Hey folks, Harry here with Baron Karza. Ol Karza has been laying low ever since dropping the ol bomb on Arnold and his pals, but this time out he's raising the white flag and telling us of a children/family film that... well... read about it and see if you don't think this sounds like a ton of fun. This really sounds good. In addition it's going to feature the voices of Susan Sarandon, Tobey Maguire, Michael Clarke Duncan and Joe Pantoliano... so that means it's got to have something up it's sleeve... I mean... Joe Pantoliano is a groovy damn soul ya knows?
Hey Harry, Baron Karza is back. I believe that it's been a long time since I posted, the last time was to stir some controvery by reporting on Ah-nold's ON THE SIXTH DAY, which I called SIXTH SUCK. With an unprecendented string of flops (Costner-like) from Junior to Eraser (okay, not a flop, but it barely made $100 million and did you see that movie? it sure sucked) to Jingle All the Way to Batman and Robin to End of Days, the Austrian needs a hit. That's five duds in a row. And Sixth Day ain't a hit.
Well, enough of all this negative talk. I wanted to beep in with some information about a great kids' movie, LIKE CATS AND DOGS, which apparently just cast Susan Sarandon.
What a fun movie. The idea is that there's a covert war going on between cats and dogs, a war that could effect the entire planet. In an average American household, a father has come up with a cure for people who are allergic to dogs. The cats fear that this might tip the global scales in favor of the dogs, and set out on a covert mission to find and undermine the formula. The dogs aim to defend the household from this feline invasion.
Into this situation is dropped a puppy who has no idea what's really going on.
There's some real inventive ideas in the story. Here's a ferinstance to give you a sense of the storyline and the tone: the cats decide to infiltrate the house by sending in a cute kitten. In truth, the kitten isn't young, but is an older cat operative who's undergone painful surgery to look cute and young. The family finds it on its doorstep and takes it in. The puppy knows that the kitten's a bad guy, so he starts to try to figure out how to get it outta there. The kitten, meanwhile, coughs up a massive hairball which actually has a secret compartment inside! He opens the compartment and pulls out some fake dog crap, shuffling it behind the puppy. The family sees that the puppy has pooped on the carpet, and he gets smacked on the butt and sent out doors... leaving the kitten inside the house all alone!
So you can see that it's a spy game, Bond-like (okay, a bit more of Nick Fury's Agent of Sheild vs. HYDRA) duel between the cats and the dogs with humor for kids and adults alike. I'm sure they're angling to do it live action with BABE effects. My ticket's already sold.
Over and out,
Karza
