Bolt trailer online

[SpringHeelJack]

does anyone know how much more expensive 3D tickets are? I heard they were 3 times as much as normal movie tickets, which are about $12 here...

Whoever told you they're three times as expensive is pulling your leg, or else they live in some really expensive city. The difference between 3D and standard movies is not that much. A few bucks. It's usually worth it.

[katemonster]

I think John Travolta will be great as Bolt. He's really been going back to his roots... and showing off his vocal talents. First, Hairspray, and now this. It's cool that it's coming out around Thanksgiving, I feel like this is a good one that when families are together, they can go out and see it , and everyone will enjoy.

[Balto123]

Stuff from ComicCon-

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yTGaB8eAzwI

[blackcauldron85]

Stuff from ComicCon-

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yTGaB8eAzwI

It was taken down- what was the video of?!?!?

[Ariel'sprince]

Stuff from ComicCon-

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yTGaB8eAzwI

It was taken down- what was the video of?!?!?

It had 2 cats going into Bolt's trailer while he's a asleep and he wakes up when they gets to the roof and sees him from a window,they talk to him and he gets angry from some reason,they leave to their cages,Bolt looks at his pictures with Penny (He kinda looks like Stitch in that part) and goes back to sleep.
It hard to read what they"re saying and the noise around doesn't help neither.

[Basilisk]

I'm not sure what to think of this film after seeing the trailer. The whole "Bolt thinking everything off-set is as real as the movie" idea screams Buzz Lightyear to me. The character designs weren't that appealing to me, especially that hamster.

[katemonster]

Here's some more Comic Con coverage... the review is pretty remarkable, which is good to hear. He said the footage shown was extremely funny and entertaining. Looks like John Lasseter left his mark on this one.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=47321

[blackcauldron85]

Thanks, Ariel'sprince!!!

I'm not sure what to think of this film after seeing the trailer. The whole "Bolt thinking everything off-set is as real as the movie" idea screams Buzz Lightyear to me.

Well, you know what they say- there are only so many stories to be told- they just need to be told in new ways.

[ichabod]

Well, you know what they say- there are only so many stories to be told- they just need to be told in new ways.

Well that is Lasseter's mantra. And who is the saviour of Bolt?

[katemonster]

I think after viewing this trailer it's confirmed that Lasseter is the king of all animation. He's just so great at his job. He knows exactly how to tell a story,what jokes to include, when to cut a scene, just really knows storytelling inside and out. It was his call to bring on director Chris Williams and I think it was a genius move.

[katemonster]

A writer over at CHUD got a first look at some footage... and had some fantastic things to say about it.

" I will say that what I saw was very impressive, and that I hope when the press screening happens at the El Capitan in a couple of months, it's in 3D. "

[Jules]

God, is that Jonh Lasseter dressed as Tinker Bell, Julian Carter?

Oh God! I wish I knew what you were referring to after all these years!! Sooooooo curioooous!

Anyway, this is a repost of something I wrote in this thread. I'm reposting it here because arguably it makes more sense.

I'm not a Tangled fan at all but I feel very sorry for any country that has to have Bolt as their 50th animated Disney classic.

Why? It wasn’t a terrible movie.

I'm guessing Jean feels BOLT is too undistinguished to be the landmark 50th feature. That doesn't mean it's a bad movie. My opinion is that it is a fine and very well-executed film (and yes ... I did want American Dog! ) However, it really doesn't stand in the Disney canon. Personally I feel its most unique feature is a technical one, namely the painterly backgrounds. I'm guessing quite a few of you never noticed these as the effect is quite subtle. However, if you're curious, pop in the BOLT blu-ray and freeze the frame - preferably in a scene where the background recedes into the distance - and you'll notice that the background elements are indeed rendered in a painterly style! Whether WDAS achieved this with the use of matte paintings or by putting actual CG background elements through a painterly filter I do not know - but I appreciate it - and wish the studio itself talked more about it at the time of the film's release. It is also comforting because I know for a fact that the painterly backgrounds concept was developed when the film was still American Dog under the helm of Chris Sanders, and I think it is one of the very few things from that version that survived into the finished film.

Also I've long wondered whether the painterly animation technique Glen Keane was developing for Rapunzel was in any way related to the processing that was done on Bolt's background. Unfortunately, Lasseter axed that aspect of the film, which devastated me because it was one of the top reasons I was so eagerly awaiting Rapunzel, what with that film long having been rumoured as possibly being the pinnacle of CG animation on release. I remember reading that Lasseter found the effect distracting but I wish at least he'd have let WDAS show it off within a special sequence in the film. Unfortunately, I find that Lasseter seems to favour very conventional visuals and seems none too keen on experimenting with different styles. By contrast, to Walt Disney's immense credit, even if the mid-century modern style wasn't quite 'his thing' he never stopped his artists from incorporating modern elements in both the short subjects and features of the 1950s. On the contrary, he was frustrated to no end that Mary Blair's modern sensibilities were being applied sparingly to the features. (It was for this reason that he championed Eyvind Earle and backed his proposed art direction for Sleeping Beauty with the weight of a 100-pound gorilla. I would like to point this out whenever anybody accuses Disney animation of the time of being archaic and failing to acknowledge modernism.)

Gee ... I think I'm going to repost all this in a Bolt thread because it makes more sense there!

[blackcauldron85]

I like Bolt; I love Mittens, Rhino is funny without being cringy (looking at you, Runt of the Litter), and Bolt's journey is great to watch. Without going back through the thread since I need to work, I wonder if people don't like it because it can feel like 2 different movies, with the adventurous TV show, and the trip across the country?

[Farerb]

I don't hate Bolt, to me it's that I don't really care for it tbh.
Yes, I remember the film had a paintery look like Tangled and even Wreck-It Ralph, but it seems like the dropped this with Frozen, which is a shame cause I felt like that was a great way to distinguish between WDAS (paintery) and Pixar (realistic), though I do feel like Moana had that quality, albeit not the same as Tangled.

[JeanGreyForever]

God, is that Jonh Lasseter dressed as Tinker Bell, Julian Carter?

Oh God! I wish I knew what you were referring to after all these years!! Sooooooo curioooous!

Anyway, this is a repost of something I wrote in this thread. I'm reposting it here because arguably it makes more sense.

Why? It wasn’t a terrible movie.

I'm guessing Jean feels BOLT is too undistinguished to be the landmark 50th feature. That doesn't mean it's a bad movie. My opinion is that it is a fine and very well-executed film (and yes ... I did want American Dog! ) However, it really doesn't stand in the Disney canon. Personally I feel its most unique feature is a technical one, namely the painterly backgrounds. I'm guessing quite a few of you never noticed these as the effect is quite subtle. However, if you're curious, pop in the BOLT blu-ray and freeze the frame - preferably in a scene where the background recedes into the distance - and you'll notice that the background elements are indeed rendered in a painterly style! Whether WDAS achieved this with the use of matte paintings or by putting actual CG background elements through a painterly filter I do not know - but I appreciate it - and wish the studio itself talked more about it at the time of the film's release. It is also comforting because I know for a fact that the painterly backgrounds concept was developed when the film was still American Dog under the helm of Chris Sanders, and I think it is one of the very few things from that version that survived into the finished film.

Also I've long wondered whether the painterly animation technique Glen Keane was developing for Rapunzel was in any way related to the processing that was done on Bolt's background. Unfortunately, Lasseter axed that aspect of the film, which devastated me because it was one of the top reasons I was so eagerly awaiting Rapunzel, what with that film long having been rumoured as possibly being the pinnacle of CG animation on release. I remember reading that Lasseter found the effect distracting but I wish at least he'd have let WDAS show it off within a special sequence in the film. Unfortunately, I find that Lasseter seems to favour very conventional visuals and seems none too keen on experimenting with different styles. By contrast, to Walt Disney's immense credit, even if the mid-century modern style wasn't quite 'his thing' he never stopped his artists from incorporating modern elements in both the short subjects and features of the 1950s. On the contrary, he was frustrated to no end that Mary Blair's modern sensibilities were being applied sparingly to the features. (It was for this reason that he championed Eyvind Earle and backed his proposed art direction for Sleeping Beauty with the weight of a 100-pound gorilla. I would like to point this out whenever anybody accuses Disney animation of the time of being archaic and failing to acknowledge modernism.)

Gee ... I think I'm going to repost all this in a Bolt thread because it makes more sense there!

My sentiments exactly. I don't think it's a terrible film but it generally doesn't stand out in the Disney canon and frankly feels like a film that any other studio could have made. When Disney's library holds genuine classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and The Lion King, having Bolt represent 50 films of that legacy seems a bit anticlimactic. I know some people call it the start of the Disney Revival but beyond the character of Mittens, I never really cared much for it and far preferred Meet the Robinsons, a film which I think has a lot of heart and I love how it incorporates Walt Disney's message into it. I know people are even more critical of that film but I personally think Meet the Robinsons would have been a better choice as Disney's 50th film than Bolt.

American Dog would have been my choice as well. As bizarre as it sounds, Lilo & Stitch would sound awful based on just a description as well and that's easily the most popular Disney film of the 2000s so Lasseter really should have given Chris Sanders a chance. He had proven he could make his material work and that film would likely have left more of an impression than typical CGI fare like Bolt.

I would have killed to have seen Glen Keane's Rapunzel and just the concept art is so gorgeous. I can't even imagine the finished product. If Rapunzel had been a success, it could have changed the direction of CGI films for the better and possibly even segued into a return of hand-drawn animation or at least a more widespread proliferation of the new hybrid CGI/hand-drawn style like in Klaus or Into the Spider-Verse. Instead we got more basic CGI and the success of Tangled ensured that ever Disney film since has to follow that formula.

I've never noticed the more painterly backgrounds in Bolt but whenever I rewatch that film, I'll be sure to look out for it! Provided I can get past my distaste for Rhino. I'm generally not puff off by Disney sidekicks, characters like Olaf who get a lot of flack here, but Rhino was absolutely insufferable. The whole film should have been Mittens imo lol or she should get a spinoff like Dory.

It also dawned on me how apathetic we all are towards Bolt on this forum since the last post before Jules' was back in 2008 when the film was released. It may not be considered the worst Disney film like Home on the Range, Chicken Little, or The Black Cauldron, but this just shows that it's not even considered memorable enough to discuss, similar to Brother Bear.