Bolt!

Guy and I saw Bolt in Disney Digital 3-D yesterday evening in the theater. Though we were disappointed that the 3-D tickets cost extra (and we were given no prior warning of this fact), I absolutely loved the movie and think it was worth the 9 bucks apiece that we paid to see it.

Bolt has all the elements of a classic Disney animated movie -- humor for both adults and children, a few "surprise" twists, and, well, great animation. If you don't know the story, Bolt is about a dog that stars in a tv show, but he doesn't know that he is on TV, so he thinks all of his powers are the real thing. It's very similar to the "Buzz Lightyear thinking he was a real astronaut rather than a toy" situation in Toy Story. Bolt escapes from the TV set because he thinks his person, as he says in the movie, is in danger. He travels across the country and meets a few regional-dialect-speaking pigeons, a hamster who worships the ground he walks on, and a rough-on-the-exterior-but-warm-hearted kitty cat along the way. The reason I think I liked Bolt more than I like typical Disney movies is because of the way they so accurately portrayed the mannerisms of a dog through a cartoon voiced by John Travolta. One of my favorite scenes in the movie was when Mittens (the cat) was teaching Bolt how to behave like a real pet instead of a superhero. There's a shot of her showing him the toilet and he just says, "Out of that???"

Bolt is short -- an hour and 36 minutes -- so if you have the time, I would definitely recommend seeing it in the theaters, especially if you're a dog person and you enjoy other Disney movies. I don't know if it will be nominated for any Oscars this year, but Bolt certainly provides a lot of laughs and that warm fuzzy feeling we all love.