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Summary: A good movie with great visuals
Review: I can't believe that "Alaska" isn't getting better reviews than it is. A movie doesn't have to be one of the best ever to be a great movie. I thought it was a good all around movie. Two teens go on a search for their father after his plane crashes and the police show that they're not willing to search for him as much as the kids think they should be. Along the way, the kids run into poachers and they find a friendly polar bear that follows them the rest of the way trying to protect them. They have to find their father and then figure out a way to rescue him."Alaska" works well as a good adventure movie and it realistically shows family drama at the beginning of the movie. Surprisingly, parts of it such as when the kids are trying to save their dad, are even exciting. All the way through the movie you'll see spectacular scenery, which goes along great with the plot. Myself, I liked "Alaska" and I don't see why a lot of people don't like it that much, except for maybe that they're expecting too much from the movie. Just don't watch "Alaska" and expect it to be like a movie blockbuster, just watch it like it's a regular Tv movie, and you should like it pretty well. I recommend this movie for anybody.
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Summary: Predictable and unbelievable at the same time
Review: This movie tells the story of two young people, Jessie and Sean, who have moved to Alaska with their father after their mother's death. Jessie is making the best of the move, but Sean is very unhappy that he has been uprooted from his home in Chicago. When their father's plane crashes during what was to have been a routine flight, Jessie and Sean decide to rescue him. What follows is totally unbelievable, but there is some exciting action during the rescue and the scenery is spectacular. Mostly designed as a children's movie, the scenery is probably the best part for adults.
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Summary: Almost a great kid's action movie
Review: Overall, I really liked watching this movie with kids from 10-13 years old. The bear cub is a cute idea to keep younger children interested but not very believeable since polar bears don't live in the mountains. There is some character development as the boy, Sean, regrets mean things he said to his father and appreciates and uses the skills he has learned from him. There is a strong femaale, the sister, good to see in a kids' movie. The special effects are really quite well done. I only have two real gripes. First is the needless swearing of the "bad guys". Lots of "dammit" all through the movie. Second,the climax, where Cubby takes the end of the rope and supposedly saves the father, is a disappointment. Up until then Cubby has just been a distracting side bar. Just when we are engaged in the most exciting part of the movie and there is an opportunity for the children to really pull off a heroic deed, it is Cubby who grabs the tail of the rope and gnaws on it to save the dad. The scenery is beautiful. There are wonderful shots of a glacier, kayaking on open water, canoeing on a river, and rock climbing that just make me want to hop a plane to Alaska. The writing and editing are well done. The characters are believable for the most part (it is a children's movie, after all). There are a few other minor problems. The father is in the open on a snowy mountain for 3 days with no blanket but doesn't seem to suffer from hypothermia. The police give up the search way to early. And the kids don't leave a note or anything about where they are going when they take off for the Devil's Thumb Pass to find their father. I think parents should watch this with their kids and point these things out as they watch the movie. This can be a good way to teach critical thinking. This is an exciting, beautiful movie with something for everyone in the family. Have fun with it.
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Summary: ALASKA
Review: Thrilling mixed emotions is what you'll encounter after and while watching the Alaska a hit family film directed in 1996 by the famous director Fraser Heston. This movie not only has a strong family message but it is packed full of various emotions. The emotions range from totally down in the dumps sadness, example when a polar bear gets shot by pothers to thrilling happiness when the father is rescued. The real reason for watching this movie I think is a totally cute polar bear named Cubby. This young bear's mother is killed by pothers in the area; which I what I was talking about earlier. Cubby plays a major part helping two kids which named are 13 year old Jessie ( Thora Birch )and 15 year old Sean (Vincent Kartheiser ), find there missing father which disappeared during an emergency flight.
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Summary: Just plain silly without meaning to be.
Review: The problems this movie faces are more daunting than the teenagers' search for their missing father; the plot is paper thin and equally transparent. That a self-centered and disfunctional family is suddenly cured of all their ills in this moment of crisis is patently false. Worse the movie doesn't instill any respect for the wilderness meaning that any impressionable child that watches might be misled as to the dangers of their activities. The fact that polar bears do not frequent high mountains strains what little crudulity remains, reinforced by terrible film editing which reveals the cub at the end rejoining a ploar bear family group which low and behold is somehow no longer in the mountains, but on coastal tundra. The scene, the lighting, and the film quality all demonstrate totally different animals and locations. Any film editor should have been able to do a better job of blending the clips, but it seems the maker of this movie thought those watching were even less informed than they were and just didn't care. One of the worse films I have seen in ages. My kids even thought this was just plain silly. Those entralled with this movie must check their reasoning powers at the door, because for any thinking person, even kids, it is almost insultingly dumb.
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Summary: A good movie with great visuals
Review: I can't believe that "Alaska" isn't getting better reviews than it is. A movie doesn't have to be one of the best ever to be a great movie. I thought it was a good all around movie. Two teens go on a search for their father after his plane crashes and the police show that they're not willing to search for him as much as the kids think they should be. Along the way, the kids run into poachers and they find a friendly polar bear that follows them the rest of the way trying to protect them. They have to find their father and then figure out a way to rescue him. "Alaska" works well as a good adventure movie and it realistically shows family drama at the beginning of the movie. Surprisingly, parts of it such as when the kids are trying to save their dad, are even exciting. All the way through the movie you'll see spectacular scenery, which goes along great with the plot. Myself, I liked "Alaska" and I don't see why a lot of people don't like it that much, except for maybe that they're expecting too much from the movie. Just don't watch "Alaska" and expect it to be like a movie blockbuster, just watch it like it's a regular Tv movie, and you should like it pretty well. I recommend this movie for anybody.
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Summary: Not all bad, but then again...
Review: There are some things about this movie and then there are some not so good. The cinematography in this movie is wonderful to look at. There are some cute moments in the film, including the polar bear cub that my wife absolutely adores and wants to take home. The not so good are the young actors in the film that are so syrupy that it's not funny. If you can with stand them, your kids from the ages of 8 and up will enjoy this adventure.
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Summary: ¿Homefire to Niner Zero Niner Tango Over¿
Review: Jake Barnes (Dirk Benedict) crashes his Piker Cub during a storm around Devil's Thumb in the Alaskan wilderness. His two children Jessie (Thora Birch) and Sean (Vincent Kartheiser) decide to find him themselves, when it seems the search and rescue are gong to give him up for dead. They rescue a captured bear cub earning its gratitude and the poacher's wrath. Between the poachers and coping with nature there are some harrowing moments. Quite frankly, a great many of these reviewers really upset me because they devalue children and the potential contribution they could make. Nathan Futrell was only SEVEN YEARS old when he served as a drummer boy in the American Revolution. The music relayed the officer's commands, which made them targets; age didn't make a difference in a war. Now if he can do that, I certainly can believe that two children, one with survival training, can go on an expedition to rescue their father after his plane crashes. The cinematography is breathtaking. This is a wonderful action adventure family movie that adults and children alike will enjoy!
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Summary: Lightweight Adventure film.
Review: When a Pilot (Dirk Benedict) Crash landed in the mountains of British Columbia, there`s no way, he could contact someone to help him or getting out of the mountain. When the father kids (Vincent Kartheiser & Thora Birch) are sure, they could help thier father, while they are followed by a Orphaned Cup. When an Animal Hunter (Oscar-Winner:Charlton Heston) is seaching for the Cub and Wanting the Kill the Animal. Directed by Fraser Clarke Heston (Needful Things) has made an entertaining (At times unbelivable) adventure for the whole family, This film has gorgeous Panoramic shots of Glaciers and Forests are all in a Plus. This is a very underrated film. The young and old will have a good time with this. DVD is also in Widescreen and it has Pan & Scan format. Super 35. Grade:B.
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Summary: great adventure for little adveturers
Review: Sure this isn't an epic film that will rival the "Ten Commandments;" and knowing the Republican mind of gun toting Charleston Heston I am sure that this was an effort to keep his kid, the director of the film, off the dreaded bread lines in east L.A. But all in all this is a film that has kept my six year old grandson and my eight year old grand daughter glued to the TV/VCR when they come over the house for some fun times. I have a formidable collection of kids' videos, but the one that has just about worn out because it has been viewed so often is our copy of Alaska. This is a soft story of a crisis in a kid's world that challenges the kids involved to rise above it, and eventually with patience, time, ingenuity, and perseverence the problem is solved. What more do we want to have our children and grandchildren see happen? Too much realism destroys dreams, and dreams are what make things happen. Besides Charlton portrays a gun toting bad guy and that is worth the price of the video to see.
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