What I'm watching

Hi all, this tumblr mainly exists as a way of tracking all the movies I've been watching and some of the initial thoughts, and general feelings, I've had about them.

5/5 - Fantastic movies; movies which need to be seen and enjoyed by everyone.

4/5 - Movies which are very good but don’t have that spark which compels you to make others watch them as well.

3/5 - Average movies; watchable and enjoyable, but nothing which elevates them higher. The baseline all movies are given before watching.

2/5 - Can be watched but really bland and forgettable.

1/5 - Minimal to no reason to watch these films. It may have some redeeming factors e.g. it’s so bad it’s good or there’s one character that’s awesome enough to make it not a total waste of time.

0/5- Total waste of time. Nothing redeemable about these films.

As with every review blog/site, this is all my own personal opinion so feel free to take everything with a grain of salt.

Also I'm Scottish so all reviews will be in UK English. Get used to theatre, colour and words ending in -ised.

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#201 Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore A hotshot police dog (James Marsden) is recruited to be part of a secret dog spy organisation protecting the world against cats. A crazy cat named Kitty Galore (Bette Midler) is going to unleash a radio-wave which will turn all dogs against humans unless she can be stopped. Running out of options it looks like the dogs might have to team up with their greatest rivals in order to avert this crisis: cats. Honestly, I rather enjoyed the first Cats & Dogs when I was a kid so I wanted to check this one out to see if it was the same stupid humour or if it was just a cash in on the franchise. It’s a little of both. If you like puns you have come to the right place. I honestly don’t think they let a single one by, regardless of how good it was. Some of them worked and some of them are as forced as all the rock ones on the Flintstones were. For the action present in this it was alright for the family adventure type film it is. It stays with the dogs/cats more this time which is good. The biggest failing of the original was that it centred too heavily on the human characters nobody cared about. It doesn’t fall into that same trap here. A bit of a mixed bag voice talent-wise. Alec Baldwin doesn’t return as the mentor dog Butch and Nick Notle replaces him making the character sound like he’s been smoking non-stop for the 10 years between films. You’ve got Marsden doing fine as the lead and Christina Applegate as the lead cat providing a nice enough turn as well. Midler is ok as Kitty Galore but she’s no Mr Tinkles (who has a great little silence of the lambs style cameo). Basic silly kiddy film with a lot of puns. There’s nothing really offensively bad about it but it’s not really going to touch the hearts and the minds of millions either. It’s a fairly innocuous little film 2/5 Also Roger Moore as a cat in a James Bond’s M type role trading insults with Neil Patrick Harris as a dog in a similar role. That gave me kind of a kick to watch.

#201 Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

A hotshot police dog (James Marsden) is recruited to be part of a secret dog spy organisation protecting the world against cats. A crazy cat named Kitty Galore (Bette Midler) is going to unleash a radio-wave which will turn all dogs against humans unless she can be stopped. Running out of options it looks like the dogs might have to team up with their greatest rivals in order to avert this crisis: cats.

Honestly, I rather enjoyed the first Cats & Dogs when I was a kid so I wanted to check this one out to see if it was the same stupid humour or if it was just a cash in on the franchise. It’s a little of both.

If you like puns you have come to the right place. I honestly don’t think they let a single one by, regardless of how good it was. Some of them worked and some of them are as forced as all the rock ones on the Flintstones were.

For the action present in this it was alright for the family adventure type film it is. It stays with the dogs/cats more this time which is good. The biggest failing of the original was that it centred too heavily on the human characters nobody cared about. It doesn’t fall into that same trap here.

A bit of a mixed bag voice talent-wise. Alec Baldwin doesn’t return as the mentor dog Butch and Nick Notle replaces him making the character sound like he’s been smoking non-stop for the 10 years between films. You’ve got Marsden doing fine as the lead and Christina Applegate as the lead cat providing a nice enough turn as well. Midler is ok as Kitty Galore but she’s no Mr Tinkles (who has a great little silence of the lambs style cameo).

Basic silly kiddy film with a lot of puns. There’s nothing really offensively bad about it but it’s not really going to touch the hearts and the minds of millions either. It’s a fairly innocuous little film 2/5

Also Roger Moore as a cat in a James Bond’s M type role trading insults with Neil Patrick Harris as a dog in a similar role. That gave me kind of a kick to watch.