To be honest, I am very tired of most animated movies that come out today, filled with characters that SCREAM at the top of their lungs and make endless wisecracks and pop-culture references. That’s why, when I am in the mood for an animated feature, I usually look for something different. I picked up Cat City not that long ago, because the way it presented itself promised that the movie would be different than your typical American animated features. For one thing, it was an animated movie from Hungary, the same country that made Hugo The Hippo. Although that movie was awful, it was at least different, so I was pretty sure I would at least get something like that here. But after watching it and writing my review, I’m now prepared for an avalanche of hate e-mails from Hungarians.
#1 by jason farrell on September 2, 2010 - 10:09 am
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Am I the only one around here who immediately perks up when he hears “Hungarian animation?” Who even knew there was such a thing?
Aside from Hungarians, I mean.
#2 by Jen S on September 2, 2010 - 11:47 am
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Well, I’m only half Hungarian, so I only half hate you. The other half is smitten with a hopeless passion. For cupcakes.
#3 by Darkwing on September 2, 2010 - 6:26 pm
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What I want to know is why mice are always these poor little innocents in movies. Do animators never have them chew holes in their walls and poop behind their appliances?
#4 by DamonD on September 3, 2010 - 7:49 am
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Considering what a relentlessly sadistic bastard Jerry was, it does seem a bit of an odd oversight.
#5 by Braineater on September 3, 2010 - 2:05 pm
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Whereas we reward 5000 years of cat companionship by making them the Bad Guys, even when there aren’t any mice around. It’s just not fair.
#6 by Blake on September 3, 2010 - 10:42 am
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“The Secret of Nimh” at least had some evil mice, right?
#7 by Read MacGuirtose on September 3, 2010 - 5:46 pm
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Did it? It’s been a long time since I last saw it, but the only actual [i]mice[/i] I remember were the Brisby family. The villains were [i]rats[/i]. Which if anything tend to get a worse rap in movies than cats. (Though [i]The Secret of Nimh[/i] did have good rats, too, of course.)
#8 by Read MacGuirtose on September 3, 2010 - 5:47 pm
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Aargh! And I make the mistake of using BBCode here again. I realized my error just as I was pressing the Submit Comment button…
#9 by Braineater on September 3, 2010 - 2:03 pm
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The Hungarians think it’s hilarious, which leads me to think it’s one of those movies that just can’t be translated. Hell, I saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail in Hungarian, and it was dreadful. There was a lot of confused silence in the audience…
#10 by Brimstone on September 6, 2010 - 2:08 am
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this sounds like Fritz the Cat