Yeah, very powerful, wonderful film. Now I just have to find out if it's out in the US (with an English dub).
Re: dogs/8Below-- yes, the anthropomorphizing was a little obvious, but I guess the director chose not to have a voice-over describing the actions of the dogs. Nothing wrong with that, but it meant that the actions of the dogs needed to be more obvious (hence the over-acting dogs!). I did like that the catalyst for the first dog breaking its chain was the flag blowing away! Just like a husky: starving to death? Eh. Flag-runny-thing-blowing-away: Chasechasechase!
And I did like how the character of the dog Max developed. Very sweet.
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Re: dogs/8Below-- yes, the anthropomorphizing was a little obvious, but I guess the director chose not to have a voice-over describing the actions of the dogs. Nothing wrong with that, but it meant that the actions of the dogs needed to be more obvious (hence the over-acting dogs!). I did like that the catalyst for the first dog breaking its chain was the flag blowing away! Just like a husky: starving to death? Eh. Flag-runny-thing-blowing-away: Chasechasechase!
And I did like how the character of the dog Max developed. Very sweet.