Okay, the new Cat in
Posted by: Liz | From: November 04, 2003
Okay, the new Cat in the Hat movie will be awful. I can tell you this much because I saw parts of the Grinch. I say parts because, even though I was strapped into an airplane--with no where else to go and free headphones--when this movie came on, I couldn't bear to watch it. Awful awful. Mostly because they tried to smash a movie plot into a nice children's story. I think they just dissected it and then jammed in whatever nonsense and crap and extra characters and motivations they could think of. I shudder with anger at this, though I'm not exactly sure why. It just seems a hateful tribute to a good book. In any case, I knew I wouldn't be taking any kids I know to see this next atrocity when I glimpsed the preview featuring this: the Cat in the Hat is looking at a picture (which the audience can't see). He is visibly excited (in a non-child-like way), which we can tell by the way his tail rises up and his hat (the hat!) rises up in a double erection. Not that I don't think the ol' doctor didn't have a sick side to him (and would have perhaps enjoyed a double erection somewhere in Seuss land), this clearly is out of place. It gets worse. The cats asks, "Who is this!" and the boy sidles up behind him and says, "That's my mom." Ew ew ew. I hate this movie for existing and throwing up all over my nice memories of that book.so uh, anyway...
J and I are on a puppy chow kick. This is better than my chex mix kick, as it doesn't require the purchase of 3 boxes of chex, which I always thought was outrageous.
Mimi Smartypants returns. With pictures! Makes me want to adopt a baby right this minute. Maybe this whole giving birth thing is way overrated afterall. You can get an instant baby! That's some good stuff.
Halloween was great. Abby might link up to some pics, so if you're desperate you'll have to read her wonderful blog and bask in her wit and charm until (if) she decides to post our pretty faces all dressed in Tenenbaum.
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