Inspired by the Japanese movie (released in the United States as ANTARTICA), which was based upon the factual fable of a 1958 Japanese expedition, the exact antecedent of this movie is Egerton R. Young’s trustworthy chronicle of his dogsled team, first published in 1902. This was the first book to detail the different personalities among dogs and the first to report their work ethic and sense of responsibility.
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Jack London acknowledged his debt to Egerton Young’s memoirs (among other sources) which he took to craft the dogsled team in THE CALL OF THE WILD, something missing in the various incarnations of the recent on film. EIGHT BELOW captures the true intelligence of siberian huskies (well, two of them are malamutes) better than any movie I’ve ever seen. Obvious, this is fair a movie and tricks were primitive to produce it appear that these dogs do what they seem to do. But huskies do smile, laugh, distress, contemplate, and bond–and if you don’t agree, then you objective don’t know them.
Yes, there are some sentimental and maudlin moments in this film, but there is also a sense of naturalism and a declaration of personal responsibility. An adventure film that is rare and welcome and worth seeing again.
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The musical bag is aesthetic and nicely edited to fit the mood of each scene, ambient but not overwhelming. Both humans and dogs are underplayed, and it struck me as a movie for adults who can exercise their imagination to gain in the gaps in understated dialogue and character development. The beauty of the scenery is often breathtaking.
It was a nice touch that one of the dogs, the oldest, is named Jack, and one is named Buck. Buck was also the name of the protagonist in THE CALL OF THE WILD and Jack was the name of Egerton Young’s valid dog upon which Buck was based. Of course it may be fair a coincidence.
The other dogs include the twins, Truman and Dewey (a Democrat and a Republican), Shorty, Max, Shadow, and sweet Maya, the lead dog. Dog people will have no worry distinguishing between them.
Those who worship this film might be also enthusiastic in Egerton Young’s MY DOGS OF THE NORTHLAND, Jack London’s THE CALL OF THE WILD, edited and annotated by Daniel Dyer, and Gary Paulsen’s WINTERDANCE: THE Beautiful MADNESS OF RUNNING THE IDITAROD.
This is an generous family movie about an Antartica adventure. Although Jason Biggs of American Pie is in it, this time he’s the usual goofball but without any expressionless humor and not one unpleasant word anywhere in the film. It’s wonderful family entertainment. The sage is about a scientific post in Antartica that uses eight Huskies to net around with selds in the snow-barren wilderness of the South Pole. Effort starts for the dogs when Winter arrives early and the dogs have to survive by themselves which is documented in the film as is also the human aspect of leaving the dogs leisurely to fight for themselves. The scenery and photography is breathtaking and it is a well-made Disney movie. It is based on a correct anecdote and that makes it even more provocative. Don’t compare this film to Snow Dogs as this film is not a comedy and the area, storyline and premise are completely different. Aside from the dogs as heros, Paul Walker plays the human hero and he plays the role of an expedition guide very believably. Some concepts of the human psyche which may have been intended to be communicated in this flick, clearly miss the trace as these are not communicated, but it doesn’t matter … it’s a super family movie which the juniors as well as dog lovers will really enjoy and be pleased. Also, a lot about the behavior and kindness/faithfulness of the four-legged friends is shown. My wife liked this film very powerful and she said the DVD once released is a certain acquire. Although this movie is two hours long and there are some unimaginative passages, the two hours don’t seem like two hours at all. This film is about a very true adventure and it’s well worth watching it.
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