Balto

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Summary: Fantastic movie! Viewers of all ages will enjoy!
Review: I have watched this movie more than 50 times, usually with my kids, and have yet to tire of it. The story is compelling and the animation is first rate. The musical score is wonderful. I would recommend it to anyone and especially to viewers who are tired of sex, violence and foul language.

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Summary: This movie was a great idea!!!
Review: I LOOOOOve these kinds of stories!!! This true story is very heartwarming, even though this cartoon probably follows the real story very loosely. I wish I could find out the true story. I have tried (I am a history buff who always researches subjects that movies get me interested in.) but unfortunately so far, no luck. A great tale about determination, caring, and courage. The end title song "Reach for the light." goes along perfectly with the spirit of the movie.

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Summary: I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!:-)
Review: I love this movie!! The best dog story i've ever seen!! I love: Balto, Jenna, Muk, Luk and Boris!! (Boris is SOO FUNNY!!) Kids and Adults will love this movie!! It has:
Action
Adventure
Romance
Comedy
AND
FUN!!!!:-) THIS IS A MUST SEE!!!!

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Summary: FANTASTIC - THE BEST MOVIE ON THE MARKET!
Review: I'm 20, and yet I've never heard of Balto before this year. But now I'm an absolute fan of this movie, and I've must seen it a few dozens of time now... Why? Outside of its classical aspects, this is simply a well done animated movie. To me, there's everything you need to make a great movie : great animation, attractive characters, a beautiful story, a good production... There's no dead time, no songs (except for the excellent credits one), and it's a really good thing. But above all, I love the soundtrack, composed by James Horner (= Titanic, Braveheart...) There are probably the most awesome and varied themes I've ever heard in this kind of movies. And I'm sure everybody would have put it up among Disney's greatest movies, if it had been one! So if you've never seen it, give it a try!

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Summary: WOW! Haven't seen anything this good for a looooong time.
Review: I'm a 19-year-old male and enjoy good animation, so I thought I'd watch Balto since it was going to be on Cartoon Network. I usually like dark animation (Batman: The Animated Series [the first one...not once they changed to simpler animation], etc.) I am not an emotional person, but I must say that I haven't been this touched in years. Balto is a MUST-SEE if you want to see a very dramatic movie with top-notch animation, a wonderful story, and a powerful soundtrack. Even the song during the credits was great. Well done...looks like I'll be picking this one up for my collection!

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Summary: Really Good Story......
Review: I've watched this several times with my kids. It a very good story. Nice and clean. Good v Evil and all that. There is a good mixture of seriousness and laughter. This movie could have been heavy for a younger audience, but the director did an excellent job of lightening it up and bringing the characters to life.

Kevin Bacon is perfect for the roll. His voice fits that animations perfectly.

I plan on purchasing this on DVD as soon as it is released. Also, the new story as well.

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Summary: Doggy masterpiece!
Review: If you are only going to buy a video this christmas, make sure it's the doggy masterpiece Balto!
It has everything, great heroes, one of the most brute cartoon villians, beautyful landscapes and computeranimation, majestic music, and so lively an atmosphere, so you think you are caught in the snowy wilderness with the dogs!
The only backdraw is the end credit song 'Reach For The Light', i think they should have replaced the small kids with a hundred man big choir in the background!
I can't wait for 'Balto II', and the original 'Balto' on DVD, i hope there are going to be many great extra feauteres!

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Summary: Amazing movie ever seen.
Review: Last week Monday, I decided to watched for few minute, and then I was hooked! I really LOVE it! so I hope I will get it on DVD on my birthday. all the animals in that movie was SO funny. but I didn't know it was true story until I found it on Balto web page. Wow, what can I say about this movie? well, Boris the goose is funny. he almost got his head off by chopper! I really love that movie.

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Summary: Balto-A Great Movie About A Great Dog
Review: My family loves this movie! When we watch it (for the millionth time), we all can't help but to cheer for Balto and growl at the self-centered Steel. Though embellished, the movie captures the spirit of the true story. Kevin Bacon and Bridget Fonda are wonderful as Balto and Jenna, the animation is fantastic. As an Alaskan who grew up hearing the original story in history class, I highly reccomend this movie to anyone, it's a fabulous tale.

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Summary: A powerful story
Review: My only regret with this movie, is that I did not catch it at the cinema! However when I first rented it from a video store, I instantly fell in love with it (and ended up re-renting it out quite a few times before finally receiving a VHS copy of my own later on). Now it is on DVD and so I have happily purchased this to keep forever more, it really is an absolute favourite of mine.

Story Summary:

Our main character is a half-dog, half-wolf protagonist who is shunned by the townspeople and rejects the outside life of the wolves, he doesn't belong anywhere. This story sees the children of the town threatened by a virus and when it seems that the life-saving medicine will be impossible to obtain, our protoganist throws himself into the world of both realities for the sake of others and getting his chance at proving his worth to the world, but not without it's trials and tribulations of course. Place in an overbearing and selfish lead husky, a gentle canine love interest, a cynical goose partner, and some fun polar bears, then be prepared for a ride filled with danger, love and humour. All carried along with a powerful message that "You don't need a pedigree to help someone" and of acceptance of the self so as to cherish those personal qualities that make you different and attempt to rise above the odds by acting to your fullest.

Elements:

The animation is wonderfully done, very impressive and carries the story well. As mentioned before, the music is also a treat, the end credits vocal fits the whole movie extremely well and is as powerful as the movie's message itself, the instrumental soundtrack also gives a powerful underlying atmosphere to all the dynamic scenes. The plot is played out well, as firstly you are gradually introduced to the main characters through fitting scenes and get a good feeling for who they are and how they carry themselves out in life, an important factor for following a character driven plot. Then there is a good variety in the action, causing our protagonist to be pitted against an array of odds that keep you gripped and doesn't let the pace die. As mentioned, the voices are all acted out very well.

Conclusion:

Either way this film is a must-see in my opinion, and one I have happily seen many times myself. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Sidenote:

However on another note, I believe the VHS cover would of been better than this new cover, it seemed to have a more powerful composition with a nice variety of colour. If I remember right, it doesn't outrightly say "true story", it was more like "the story that became a legend" which could still be in a fictional sense since it is a word often used in mystical themes, rather than the word "true" that pulls away any doubt of this not being from something or other based in reality. If I remember correctly that is. Either way, since I didn't enter this movie initially thinking in a forward manner of "This is based on a true story" I felt the ending words had an added impact. But this is an extremely minor point, and this movie is very impacting either way in my opinion.

So, as stated, this is based loosely on a true story. For the purpose of this version of the original story things have been re-invented and so on. I do not believe this being an alternative interpretation detracts from this movie, incase you wondered, and I feel it's very impacting and influential. When I first watched this film I had no idea of this being based at all on a true story, so when the final words came, "Based on a true story", I was very touched as the underlying achievement is extremely impressive. To see the bare facts you may wish to see other documentation in company with this movie, however.

All in all, a great and influential story.