Eight Below
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission.
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- Cast:
- Paul Walker , Bruce Greenwood , Moon Bloodgood , Jason Biggs , Gerard Plunkett , Wendy Crewson , Duncan Fraser
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Such a frustrating disappointment
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
In "Eight Below," as in Jack London, the dogs are not turned into cute cartoon pets but are respected for their basic animal natures. To be sure, the sled dogs here do some mighty advanced thinking, as when one dog seems to explain a fairly complex plan to the other dogs by telepathy. I was also impressed by the selfless behavior of the dogs as they bring birds to feed a member of the pack who has been crippled. I was under the impression that if a dog died in such circumstances, the others would eat it to avoid starvation, but apparently not (you can't assume the idea didn't occur to Frank Marshall, the director, since he made "Alive," the story of the Andes survivors).
Usually live action Disney movies are sort of a hit and miss for me. Some of my all time favorites include Enchanted,The Parent Trap,Mighty Joe Young and of course the new Cinderella movie were all very good. So a friend of mine recommend this film for me. The film stars the late Paul Walker plays a man named Jerry who's dogs have to fight to survival as a snow storm was in the Antarctica as Jerry and a doctor(played by Racing Stripe's Bruce Greenwood)found a rock near Antarctica along with Jerry's dogs but of course the Doctor ends up getting injured as he fell into thick ice and must leave Antarctica to get some medical treatment. But Jerry misses his dogs and must try and find a way back to Antarctica. So will his husky dogs fight for survival during the bad winter storm?Surprisingly I found this film very good. The acting is great especially Paul Walker who was great as the main lead character. The story is based on real events like I said and its a very heartwarming film.Overall I am giving this a 7/10 and I would like to thank my friend who recommended this film to me as they know I am a Disney nerd who loves Disney movies. Check it out and see what you think of it.
I just can not understand why there are not even more films like this out there. this is a perfect example of real location filming and not just filmed on a animated background. this is why I love this film more then some of the others that are out there. I would if I could watch this film all the time because it is so great. Another good thing about the film is the perfect accompanying soundtrack that comes with it. there is not a better film out there than this. this film for me is perfect for all ages. the thing that is even better is the fact it is also based on a real life event. just like another film I like that is animated called balto.
I love this movie but I cry so much every time I see it. Because it's about huskies, and some of two of them die, and I have huskies, so it makes me very emotional. This movie is about having to leave huskies behind. Paul Walker's character, Jerry Shepard must leave his eight huskies in the Arctic, on their own. And they're chained up, and have to escape, and sadly, one of them, the oldest, Old Jack, didn't make it off the chain. *Insert tears here*, wait you don't have to, I'm already crying. Seriously. Just talking about it makes me want to cry so bad. Then we see the puppies go through many things, like other animals attacking them, them watching the Northern Lights, one of them falling down a big hill, him breaking his legs, and the other having to leave him there. And they didn't want to. They wanted to stay with him. *Insert next set of tears here*, once again, don't have to. When Jerry comes back with his crew to save the dogs, he finds Old Jack buried under the snow, and says "They didn't even make it off the leash", then he lifts the other chain links up, and realizes that the others did. Then he sees all of the dogs run over the hill, towards him, and says "five out of eight, not bad", but with sadness and tears, obviously. But then, one of the dogs won't get on the helicopter. Instead, the dog takes Jerry over the hill, to one of the dogs that had hurt, and couldn't move. He then took all of the dogs away on the helicopter, and the rest survived.I mainly got so upset about this movie, because I found out that it was based on a real story, which means, in some way, this really happened, and that is so depressing. All in all, six out of eight dogs surviving being alone and having to get food and shelter for themselves, when they've always gotten it from humans, is pretty good.Overall, I give this movie a 10 out of 10. But I do cry every time.