Balto

Pretty good children’s movie that won’t bore an adult to death.

Balto has been a favorite movie among generations. And those of you who like history, the film is loosely based on a true story.

Enough said

Amazing Movie! Highly recommend if you love animals!

Love this movie! I was feeling nostalgic and wanted to watch it

I used to love this movie as a kid and was so excited when I saw it was available on prime video!My kids got to watch it and it made me happy to see them love the movie as much as I did at their age!

For some reason I can't explain to myself, I had a childhood bias against dog-themed movies that stretched to the animation realm (I suppose I suspected they'd end up making me cry), and therefore I steered clear from "Balto" until only a few years ago. Shame on me, boy. What we have here is a quality animated tale, able to go head-to-head with most Disney output, and very easily the best of the three features produced by Steven Spielberg's way-too-short-lived Amblimation company. It has some shortcomings that most likely played against it during its theatrical run, but the movie perseveres through style and production strength, thoroughly earning its spot as a cult classic and home video favorite.The story: loosely based on a true event, Balto (voiced by Kevin Bacon, Mystic River) is a dog-wolf crossbreed who must prove his worth and place in a small Alaskan community by rescuing a sled team relaying a crate of valuable medicine to the stricken town across the dangerous sub-Arctic wilderness.Aficionados of strong mainstream animation will be getting an eyeful. In comparison to Amblimation's previous two films, "Balto" ranks number one: it's infinitely finer and more detailed than We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, and while An American Tail - Fievel Goes West was arguably more expressive with a jump-out-at-you illustration quality, it was less coordinated and a bit too over-the-place by contrast. I've always appreciated the art style that director Simon Wells brings to the table, and this one ought to be considered his magnum opus for how well he pulls everything off here: the animal animation manages to be both graceful and funny depending on the character, the rotoscoping used for human characters is as smooth as Don Bluth could ever have managed, and the limited computer-generated objects and environment pieces are tastefully rendered and harmonious to the film's predominant 2D art style...95% of the time. It's a pretty gorgeous picture.The voice acting's good and solid. Bob Hoskins (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) as Boris the goose, Bridget Fonda (Jackie Brown) as Jenna the lady husky, and voice-acting stalwart Jim Cummings (The Lion King) as the narcissistic antagonist are great as immediate co-stars, and Phil Collins is pretty funny in one of only two voice acting roles he's taken, this time as a pair of hydrophobic polar bear cubs. Kevin Bacon does a pretty good job as Balto, but since the movie makes such a huge deal out of his being a half-breed - a possible allusion to mixed race Native Americanism - he might have been more authentically played by a young Indian actor like Jay Tavare or Paul Litefoot. Moving beyond the casting, the only fault I can find with the movie is in its writing: most notably, the inclusion of Muk and Luk - Phil Collins' characters - is redundant, since Bob Hoskins was already supplying comic relief within his mentor role. I also was kind of a annoyed with a dumb E.T. reference late in the movie and a really forced sequence wherein Jim Cummings' character keeps Balto from joining the sled team by stepping on his paw and making him bare his teeth at the team leader - what, were the humans so unobservant that they didn't see this was a provoked response?Gunnar Kaasen, the real-life musher who drove Balto and his team during the historical relay, is also a voiced and animated character but he's not explored at all or even named in the movie - perhaps the one thing the film was missing, to give it a greater sense of legitimacy. However, as it currently stands, "Balto" is very good, with a strong story that needed telling and probably otherwise would've been snatched up by Disney in the future, but it's not perfect. Luckily, its imperfections are overlookable and don't keep the film from retaining its well-deserved status as a cult classic and credible alternative to other big studio output of the time.

This movie is so darn cute. My husband and I loved it as children and now we can enjoy it with ours.

When I was a young girl my mum and dad bought me Balto VHS tape for my birthday or Christmas present. I never got bored of this movie. When the DVD players replaced the old VHS machines I could no longer watch my VHS tapes anymore and they were put in a bag at the bottom of my old wardrobe. I was disappointed when I realised I couldn't watch my Balto tape anymore. It had been a very long time since I last watched the Balto film so I was pleased to find it available on the amazon site so I purchased it straight away. When I watched it for the first time in ages I laughed again at Muk and Luk, the polar bear cubs and Boris the goose. Even though I am in my twenties Balto will ALWAYS be one of my FAVOURITE films.

Ein toller Film basierend auf einer wahren Begebenheit

Ce dessin animé des Studios Amblin mérite clairement d'être découvert par les plus jeunes, ou redécouvert (je parle là pour ceux qui, comme moi, sont nés au début des années 80 et qui seraient nostalgiques des films ayant marqués leur enfance).Ceci étant dit, je voudrais juste préciser ce que l'annonce Amazon a oublié de mentionné à propos du DVD. Celui-ci comporte bien une VOSTFR pour ceux qui se poseraient la question, ainsi que des bonus : la bande-annonce de Balto, la bande-annonce de E.T. pour sa ressortie salle en 2002 (les 20 ans du film), ainsi qu'un documentaire de 26 minutes, sorte de making-of de ce dessin animé, très intéressant car il nous montre à voir le véritable Balto et son histoire, jusqu'à sa mort en 1933 dans un zoo. Par ailleurs, le DVD se lit bien, le son et l'image sont de bonne qualité. Bref, faut pas hésiter à l'acheter et à le montrer à vos enfants.

Film impareggiabile, al livello di molti classici disney dell'epoca in cui uscì (1996) se non addirittura superiore ad alcuni di loro. Fortemente drammatico, ma comunque perfetto per i bambini e perfettamente fruibile anche dagli adulti.Il pacco è arrivato nei tempi previsti, ed il DVD era in ottime condizioni; l'ho guardato sia su pc che su tv e non ho avuto nessun tipo di problema

Vendeur de confiance, emballage nickel et cd conformeMerci pour ma fille et je recommande