A Kid's Take: Eight Below
Posted on May 14, 2008
By Raphael Pierson-Sante
Disney, 2006, 120 minutes
All dogs who pull a sled for miles like this are brave, but these dogs are really something. I think they should make little moccasins for dogs who have to go out in the winter like that.
I really don't know how dogs could survive this long alone. Maybe the movie should have translations for the dogs' barks: they'd be saying, "Oh, boy, now we have to hunt for food!" I was so glad to see they at least found some things they could eat, like injured birds and a dead killer whale. For a minute, I wondered how they were going to keep that horrible leopard seal away from it too? Then I saw the look on that dog's face: he had an idea.
It started to make me crazy when I'd see the words on the screen, "Days on their own . . . " I didn't want any more of those! I screamed when it finally said "175." This movie made me realize that dogs can be more courageous than people sometimes.
