Not sure why, but 17:14 is my favorite line Scott ever said. I just love how he delivers it and I've definitely been in that scenario. Rest in Peace Scott.
Fun fact: The cinematography in this movie was made by Emmanuel Lubezki who worked on films such as Children of Men, Tree of Life, Gravity, Birdman and The Revenant
No joke, I genuinely feel like the world is missing a brightly coloured, over-saturated surreal horror movie; like Too Many Cooks, but a feature length film.
This movie is my “So bad, it’s good” movie. It has no rules, no logic and it just does whatever the fuck it wants and carry no shame about that. The cupcakes scene is a masterpiece of batshit surrealist nonsense and I love every single minute of it.
Same. I watched this movie all the time (we didn't have much to watch, plus, I was young enough to think if the movie was made, people must like it since it was made by an adult and all) and I am just enjoying their reaction and being rehorrified by some of this. It's great 😆 🤣
The director of this film, Bo Welch, was the set designer for many early Tim Burton films, which is a big reason why the set design is so out there and unique.
I have two weird connections to this movie: 1. I got to see it in a private showing b/c some girl in the grade above mine's dad was involved in production. I think we may have actually been a test audience but it was all under the disguise of the girls birthday? Anyways, I was pretty young and it was the most baffling film experience of my life. I don't think I had ever actually disliked a movie before that. Like, I didn't even know disliking a movie was an option until this thing traumatized me... 2. I hung out once with the dude who played the main kid in this a few years back. Super nice guy. I didn't have the courage to ask him about the movie though, lol. I figured he'd probably heard it all already.
I was with you up until ‘like, i didn’t even know disliking a movie was an option before this’ lmao wtf does that even mean bruh did you live in north korea? Pretty sure all kids dislike whatever they want without any worries about it ‘being an option’
If you haven't destroyed the blu ray for this yet, I highly recommend watching the director's commentary. Alec Baldwin is in it for some reason and they just talk about random shit and have to occasionally remind themselves to get back on track and talk about the movie
@@maikydiboy6377 idk about absolutely everybody but I know Mike Myers has gone on to say that all the prosthetics were absolute hell to wear and he spent large chunks of his performance actively attempting to sabotage the movie
@@metaldude4563 oh thats kind of disappointing to hear that he tried to ruin the film. I know that jim carrey experienced the same discomfort from the full body prosthetics and actually wanted to quit. The director encouraged him to stay on board for the sake of the kids and hired a guy that could train people to endure torture. Jim carrey was recommended to smoke as much as possible, eat everything he saw, and have his friends hit him or hit himself so that he could distract himself from spiralling.
It's weird to say, but I actually really like the pastel 1950s aesthetic of this film. It's so artificial and off-putting in the right kind of way that it would be the perfect setting for a horror movie.
It surprised me when they said that. What exactly makes the babysitter a stereotype? Just from wearing thick glasses in a film where most things are exaggerated for comic effect? Then these supposedly-not-racist-but-certainly-ignorant pals drop the "wait how does Taiwan have a Parliament" line in a tone implying they shouldn't...
@@christophertheriault3308 I know! Like, she’s just asain, when they said it was racist, I think that was racist. Just because there’s an asian character doesn’t mean it’s racist??
@@bjorkbork5717 Everyone who riffs or reviews this movie seems to think Mrs. Kwan is a racist caricature, and all they can ever point to as proof is her thick glasses and accent, as if Asian people never have accents. Like, yeah, WWII propaganda depicted Japanese soldiers with big Coke bottle glasses for some reason, but does that suddenly mean every depiction of an Asian with thick glasses is racist? Should we get angry over every nerd character in anime with the big opaque swirly glasses too? Let's also consider the fact that she's played by Asian actress Amy Hill, and yet people seem to think this is a Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's situation.
I love how Gael was just in a living nightmare the entire time, and we could all hear it in his voice. The desperation, the hopelessness, the incomprehension.
One of the biggest aesthetic problems with this movie is that the super-stylized production design of the "regular" world undercuts the contrast between what it's like before and after the Cat shows up. In the book the house is drab and unremarkable, not the 1950s as envisioned by Pee-Wee Herman.
So true! I get the kids are bored but the bright fun colors and zany set designs aren’t communicating drab and gray. You could at least understand why the kids would think the cat is kinda fun if he turned their normal looking world into a cartoon, which would be so much more interesting anyway The hyper plastic doll-esque design also adds to the uncanny feeling, like this is a different world in of itself with a fake smiling suburban nightmare motif slapped on top. Not to mention so many rooms are green, which is a classic color signal for unease when not in nature. It’s so uncomfortable, so many of these design choices would fit in a horror that I’m having to remember they were going for fantasy whimsy instead
That's one reason why I consider Netflix's _The Little Prince_ a pretty great example of film adapted from children's lit -- even though it had an enormous name to live up to. The film fabricates a modern-day world and plot around the original story, but these are brilliantly distinguished in two different animation styles. (And it stars Jeff Bridges.) ...It was also beautifully subtle compared to this trash. I can't imagine being a parent and having to sit through this.
I personally love the scenery design of this movie, for all of the wrong reasons. I interpret it as one big critique of North American urban sprawl. In particular: I love this shot at 1:22. It had to have been made out of a hatred of modern suburbia, because it beautifully highlights what critics say is wrong with modern urban planning. The sparsely placed, copy-pasted houses in the middle of nowhere. The long driveways and separate garages for for the car that you absolutely have to own, because there is no other viable way to navigate this place. There is absolutely nothing of interest anywhere to be seen and therefore, no reason to leave your house. Kids being raised in this community will spend their entire childhood getting driven to school, then back home where they would rather stay inside and play videogames in the dark than go outside and walk or bike to see...what exactly? Another block that looks virtually identical to the one they were just in? If they want to do anything fun outside of the house, they will have to be driven. They will always be dependent until they can drive themselves, and the cycle can continue. This is a perfect depiction of my personal hell. I wonder if Adam Something and Not Just Bikes have seen this. I'm sure they'd love it.
I... don't know if this is unintentional? The kids are clearly miserable and their bumblefuck neighborhood is a driving factor behind this. Little conrad or whatever the fuck his name is has to slide down the stairs for fun because trying to walk to an actual playground would lead him getting steam rolled by a pick up. A man in the fur suit is the most excited they've been since birth and henry ford is to blame.
Whaaaaaaaaat????? You're telling me it's an over the top caricature of the suburban american 60's???? Like half of Tim Burton's films??? Damn that's original.
Well tbh apparently the original script was written by Tim Allen, who was terrified of the Cat as a kid. He's quoted saying he wanted to recreate that same feeling in the movie.
It's funny because I hated it as a kid, too. I felt like I was being punished when my parents read me Dr. Suess, it was so unlikable and unpalatable. Kind of like this movie.
@@timb4248I felt the same, but mostly about the cat. I remember feeling horrified after the being read the book, and even more so when, after being asked, my classmates agreed they'd want the Cat in their house. Like hellll no 😂
This is my guilty pleasure movie. The insanity of it all and the delivery of so many of the lines make it hilarious and memorable to me. This movie is 100% the polar opposite of everything a Cat in the Hat movie should be and I love it for that.
I watched this movie fairly recently because my wife wanted me to see the absolute insanity that is this movie and I had the exact same opinion as you. The absolute absurdity that is this film made it extremely entertaining. It’s just how fascinating how chaotically horrible the movie is I can’t help but love it.
I strongly suggest the Game Grumps episode with Dan Harmon where they play the Cat in The Hat game. The insanity continues. I'd love to see these guys play that game.
The ford presence was insane in this movie! Every single car was a debadged focus except at about 15:13 there’s a thunderbird as well. Menacing hellscape of ford
Oh my God...it just occurred to me that *both the child actors* would grow to have *younger siblings that have better acting careers* than they do currently. 😆😂😆
I also want to HEAVILY thank the editor for not showing the scene where Alec Baldwin shows his gross fat stomach and picks at his belly button. You are a real hero!
It's funny to know that this movie was so awful that Dr. Seuss's granddaughter literally shut down any future live adaptations of his works, and it's even hilarious to know that Mike Myers tried everything to get out of doing this movie but Universal threatened to sue the shit out of him so he basically just trolled through the whole thing
@@hamkiller6969 If you google it, Dr. Seuss had no children, so I'm assuming that top comment is probably more accurate. Not sure where granddaughter came from lmao.
nothing like hearing the phrase “are you implying Israel isn’t fun” and discussion of Israeli and Palestinian existence in a *Cat in the Hat* (2003) commentary to melt my brain on this lovely Friday
This has nothing to do with what you said though I agree, I just wanted to point out that you have the most vampire name ever and I think that's badass.
they showed this film to my class in kindergarten and the school had to issue an official letter apology because of the psychological trauma it caused us
Why was is such a persistent problem in school that a teacher would plan a movie day then realize to their horror about an hour in that the film in question was Not At All what they thought it’d be. Like, did you really not go in for a preliminary watch just to make sure this film was suited for your students? Did you really think that all the old Popeye’s cartoons aged well and in a completely non-problematic way despite coming out in the 40s?
@@DeathnoteBByeah, but teachers should still vet the movie and make sure it's okay to show in class lmao We watched it in class but at a much older age (around 4th grade) so I think it was more suited towards kids between 9-13 lmfaoo **I watched the movie at home with my parents when it came out So with an adult perspective, yeah if I watched this I wouldn't show it younger than 4th grade. Only because id fear 7 and younger getting nightmares about a cheery book turned to this. Grinch, I would advise watching with your children later in life (16+) to let them with new knowledge, see how many adult oriented jokes absolutely filled the script.
Fun fact: I had my first and only "bad trip" in college by mixing this movie with mushrooms. It bothered my roommates and I so bad that we couldn't finish it! Im happy to see that it's just as scary while being sober.
This movie was a guilty pleasure for me and my siblings. We watched it at least a hundred times while growing up. I could probably watch it again and recite almost every line from not only the film but from the outtakes and deleted scenes.
I actually remember watching this when it came out. It actually scared the shit out of me. I also remember the cat yelling "SON OF A B-" scene differently. I remember Cat boi actually saying bitch, but they bleeped it out while the audience cat covered the kids' ears. I'm guessing they censored it in later releases.
Until recently I was CONVINCED that this movie was just a particularly awful nightmare I had as a kid. And I don't know what's worse: living a good 20-something years believing that, or the fact that this movie actually exists.
Beyond the jokes, this really frightened me when i was a child. The cat has a very agressive tone talking to the children (and from a child perspective he s an adult because of his size) and imposes them random and dangerous things all the time
Oh yeah I was horrified by this as a kid. The book was like here’s some silly nonsense but this direction they took with the Cat acting like a mean adult was just unnerving and scary when they couldn’t get him to go away, like a nightmare. No whimsy only cynicism which is a weird take for Dr Seuss
What spooked me the most was how he was annoying them and ruining their lives and they somehow couldn’t even get rid of him! The thought of not being able to get away from him literally filled me with dread. I was RELIEVED when he left before they cleaned up the house, because I literally just wanted him gone.
I just want to say there's a 1998 Cats film that's just them filming on a soundstage and it all works _just fine_ . The costumes, to me at least, are appealing. The 2019 crew had a recipe to follow but they for some reason threw it out.
@@kaykutcher2103 and The Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz. They used an actual lion hide for that costume, but at least he looks like what I imagine a walking talking humanoid Lion would look like
I honestly love this movie and even as a little kid, I really got a huge kick out of it since it was the first self-aware/surralist film I've ever watched! The overall 'sterile' aesthetic of the cookie cutter neighborhood VS the clash of various aesthetics within the box really adds to the vibe as well!
@13:55 we can see where Midsommars director got the inspiration for shifting and contorting the screen to recreate a feeling of unease that often accompanies a bad trip or a nightmare. Truly avant-garde stuff.
fun fact: david lynch secretly directed this movie, but used the pseudonym "bo welch" to hide this from his repertoir. choosing the name "bo welch" as a subtle nod to how he famously hates the welsh for their renowned b.o.
@@That2J thats just what 1984 government democraps want you to believe, have you ever met this "bo welch"? dems like lynch think they can fool us but only fool the sheep like you, i hope one day you open your eyes /j
@@That2J yes you idiot, do you know how to google stuff on the internet? we have been blessed with such power yet regards like you still exist. honestly, how can you be on the internet and this ignorant at the same time? I thought that we had nigh infinite information at your hands but look where we are. please stay more informed next time and don't make stupid comments on the internet; thanks.
This issue with the look of this movie, is that it doesn't actually look like Dr. Seuss book. It look like a room in an Ikea. Dr. Seuss is more then just bright 70s colors (Which is another thing, the color palate seems off to me) but he also had a lot of curves, and cartoony deigns. Everything looks too straight, too perfect. There aren't that many weird deigns either really. It feels like they took a bunch of generic furniture, and painted it bright colors. Like Ikea.
8:43 my god, they were right. The shift in tone was so drastic with such minor tweeks that my hand reflexively moved to skip the ad for some horror movie.
No one will read this but these Adum and Pals commentary tracks give me so much comfort and let’s me fall asleep with limited stress and depressed thoughts. I relate to Scoot’s humor immensely and the camaraderie you all share. Only bad thing about these tracks is the scarcity of them lol
I distinctly remember this film being played almost every 3 or 4 days on Cartoon Network like a few years ago for about a year straight. God that was traumatizing.
When people use the expression "felt like a fever dream" this movie is the only thing that fits that box for me. I watched it alone very late at night while I was zapping through channels on vacations. I was so bored and I knew the movie wasn't good but I was totally invested in it. I don't wish to watch it ever again, but I'm so happy I did that one time under those conditions.
@@Cooley360 Actually when I was a dumb little kid I liked son of the mask purely for the fact that Milo got to wear the mask, then I watched it again when I was more grown and understood why people hated it. And with Monkeybone I used to run into the tape's cover all the time in the movie rent store when I was a kid (we went there a looooot). One day when we didn't know what to rent I suggested we give it a shot and it was just a shitty as my mom thought it would be. But I was just glad I got to see it cuz I was curious about it due to the cover. Sorry for the long comment, just felt inclined to share cuz I was familiar with both movies lol
I’m pretty sure Myers’s was forced into this role by Universal. He wanted to do Shrek but the studio believed Shrek would fail so they made him do this in return for his ‘passion project’. Apparently Myers was NOT happy about any of it and was a total diva about all of it
I loved this movie as a kid, still do. Its so balls to the wall and visually distinct i can't take my eyes away. I bet you could take a still form any frame of this movie and people would still know its from Cat in the Hat.
I remember our teacher in middle school put this on during the end of the year and even though we were like 10 or 11, it was too much for us and we begged the teacher to turn it off. Sensory overload.
Man, I just watched this movie with my daughter and was absolutely reveling in the batshit nonsense. It’s kinda fun to just switch off your brain, let a chaotic Cat-Deity take the reins, and watch a lead actor try to sabotage the movie he’s starring in.
This movie would play a lot on Cartoon Network back in the day, and so I'd watch it all the time. Rewatching this with the commentary was a fun, horrifying, nostalgic experience.
I honestly always loved the set of this movie. The color coordination of the boss and all the green. The weird, bold, plasticine town. The uncomfortably fake and perfect cookie-cutter neighborhood. The absolute batshit world inside the box. I love it.
Judging by what Adam is saying, Scoot is into transformation fetish art. Aka humans transforming into furries. And what he says about "the halfway point between anthro and human" is true. Unless you're into it, it's really weird. Imagine the scenes from movies where the werewolf changes but without any of the style or class of those scenes.
I don't get the joke to be honest - they know Taiwan is a democracy, right? Interestingly, brawls seem to have happened quite a few times there, didn't know that before.
@@vags1234 basically any and every joke Scoot ever makes is ironic bigotry. The joke here is he's parodying racists believing non-white cultures are backwards and savage.
@@vags1234 Ah, a couple of non-joke-getters I see. To explain the joke and completely ruin it, China doesn't acknowledge Taiwan as a country, and I am of course Team China.
if you haven't watch the along with the full commentary there's a lot of gold just hearing their reactions. i grew up loving this movie as a kid so its interesting to see reactions from people who have been absent from its influence.
Bill Murray would have nailed this role (as much as could possibly be). I can't even imagine what would happen if this was a Tim Burton/Johnny Depp production.
