that I really wanted to pursue art."
He was employed at the Disney Studios in 1999 on Tarzan as an additional writer. Throughout the 2000s, he became a storyboard artist on Home on the Range, "The Zit" for the TV series, Independent Lens, Chicken Little, and Meet the Robinsons. In 2004, he started his voice actor career on Home on the Range as Barry & Bob, the Longhorns. The next year, he was the voice of Goosey Loosey for the computer-animated film, Chicken Little and its video game. In 2008, he is the voice for Rhino the hamster in Bolt.
In regards to 3D Digital as a format I am still undecided - some of the footage blows your mind and the technology has come a long way but for feature films I am still not overly impressed. Firstly, I hate wearing the glasses and I also find the light output for 3D quite low and harder to be as bold in colors and lighting as 35mm. Although I thought the Bolt 3D Digital was amazing and think that 3D and animation will be tied together for a long time I am worried that feature films utilising live action may present a few problems - that is, being lacklustre and short on their 35mm cousins. And considering my fave director, James Cameron, is releasing my most anticipated film in years, Avatar, this year as the first completely filmed in DIG 3D movie, I might be a little scared. In my research I learnt that to measure light on screen for cinemas the industry standard for 35mm on screen is 15 ft lamberts (lamberts being the measure). For DIG 3D and the a lens it travels through plus the 3D screen it travels through plus the glass between projection room and cinema - it loses a further 11ft lamberts in light. Ie, the standard measurement for light is 4ft lamberts - 11 ft lamberts darker than 35mm. This is why 3D tickets cost more - the lamp used is over twice as powerful as those in 35mm projectors and their life span is 1/3 of the 35mm projector lamps and also - 3D Digital plays on an actual "silver" screen - unlike normal white screens of the now. The silver is reflective and bounces more light back. However, as DIG 3D is still young - into the future I think we are going to be taken to places in cinema we never dreamed of.
But enough of that, this film kicks ass and don't think of it as a children's film - it's worth watching as an adult (by yourself even). It's worth seeing just for Rhino! Grab some or no-one and get out to see it! Worth $11-. Out now in 2D 35mm and DIG 3D at selected cinemas.
OK - I am so annoyed - I was about to hit "post" for this article and then IE flipped out and started opening window after window of the IMDB page for Bolt - 77 pages opened and had to shut off computer - all my hard work gone.
So - here is my less enthusiastic 2nd attempt!
I really dug this film - most of the 3D is amazing and the story of Bolt is great family extreme comedy entertainment for adults and children alike. The story is up there with all the best animations and the humor will please everyone - the first pic is of Rhino - close to the funniest animated character of all time - I swear a little bit of pee may have came out - I was laughing so hard.
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 to get back to his owner and co-star, Penny (voice of MILEY CYRUS). Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions—a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens (voice of SUSIE ESSMAN) and a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino (voice of MARK WALTON) -- Bolt discovers he doesn’t need superpowers to be a hero. --© Walt Disney Pictures
John Travolta (RIP his son) and Miley Cyrus are fine in their perfomances but Mark Walton steals the show. He is seriously amazing. Thanks to Wiki for his brief story below.
Mark Walton was born on October 24, 1968 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Although he is not a professional actor, Walton said in an interview, "I liked acting in high school and college. I enjoyed it. I think at some point I decided that if I was really going to be a professional actor that it would take at least everything that I would have emotionally or physically and I knew that I really wanted to pursue art."
He was employed at the Disney Studios in 1999 on Tarzan as an additional writer. Throughout the 2000s, he became a storyboard artist on Home on the Range, "The Zit" for the TV series, Independent Lens, Chicken Little, and Meet the Robinsons. In 2004, he started his voice actor career on Home on the Range as Barry & Bob, the Longhorns. The next year, he was the voice of Goosey Loosey for the computer-animated film, Chicken Little and its video game. In 2008, he is the voice for Rhino the hamster in Bolt.
In regards to 3D Digital as a format I am still undecided - some of the footage blows your mind and the technology has come a long way but for feature films I am still not overly impressed. Firstly, I hate wearing the glasses and I also find the light output for 3D quite low and harder to be as bold in colors and lighting as 35mm. Although I thought the Bolt 3D Digital was amazing and think that 3D and animation will be tied together for a long time I am worried that feature films utilising live action may present a few problems - that is, being lacklustre and short on their 35mm cousins. And considering my fave director, James Cameron, is releasing my most anticipated film in years, Avatar, this year as the first completely filmed in DIG 3D movie, I might be a little scared. In my research I learnt that to measure light on screen for cinemas the industry standard for 35mm on screen is 15 ft lamberts (lamberts being the measure). For DIG 3D and the a lens it travels through plus the 3D screen it travels through plus the glass between projection room and cinema - it loses a further 11ft lamberts in light. Ie, the standard measurement for light is 4ft lamberts - 11 ft lamberts darker than 35mm. This is why 3D tickets cost more - the lamp used is over twice as powerful as those in 35mm projectors and their life span is 1/3 of the 35mm projector lamps and also - 3D Digital plays on an actual "silver" screen - unlike normal white screens of the now. The silver is reflective and bounces more light back. However, as DIG 3D is still young - into the future I think we are going to be taken to places in cinema we never dreamed of.
But enough of that, this film kicks ass and don't think of it as a children's film - it's worth watching as an adult (by yourself even). It's worth seeing just for Rhino! Grab some or no-one and get out to see it! Worth $11-. Out now in 2D 35mm and DIG 3D at selected cinemas.
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Comment by Wilson Pon
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If you want me to give the rating, then I will probably say: 7 out of 10!
Note: By the way, have you ever heard about the "City of Ember", Jason? If you haven't, then you should check it out...
Comment by Jason King
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I have heard of City of Ember but missed the film while I was away for Xmas - it only played briefly and has finished screening. Will have to wait for DVD - it was one I really wanted to watch.
Thanks for the comments. Have a good one!