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Summary: Again, no widescreen
Review: Like they did with "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," Warner Bros. is foolishly releasing this DVD in a fullscreen/pan-and-scan format, not in widescreen. According to a survey conducted by Warner Bros., 80% of DVD consumers don't like widescreen. I won't argue the validity of their survey (except to say that it's wrong), but even if the survey is right (which it isn't), that still leaves 20% who prefer widescreen. I would think that 20% is a big chunk. Warner Bros., I hope you get your act together soon.
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Summary: Dissappointing even for the kids
Review: Went with the kids, expecting only to have them highly entertained for a couple hours and us surviving. We were dissappointed on both scores. The kids (7 and 3.5yrs) were not amused, found the movie lacking in any humor (aka Toy Story) or uplifting message (hey... small kids still like that aka Lion King, Bugs Life). So they were basically bored.... no need to comment on our "review".....
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Summary: Reprehensibly BAD-a cookie cutter movie!
Review: Being a cat lover, I was looking forward to this movie. Let me just say that if you are a cat lover, you will hate hate hate this movie. The dogs get all the limelight. They're cute and cuddly and live in the suburbs with a "honey, I'm home family". As a matter of fact, the first time we see the cats, they are in a creepy looking mansion and there is thunder and lightning. Even though the ad says "who will you root for?" you have no choice but root for the stupid dogs. Elizbeth Perkins is good, but mismatched with her husband Jeff Goldblum. Goldblum toils the day away in his steel door protected (one of the many overused cliches in this movie) laboratory where he is inventing a cure for dog allergies. This recipe has been used and overused in many movies, including Rick Moranis' character in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (a movie that looks like Gone With the Wind compared to Cats & Dogs)The main dog, Lou, is obviously a plot to woo the audience with his charm and saccarine sweet cutsey-wootseyness. And of course, he bonds with his young boy. And when he does, get prepared for the nauseating score that illuminates the slow motion romp between boy and dog. It is not tender, it is jaw-droppingly offensive that Hollywood is still playing it's old shenannigans with us. This movie can only be considered a cartoon. From the moment this movie starts, we see the intention that this movie is a farce. Somewhere along the line it makes a mistake and takes itself seriously. We have seen this movie millions of millions of times in Tom & Jerry cartoons and in Loony Toons. Words cannot express my hatred for this movie. It is so bad, it is downright evil and offensive. I'm sick of movies that are subliminaly based on physical appearance. Obviously the dogs are much much cuter than cats, even though they are mangey, consistently smell no matter how clean you keep them, and maul babies, so they should be the ones that win. Cats and Dogs is a reflection of the Hollywoods pipe dream on what society should be. And if society becomes a "to the victors the spoils" utopia, I will book a one way flight to Mars. And don't think I am a pretentious snob, I'm not. I even enjoyed Jurassic Park III. But Cats and Dogs is an even bigger clunker than the biggest dinosaur.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: A well made movie but too violent and dark. Not for young kids or adults.
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Summary: Not worth 2 hours of your life.
Review: This is only movie (to date) that I have ever walked out on. Consequently, I do not have a thorough synopsis. It is basically about a world parallel to the human world where cats & dogs are in strife. My wife and I figured that, not even midway through the film, we were better off far from it. The premise is simple: Cats vs. Dogs -- Dogs are the good guys while cats are bad. Cats are trying to take over the world. Oh yeah, and that whole Egyptian cat thing was laid out: They were actually ruled by cats, that is, until the dogs came and saved the Egyptians. Jeff Goldblume plays a nut who works in his basement trying to discover the cure for allergies to dogs (there is no real "cure" for an allergy, as it's not a disease!) The cats are trying to prevent it from happening. I couldn't swallow it. We left after a scene where cat ninjas (with pathetic Chinese "hi-ya" screams and all) were attacking a puppy--and the puppy won! I couldn't swallow anymore. I bolted. As a side note, up until the point we left, I noticed that all of the cat and dog characters (about two dozen or so) were male. I understand this is a movie for children. I kept trying to think of it as a cartoon. Even so, I could not find humor in it. When a movie distorts the social and natural world to the point of absurdity without even being funny, it renders itself completely devoid of value. I'd rather watch Looney Toons for two hours.
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Summary: This wasn't bad!
Review: It's been awhile since i'd seen a good kids movie. Since Babe everything else to me seemed a little bizzar. Poke'mon and Digimon just doesn't have the magic for my family like Cats and dogs did. Silly plot and all, but that's just half the fun.
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Summary: EXCELLENT CGI AND VOICES TO BOOT!
Review: I gotta give this Sean Hayes an award for doing the great voice of "Mr. Tinkles"...he makes the cat live and breathe! Toby McGuire is perfect as good ol' "Lou", as is Alec Baldwin's veteran low-toned "Butch". Susan Sarandon brings a touch of class to "Ivy" and even thought his lines are few and far between, Joe Pantoliano's "Peek" is memorable. Jon Lovitz as "Calico" won me over immediately, and Chuck Heston's "Mastiff" was a surprise. And last but not least, a huge hubba-hubba to Elizabeth Perkins, who looked like she just stepped away from the final shot of Penny Marshall's 1988 film "Big". She looks terrific. There. I gave them their due. Here's hoping that Hollywood will continue to take on fresh material and give us lively, fun, and wacky entertainment that we can only expect to see on the big screen. Now go see the movie again and catch the many things you missed the first time.
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Summary: Absolutely hilarious!
Review: I've wanted to see this movie since I saw a poster for it months ago. I expected it to be a cute, feel-good kids movie - oh, but it was so much more. I haven't laughed so hard or so much in a movie in ages. The characters were hilarious. For an animal movie, it really was well made. I'm buying it as soon as it's available on DVD. If you haven't seen it yet . . . what are you waiting for?
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Summary: a seriously funny movie
Review: It had drama in it, but it mostly was a comidy. I loved it, I thought it was super funny and a really cute movie. I say this is a must see.
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Summary: Good Diversion for the Dog Days of Summer
Review: Take a basic premise: cats versus dogs, add a secret agent touch to the plot and make it a silly battle for survival (winner becomes Man's Best Friend). There you have it in a nutshell. Now add Jeff Goldblum as an absent-minded scientist who is working on an invention that would tip the scales totally in favor of dogs, Tobey Maguire as the voice of "Lou", a beagle sent to protect Goldblum and family, and Alec Baldwin, in fine voice as Butch, Lou's "team leader." Add some darn nice puppetry, an intelligent script, and a running time of around 90 minutes and you have a pleasant summer comedy that everyone in the family can see and enjoy.
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