MOVIE REVIEW: Bolt

Bolt is the latest, and likely last effort by Disney's in house 3d animation studio, which has become redundant now that they have come to terms with Pixar. It is by far their best film, though still not as entertaining or polished as what comes out of Dreamworks and Pixar.

The animation in Bolt is very good, and there are a lot of really funny bits most of which involve a hyperactive fanboy hamster named Rhino. The titular character can be summed up this way, what if Buzz Lightyear in toy story 1 was a dog voiced by John Travolta. The story is predictable and shmultzy as is to be expected from Disney, but a million times better than the terrible Chicken Little.

I didn't get to see the movie in 3d, but didn't feel I was missing out on anything, in fact only one shot in the movie jumped out at me as having been designed for 3d viewing.

I recommend this movie to anyone with kids, or who is a big fan of 3d animation. It's a very solid picture. Everyone else just wait for the DVD.

PRETTY GOOD