Dog horribly miscast
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Brave One
totoma — 15 years ago(January 14, 2011 06:56 PM)
They had me wondering about the strength of the movie when these thugs actually thought of messing with a PURE BRED GERMAN SHEPHERD. There is no way a German Shepherd would stay there and YELP while the owners were getting mauled. The thug holding him would have lost that arm at the end of the dog's leash.
Were no beagles, poodles or dachshunds available for filming that week?
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Dondi0 — 15 years ago(February 10, 2011 02:38 PM)
To be fair to the dog I thought he put in a complex and subtle performance and was consistently dog-like throughout his severely underwritten role. Considering what little he had to work with he owned every scene he was in.
In a vital piece of backstory sadly cut from the final film it is explained that a previous traumatic incident suffered as a pup had left the dog with a pathological fear of generic urban candid camera street thugs. This helped to explain his subsequent cowardly behaviour.
Beagles, dachshunds and poodles are notoriously difficult to work with due to their powerful union the BDP (set up by old skool rapper KRS-1 after the death of his friend, and dog lover, Scott La Rock). German Shepherds, especially the PURE BRED ones, have always been denied membership due to their involvement in the holocaust which Hollywood is still, understandably, very touchy about.
On a slightly different note dogs are so often typecast in movies and literally never get the chance to show the extent of their range by playing maybe a cat or perhaps a gazelle. Why is Hollywood so darn prejudiced? -
Dondi0 — 14 years ago(May 03, 2011 07:15 PM)
Thanks.
But that honour must surely fall at the feet of the OP who's ridiculously flawed reasoning not only had me laughing in the first place, but also correctly identified this movie as the preposterous guff that it was.
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Eightythreeyearoldguy — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 10:18 AM)
Seriously though, I thought the dog an admirable touch to a movie which has much more depth than it would appear to have.
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aliza_tvito — 14 years ago(October 30, 2011 02:57 PM)
///their involvement in the holocaust which Hollywood is still, understandably, very touchy about. ///
I liked your post, Dondi0, but at this spot your sense of humour betrayed you at the most perfidious way.
Anyway, the Hollywood is by no means "touchy" about the Holocaust. It just pumps the money from the theme.
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DaVooz — 13 years ago(October 15, 2012 04:38 AM)
Beagles, dachshunds and poodles are notoriously difficult to work with due to their powerful union the BDP
Did you see Bonfire of the Vanities? A dachshund is acting really great in that opening sequence where Hanks is determined to go outside to make a phone call from a booth but the dog isn't too eager nor willing to go out in the pouring rain
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