Thursday, August 9, 2007

A Movie Review : Eight Below

This Movie is based on a true story and it is about eight sledge dogs left behind in the cold, harsh antarctic.
Firstly it was just a temporary evacuation but then since the weather was not good it turned out to be a permanent evacuation and the guide and the owner of the eight dogs struggle to go and rescue these dogs.
This portraits the need to be as a team and to work as a team to survive in the most dangerous environments. The dogs find their day to day food by working as a team and it is very encouraging to see dogs act as a team to overcome the problems in life, when some humans don't do that in their day to day lives.
There is this place where one member of the pack is striving to get the leadership position in the pack. He didn't quarrel to get the position, he acted as a leader when the existing one was hurt and also learnt from the existing leader how to overcome problems as a leader. The leader of the pack gave the leadership to a new dog when he knew that he couldn't go on being the leader since he was injured. The new leader didn't abandon him in the antarctic when the owner came to rescue them. He showed the owner where the injured dog was and saved that dog's life.
These kind of acts are rarely seen in the human world. In the human world, when someone gives up the leadership to some one else he who got it doesn't even care for the one who gave the position in the first place. And also few humans in this world will give away their leadership position to someone else even though he feels that he is not fit for the job.
So these kind of good acts can be learnt by we humans from these dogs in this movie. It was such a great movie and I couldn't help myself shed a tear when the dogs reunited with their owner in the end. They went through a lot in the months that they were alone in the antarctic but they ran to great their owner and friends when they came to rescue them.
If you guys have not seen this yet, go on and find the movie and experience this great movie.