I'm seen odd movies before. Strange films with quirky characters and bizarre plots and social commentary. Usually these are consistently intriguing, but somehow, "A Boy and His Dog" just didn't connect with me.
I liked the banter between Don Johnson and his intellectual canine companion. I liked the idea of the two roaming the desolate landscape of a world after WWIV. I liked the roll call of presidents... "Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy..." I was still interested when they find the girl holed up in the screamer's lair, but it started to lose me with the "down under" society with all the folks on the committee with their white clown faces, and the robots named "Michael", and the... ahem... milking machine that Don Johnson was hooked up to. I mean, I understood what was going on, but it just didn't connect with me. Perhaps I missed the banter between Johnson and the dog in these scenes. I don't know. And the shocking ending? Well, you don't see anything, but through discussion you find out what happened, and given the context of the film and the character's behavior, I didn't think it was all that shocking.
I admire that it was a low budget film going for a unique premise, but something is flawed about it that I just can't quite put my finger on.
I liked the banter between Don Johnson and his intellectual canine companion. I liked the idea of the two roaming the desolate landscape of a world after WWIV. I liked the roll call of presidents... "Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy..." I was still interested when they find the girl holed up in the screamer's lair, but it started to lose me with the "down under" society with all the folks on the committee with their white clown faces, and the robots named "Michael", and the... ahem... milking machine that Don Johnson was hooked up to. I mean, I understood what was going on, but it just didn't connect with me. Perhaps I missed the banter between Johnson and the dog in these scenes. I don't know. And the shocking ending? Well, you don't see anything, but through discussion you find out what happened, and given the context of the film and the character's behavior, I didn't think it was all that shocking.
I admire that it was a low budget film going for a unique premise, but something is flawed about it that I just can't quite put my finger on.