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That sound you hear is Dr. Suess spinning in his grave.

posted 17 years ago by grandonsqr
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This may in fact be the worst movie ever made.

I actually had to watch this movie four times just to make sure I hated it as much as I thought I did. Cause I've done that thing where I see a movie, think to myself "man, that sucked", and then I see the movie again and think, "okay, it wasn't THAT bad."

The Cat in the Hat IS, without a doubt, THAT. BAD. I'm talking "Manos: Hands of Fate" bad. "Batman & Robin" bad. "Freddy got Fingered" bad. And each time I viewed it, just to make sure I was right to hate it, my soul died just a little bit more.

Seriously, you know how they say that drowning or, I don't know... being set on fire, those would be horrible ways to die, right? Yeah, they can't be that much worse than watching this movie.

Look, I'm no Dr. Suess puristfreakweirdo, but really, like, I respect what the man did with his life. And this was just a big ol' penis-slap in the face to him and everything he stood for. In addition to the movie just being plain old bad from start to finish, this level of disrespect to the source material adds a whole layer of badness on top of it all.

And the badness never ends. For instance, I never knew that Mike Myers could be THIS unfunny (or this incredibly inappropriate, considering the intended audience). And the Thing 1 and Thing 2... yeah, CREEPY.

And, by the by, why was Paris Hilton in this movie? I'd loooooove to meet the studio exec who was like, "Hey, let's have someone wholesome and family-friendly make a cameo in our Dr. Suess movie. What's that nice Hilton girl up to? What's that? She's available, but she'll only do it if we inexplicably have a club scene in the middle of our CHILDREN'S MOVIE? Great!"

All in all, this could be the worst thing I've ever seen in my life, ever, and I've watched hostage execution videos on the internet. This is arguably worse. Ever seen a baby (that ISN'T yours) being born, and all the fluid and blood is shooting everywhere and the pregnant mother poops on the hospital bed from pushing too hard? Again, The Cat in the Hat is worse. I almost encourage you to rent it, just so you can witness pure evil for yourself.

[–] davismac555 17 years ago

You mirror my feelings on this movie exactly. You could power Las Vegas for a month from the energy generated from Dr. Seuss spinning in his grave. Somewhere between the "dirty hoe" joke and Paris Hilton cameo, I thought I had lost my faith in humanity.

[–] denx 17 years ago

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You could power Las Vegas for a month from the energy generated from Dr. Seuss spinning in his grave.
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Man, that's one of the funniest things I've heard so far. Hahah... Poor Dr. Seuss!

[–] grlcookie5 17 years ago

omg , i completely agree. this movie is SUCH a disgrace and represents blatant disrespect for dr. seuss. this book and all of his others were a HUGE part of my childhood and i am so ashamed of this complete debotchery! like what the hell? are they seriously going to put inappropriate jokes and *beep* like that? so not cool. they could have done more with this and they failed! i am so let down and i agree with the other person on the humanity thing. but seriously i cant believe this movie.

[–] culwin 17 years ago

They should delete all the posts off this board, except for this one, and lock the board so that no more posts can be made.

[–] theconservativeliberal 17 years ago

haha this was great

i haven't seen it, but want to just to see what the cinematography is like, because i think lubezki's a bit of a master. i am just afraid i'll want to kill myself afterwards which may not be worth it.

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[–] randycoates 17 years ago

Cat in the Hat should be destroyed. Everyone burn your tapes if you were unlucky enough to buy this movie or get it as a gift!

[–] waynepence5 17 years ago

wow i actually really liked the movie. i'm glad i didn't have to sit through a boring kid's film. realize that most of the kids who watched this in the theater had to drag their parents along. the majority of the kids won't get any of the adult themed jokes until their older; they'll just laugh because the Cat is talking to a hoe and has a funny car. the parents, on the other hand, will get the jokes and might actually want to watch it again.
they way they made the movie was great and enjoyable for all ages. dr suess may not like it, but you guys should realize that the world isn't made of candy and unicorns.

[–] JazukaiX 15 years ago

You deserve to die slowly and painfully for saying that. And hopefully they'll bury you with every copy of this movie.

You need to realise that dr suess's world IS made of candy and unicorns, but there was more to it than that, something that didn't involve paris hilton.
Whoever made this movie didn't get that.
The Grinch mostly captured the point, and so did Horton.
This didn't even get the design of the main character right.

[–] tarkus43 17 years ago

"I actually had to watch this movie four times just to make sure I hated it as much as I thought I did"

You remind me of Bart in an episode of the Simpsons where Lisa hooked up an electric current to a cupcake to see if Bart was more stupid than a hamster. He was.

"Shawn made $20 an hour, that equals about 87k a year" MommyToTwoAngels

[–] j_angelbaby 16 years ago

I agreed with you 100%. Sure, maybe some adults could "bare" to watch it with their children because it reached their comedy level (which is about as low as poop jokes I might add...), but to take something as pure as Dr. Seuss and turn it into just another "Mike Meyers movie" is shameful and disrespectful. If it was done as a spoof that would have been different, but I'm pretty sure that they were trying to get the same reaction as from the Grinch....and I'm glad they didn't make it even close...Also for those adults who can't get through kids movies are obviously not taking their kids to the right movies...there are plenty of good family movies that everyone enjoys. And if parents can't appreciate that, I don't know why they became parents! Parents are supposed to be somewhat childlike so they can identify with their kids and play with them and entertain them, etc. Not that they are immature, but they need to have some sort of connection with their childhood so their kids will actually like them. The Grinch, Horton Hears a Who were successful family Seuss movies.This was definitely not one of those...

[–] TheLittleSongbird 15 years ago

"Music comes from within, from your heart, and from your soul"

I don't think it is the worst movie ever made, but I found the film lifeless and unfunny, saved by Dakota Fanning and the scenery, compared to the funny and charming story by Dr Seuss.