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Genres: ActionComedyFam
Starring: Joe Pantoliano, James Marsden, Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jack McBrayer, Nick Nolte, Bette Midler
Director(s): Brad Peyton
Available Quality: Hi Def
Country: USA, Australia
Year: 2010
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
IMDB Rating: 3.7 out of 10 (5038 votes)
The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to thwart a rogue cat spy with her own sinister plans for conquest.
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(24 May 2012)
A cinematic abortion
Sometimes certain movies just have this aura about them. Movie posters for these particular films are just pungent with a vile odor while trailers seem to leave the most horrid and putrid taste in your mouth and cause your face to twist and distort as if you were being put through the most despicable forms of torture. You pretty much know, it's like your knee acting up when it rains and you can basically just feel it in your bones that this movie is going to be terrible and is going to be the furthest thing from a pleasant experience. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is such a movie.You know you're in for some trouble when you hear a cover of Pink's "Get This Party Started" over the opening credits. It feels like it goes on forever. Let the torture begin. You see that twist on Jigsaw's infamous line, "Let the games begin," from the Saw series? You'll be begging to be put into one of Jigsaw's traps by the time this movie is over.The special effects were at their best when they were more subtle. When you could tell that real animals were used and CG was used to only add reactions to the animals or for more human-like facial expressions. But these subtle effects were few and far between, as you can imagine. The film revolves around spy dogs and undercover agent cats after all. Things get exciting, chases heat up, and effects get more extravagant. That's the thing though; you can tell you're just watching something that was created on a computer. They wouldn't be bad if the entire film was CG, but they look really artificial with the real world as their backdrop.After seeing a movie like this, you have to wonder how much some of these actors were offered to do a movie this bad. Did they actually believe in the product or were they just that desperate for a paycheck? It's got to be the latter, right? You've got Cyclops as Diggs (James Marsden), Cape Fear's Sam Bowden as Butch (Nick Nolte), Veronica Corningstone herself as Catherine (Christina Applegate), A Pimp Named Slickback as a pigeon (Katt Williams), Jack McFarland as the feline rip-off of Hannibal Lecter (Sean Hayes), Vizzini (INCONCEIVABLE!) as a calico cat (Wallace Shawn), oh, and Bette Midler as Kitty Galore. Michael Clarke Duncan shows up as an Old English Sheepdog, says a few lines, and you never see him again. Is this the first movie Chris O'Donnell has been in since Vertical Limit? It sure feels that way and it didn't seem like he could get any lower than Vertical Limit until now. Meanwhile, some guy from "Saturday Night Live" shows up (Fred Armisen) and plays with a cocker spaniel while Jack McBrayer channels Pee Wee Herman in the most handicapped of ways for some scenes that probably should have been cut in the long run. Neil Patrick Harris and Katt Williams are probably the least offensive and closest thing to actual humor in the movie, but that still isn't much of a compliment.The story is the typical cats against dogs routine with a bit of an edge; an evil cat plans to use a sound that'll be channeled through a satellite orbiting the earth to eventually drive dogs mad and turn against their owners. Since humans are also a potential target, spy dogs and undercover agent cats will have to team up (cue Scooby Doo saying, "Ruh-roh!"). The story just felt stupid in the long run, especially with all the little side plots going on. Diggs tends to do whatever he wants as a police dog and is reckless, but he learns the error of his ways by...doing nothing but that the entire movie? Then his owner can't find him even though he's practically right under his nose the entire time. Most of the material with human interaction just makes you want to stab yourself in the face with whatever you can get your hands on to keep yourself from having to sit through this monstrosity of a movie any longer. It's a lot like Barney the purple dinosaur if he was replaced with CG cats and dogs; just awful, smash-me-in-the-face-with-a-cinder-block-to-end-this-madness, cutesy, garbage.Lastly, this movie references a lot of movies you know and probably love. The down side is that it feels like sacrilege rather than a shout out to great films. There are countless references to the James Bond franchise; Paws and Kitty Galore illustrate that point fairly well. Everything from Mission: Impossible to Batman to Silence of the Lambs and Terminator. The Batman and Terminator references are low blows, but the Silence of the Lambs one is the worst mostly because it lasts longer than any of the others. Think of those terrible spoof movies like Date Movie and Epic Movie with a slight we're-trying-to-make-this-as-adorable-as-possible-by-shoving-it-down-your-throat edge.Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is quite possibly the most painful movie watching experience I've ever had the displeasure of sitting through. Jokes are lame and corny, dialogue feels forced and overacted, popular movie references tarnish the reputation those movies made on society instead of paying homage to them, and the storyline walks a thin line between simple and ludicrous which results in a product that isn't even halfway entertaining. It'd be more appropriate to rate this movie in the amount of times you'll actually groan verbally throughout the movie's duration. It might be fun for children who haven't developed the ability to distinguish a pile of steamy excrement and something that is actually entertaining and it may be amusing to your pet since my dog seemed to enjoy it, but if you have any sort of expectations or qualifications for what a good film should be then you are going to hate this movie or you'll be smart enough to stay away from it forever.
chrismsawin (23 May 2012)
A cinematic abortion
Sometimes certain movies just have this aura about them. Movie postersfor these particular films are just pungent with a vile odor whiletrailers seem to leave the most horrid and putrid taste in your mouthand cause your face to twist and distort as if you were being putthrough the most despicable forms of torture. You pretty much know,it's like your knee acting up when it rains and you can basically justfeel it in your bones that this movie is going to be terrible and isgoing to be the furthest thing from a pleasant experience. Cats & Dogs:The Revenge of Kitty Galore is such a movie.You pretty much know you're in for some trouble when you hear a coverof Pink's "Get This Party Started" over the opening credits. It feelslike it goes on forever. Let the torture begin. You see that twist onJigsaw's infamous line, "Let the games begin," from the Saw series?You'll be begging to be put into one of Jigsaw's traps by the time thismovie is over.The special effects were at their best when they were more subtle. Whenyou could tell that real animals were used and CG was used to only addreactions to the animals or for more human-like facial expressions. Butthese subtle effects were few and far between, as you can imagine. Thefilm revolves around spy dogs and undercover agent cats after all.Things get exciting, chases heat up, and effects get more extravagant.That's the thing though; you can tell you're just watching somethingthat was created on a computer. They wouldn't be bad if the entire filmwas CG, but they look really artificial with the real world as theirbackdrop.After seeing a movie like this, you have to wonder how much some ofthese actors were offered to do a movie this bad. Did they actuallybelieve in the product or were they just that desperate for a paycheck?It's got to be the latter, right? You've got Cyclops as Diggs (JamesMarsden), Cape Fear's Sam Bowden as Butch (Nick Nolte), VeronicaCorningstone herself as Catherine (Christina Applegate), A Pimp NamedSlickback as a pigeon (Katt Williams), Jack McFarland as the felinerip-off of Hannibal Lecter (Sean Hayes), Vizzini (INCONCEIVABLE!) as acalico cat (Wallace Shawn), oh, and Bette Midler as Kitty Galore.Michael Clarke Duncan shows up as an Old English Sheepdog, says a fewlines, and you never see him again. Is this the first movie ChrisO'Donnell has been in since Vertical Limit? It sure feels that way andit didn't seem like he could get any lower than Vertical Limit untilnow. In the long run Neil Patrick Harris and Katt Williams are probablythe least offensive and closest thing to actual humor in the movie, butthat still isn't much of a compliment.The story is the typical cats against dogs routine with a bit of anedge; an evil cat plans to use a sound that'll be channeled through asatellite orbiting the earth to eventually drive dogs mad and turnagainst their owners. Since humans are also a potential target, spydogs and undercover agent cats will have to team up (cue Scooby Doosaying, "Ruh-roh!"). The story just felt stupid in the long run,especially with all the little side plots going on. Diggs tends to dowhatever he wants as a police dog and is reckless, but he learns theerror of his ways by...doing nothing but that the entire movie? Thenhis owner can't find him even though he's practically right under hisnose the entire time. Most of the material with human interaction justmakes you want to stab yourself in the face with whatever you can getyour hands on to keep yourself from having to sit through thismonstrosity of a movie any longer. It's a lot like Barney the purpledinosaur if he was replaced with CG cats and dogs; just awful, "smashme in the face with a cinder block to end this madness," cutesy,garbage.Lastly, this movie references a lot of movies you know and probablylove. The down side is that it feels like sacrilege rather than a shoutout to great films. There are countless references to the James Bondfranchise; Paws and Kitty Galore illustrate that point fairly well.Everything from Mission: Impossible to Batman to Silence of the Lambsand Terminator. The Batman and Terminator references are low blows, butthe Silence of the Lambs one is the worst mostly because it lastslonger than any of the others. Think of those terrible spoof movieslike Date Movie and Epic Movie with a slight "we're trying to make thisas adorable as possible by shoving it down your throat" edge.Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is quite possibly the mostpainful movie watching experience I've ever had the displeasure ofsitting through. Jokes are lame and corny, dialogue feels forced andoveracted, popular movie references tarnish the reputation those moviesmade on society instead of paying homage to them, and the storylinewalks a thin line between simple and ludicrous which results in aproduct that isn't even halfway entertaining. It'd be more appropriateto rate this movie in the amount of times you'll actually groanverbally throughout the movie's duration. It might be fun for childrenwho haven't developed the ability to distinguish a pile of steamyexcrement and something that is actually entertaining and it may beamusing to your pet since my dog seemed to enjoy it, but if you haveany sort of expectations or qualifications for what a good film shouldbe then you are going to hate this movie or you'll be smart enough tostay away from it forever.
Rabh17 (23 May 2012)
Fun formula Children's Movie
I repeat: This is a CHILDREN'S MOVIE!!There's a lot of up and down votes on something that really wasn'tmeant for critically snarky 30-somethings. Get a grip!The First Movie was interesting because the concept of our pets beingpart of shadow spy organizations that stayed out of human sight was aneye-opener. Following up on the initial break-out is always an up-hillslog.This one was Okay. Crazed Cat Villain attempts to take over the worldby making all dogs go crazy so humans will put them all into kennels.Both Canine and Feline Organizations get together to prevent disaster.what follows is EASY and ENTERTAINING to a Child. . .Repeat: 'Entertaining to a Child', not someone's Little Genius whoreads the New York Times for Bedtime Stories!The references and gags put in for the accompanying adults are there toLIGHTLY ENTERTAIN us by eliciting Pun-Groans or soft snickers. They ARENOT trying to give you a Comedy Central Sidetrack. The Adult is NOT theTarget Audience here. If they did that, IT WOULD NOT BE A KID MOVIEANYMORE!Personally, I groaned at the Batman/Joker redux of Kitty Galore. Then Ismiled at the Dangerous Kitty doing the Silence of the Lambs sendup.And the rest of the time, I just sat back and enjoyed a rambunctious,Tom & Jerry style action romp simply because I wanted to be entertainedby something lighthearted.And the Pigeon was a Hoot!Simply put: A good clean Movie for Little Kids that won't put the adultto sleep. Or even if you don't have Kids, and you want something lightand silly to watch that doesn't require thought, this is an easychoice. Enough said.
(22 May 2012)
Perfect condition
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(21 May 2012)
Liked it, but they need to come up with LESS dog/cat movies!
I liked this movie when I saw it in theatres, but they need to make less dog/cat movies. Especially dogs! About how Digs (the dog) allies with the team against Kitty Galore. And how they save the dog world............
(21 May 2012)
Furry Enemies Become Furry Allies
"Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" is harmless and innocent. It doesn't tell much of a story, but it certainly has plenty of special effects for younger audiences to gawk at, especially since just about all of them involve the titular house pets. It is, of course, the sequel to the 2001 hit "Cats & Dogs," which was founded on the premise that cats and dogs have been at war with each other for centuries; the fight continues, although I seriously doubt that the story has progressed in real time, since the characters from the first film - many full grown - would in all likelihood already be in doggie or kitty heaven after the passage of nine years. But no, let's not get into that. Let's pretend that these super intelligent pets, some of them scientists, have developed some sort of a life-extending potion.Just like in the first movie, the animals have the ability to speak when not in the presence of humans. This is made possible through a number of cinematic tricks, such as compositing computer generated mouths onto the heads of real animals, building entire animals digitally, or constructing articulated puppets and animatronic figures. They're also given a number of super cool spy gadgets, many of them even more interesting than anything James Bond has embedded in his cufflinks. So much effort was put into bringing these animals to life that it's easy to understand why virtually no time is spent on human characters. The trade off is that virtually no time is spent on a plot - at least, not a plot that anyone, children least of all, would bother caring about.It begins with a German Shepherd police dog named Diggs (voiced by James Marsden), who, because of his inability to follow orders, is placed back into the station kennel. From out of nowhere comes Butch, our Anatolian Shepherd hero from the first film (voiced by Nick Nolte, replacing Alec Baldwin); he brings Diggs to Dogs HQ - a massive dog bowl-shaped underground structure with miles of transportation tubing branching off in all directions - where he's recruited on a mission to save the world from the nefarious Kitty Galore, a rogue hairless Sphinx cat (voiced by Bette Midler). Her evil scheme: Use an orbiting satellite to make all dogs on the planet go mad, thus ending their reign as Man's Best Friend and forever securing cats as the dominant house pet. This, in turn, would enable cats to enslave humanity.Because the lives of humans are at stake, Kitty Galore is also pursued by Catherine (voiced by Christina Applegate), a gray cat for a feline spy network known as M.E.O.W. When she crosses paths with Diggs and Butch, things don't go smoothly. Remember, they're cats and dogs - they hate each other on general principles. But then they come to startling realization: If Kitty Galore is to be stopped, cats and dogs will have to work together. Perhaps this movie was made as an elementary school introduction to racism. Honestly, why do cats and dogs hate each other so much? I have a dream that one day, my pets will grow up in a world where they will not be judged by their species and breed but by the content of their character.Other characters, such as a clueless pigeon (voiced by Katt Williams) and the bow tie-wearing head of M.E.O.W. (voiced by Roger Moore) make their way into the story, as does Lou, returning from the first film as the head of Dog HQ (voice by Neil Patrick Harris, replacing Tobey Maguire). There's also a brief scene with old nemesis Mr. Tinkles (voiced by Sean Hayes), trussed up and muzzled like Hannibal Lecter in Alcatraz; apparently, it's still a working prison when it comes to cats.Meanwhile, Diggs' human partner, Shane (Chris O'Donnell), desperately searches for his canine companion. One wonders why, since it's mentioned that he has a wife and a newborn baby; the last time I checked, your immediate family was more important than a rookie dog cop. One also wonders why Shane was even included. You can count on one hand the number of times he appears in this movie. The same can be said for Kitty Galore's owner, a tacky carnival magician (Jack McBrayer), who serves no real purpose other than to act goofy and make Kitty's life miserable. He's disposable comedy relief, and that's about it. I don't know - it seems to me that, if you're going to include human characters, you should actually do something with them. They should work with the plot and not in spite of it. Of course, that would defeat the purpose of the title's first three words, so I guess I shouldn't be complaining.I've described the plot, but I really have no angle of approach here, except to say that this movie confirmed what I've suspected for years: Catnip is the feline equivalent of marijuana. Oh, and it's in 3-D. In order to see it that way, of course, you have to be willing to pay extra at the box office and to wear uncomfortable glasses the entire time. Can we all agree that, while sometimes it works beautifully, it's generally an overhyped, overused marketing gimmick that doesn't much enhance the experience? What happened to the days of watching a perfectly good flat image? I've praised certain 3-D films, but I'm rapidly growing weary of the process. I'm sure the kids will enjoy it, as they will enjoy all the fun visual effects saturating the screen. Bottom line: "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" didn't do much for me, but it's adequate for the age group it's intended for.
(20 May 2012)
Creative & Hilarious!
This review is from: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (DVD) The sequel is funnier than the first movie! This movie is enjoyable for kids & adults. Hearing the voices of Bette Midler, Neil Patrick Harris, and James Marsden was a hoot!
(20 May 2012)
I LOVE IT, NEW CHARACTERS ARE OUTSTANDING
Awww I love cats & dogs 2 even more than the first movie!!!!! I'm so extremely happy they will do another movies. I specially loved this two new agents: dog and agent kitty being fighting side by side. It was so cool and they are such a cute characters, especially when they are together. And the Kitty Galore with her mouse is so cool! Everything about this movie is totally amazing!!! I can't wait for more movies to come!!! What I don't understand is: why some people gave it bad reviews? Some rated it as bad, because of bad shipping or damaged product. Do not post reviews if it's not about the movie! Post it to the sellers who you bought it from. It would have gotten better ratings. It's such a shame that some people leave bad feedbacks to spoil ratings for a good movies. I've seen bad movies and boring movies. ''Cats and Dogs'' do not deserve bad ratings. What can I say more? That it is my top-favorite movie from now on. And it will be a pleasure for me to watch it again and again.
(19 May 2012)
Good Sequel
This review is from: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (DVD) Sometimes the sequel just doesn't add up. Either they get corny or they run out of ammo and go romantic, adding kids out of nowhere. Well, this one did not do that. The plot is a little silly but it is a kiddie movie. Even with silly plot, it's pretty funny and stays true to the original. I enjoyed it over all and the children loved it.
(19 May 2012)
Sorry, I loved it
This review is from: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (DVD) This movie was a financial bomb, critics mutually hated it, it almost won a Razzie for "Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3D". Yet, oddly enough, I loved it.Now comes the hard part, justifying a 5 star review. To be honest, I wasn't that crazy about the first film so I wasn't expecting much from this one. I was shocked and surprised by how much I loved it. I started smiling when I heard Dame Shirley Bassey singing the opening tune. I liked all the Bond references. I found myself laughing....a lot. I would have given it more stars had any been available. It was dopey, good natured fun. I'm also going to risk everyone's ire by labeling it cute.But I'm not even going to try to explain any of the gags that some people didn't appreciate. Humor is subjective; you'll find this either funny or not. Personally, I'm glad I took the risk, bought it, and found it incredibly entertaining.Yeah. Much to my utter amazement, this one is definitely a keeper.
(16 May 2012)
Kiddie Brain Candy Induces Nightmares
"Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" is about a bald cat who has lost her fur by falling into a vat of hair removal cream at a cosmetics factory and now works as a magician's "rabbit." To get even, she decides to take over the world by building a satellite that will broadcast a high-pitched sound that only dogs will hear around the globe. The dogs will all go insane from the sound and be imprisoned in kennels. Dogs get wind of the plot and unite with MEOW, an organization of not-evil cats, in a race against time to thwart Kitty's foul plans. There's also a pigeon who follows along for comic relief and he does get off some good jokes. It's supposed to be a James-Bond kind of spoof ("Kitty Galore"/"Pussy Galore," get it?), with the cats and dogs sporting a variety of multi-function espionage gadget collars. The film is basically live action with trained animals, though CGI was used for the more outlandish scenes. Bland Chris O'Donnell plays a police officer whose "difficult" police dog is removed from duty for insubordination, then gets recruited by the dog spy group while he's in a kennel. The actors voicing the animal characters included Nick Nolte as the experienced dog operative Butch, Bette Midler as Kitty Galore, and Christina Applegate as a good cat whose name I can't recall--I was too busy noticing how EXACTLY she sounded like Sally Field voicing "Sassy," the cat in "Homeward Bound." The voice work seems pretty perfunctory. The script was pretty ho-hum, and nobody's motivations made much sense. Why was there a cat in a cosmetics factory? What cat would ever sit still for magic tricks? At least the movie had the decency to laugh at its own ho-hum-ness once or twice. My seven-year-old was laughing up a storm at the theater and said he loved the movie after we got out, but somewhere along the line, something went sour. The combination of the live action format and the setting in his home town of San Francisco must have made it a little too real for him. He was terrified when Kitty started her satellite launch, and he's been having nightmares and needing a night light again ever since he saw the movie. If he hadn't had the nightmares, I don't think I would have remembered the movie more than an hour after I got out of the theater. It's not the worst thing ever, but for an adult, it's hardly memorable.
(15 May 2012)
comedy
I bought this for my grandchildren. They loved and enjoyed the movie. Would buy from this seller again.
(13 May 2012)
Lord this movie is stupid
This review is from: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) Although the first movie was somewhat entertaining and original, this is just a vapid attempt to cash in on the franchise. Yeah, kids will like it, but kids like anything with talking dogs in it...
(12 May 2012)
BORING!!!
Cats and Dogs was a childish boring movie. My dog died in late November last year and my mom said we will get another dog in a year, so we kept pausing during the movie and said things like "Oh he is cute!" "This breed of dogs are intelligent!" But this movie is ok because it shows kids the variety of cats and dogs.
RichardSRussell-1 (11 May 2012)
Minimal Credit for TRYING To Put Stuff in for Adults
Cats & Dogs [2]: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (1:22, PG-13, 3-D) Âother: talking animals; 3rd string; sequelI created the "talking animals" subcategory after years of frustrationtrying to figure out whether to slot things like this under SF,fantasy, or elsewhere. Now no agonizing is required: Anything thatinvolves chatty critters (or cars, babies, vegetables, toys, or otherentities that aren't actually capable of speech) just gets dumped here.There's a general sense that these things tend to be kiddie fare withlow production values and even lower IQ expectations. But a review ofthe 74 such movies since 2000 shows that they aren't much differentthan SF&F movies in general, coming in with an average rating of 4.92on my scale of 1-9 (compared to a 4.93 average for the other 474 moviesin my database). Some of them have been superb (Bolt, Toy Story 2, Up),and others very good (Charlotte's Web, Finding Nemo, The GoldenCompass, a couple of Ice Age movies, Monsters Inc., Ratatouille, ToyStory 3, and Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit).At the other end of the scale are the movies that give rise to thestereotype: Garfield, Scooby Doo, Space Chimps, Alvin and theChipmunks, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, VeggieTales, Marmaduke, Rugrats,Furry Vengeance, and 2 wretched excrescences called Yu-Gi-Oh and Tamala2010.The original Cats & Dogs (2001) was dead average with a 5 rating. Itcertainly was not the kind of artistic triumph or blockbuster hit thatdemanded a sequel, but we got one anyway, this one in (all togethernow: ooooooo) 3-D, as if that alone justifies its existence. Is it adog or the cat's meow? (Puns intended; please don't hurt me.)Well, in the tradition of such things, there are bones thrown (ouch) tothe adults, including a lot of smirky allusions to the James Bondoeuvre. 007 fans will recognize that "Kitty Galore" is a pun on Bondgirl Pussy Galore (itself a smirking pun on something that will neversneak into a PG movie). There are silhouettes and sultry female vocalsunder the opening credits. And Bond actor (1973-1985) Roger Moore doesone of the voices, for "Tab Lazenby", head of Mousers Enforcing OurWorld's Safety (MEOWS), reminding old farts like me that the immediatesuccessor to Sean Connery was not Moore but the hapless George Lazenby,about whom nothing has been heard since 1969.Nor do they stop there. I have to give Writers Ron Friedman and SteveBencich and Director Brad Peyton credit for working really hard atthrowing in a lot of code words, images, and background businessdesigned to appeal to adults. Much of it was pretty clever, includingallusions to movies made well before the target audience for this filmwas even born. But the result is schizophrenic. It's like going to seethe Jerry Lewis version of Hamlet and discovering Laurence Olivier andJohn Gielgud playing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.In the final analysis, tho, do we go to see a movie just for the puns?*No, we don't, and regrettably the ostensible surface plot of the movie,tho crammed with substance, snappy dialog, and a certain cockeyedcoherence, is pretty insipid. Once again, dogs and cats are portrayedas mortal enemies enslaved to their basic natures, except that thistime they're required to *gasp* work together to foil the evilmachinations of criminal mastermind Kitty Galore, who intends tobroadcast a worldwide dog-whistle tone (from a CD helpfully Sharpiedwith the legend "The Call of the Wild") that will turn her caninenemeses into snarling menaces, thus bringing their doom upon them as analarmed humanity wipes them all out. There are more twists and turns aswell (as I said, no lack of filling), but it's all pretty much of thesame caliber.The voice cast features many B-list names for no discernible reason andto no audible benefit (except for Bette Midler as Kitty), and thevisual cast is a bunch of animals trained to assume unnatural positionsand have matchmove artists do strange CGI things with their jaws. Thisis only fitfully effective.I saw the film in 3-D. The good news is that the main feature waspreceded by "Coyote Falls", a 3-minute roadrunner cartoon in a passableimitation of the grand cel-animation tradition, and it used 3-D tomarvelous advantage with Wile E.'s latest Acme acquisition, a bungeecord. The bad news is that the 3-D imaging in the movie itself wassloppy, with numerous cases of dogs having doubled snouts, or a patchof fur seeming to float above the surface of the cat it was nominallyattached to. This is a movie that didn't care enuf to send the verybest.I do appreciate the attempt to give the adults something to care about,tho, and it was accomplished without having to distract the kids fromthe story they came to see, so the overall effect is to get agentleman's D+ from me.ÂÂÂÂÂÂ*Besides, for SF&F fans, they're not even nerd puns.
(11 May 2012)
4 Year Old Loves Gives This 2 Thumbs Up!
This review is from: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) I have not watched this movie but bits and pieces so I cannot review the content per se but only that my 4 year old angel LOVES this movie. It holds my angels attention and it is watched over and over and over until no one in the house wants to hear the title of the DVD. lol Mine came with the digital copy and DVD located on one DVD and the Blu-Ray on another DVD and it is in 2D and not 3D in which we did not want the 3D version of this movie.
Azlan Lewis (10 May 2012)
Worth Seeing
First of all I will say this is a movie you have to let your hold onreal life go. You can not go in with the idea that this is based on anyidea of reality.Also the idea "it's just for kids under 12 years of age" is alsoincorrect. I went with my mother, I am 40yo and she is 74yo. we bothenjoyed the movie.Is it worth the 3D pricing NO. A fun and safe movie that the wholefamily can enjoy.Also I would say go during a matinée when pricing is cheaper. You also do not need to see the first movie to enjoy or understand thisone. It was fun to see them humanize the cats and dogs.
(10 May 2012)
3rd Graders Give it a Thumbs Up
This review is from: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (Amazon Instant Video) Whatever they are doing with these types of movies, we need more of them to entertain the ones that are a little big for the cartoons, but a little young for the latest Harry Potter flick. My third grader and his friends loved this one!
Moustafa_Q (06 May 2012)
Maybe, a Greek tragedy
Sad, beautiful, subtle, it is a strange poem about limits of love andshadows of duty. A film about sacrifice and emotions of worlds andsearches. A picture of the last century, very old, small, kitten's cry.The dogs and their desire. Confuse, heavy, cold. Signs of resignationand pieces of innocent beauty. Splendid images and a delicate emotionas nimbus of confession. A parable of lost smile. Some women and aphotographer. And a long travel to America. A new world, a new life anda love without bones. A Greek tragedy. Or a story of every day in aland of nobody. It is not important. The pain, the dreams, theillusions are the same. The fuzzy faces and looks are pieces of a hugegame of existences, hopes and emotions. So, a sad, beautiful, subtlemovie.
Rizar (06 May 2012)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010, G)
Well, the official website for "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of KittyGalore" has a paw for a mouse pointer, the movie uses most every lazypun possible about pets, and a reviewer has already claimed the moviemarks the end of civilization as we know it. With such prospects, afilm about talking cats and dogs coming together to fight off KittyGalore (voiced by Bette Midler) doesn't eye well for adults. And itdoesn't. Any mathematicians in the theater can better spend their timetracking the noticeable upward curve of boredom and silliness thelonger the movie runs (the pet gags during the end credits don'tcount).Aren't kids movies like this supposed to be funny despite theirabsurdity? It took 9 years to bring this sequel of "Cats & Dogs" to thetheaters, which gave it plenty of time to spread a wide umbrella forbig name voices. Nick Nolte's deep scratchy voice took to the endcredits to figure out, but it stands out in his role as a scrappymentor dog, Butch, the muscle of a secret agency run bysemi-intelligent talking dogs.We learn that dogs have an underground spy organization where no humanhas ever entered, appropriately outfitted with hi-tech gadgets in theBond tradition and specially tailored for dog clichés. Cats have asimilar underground facility for their secret organization, namedMEOWS. The first pet puns are quirky and tone setting, but after thethird or fourth - and when combined with lame cultural references(including Hannibal Lecter and who knows what else) - it becomestorture.The main character is a German shepherd police dog named Diggs (JamesMarsden), who joins a band of unlikely heroes to try to protect humansagainst Kitty Galore. Diggs follows the 'Dirty Harry' template of theends justifies his means, that is, he causes havoc while taking down amadman and tends to set off fiery explosions in the process. So, ofcourse, he's recruited by Butch (Nick Nolte) to join the secret dogorganization. Diggs and Butch reluctantly join teams with a top kittyagent, Catherine (Christina Applegate), from MEOWs. Along for the rideis a pea brained pigeon, Seamus (Katt Williams), to provide comicrelief.The plot is adequately thin and senseless. They battle against KittyGalore (voiced by Bette Midler), a hairless Sphinx cat, who plans toenslave humans and take over the world. Her plan is to use malevolentsound waves, from a weapon called "The Call of the Wild" (by the way),at an ultra low frequency (just for dogs) to trigger all dogs toviolently rebel against humans. Humans will have to lock them all inkennels. But the movie forgets to mention how Kitty Galore intends toconquer humans. Will she change the frequencies and use the weapon onus? She doesn't specify, but perhaps she could change to an appropriatefrequency to trigger our caveman impulses, or something.Kitty Galore is funny as she reluctantly placates her not so magicalmagician owner. She became evil because her previous owners treated herlike a freak and threw her out after she fell into a vat of hairremoval cream (like the Joker from "Batman"). The movie has a coupleother funny moments with a house filled of too-lazy-to-move high cats,and a goofy Calico cat voiced by Wallace Shawn (lampooning his role in"The Princess Bride"). Other stars take part in hopes of success,including Neil Patrick Harris, Roger Moore, and Joe Pantoliano, but itdoesn't help much.Some of the most effective scenes are ones where pets give normal petreactions. The audience actually responded to Diggs whimpering as hewas locked in his cage by his former cop partner, played by ChrisO'Donnell (in one of the few human roles). The pets only pretend to actnormal around humans, but on occasion a little girl stumbles on themtalking. She's amazed, no one believes her, and the pets resort toclichés (butt sniffing for dogs).That's it. Most of the other jokes are dull. The movie becomes so lazy,any action is just meaningless and boring. The movie uses a mix of liveaction animals, puppetry, and computer animation to bring the pets tolife. The CGI mouths attempt to make such absurdity seem real, but whocares when what they say isn't funny or interesting. The 3D wasn't verynoticeable at all.
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