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Has The Cat in the Hat (2003) become an ironic cult classic?

posted 8 years ago by TMC-4
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It's also so awkwardly hilarious in its bastardization of Dr. Suess that it's so bad it's good.

Directed by a first-time helmer, written by Seinfeld/Curb Your Enthusiasm writers, and taken over completely by the bottomless ego of Myers, The Cat in the Hat is the kind of dumpster fire that should have been quickly forgotten.

And yet, something about it manifests itself in viewers' minds to the point that, over a decade later, we still remember it.

[–] LaLlama 8 years ago

Directed by a first-time helmer, written by Seinfeld/Curb Your Enthusiasm writers, and taken over completely by the bottomless ego of Myers, The Cat in the Hat is the kind of dumpster fire that should have been quickly forgotten.

Contrary friend. It is this factors that make this wonderful travesty stick to the noggin. I can not for the life of me think of a single directional decision made here that was good. From the questionable big star casting, the adult jokes, non-sequitur humor, and phony presentations at being "self-aware", it's astounding to me that the production team and studio found this to be suitable for a wide release. As a child, I laughed at the bad jokes, as an adult, I now laugh at the jokes because they are so bad. Embarrassingly bad.

[–] gcarras (2770) 7 years ago

LaLliama, I'm with everything you said....I'll take the 1971 original starring comedian and singer ("Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah",1963) Allan Sherman (1924-1973) as The Cat anytime..yes, they tried hard butr the original cartoon, done by the Pink Panther company DePatie-Freleng, headed by Friz Freleng, formerly in turn of Wanrer cartoon fame, is the classic.