Dog Gone Movies

Dog Gone Movies

For some reason or other canines are barking up a cinematic box office frenzy. They have come out to chew the audience’s heart with their cute heroic doggie stories. So here is a quick dash and look at some doggie treats.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

This film shows the truth about Chihuahua’s. That they are cute, larger then life, and roam free in the Mexican wilderness as a gang and as a group can scare off mountain lions.

Chloe (voiced by Drew Barrymore), is a pampered rich dog who ends strained in Mexico and ends up being kidnapped and put into a dog fighting ring. She is heartily rescued by a German Shepherd, ex-police dog, named Delgado (voiced by Andy Garcia). Together they try to find Chloe’s owner before the evil owner of the dog fighting ring finds her with his killer Doberman.

There are several other amusing characters including a pair of humans, a con man pack rat named Manuel (Cheech Marin) and his lizard partner Chico (Paul Rodriguez). There is also the Chihuahua Papi (voiced by George Lopez) who is determined to win Chloe’s heart.

The movie sets out to be a work of fun and laughs and it succeeds and even has several touching moments.

Underdog

The classic canine superhero dog goes from the animated small screen of TV to the big live action of the silver screen. Like Peter Parker or the Hulk, Shoeshine is an ordinary has been police dog who gets super powers when Bart Sinister tries to inject the dog with some of his mad scientist formula stuff.

The startling discovery of his superpowers cause shock and worry to the newly formed super mutt. Humans can now hear him speak and he can turn over couches, fly like a bird and run like the flash. His flying is equal to that of ‘The Greatest American Hero’, when he first started out, so Shoeshine (Underdog) crashes into a lot of things. It’s great to see a dog kick the crap out of evil men and dogs.
UD is more fun then it looks and is not a bad superhero film at that.

Hotel for Dogs

This is a creative, funny, inventive and at times touching story about some kids who find some strays in a abandoned hotel and then slowly dog by abandoned dog, build a sanctuary for them in this abandoned hotel. This film has several cleaver and amusing gags (even a cleaver doggie poop gag, and is worth checking into. As much as I like dogs It’s too bad that they don’t take the homeless humans or elf’s and build a hotel for them. The Chihuahua’s manage to live in the desert and they seem to do all right for themselves.

Marley & Me
M&M chronicles the life of a young married couple (both writers) who decide to buy a cute lovable dog. If you have ever owned a dog, you may relate to the troubles and trials that Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston face as they bring up this lovable yet undisciplined and rambunctious Golden Lab. At least I think it is a lab.
The dog jumps out of moving cars, has his owner chase him across yards, chews apart everything, barks during storms and various other annoying doggie things. The annoying doggie stories provide Owen with plenty of material for to write about in his carrier at a Florida newspaper.

As the movie treks along through Owen and Jennifer’s life, they add children to their family. It becomes more then a story about a couple and their dog, it is a story about a dog who is part of a larger world. It is not just a simple silly slapstick kids film, but a comedy mixed heart felt human drama. There is actually a lot of talk of sex for a movie geared towards kids.

Bolt

This is the latest big Disney Animated non-Pixar hit about a Dog who doesn’t know the difference between reality and fantasy. I have no more to say about this film, until I actually see it.

Madagascar 2
I know that this is not a Dog Movie, but it has Lions, Giraffes, Monkey’s, Penguins, Zebra’s, Hippo’s, Great White Sharks, New Yorkers, and a tough Jewish Old Lady in it, plus the annoying lemurs.

This time around, Madagascar is less annoying then it’s predecessor. If you want a amusing story with lots of wild animals this may satisfy your tastes. If you want real life quality to it, watch Earth or the series Planet Earth.

Well, that is the Dog Gone short quick Doggie-Treat Reviews.

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