Eye-popping 3D

Rating: 9/10 (23 November 2008)

The visuals are incredible here. The 3D makes you forget you're watching a cartoon. I'm 40, so Disney was, of course, a big part of my childhood. This film is way beyond anything I know from Disney.
The action scene that begins the film is like the climax scenes of three actions movies like Die Hard, Bourne whatever or a Bond flick, with incredibly well thought out choreography. The buddy film that follows is wildly imaginative, fun, and heart-warming.
The best running joke in the film is that, wherever you go in the US, there are three-pigeon groups with the exact same makeup: A fit, mouthy pigeon, a stocky simple minded and soft-spoken pigeon, and a completely moronic skinny, bug-eyed pigeon. It sounds dumb, but it works! Someone at Disney did what the hard-nosed executive in the first act of this film did: They demanded something new and exciting. The crew on Bolt delivered!