Monday, February 27, 2012

Jill Rosenblum Post #4: Beethoven (1992)



Beethoven (1992) is directed by Brian Levant. I know that I have seen Beethoven before when I was a kid but it was nice to finally watch this movie again and refresh my memory. Beethoven is such a cute movie and I think it might be one of my favorite that I've watched so far for this project.

Beethoven is a family friendly movie about a dog that wonders into the house of the Newton family. The family grow to love Beethoven quickly except for the dad, George Newton who is played by Charles Grodin. George Newton was never a dog person and found Beethoven to be dirty and disgusting at first. As Beethoven matures and turns into an adult dog, he starts to really help out the family and save the kids when they are in trouble. He even helps the older child Ryce, played by Nicholle Tom, to land a date with the boy she likes at school. However with every good movie there is also an enemy. The vet in the movie is actually plotting to kill the dogs and sciences experiments on them. Although I do not want to give every detail away about this movie for people who want to watch it, the audience would enjoy this movie if they love dogs and it's a great movie to watch for any age.

In this movie there are mainly full body shots and close ups of the dogs so you can even understand the dogs emotion and get a feeling of what is going through the animals minds even though they can't speak. A lot of the shots start with the house or the buildings of where the scene will take place before the scene actually begins so the viewer can get an idea what might happen in the scene.

Overall this movie is really cute, entertaining and gives the audience a few laughs along the way.

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