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Air Bud - Seventh Inning Fetch

Air Bud - Seventh Inning Fetch

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The movies are gettin old
Review: ARGH! I have been forced to watch all 8 of these movies and I only liked the 1st one. I swear if this dog gets into extremes sports I'm gonna scream!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: G-rated Language?
Review: For the most part, this is the same formula as the others and is fine for your children to watch on their own. But at one point the character of Andrea, dismayed by her non-athleticism remarks (...). Many say I'm old fashioned for considering this a swear word, but I have no desire to hear my 3 or 5 year old repeat that phrase.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Is there a sport this dog can't do?
Review: I am not a fan of the Air Bud series. I hated the first two. I didn't see the 3rd, and yet I enjoyed this one. But if you are expecting to see Josh, and Buddy "Air Bud" playing baseball, think again. This time Buddy and Josh's kid sister are playing baseball. The first Air Bud, had Buddy playing basketball, the 2nd Air Bud was him playing football, the 3rd one is with Buddy playing soccer. What's next? Buddy playing hockey. And Buddy also playing tennis and volleyball. As the movie begins, two bad guys are planning to steal Buddy and Buddy's puppies for some progect. The two bad guys has a pet raccon. While Josh (Kevin Zegers) is getting ready to leave college, he offers his room to his kid sister, but she turns the offer down. Her name is Andrea (My Dog Skip's Caitlin Wachts). She and her friend Tammy (Chantal Strand) tries to go out for a lot of actives, until Tammy sugguests baseball, the both try out, Tammy is good at baseball, while Andrea stinks at baseball. But Tammy talks the coach into having Andrea on the baseball team. I would reccomend this film to you if either love the "Air Bud" series or love baseball.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Too bad there isn't a negative star rating ...
Review: I endured this one at the behest of my 6-year-old. The Air Bud series should have been put to sleep a long time ago. As in just about every other Disney movie, this one continues the tradition of portraying adults as moronic buffoons, while the kids are the wise ones. The plot is stale, the "funny" parts are as corny as they can get. Give me back my 87 minutes, please!!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: G-rated Language?
Review: It can be hard to generate sequels to a movie that was based on a true story. The original movie starred Air Bud, a real golden retriever with 20,000 career baskets. Unfortunately the read Buddy lost a leg shortly after the film was made.

In this sequel, the storyline returns to some real issues and not just silliness. Josh's oldest sister (his only full sibling) must deal with Josh going away to college. Josh promises to return, but it is hard for her, especially when his old room begins being remade for the new baby. Andrea's old life from her parents seems to be being swept away by the new life with step-father and half sibling.

But Andrea has other problems. She has just entered junior high with her best friend and they try to fit in by joining an activity. Unfortunately they are hopeless at most everything until they try baseball. Andrea's friend Tammy has real talent but Andrea just doesn't know what to do. Tammy only agrees to be on the team if Andrea is on it as well. This means that Andrea does a lot of bench warming.

But when Tammy is injured Andrea if forced into play and helps the team lose game after game. She then finds out that the coach didn't want her on the team originally.

Buddy to the rescue! Buddy helps Andrea by getting her to practice. Andrea funnels her anger into intensive practice and refuses to give up. Eventually she begins to catch and hit. More and more practice and she becomes a decent player.

Of course this wouldn't be an Air Bud movie if Buddy didn't suit up and play. Seeing Buddy holding a bat is one of the most unbelievable things in the movie. Sorry, just couldn't handle that one (although I can believe his catching ability).

The other major downer in the movie is the way Andrea's parents behave. I can accept them being less attentive due to the new baby buy they seem so unconcerned when Andrea goes missing (although not as bas as when Josh goes missing in the previous movie).

Tension is added to the film by a Horace and Jasper type team who are out to abduct Buddy and his kids (there are only four instead of six like in the previous movie) in an attempt to discover the sports gene and its secrets. Their bumbling efforts are offset by an even more bumbling sheriff in the silliest cowboy hat seen in a long time.

I have to say that I rank the original Air Bud as the best of the films, followed by Seventh Inning Stretch and then World Pup. I don't think the rest are worth ranking.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Best of the Sequels
Review: It can be hard to generate sequels to a movie that was based on a true story. The original movie starred Air Bud, a real golden retriever with 20,000 career baskets. Unfortunately the read Buddy lost a leg shortly after the film was made.

In this sequel, the storyline returns to some real issues and not just silliness. Josh's oldest sister (his only full sibling) must deal with Josh going away to college. Josh promises to return, but it is hard for her, especially when his old room begins being remade for the new baby. Andrea's old life from her parents seems to be being swept away by the new life with step-father and half sibling.

But Andrea has other problems. She has just entered junior high with her best friend and they try to fit in by joining an activity. Unfortunately they are hopeless at most everything until they try baseball. Andrea's friend Tammy has real talent but Andrea just doesn't know what to do. Tammy only agrees to be on the team if Andrea is on it as well. This means that Andrea does a lot of bench warming.

But when Tammy is injured Andrea if forced into play and helps the team lose game after game. She then finds out that the coach didn't want her on the team originally.

Buddy to the rescue! Buddy helps Andrea by getting her to practice. Andrea funnels her anger into intensive practice and refuses to give up. Eventually she begins to catch and hit. More and more practice and she becomes a decent player.

Of course this wouldn't be an Air Bud movie if Buddy didn't suit up and play. Seeing Buddy holding a bat is one of the most unbelievable things in the movie. Sorry, just couldn't handle that one (although I can believe his catching ability).

The other major downer in the movie is the way Andrea's parents behave. I can accept them being less attentive due to the new baby buy they seem so unconcerned when Andrea goes missing (although not as bas as when Josh goes missing in the previous movie).

Tension is added to the film by a Horace and Jasper type team who are out to abduct Buddy and his kids (there are only four instead of six like in the previous movie) in an attempt to discover the sports gene and its secrets. Their bumbling efforts are offset by an even more bumbling sheriff in the silliest cowboy hat seen in a long time.

I have to say that I rank the original Air Bud as the best of the films, followed by Seventh Inning Stretch and then World Pup. I don't think the rest are worth ranking.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: 4th is the ummmm........you be the judge.
Review: It was okay but the thought of a dog catching a hard ball in its mouth is kind of hard to believe. Anyways I expected it to be about Josh joing a baseball team mos likely college or minors. But what I got was his younger sister joining the same timberwolves school team . I gave it a 4 but you be the judge.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Laughable Disgrace of a Movie
Review: Okay, I didn't like the first Air Bud film, or the second. This film, however, doesn't deserve the name "Disney" any more than Air Bud deserves to be referred to as a Dachshund. Disney owes it to the movie watching audience to put Air Bud to an eternal sleep.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Laughable Disgrace of a Movie
Review: Okay, I didn't like the first Air Bud film, or the second. This film, however, doesn't deserve the name "Disney" any more than Air Bud deserves to be referred to as a Dachshund. Disney owes it to the movie watching audience to put Air Bud to an eternal sleep.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Air Bud Seventh Inning Fetch
Review: Very good for a sequel. A dog catching baseballs is entirely believable because the mother of my brother's German Shorthair would catch thrown rocks. And preferred them to tennis balls. Watching those superbly trained Goldens is always enjoyable.


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