Eight Below

On Tuesday, March 7, 2006, I went to see Eight Below, featuring Paul Walker, with a friend. Paul Walker is one of those actors who's double dipping in the cinemas right now, and his movies chose a bad month to double dip... (February is usually a bad month for movies, and Running Scared as well as Eight Below both came out in February).

I thought that this movie was well done... Though, the first part of the movie, I would say about the first half, I wanted to smack the professor in it, but he somewhat redeems himself at the end.

This is your typical Disney film, with heartwarming moments, and some tear jerking (or attempts to tear jerk... I didn't cry) moments. It's a relatively family film, with no bad words, and on screen romance kept to a minimum.

I think that Paul Walker had a great chemistry with the dogs, the dogs were cute. You don't necessarily go see the movie for Paul Walker, but you go see it for the doggies.

I think this is probably going to be the best picture of 2006. I mean, if Crash can pull a big upset at the Academy Awards for best picture of 2005, I believe that a February release by Disney about dogs and his owner will definitely win it. If a screenplay about racial stories that happen to coincide with mediocre acting can beat out a powerful film about forbidding love, Eight Below can certainly bring home the Oscar for best picture of 2006. Hell, they might as well give Scarlett Johanssen an Oscar for best supporting actress in A Good Woman, Paul Walker for best male lead in Running Scared, and Date Movie for best original screen play. The possibilities are endless!

And I thought that the people who chose the winners at the Golden Globes were idiots... Wow, was I wrong.