![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, where Bolt was produced by Lasseter, G-Force was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer - whose record, to be fair, does include a decent family film or two ( Pirates of the Caribbean, National Treasure) as well as a lot of trashy detritus ( Kangaroo Jack, Bad Company, Bad Boys II, Coyote Ugly). Which means Lasseter had nothing to do with it. Which means that G-Force is from Walt Disney Pictures, not Walt Disney Animation Studios. ![]() Yep, they’re practically the same movie, with one tiny, crucial difference: In G-Force, the computer-animated heroes share the screen with live-action human beings in a real-world setting. Both are also first-time feature films from directors with no more than a single short to their names. In both films, the animals are driven off reservation by extenuating circumstances, where they team up with civilian animals (including a colorful pet hamster/gerbil type whose ancestry is said to include more ferocious species), face up to humbling discoveries regarding their belief in their own high-tech specialness, and ultimately decide that what really matters is the ones they love.īoth G-Force and Bolt feature hamster balls in high-octane action, flashy pyrotechnics and stereotyped 007-style villains who turn out to be not quite what they seem. G-Force and Bolt are both 3-D family action-comedies centered on elite, high-tech, computer-animated animal agents. If you missed Bolt in theaters last fall, it’s well worth catching on DVD - particularly as a counterpoint to G-Force, which is pretty much the film that Bolt could have been if it were Disney as usual … which, thanks at least in part to Lasseter, it wasn’t.Ĭonsider first the similarities. For that matter, the Pixar honcho, now head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, has already done this story right: It was called Bolt, and it was the first theatrical release from Disney Animation under Lasseter’s watch (he also produced). ![]()
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