Review of Shiloh

Shiloh (1996)
3/10
Good message to work for your dreams
15 December 2008
Warning: Spoilers
I liked the movie as a good lesson for children in the case that if they want to get a pet they should be responsible for feeding and taking care of the animal. In this movie "Marty Preston" is a very responsible child. However, here my spoilers,when I rented the movie, I was moved for the little synopsis in the back that says "an abused Beagle", the reason this was interesting is because I recently adopted an abused Beagle that makes us laugh and we have to be very careful in giving her discipline.Now that I am getting to know this breed, these are smart dogs that require discipline and at the same time they are stubborn and that is why she makes us laugh. So I was expecting a Hollywood dog that showed some of the funny and smart behavior of the Beagles. On the contrary the behavior of Shiloh was not the most important part of the movie, even though the movie has its name. For instance, SPOILER, When Marty and Mr Trudders are fighting in Marty's house for Shiloh, The dog "Shiloh" is just standing there watching his former owner and Marty fighting for him and he is doing nothing, In my mind I was expecting some king of heroic act from the dog, like biting Mr Trudders, in order to defend,Marty, but no, the dog stands there and If I could read its mind, Shiloh was probably thinking, "oh please, somebody open the door of the house, I want to take a nap on the sofa".

I like the movie in the sense of a lesson for life like if you want something in life, you have to work hard for it and because the dog did not impress me I Think the movie should have the name of "Marty the boy that worked hard for a dream" or if the title of the movie needs the name of the dream, well, if Marty was going to be working hard for a PlayStation or a bicycle then the movie could be called "PlayStation" or "Bicycle' and believed me, you could replace this toys for Shiloh and you would not notice the absence of the Beagle.
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