Finally free from Star Wars once again, Harrison Ford is just spending all his time out in the wilderness talking to CGI dogs. And sometimes he lets cameras film him because it makes for such good Jack London adaptations. The latest results are in theaters now.
Watch these movies before The Call of Wild.
Homeward Bound
The dogs in The Call of the Wild may be CGI, but they recall the grand tradition of filming trained animals in real-life natural surroundings and using voiceover to add a story. One of our favorites is the odyssey of lost pets that is Homeward Bound, probably because it has fewer rumors of animal cruelty on-set.
Balto
For a more animated take on heroic wilderness dogs, check out Balto. Based on a true story, Balto helped carry life-saving medicine to children across early 1900s Alaska while also dealing with dog racism over his wolf/husky hybrid ancestry. It’s like Oscar bait for dogs.
All Dogs Go to Heaven
While the idea of dogs dying is inherently depressing, All Dogs Go to Heaven is still a Don Bluth classic beloved enough to even survive Charlie Sheen recasting in later sequels.
Cats
When it comes to the ongoing war between cat people and dog people, cat people suffered a major blow in theaters last year with the release of Cats. Instead of making us relive this terrifying Broadway animal nightmare, just read our reasons why watching Cats feels like being in Hell.
The Grey
The Call of the Wild is a classic example of the “man reconnects with his primal self” nature story but from a dog’s perspective. If you want to switch back to the man though, check out grizzled Liam Neeson fighting wolves with broken bottles while reflecting on his own mortality in The Grey.
How to Train Your Dragon
Given the amount of CGI animal animation in The Call of the Wild, we weren’t too surprised learn the director Chris Sanders primarily specializes in animation. In fact, he directed How to Train Your Dragon, the popular DreamWorks movie that basically treats the fire-breathing creatures like big dogs anyway.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Harrison Ford has appeared in plenty of movies since 2008, but somehow he’s never looked older than in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, this ill-advised entry of the otherwise sterling Indiana Jones franchise. Imagine what Indy V is going to be.
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