Air Bud: Golden Receiver Special Edition – DVD Review
The Flick:
Disney pumps out another reissue of a popular title with Air Bud: Golden Reciever, only this time they include a whistle with the Air Bud logo printed across it. I have to hand it to the good folks over at Disney, they sure know what my children like. The minute I got the DVD home, my kids couldn’t wait to open it and pop it into the DVD player. The only downside is that my son decided to play with the whistle while watching the movie. After I convinced him that any chance I had at someday growing hair back onto my shiny head would be gone forever if he didn’t stop blowing on the whistle, we returned our focus to watching the movie.
Anyone that has seen the first Air Bud will probably be thrilled to know that its sequel is a pretty close rehash of the first flick. Under normal circumstances this would be a bad thing, but Air Bud wasn’t a terrible flick for an animal flick. This time around Josh Framm (Kevin Zegers) is back and feeling sort of sad because his mom has a new love interest and his basketball playing pooch is the only one that truly understands him. After finding out that Buddy (the dog) can not only play basketball, but is pretty darn good at football as well, Josh and the talented K-9 join the football team.
Overall this is a solid entry into the Air Bud canon. While I enjoyed the first flick a little more than this one, this entry into the series was pretty sold as well. The actors are good, the dog is pretty phenomenal, even the secondary characters aren’t all that bad. If your a parent looking for some good, clean family entertainment, then this flick is for you because it is a killer kids film. Just make sure to hide the whistle until after you watch the movie.
The DVD:
Audio/Visual
The audio on this disc is pretty run of the mill. It does the job, but doesn’t push the boundaries of the home theatre experience. The video is solid, yet standard.
Special Features
Buddies Sports Channel: I didn’t care for this feature, but my kids sure did. It’s basically the buddies (puppies that talk) providing sports commentary on the game at the end of the movie.
I’ve been told that the original version of this flick had some other features that weren’t ported over to this special edition, but since I’ve never seen the original version I can’t really comment on it.
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