Alpha And Omega

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Dovie Wysinger says...

Alpha and Omega is a super good movie. It has romance, comedy, and action. It starts out with Humphrey an Omega, along with his best friends, who's job it is to make everyone happy and have fun. Kate on the other hand was born to be an Alpha a leader of a pack. But as they get older they realize that they are tired of being what they are and they are ready to try something new.

Posted on July 10, 2011

Madonna Kahley says...

An insult to the intelligence and imagination of children everywhere.



Hard to imagine grown men and women actually working on this er "movie experience".

Posted on July 12, 2011

Ezequiel Harnisch says...

I know this was made for little kids, but the messages it instills in their little formulative, impressionable brains is just plain terrible.This is a movie about wolves, but it overtly teaches children it's perfectly alright to be judgemental, superficial, arrogant, violent human beings.



Kate is the cool, proud, strong, sophisticated Alpha wolf that is responsible and dutiful.Humphrey is the lovable loser Omega wolf that spends his time joking and playing around.Hump likes Kate, but she ridicules and looks down upon him.Any friendship between the two would not be tolerated.Instead Kate is expected to hook up with Garth, another stud Alpha wolf from a rival pack.Their marriage will supposedly unite the packs and end the pointless feuding so all the wild dirty dogs could chomp on some yummy caribou together.



This basic, uninspired script is not really a problem.Arranged marriage?Primitive, but hey they are wolves.The constant wolf bickering and fighting is pointless, but it does accurately reflect human nature.It's also no big deal that the wolves get frightened by a pack of caribou and are forced to eat berries and cupcakes.



What I found preposterous and harmfully derogatory was the divisive mindset portrayed here.Even when captured by hunters and expected to repopulate a national park, Kate looked at Humphrey with contempt and disgust.She refused to go slumming and give it up to the loser wolf.That right there teaches girls it's okay not to do their duty and spread 'em.Wrong on so many levels.



Alpha and Omega had so many howling bad lines and silly developments.The visuals are pretty bland as well.Plus a basic story you've seen a hundred times before, mixed with negative messages to brainwash our kids.Am I overreacting?Yes.But still, there wasn't a great deal of effort put into this film.Save your money.

Posted on July 12, 2011

Gene Davtyan says...

"Alpha and Omega" looked pretty cute to me. I've always enjoyed the movies geared towards kids, and I'm a little ashamed to admit that I love movies with the talking animals. When I saw previews for this, I knew I'd have to see it, especially with my love for wolves.



However, on its own, "Alpha and Omega" falls a little bit...well, flat.



The premise is two rival wolf packs who want to unite and end the battle between them by marrying their two Alpha wolves together. The only problem is that Kate (one of the Alphas) and childhood friend Humphrey (Omega, lowest ranking) are kidnapped together and driven all the way from Canada to Idaho for a national park. From there, they have to get back home before the packs go to war, all while learning about love, trust, friendship, etc. along the way.



And that's really all there is to the story.



It's cute, don't get me wrong, but it's extremely basic and simple. From seeing just the trailer alone, you could pick out how many particular events in the movie play out. And even for the parts that don't involve the trailer, they're still predictable, and they use aspects that have been seen before in children movies (such as mistaking someone for dead, and they turn out not to be).

Not to mention, you can see the ending coming from a mile away.



It felt like it was trying to be a Disney movie, driving home on all of these sentimental messages, but just didn't quite make it. And really, the messages were practically screaming and so in-your-face that it felt like a little too much.



However, I found it interesting that the howling in the movie is actually considered "singing." When the wolves howl, they don't hear howling. They hearing singing, and if you can "sing well," then it was the same as having that deep emotional wolf howl.

Clever idea, but it took me a little bit to catch on to it.



Now, let me say that it's not a bad movie. It's just a simple movie. It's clearly meant for the kids and that's about it. I always love when kids' movies also have the parents in mind, who have to sit through it, and I love when they throw in a few jokes here and there to keep the older audience entertained. Unfortunately, you won't find that here. It's all for the kids, and so is all of its "humor."

The animation is pretty good, the characters themselves are likable, and the voice acting is pretty good too. But without a unique (or, at least, entertaining) plot, it's just mediocre.



I had high hopes for this movie, expecting something pretty darn cute from it. Well, it was decent, but easily forgettable and nothing about it really made it stand out from any other movie out there, which was disappointing.

Posted on July 13, 2011

Trena Liburd says...

The movie was great. They made a film that can entertain. This was enjoyable, can't wait to pre-order it.

Posted on July 13, 2011

Dahlia Ballerini says...

I thought this film had similar resemblence to the film 'Lassie'.They both contained an exellent storyline, good strong emotions and the most important thing of all.Humour.

Alpha and Omega has a good sence of storyline, drama and I found a good strong piece of it romantic and humourous at the same time.My favorites within this movie would be the main parts and the howling scene.This is so ramantic that it made me cry at the emotional bits.And trust me it isn't easy to make me cry, espespecially from an anime film such as this.

My favorite scene would probably be the whole train scene where their howling together.But then again there are ups AND downs in this film.As much as it add's descent comedy and romance within it.It doesn't really carry to much in depth from the experience.When I went and viewed it for the first time in 3D yesterday.I found it quite a thrill to watch.It made me both laugh and cry around the same time.

I would recommend this film for anyone who like's animation film such as this.It is a U also so I would suggest going either with afew mates or as a family to go see this.

Posted on July 15, 2011

Barbar Olveira says...

I took my 3 year old daughter to see this in the theatre in 3-D. We both loved it. The story line was simple enough for her to understand, but creative enough to keep me interested.



An Omega of the wolf pack has a crush on the unobtainable super cool and beautiul Alpha girl of the wolf pack. They are friends, but that is all they can be, because he is an "Omega" and she is an "Alpha".



But all that changes when the two are shot with tranquilizers by wildlife workers who transport them to Idaho for repopulation. This of course seems like a dream come true for Omega, but not so much for Miss Aplpha. She feels an urgency to return and help her father save the pack from a war with a rival wolf pack.



Omega helps Alpha get back to the pack and proves he may have been born an Omega but he has the heart of a hero.



The two end up happily ever after.





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Posted on July 16, 2011

Pansy Valenti says...

"Alpha and Omega" is a cute, harmless, disposable animated film, something the kids may enjoy during its ninety-minute run but then forget about as soon as they get home. I appreciated it from a technical standpoint - the animation is decent, the color scheme is vivid, the vocal performances are competent - but I didn't get all that much out of the story or the characterizations, both of which are a little too innocuous for my taste. Not to sound presumptuous, but I suspect I speak for the majority of adult audiences, who will no doubt dutifully take their children to see it. In all fairness, far worse children's films have been made (I'm talking to you, the people behind "Furry Vengeance" and "Standing Ovation"). It's not so much that "Alpha and Omega" is bad; it's just that it's awfully by-the-numbers.



It tells the story Kate (voiced by Hayden Panettiere) and Humphrey (voiced by Justin Long), two wolves living in Canada's Jasper National Park. Even though they're from the same pack and like each other, they're separated by social status; Kate is an alpha - a hunter, a leader, well trained, committed to responsibility - whereas Humphrey is an omega - goofy, playful, responsible for nothing apart from breaking up the occasional fight. According to the laws, dictated by Kate's father (voiced by Danny Glover), alphas and omegas can be friends, but they can never be mates. She can only be with another alpha. Low and behold, such a wolf is Garth (Chris Carmack), the son of Tony (voiced by the late Dennis Hopper), the leader of a rival pack. To prevent the two packs from going to war, it's decreed that Garth and Kate will marry.



Matters are complicated when Kate and Humphrey are tranquilized by rangers and sent to an Idaho wildlife preserve, apparently in an attempt to repopulate the area with wolves. They soon cross paths with a golf enthusiast and his caddy, the former a French-Canadian goose (voiced by Larry Miller), the latter a British duck (voiced by Eric Price); with their help, Kate and Humphrey escape the preserve and begin the journey home. It's a surprisingly uneventful trip. There are only two real exciting moments. One occurs during a rainstorm, when Humphrey has to save Kate from falling into a canyon by swinging in on a vine. The other is when Humphrey and Kate escape from angry bears by sliding down a mountain in a halved and hollowed log. Everything else that happens to them is barely worth mentioning. Mostly, they just dance around the issue of being in love with one another.



As far as the basic plot is concerned, that's pretty much all there is to say. All we have left are the personality quirks of the side characters, who, in the tradition of even the best animated films, thoroughly upstage anything done by the leads. Garth, for example, is the canine equivalent of a mimbo - a fitness buff and ladies man who couldn't howl properly even if his life depended on it. (Not that anyone really howls in this movie; if anything, they harmonize, as if performing the backup sections of a love ballad at a karaoke bar.) And then there's Kate's mother, Eve (voiced by Vicki Lewis), whose pleasant, wholesome voice belies a shocking tendency to threaten others with throat ripping and eye gouging. Kate's sister, Lilly (voiced by Christina Ricci), is a soft-spoken omega who has a thing for Garth, in spite of the laws forbidding it.



I suppose I should mention that the film is presented in 3D, although in this day and age, it's becoming less and less necessary to point that out. Regardless, the filmmakers did everything they could to take advantage of the process. Rocks that act as golf balls zoom directly at the camera. So do lunging wolves and splashes of water. It seemed most prominent during the film's first twenty minutes, at which point I kept noticing a juvenile fixation on rear ends. Perhaps directors Ben Gluck and Anthony Bell are the kind of guys that think butts are inherently funny. Or maybe they understood that many children, their sense of humor still in development, are easily amused by that particular part of the body. Whatever the case, I was glad when they finally eased up on the references. Personally, I think faces are a lot funnier. Yes, even in 3D.



If there is, in fact, a theme or message, it rests solely on the idea of Opposites Attract. Even then, there isn't all that much to go on, mostly because it isn't explored in any meaningful way. The best we're given, apart from the obvious inclusion of the alphas and omegas, is the pairing of a big, burly motorcycle enthusiast and a petite, matronly librarian; they drive a trailer and listen to heavy metal while wearing novelty sunglasses. I grant you it makes for a few amusing visuals, but that's about it. The bottom line: "Alpha and Omega" is an adequate way to keep the kids out of the house for a little while, but I seriously doubt it will be remembered ten years down the line. It follows a formula and follows it well, and while that may not be much of a compliment, it's the best I can do.

Posted on July 16, 2011

Kacey Waston says...

The artist carved his masterpiece with packs of wolves, caribous, birds, grizzly bears, forests, mountains, steam train, full moon, and plenty of wolves howling styles.



Each element blended gracefully in an old fashion narration of love, family, marriage, and unity for the good of the whole. From the remote forests of Idaho and Canada, to the remote cultures of tribal marriage that strengthens the bonds between families, to the intriguing elements of nature such as mud slides and downhill skiing, to the stampedes of caribous that frighten ferocious wolves, the movie touches on the issue of real love founded on genuine choice.



The alpha wolf, Kate, was struck with two choices. One, was uniting the packs and marrying the alpha wolf, Garth, which would have pleased their fathers, Toni and Winston. Two, Kate already experienced the fun and joy of the omega wolf Humphrey during their capture and dislocation ordeal. Kate dared to go against her father's wish and chose the omega wolf, which engulfed the wolf packs into war.



Fortunately, for Kate, the forest took care of its own inhabitants. As the packs of wolves engaged in rage and fight, the birds were sacred, which alerted the caribous to stampede. The stampeding caribous brought greater dangers on the wolves, which forced them to cease fighting.



Humphrey was also fortunate to have missed the train in his effort to break away from the pack. Both Kate and Humphrey were presented with one in life time opportunity to save their elderly wolves from the stampede of the caribous.



The wolves' love story ended peacefully with Kate marrying Humphrey, and Lilly marrying Garth.Both were mixed marriages between alphas and omegas.



At the end of the movie, the different artistic elements were displayed to represent the basics thoughts that gathered in the artist's mind in the making of the movie. The howling of two stranded wolves, befriended by two two birds, on the background of train wheels knocking the rail transitions, added extra sense of serenity to the milieu.



Living the peaceful and tranquil nights in an open train car, zipping through the Rocky mountains and valleys, under the majesty of open space, full moon, and captivating nature, were the best experience the viewers will enjoy by sitting in a movie theater. The hawling

Posted on July 18, 2011