I’m reluctant to pass final judgment based just on TV commercials — but, damn, The Cat in the Hat looks like a nasty, ugly little film, albeit with all the great production values money can buy.
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I’m reluctant to pass final judgment based just on TV commercials — but, damn, The Cat in the Hat looks like a nasty, ugly little film, albeit with all the…
Other than the fish, it looks like it’s going to stink on ice.
We took Young Miss Laura to see “Brother Bear”. Might be able to stand a second viewing to that.
Why do so many kids movies have to be “mean”?
So I guess this would be a bad time to mention that your daughter could hardly contain herself when the preview came on? She has requested I take her to this movie already, well me and Justin :). Perhaps you will be spared the experience.
Fred: Because (a) “mean” (and “mocking”) = “hip” to too many parents (and teens), such that the studios believe people will be more willing to take the chillun to it if it has some “adult” sensibilities to it. Or maybe they’re actually hoping that hip teens and adults will see it on their own if they think it’s a funny/mean Michael Myers vehicle.
Or (b) because it’s a Michael Myers vehicle.
Of course, as Margie has pointed out, TCitH is a kind of subversive, anarchic book to begin with, probably one of the more mean-spirited of the Seuss books (which makes it ironic that it’s so emblematic of him).
Jackie: Yeah, I know. Not sure what to do about that. I might wait on some actual reviews/experiences about it before we decide if she’s going to it or not.
The latest review is comparing it unfavorably to “Howard the Duck”, And that the Grinch was better.
Ouch…
Hmmm. Never saw the live-action Grinch (I have too many fond memories of the animated).
And … well, I liked Howard the Duck.
I also liked HtD. People who weren’t readers of the comic didn’t seem to “get” the character. I found the movie’s quirky sensibilities very similar to the tone of the comic. It wasn’t Steve Gerber, of course, but it was a decent effort.
Piano.
Granted that it’s an intentional culling of bad reviews, this collection is amusingly worrisome. Among others:
“They may as well have skipped the hassle of securing licensing rights and simply called this mess Mike Myers: Asshole in Fur.”