just watched this.... great movie...

oh and paul walker did a great job.

 

I liked it.

Not the greatest movie, but a lot better than 95% of what is on the "new release shelves."


By the way, I looked up the true story that it was based on and

look away if you don't want to know the obvious ending.....


in real life two dogs actually made it through the winter. I think 6 survive in the movie, but even the fact that two amde it is incredible.

 

i was gonna look that up... truly incredible.

 

I watched this yesterday....

I think work has tainted me because I find it incredible that someone was able to marginalize the life and value of the dogs. I wasnt' able to get over the problem in my head which are likely not to be answered unless I read the book(but maybe not even then):

Were the dogs owned by the guide or foundation?

if they were owned by the guide, would it be difficult, given the foundations unwillingness to work with the guide to retrieve his dogs, for the foundation to find other guide/dog combinations to work with in the future given the possible repuation smear?

If the dogs were owned by the foundation, how do you account for trained/grown dogs as an assett that can't be left behind or discarded? IE, investment in a single dog is maybe 5-600 to start and then time and training over usable lifespan, minus possible return depending on decommisioning/adoption/selling? multiply that by 8 for a team?

and as it was touched on briefly, would a breeder/trainer continue to sell you dogs if you had a reputation of leaving them out on their own?

 

Excellent Movie!!!! Paul is up to something...Running Scared, Into the Blue, like it was said he is getting out of that F&F stigma.