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Zorakfan
01-21-2002, 03:26 PM
Get ready for mush hour!
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"You know, I've always believed that a man who don't tell it like it is, is a liar." - Thunder Jack Johnson

Release Date: January 18, 2002
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Brian Levant
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Randy Birch, Joanna Bacalso, Nichelle Nichols, M. Emmet Walsh, Shaw Madson

Plot Summary: When Miami dentist Ted Brooks (Gooding, Jr.) finds out that he's been named in a will, he travels to Alaska to claim his inheritance. Once he gets there, however, his dreams turns to mush: he discovers he's been left a team of sled dogs - Diesel, Scooper, Nana, Yodel, Sniff, Mack, Duchess, and Demon - who have got it in for him. Making matters even worse is the crusty mountain man Thunder Jack (Coburn), who's also got it in for the city slicker. Wanting to claim the dogs for himself, Jack urges Ted to hotfoot it back to warmer climates. As Ted's life goes to the dogs, he vows to learn to mush, no matter what it takes.

Buy the movie! (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JKVU/toonzone03/)

Comments?
Edited by The Penguin (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?goto=postid&postid=784835)


There are 2 kinds of people in this world.
1. People who have seen snow dogs
2. People who have not seen snow dogs

People in the second group are generally happier and less likely to go on a rampage against society than the first. Snow Dogs has got to be the most insulting piece of 'entertainment' I've seen since I got dragged to 2 other movies: Snow day and Mr. Keebler's big move (Something like that. A movie about the keebler elves would have been 25 times more entertaining than this piece of trash) The movie is about a black dentist living in Miami, (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who inherits a team of snow dogs in Alaska from his never-met birthmother, who happens to be Uhura from star trek fame. So, on a whim, he goes to Alaska to collect his canines. Now problems appear. There's a poodle who lives across the street from him who barks a lot. There's a grizzled dog driver who doesn't take kindly to Cuba's antics. (Colburn, who actually plays the role well. You look at him and say 'Daaaaaaaamn, He's grizzled!') Of course, the Dogs reject him as a master and make his life a living hell. (As much as hell can be dipicted in a modern disney film) The next hour is all a blur. It consists of one scene of talking dogs, dogs looking cute and behaving in a manner that would get most dogs euthanized, and all the time inbetween spent with Cuba being dragged across beautiful Alaska making facial expressions that insinuate that he's in a comprimising postition with Marlon Brando. Wait, that would be insulting Brando. More like he's in a comprimising position with a 70 year-old Oprah. If that isn't demeaning enough to you, Sisquo's in it. Yes, that's right, Thong man. The only thing that could make this worse is a giant talking Mike Bolton head. Disney delivers. So in summary, all I've learned is that the industry is open to a Keebler elf movie, which I am currently in the process of composing. Of course, like every disney movie, at the end all the characters forget their differences and come together and eat pink pony fecal matter, etc. Hurray for Disney. I don't know how Snow White 2 will follow this.

Ok, that's my review. Don't flame me, that's just my opinion, and I'm exaggerating. A little. The scenery is quite beautiful...but the rest of the movie sucks. On a scale of 1 -10, I give it an F.

Now here's fun stuff you CAN do while watching Snow dogs:
1. Leave Theater
2. Go to 'Fellowship of the Ring' showing.
3. Shimmy down an isle in the theater.
4. Grab someone by feet, pull down, gag person's mouth.
5. Whisper: "I have the ring....They're after me! Shhhh....'
6. Say: "I figured it out...you've been using the alias Underhill all along!"
7. When usher takes notice of you, scream "RING WRAITH!" and proceed to try to snap off a finger.
8. Run at full tilt away from theater, yelling "I'll get you underhill!"
9. Proceed to change license plate and grow a beard.

Calhoun07
01-21-2002, 04:37 PM
Did you hear they are already planning Snow Dogs 2?

















































































PSYCHE!!!!

Alaskanbullworm
01-21-2002, 05:00 PM
Did you hear they are already planning Snow Dogs 2?
PSYCHE!!!!

MAN, you just gave me a heart attack!!

James Harvey
01-21-2002, 05:04 PM
So...what you're saying is that the movie isn't good?

Kidding! Don't worry - I wouldn't see this movie if I had a gun to my head.

Mr. Obsession
01-21-2002, 05:11 PM
Originally posted by Calhoun07
Did you hear they are already planning Snow Dogs 2?


PSYCHE!!!!
Two months ago this kind of news would have shocked me. Today? I've got $10 that say's that if Snow Dogs even manages to cover it's expenses then there will either be a DTV sequel (with another actor playing Cuba's role, possible Orlando Jones), a animated DTV sequel, or an animated series based on the movie.


Walt must have spun himself halfway to China by now.

Jedigreedo
01-21-2002, 06:13 PM
Originally posted by Mr. Obsession

Two months ago this kind of news would have shocked me. Today? I've got $10 that say's that if Snow Dogs even manages to cover it's expenses then there will either be a DTV sequel (with another actor playing Cuba's role, possible Orlando Jones), a animated DTV sequel, or an animated series based on the movie.


Or all 3. :eek: :eek: :o

Supernovametalstar
01-21-2002, 06:17 PM
Did anyone even consider that movie would be good? You can tell just from the commericals that it would be junk. I applaud you for sitting through it to give it a fair (more or less) review.

And it would be just like Disney to make a sequel. They've been doing it alot lately.

Zorakfan
01-21-2002, 06:55 PM
Yeah, I sat through that stinking pile of refuse...until the end, where i got sick, left, and spread chaos throughout the next 3 showings of 'Fellowship'. Then I did the Gandalf dance for money, to make up for the $20 I blew on my outing. Stay tuned, I might just have to put that Dexter ripoff Neutron in his place sometime.

The Mad Hatter
01-21-2002, 09:07 PM
Don't discount Snow Dogs 2... "Air Bud" and "Beethoven" sequels continue to be made, after all. Ech.

Calhoun07
01-21-2002, 09:17 PM
And don't forget Soccer Dog 2. As much as I dread the real thing, the possibility that there will be a sequel is all too real.

Evil Dr. Reef
01-21-2002, 09:19 PM
"Snow Dogs 2: The Dogs Get Neutered"



Guest starring Bob Barker!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

SilverKnight
01-21-2002, 11:03 PM
Originally posted by Zorakfan
There are 2 kinds of people in this world.
1. People who have seen snow dogs
2. People who have not seen snow dogs

People in the second group are generally happier and less likely to go on a rampage against society than the first. Snow Dogs has got to be the most insulting piece of 'entertainment' I've seen since I got dragged to 2 other movies: Snow day and Mr. Keebler's big move (Something like that. A movie about the keebler elves would have been 25 times more entertaining than this piece of trash) The movie is about a black dentist living in Miami, (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who inherits a team of snow dogs in Alaska from his never-met birthmother, who happens to be Uhura from star trek fame. So, on a whim, he goes to Alaska to collect his canines. Now problems appear. There's a poodle who lives across the street from him who barks a lot. There's a grizzled dog driver who doesn't take kindly to Cuba's antics. (Colburn, who actually plays the role well. You look at him and say 'Daaaaaaaamn, He's grizzled!') Of course, the Dogs reject him as a master and make his life a living hell. (As much as hell can be dipicted in a modern disney film) The next hour is all a blur. It consists of one scene of talking dogs, dogs looking cute and behaving in a manner that would get most dogs euthanized, and all the time inbetween spent with Cuba being dragged across beautiful Alaska making facial expressions that insinuate that he's in a comprimising postition with Marlon Brando. Wait, that would be insulting Brando. More like he's in a comprimising position with a 70 year-old Oprah. If that isn't demeaning enough to you, Sisquo's in it. Yes, that's right, Thong man. The only thing that could make this worse is a giant talking Mike Bolton head. Disney delivers. So in summary, all I've learned is that the industry is open to a Keebler elf movie, which I am currently in the process of composing. Of course, like every disney movie, at the end all the characters forget their differences and come together and eat pink pony fecal matter, etc. Hurray for Disney. I don't know how Snow White 2 will follow this.

Ok, that's my review. Don't flame me, that's just my opinion, and I'm exaggerating. A little. The scenery is quite beautiful...but the rest of the movie sucks. On a scale of 1 -10, I give it an F.

Now here's fun stuff you CAN do while watching Snow dogs:
1. Leave Theater
2. Go to 'Fellowship of the Ring' showing.
3. Shimmy down an isle in the theater.
4. Grab someone by feet, pull down, gag person's mouth.
5. Whisper: "I have the ring....They're after me! Shhhh....'
6. Say: "I figured it out...you've been using the alias Underhill all along!"
7. When usher takes notice of you, scream "RING WRAITH!" and proceed to try to snap off a finger.
8. Run at full tilt away from theater, yelling "I'll get you underhill!"
9. Proceed to change license plate and grow a beard.

>blinks< You're telling me you actually went to WATCH that piece of crap? I mean, the commercials for it sucked. Not to mention the entier premise of it. I can't really remember watching a good movie about talking animals...well, Babe, aside. :) I could've told you all that by watching the TRAILER for it. >shakes head< You poor, poor, idealistic fool, you. :D

Geezil
01-22-2002, 07:36 AM
Originally posted by Mr. Obsession
Walt must have spun himself halfway to China by now.

Prediction: The final pathetic act of this entire Disney film cycle will take place about 10 more years down the road, after the movie/TV/video units are broken up and sold off in favor of a 100% focus on the theme parks and Florida condo sales.

At that point, the rights to produce a half-hour "Wacky World of Walt Disney" animated series will be licensed to ... let's see, who'd be left by then? ... Spumco.

Then, finally, Walt will surface on the outskirts of Beijing. And go on spinning until he reaches Alpha Centauri.

Lonestarr
01-22-2002, 09:10 AM
The moment they decided to use "Who Let the Dogs Out?" in the trailer was the moment this film became dead in my eyes. Way to take one for the team, Zorakfan.

Bird Boy
01-22-2002, 09:29 AM
I dunno man...this looks like high quality family entertainment...

Course, then again I'm the Boy Wonder, so I guess we're both even on the "that's hard to believe" scale..

Anyway, I about tossed my cookies after that was played after Harry Potter..horrible....horrid..just.........horrid.... :o

-BB

Zorakfan
01-22-2002, 06:16 PM
By the way, I didn't see this movie of my own free will. My little sister had a birthday party. During which I had the misfortune of also seeing Jimmy Neutron. It's about on the same scale as S*** dogs. Yeah, now S*** is a new four letter word. If you guys liked this one, I'll type up one for that damned dexter clone. (I can't stress enough how much Nick copied Dexter) Do yourself a favor and don't see either. Go see LoTR again. Hell, if you guys like my Neutron review, I might just go and see Snow White 2, just so I can write another for ya. Between this and every other bad movie released by Disney and Nick, I've built up an inhuman tolerance.

"Sir, what are you doing?"
"Keep it Secret! Keep it Safe!"
"Wha?....*SNAP* OOOOOOOWWW!"
"FRODO BAGGINS, YOU ARE MY *****!"

Evil Dr. Reef
01-22-2002, 06:30 PM
I still think that my idea for a Snow Dogs sequel is pretty good. Or how about this one:
"Snow Dogs 2: The Dogs Get Euthanized"
I've even got a plot written up for it:
After the events of the first movie, the dogs move to the inner city, to help win a race for an orphanage...or something like that. On the day of the race, the Snow Dogs start off in first place, and are just about to win when... OH NO!!! It's the animal controll officers! Apparently Cuba Gooding Jr. hasn't renewed the dog's licences! They all get taken to the dog pound, and after short period of time, are euthanized. The audience cheers, and the lights come back on.

So.

Whaddya' think?
(After this script was completed, the ASPCA raided Evil Dr. Reef's home, and burnt him at the stake.)

This is my 300th post. Hazaah!!!

ssjvaporeon
01-22-2002, 08:29 PM
He, he, I saw that movie. Although, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Disney is kind-of going down hill...

Thank god the dogs don't talk in the movie (other than that dream sequence thing).

Look on the bright side, it could have been much, much more horrible.

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electricsheep
01-23-2002, 07:26 AM
obviously the movie is not going to appeal to most of us, it's geared toward kids...

i'm not sure why anyone older than 13 would go into this movie, especially after seeing the trailers for it, and expect it to be legendary comedy entertainment...

DR. BELCH
01-23-2002, 11:05 AM
--the first time I saw it...when it was called Cool Runnings. :D

Trent Lane
01-23-2002, 11:14 AM
Originally posted by Lonestarr
The moment they decided to use "Who Let the Dogs Out?" in the trailer was the moment this film became dead in my eyes. Way to take one for the team, Zorakfan.

YES! That's what I was thinking. A movie that has to rely on a one-hit wonder song/group that was old two years ago shouldn't make you think good things/ It should however discourage you from putting down money for it. Mission accomplished here, Disney! Well done :p

Calhoun07
01-23-2002, 05:46 PM
Why would anybody under 13 like this??? I saw movies when I was a kid I hope to GOD I never have to see again, but got taken to them at the theater because we lived in a small town and there was nothing else playing. (Our theater only had 2 screens!)