Eight Below (2006)

Load of rubbish!!

Dreadfully Boring

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

This flick is all about gratitude. It can be a man or animal, you just need to be thankful for what they have done. Film starts with powerful characters and it builds on that as the time goes on. This film proved me wrong about Paul Walker. He is such a versatile actor. He just made me cry at the end. I can't realize how the dogs were tamed for this movie they are just like people sometimes even better. You couldn't ask for more from the characters.. It won't get better than this full of love which keeps the bond with man and dog. Fabulous stuff from the director hats off.. Highly recommended movie for everyone

In a mission to find rare meteorite from the planet mercury in Antarctica, Paul Walker who is a guide at the research base has to leave his Huskies behind as treacherous winter weather approaches. Back at home, Shepard is guilt ridden about leaving his dogs and is determined in rescuing the dogs.However the main part of the film is the dogs story, The dogs break free of their chains except for Old Jack who is too old and dies at the base camp. The rest of the dogs hunt seals, birds and penguins to survive. One of the dogs gets fatally injured while looking at the southern lights one night another is attacked and injured by the seal when they find whale meat and it may be too late for her unless rescued in time.The Huskies are the real stars of the movie, the way they act on screen and inject personality is well done. The icy landscape is breathtaking the humans in many ways take back seat.The film is inspired by a true Japanese story. The late Paul Walker shows great love for the dogs and its nice to know that he will not just be remembered for the Fast and Furious films. Jason Biggs provides comic relief.

i'd like to give this movie with 10 star but there're the things that i can't do it. this movie tells about the love between the 8 dogs and their owner that you should feel in the way that he doesn't want to but i'm still thinking if i was him i won't do something like that with my dogs. someone should put them in the house and left them some feeds until they can come back to pick them up. why did he tied them outside? his owner didn't get hurt so hard he can do it. if they were mine, i will stay with them instead. i love the movies of the animal but i don't want to take the dramas, the reason i watch this movie is it's belong to walt Disney, i know that walt Disney's movies are not sad, but in this you lost 2 dogs so i wonder that is it really base on the true story? there're 6 dogs left in the end, Jerry knew that Old Jack died but the other he didn't even try to find out, just thought by himself that the other must died too. some in this movie doesn't make sense. that's why i can't give 1 more star.

Frank Marshall's 'Eight Below's a complete delight. Based on the Japanese film 'Nankyoku Monogatari' (a film I really want to watch), this heartwarming (and at times heartbreaking tale) focuses on a team of sled dogs who are left to fend for themselves in the snowstorm of a harsh winter of Antarctica. I think the film would have worked better if it only focused on the dogs (after they're left behind) and their survival after they've been abandoned rather than on Jerry Shepard's determination to get back and rescue them, mainly because this latter portion isn't properly explored.However, the actors do a decent job. Paul Walker performs adequately. Jason Biggs provides some fine comic relief and Bruce Greenwood is okay. But, the best performance comes from the dogs (D.J., Timba, Troika, Noble, Flapjack, Dino, Sitka, Chase, Floyd, Ryan, Jasper and Lightning). Not only do they look adorable but credit must go to their trainers as well.In addition, the the Antarctica sequences are terrifically shot. The visuals are fascinating. The images of the dogs against the beauty and harshness of the landscape is stunningly captured. The instrumental score in these sequences is effective.In the end, 'Eight Below' is not only a story about survival but about sticking together as a team, all the way through it which, in the end, proved the key to their triumph. This is something many humans could learn from.