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Call of the wild
Anybody see that movie?
I loved that book when I was a kid. Hope it's worth seeing.
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Just another remake with modern social values super imposed, Charlton Heston is a tough act to follow. Holly wood ran out of original ideas long ago, they're stuck on sequels and remaking Oldies. Did manage to make it through TOGO, even though the opening shows a Phillips head screw holding the latch on the dog kennel.  Some of the scenes were shot at Abraham Lake. which gives it a local touch and a redeeming feature.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxu-Bg322bU
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Anybody see that movie?
I loved that book when I was a kid. Hope it's worth seeing.
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Official Trailer 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P8R2zAhEwg
The 'Dog' in this movie appears to be a Computer Generated Animation ❗
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I just watched the review on global. 4 kernels of popcorn. They did say that the dog was animated in some scenes.
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Same stupid bear making the same faces and noises as every other movie with a stupid bear in it. 
Dude must make a killing off that ursine.
"Ok Bart....open your mouth and show your teeth. Ok Bart...swipe a paw at the ground and look mean."
"Good bear." Cha Ching.
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I loved the book, and White Fang as well. Original movie was good. I don't have the heart to spend money to watch a preachy, feel good, progressive values remake. I think I'd puke.
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This funny...a bunch of ‘reviews’...yet not one person has actually seen the movie 😂
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02-22-2020, 11:48 AM
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This funny...a bunch of ‘reviews’...yet not one person has actually seen the movie 😂
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Watch the trailer. The CGI dog is a furry human...way too Disney. Jack London would cringe, and curse to see it. I recently read every story he wrote, and it was an eye opener as to how that man thought. I could guarantee he wouldnt be amused to see his story dumbed down and made cute and heart warming like that trailer. He wrote about a savage and unforgiving world.
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This funny...a bunch of ‘reviews’...yet not one person has actually seen the movie 😂
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LOL you noticed that as well eh.
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This funny...a bunch of ‘reviews’...yet not one person has actually seen the movie 😂
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I don't need to see Brittany Spears in concert to know I'd rather have a colonoscopy.
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I don’t think I will be even bothered watching that movie. Especially if you have read the actual book.
By the way, Jack London is a great writer, when I was a kid I read all of his books!
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LOL you noticed that as well eh.
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Just talked to my neighbors.  They went to watch it yesterday, walked out shortly after the start, couldn't hack it any more. Just too corny and the animation is pathetic. You have to animate a Dog ?
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It’s getting not bad reviews on both IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes.
And you guys get that it’s billed as a family/kids movie, don’t you?
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Just came from seeing it. I really liked it.
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Took my niece and nephews to see it. Would i go see it without them, probably not; but that being said I enjoyed it. Yes, it is modernized but times change. Maybe some kids will see it and then read the book. Heck, i may read the book again. Been a few while
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I don't need to see Brittany Spears in concert to know I'd rather have a colonoscopy.
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this is a gooder..
in saying that going to see it tomorrow with my boy
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Supposed to go tonite but Im backing out
Just looks too hokey
Maybe im wrong but regardless im not going
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This funny...a bunch of ‘reviews’...yet not one person has actually seen the movie 😂
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All you gotta do is watch the preview. Nothing but CG crap. Nobody acts anymore.
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Watched 2 of the earlier versions last night. The Rutger Haurer version and the Charleton Heston version. I liked the Rutger Haurer best. (hope my spelling is correct) It will be interesting when the Harrison Ford version comes to the small screen.
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i loved the book, and white fang as well. Original movie was good. I don't have the heart to spend money to watch a preachy, feel good, progressive values remake. I think i'd puke.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams
Just another remake with modern social values super imposed, Charlton Heston is a tough act to follow. Holly wood ran out of original ideas long ago, they're stuck on sequels and remaking Oldies. Did manage to make it through TOGO, even though the opening shows a Phillips head screw holding the latch on the dog kennel. Some of the scenes were shot at Abraham Lake. which gives it a local touch and a redeeming feature.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxu-Bg322bU
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Man, thought I was a crabby old coot! 
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The call of the wild was the only mandatory reading school book I ever read twice I had high hopes for the new movie.
Jack London himself was a tough SOB he carried packs and supplies over the Chilkoot pass sometimes making two trips in one day to earn money for his own claim.
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02-23-2020, 12:18 PM
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Harrison Ford recently announced that he was going vegan and eating meat was bad for the planet. No way would I spend money to see that movie.
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Harrison Ford recently announced that he was going vegan and eating meat was bad for the planet. No way would I spend money to see that movie.
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The bad smelling tauntaun must have really made an impression.
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I know you can watch the movie online now but thought I'd say I have a DVD of the original movie "Call of the Wild" I am willing to donate to anyone that wants it. I can mail it too. PM me.
It bugs me that movie makers have to re-do old movies. It's like they have no creativity to create new movies that will become classics in time. Like DeCaprio's "Reverence". The original "Man in the Wilderness" movie with Richard Harris was more entertaining IMO.
Now maybe if someone did a re-make of first "The God's must be Crazy" and make the setting in Alberta's foothills instead, with a FN person trying to get rid of an oilcan.
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*To add to my previous post* The DVD I was offering is being sent to someone.
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I would like to see the story of the mad trapper in a well done movie. I’m sure some one will take that on one day
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Just got home from watching the movie. We all enjoyed it. There was a couple of inaccuracies, such as there was no elk or pheasants in the Yukon back then. But the film was done very well. Most of the animals were animated but this did not really affect the story line. And as usual the popcorn was great.
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I will watch the movie when it hits Netflix. Watching the trailer it looks more like light fantasy instead of the original story. The only thing it has done is made me dig out my original books from high school. "Call" was required reading and it sparked me to pick up the rest of the books at the time, I haunted used book stores for hardcover versions. Humm..., wonder how many here beside us old geezers have hardcover books. Not many used bookstores out there anymore, guess its ebay.
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