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"Cats and Dogs" was a promising looking movie:
it had talking cats and dogs (sounds like fun!). Not only
did the film have talking cats and dogs, but most of the cats
and dogs were secret agents and had lots of cool "Mission
Impossible" like gizmos (sounds like even more
fun!).
So
let's recap, we've got talking cats and dogs and cool
gizmos...seems like a good combination right? But we
forgot one important ingredient: an interesting plot!
As
anyone can tell from the trailers, this movie is about cats and
dogs (who talk don't forget) waging war on each other.
Sure it's a funny concept, and the first 5 minutes of the film
worked well using a sort of Tom and Jerry approach to the
idea....but the remaining 90 minutes, the remaining 90 minutes
was the problem.
The meager plot (which took up the last 90 minutes of the movie)
was about a young pup named, Lou (short for Loser...nice touch
eh?) who gets mistaken for a secret agent. Lou must guard
a secret formula that would make humans not allergic to
dogs. The cats want the formula destroyed for obvious
reasons but somehow that gets mixed in with some weird plot for
cats to take over the world. That's it. Nothing else
happens and except for all the gags you saw in the
trailer....nothing else in the movie is very funny. That
is, unless you think a cat saying "Cats rule!" every 5
minutes is funny. Ha....ha. No.
This
movie was surprisingly BORING! Children and adults were
falling asleep left and right! When the movie was finally
over people leaving the theater were wiping their eyes...not
because they were crying (well, maybe some of the tykes cried a
little because they were so disappointed) but because they were just
waking up from a nice 90 minute nap that cost them at least
$5.50.
Recommendation: Don't see
this movie. It was boring. Don't even rent this
movie. It was boring. If for some reason your kids
drag you to the movie...skip the popcorn and opt for some
Vivarin, you and your kids will surely need it.
-- Patsy
( 1 out of 4 pops )
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