Hot Dog... The Movie (1984)

hyped garbage

Absolutely Fantastic

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Farm kid hoping to make it big as a skier picks up a feisty hitchhiker on his way to the big ski tournament in Squaw Valley, California. The two begin to fall for each other but are driven apart by a cocky German ski champion and a beautiful blonde. Better than it has any right being, it's an 80s movie that includes many sex comedy clichés but actually takes the time to invest in its main characters a little bit. Of course there's a lot of cheese and some nudity, most notably from former Playboy Playmate Shannon Tweed. The slower parts work better than the comedy. The skiing stuff did little for me but the scenery is certainly attractive. Of the cast, lead Patrick Houser is outshined at every turn, whether it be by cutie Tracy Smith or by David Naughton, who effortlessly steals every scene he's in. He's really better than this type of movie but I guess he had bills to pay. If you're looking for a really outrageous and offensive teen comedy, this isn't it. There are far better and funnier examples of those types of movies out there. This one does have something going for it that makes it stand out from other movies of its type. Unfortunately, after the decent first half-hour, things go downhill and it becomes more of a traditional lame comedy.

"Hot Dog...the movie" is very simply really bad and one of the best ski movies out there. Tons of gratuitous sex with tons of great skiing is what makes this film worth watching. I made my father take me and a friend to this movie for my 16th birthday, I am sure he hated it, but we loved it then and I love it now. I just finished watching it and it is still exactly what I expected. Sex and skiing. Shanon Tweed is, for her third movie, doing what we all expected, showing off her body. Unlike "Amazon Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death" she strips and shows almost everything. We must remember this can be classified and nothing more that '80's schlock, but really good '80's schlock.Bottom line, if you love the 80's and it's movies, this 1984 classic (ha,ha) will please all true movie fans. If however you are looking for a great film, look somewhere else.

Previous entries have trashed this movie, as though it aspired to compete at Cannes and fell woefully short. Lighten-up. This movie was clearly made as a low-budget retread of the time honored "underdog overcomes arrogant favorite" and "boy-meets-girl, boy loses girl, boy wins back girl" themes played out on skis. Think Caddyshack with snow. Is it cheesy? You bet. Is it sophomoric? Certainly. Is it more fun than any other non-Warren Miller ski movie? No doubt. If you want a fun, sometimes silly, mindless ski movie, well, go no further. If you want a "highbrow" skiing movie, well, good luck, no one's made one yet. If you want painful, self important preposterousness try watching Aspen Extreme. Now there's a ski movie with delusions of grandeur. At any rate, Hot Dog never takes itself seriously, and if it suffers for it's gratuitous nudity and simple-minded plot, well, it isn't the first, and won't be the last. But it certainly never pretends to be anything other than what it is - campy low-budget fun with some good non-choreographed ski scenes. Disclaimer: If you don't ski, don't love skiing, or never lived in a ski-town for a season, some of this movie's "charm" may be lost on you.

Im so sick of hearing another 80s cheesy movie for christ sakes it was the 80s they didnt have the technology or money to put into a movie. If you love to party and love to laugh then ull love this movie if a geek who loves star wars (theres a gay 80s movie) then ur probably one of these idiots who said this movie was gay. I love this movie and still watch it today as with a tone of other low budget 80s movies.