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List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $19.99 You Save: $10 Features • Digital Sound • Dolby • Full Screen • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 03 August, 2007 DVD Release : 18 December, 2007 |
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Underdog description What happens when mad scientist Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage) and a former police beagle Shoeshine (voiced by Jason Lee) are involved in a fiery lab accident? A dog with superpowers is born (soon to be dubbed Underdog) and Dr. Barsinister becomes a man obsessed with revenge and bent on genetically modifying the entire population of Capital Ci ... review details |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Still Heads and Tails Above "Spider-Man 3" |
| When I first saw the trailer for "Underdog", I thought it looked awfully hilarious. But I was discouraged by all of the terrible reviews the film received. Well, "there's no need to fear"! While "Underdog" wasn't as hilarious as I was first hoping it would be, it's certainly not as terrible as some of the critics say.
Of course, when making classic cartoon "Underdog" into a slightly more plausible, live-action film, the makers had to change a lot of things. But the movie still manages to pay tribute to most of, if not all, the cartoon's quirky trademarks. Underdog shows off a pen chance for rhyme (which he learns in the film from a hot dog vendor) and even takes the famed "energy pill" to restore his powers. While he no longer works as a shoe shine boy, he's a beagle named Shoeshine, and a pet to a former cop (Jim Belushi) and his son (Alex Nuehremberg). Underdog's love interest "Miss Sweet" Polly "Purebred" is the pet of Molly, a reporter for a school paper (Taylor Momsen, who's grown up quite a bit since playing Cindy Lou Whoo in [[ASIN:B00005LOUP The Grinch (Widescreen Edition)]]). Other trademarks are carefully incorporated as well, and slightly tweaked as needed. The casting of the villains is very well done. Peter Dinklage (the "angry elf" from Will Ferrell's [[ASIN:B0002F6BRE Elf (Infinifilm Edition)]]) as Dr. Simon Barsinister has the perfect look for his diminutive cartoon counterpart, lacking only the green skin tone. Patrick Warburton is perfect for the role of Cad. He's given funnier performances before, but he's still funny in this movie. "Underdog" has been made into a true underdog story. Shoeshine starts off as the runt of a K9 cop squad, and his sub par sense of smell makes him inadequate for the job. He finds himself captured to be experimented on by Barsinister, only to escape with super powers. His new owner helps him use the powers to redeem himself and help others. Jason Lee, who I'm a fan of because of his TV series "My Name is Earl" provides Underdog with a very personable voice. The narrating and redemptive themes throughout the movie even recall "My Name is Earl." There are a handful of really funny jokes, though a lot of the humor is lame. Then again, a lot of the humor in the cartoon show was lame as well. But as a super hero movie this summer, "Underdog" easily trumps the abysmal [[ASIN:B000UR9T8C Spider-Man 3 (Widescreen Edition)]]. "Underdog" is a much more enjoyable movie, and it provides some dramatic moments without wasting time with sickening melodrama like "Spider-Man 3." Also, "Underdog" actually manages to spoof scenes from the "Superman" movies and "Lady and the Tramp" quite effectively. |
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