DVD REVIEW: SNOW BUDDIES

02/05/08

SYNOPSIS: An unauthorized detour onto an ice cream truck lands the five Buddies on the next plane to Alaska in this all new adventure! Stranded in the small Arctic town of Ferntiuktuk, the pups are befriended by Shasta, a husky pup, and his owner, a young boy named Adam. The boy has big dreams of becoming a sled dog racer and even his dad’s fears can’t stop him from entering the big race. If the Buddies can get him to the finish line they will be on their way home, so they turn to the wise old Husky hermit Talon for mentorship. Sure they can win with the former champion sled dog in their corner, the pups go into intensive training. But on the day of the race, they unexpectedly find themselves on their own. Unfamiliar terrain, harsh weather conditions and dirty tricks from a rival musher teach the Buddies some valuable lessons about heart, friendship and following your dreams. It’s not the size of the individual dogs in the race but the heart of the team that counts.

REVIEW: The "Air Bub" has been one of the most popular franchises created by Walt Disney for over a decade. This franchise has seen the superstar dog "Buddy" play basketball, football, soccer, baseball & volleyball all in a expand of five different films. In 2006 Walt Disney Home Entertainment released "Air Buddies", which follows the adventures of Buddy's five talking puppies. This film quickly became one of the most successful direct-to-video productions for that year. Now Walt Disney Home Entertainment is releasing "Snow Buddies" the sequel to this 2006 hit.

After the success of "Air Buddies", it was expected that a sequel was to follow. The main problem with this film is that it doesn't bring anything new to the table. In the "Air Buddies" the idea of having talking puppies was cute and fun for the entire family. In "Snow Buddies" the main idea doesn't change at all, same cute talking puppies getting into trouble. However, the story in this sequel is flat and less entertaining, making it a sleeper for grown ups and a one time movie for the little ones.

Overall this film can be categorized as a kids' movie and not a family movie worth only a rental for the kids. This is not one of those Disney movies that kids would want to watch over and over again.

The DVD includes all new bonus, including hilarious bloopers, a brand new music video featuring Hannah Montana’s Mitchel Musso, putting a hip-hop spin on the classic tune, “Lean on Me,” and a behind the scenes “dog-u-mentary

VIDEO:
Widescreen (1.78:1) Enhance for 16x9 TVs

AUDIO:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English Spanish French,
Subtitles - English, Spanish, French

BONUS FEATURES:
Behind the Scenes Dog-u-mentary – Armed with a camera and a vision to deliver a dog’s perspective on the film, B-Dawg, Rosebud and Mudbud take a camera around the set and show the world their unique viewpoint.

“Lean on Me” Music Video – Disney Channel star Mitchel Musso (Hannah Montana) updates the classic in a brand new video!

Visual Effects Making of -- An inside look at the visual effects

Buddy Bites – Audio Commentary from the Buddies

Buddy Bloopers

RATING BREAK DOWN:

FILM REVIEW
VIDEO
AUDIO
BONUS FEATURES

People Review Snow Buddies

Abby	90
i loved the movie it was so cute really i just got off looking at an image of a puppie and it came up with a site called anti dog eating and showed a video of dead dogs people were gonna eat and that is just sad this movie was one of my favorite movies every i love dogs there so cute!!!!!!!

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02/05/08