I just saw this movie online and, seeing how it would likely be my only opportunity to see how bad this is movie is, I actually spent an hour and a half watching this.
To begin, I think I wasted an hour and a half on worse things than this. Granted, I don't like Flash animation that's not made for the Internet.
I did not grow up with Top Cat as a kid, but I did watch the original cartoon for a little over a year and found it funny. I love some Hanna-Barbera classics, like Flintstones, Dexter's Lab, Jetsons, Top Cat and I also like me some Tom and Jerry cartoons.
Sadly, this is barely anywhere near the same charm the original show had. I am more tolerant of bad puns than a lot of people I know, I'm sure, but I barely giggled in a few scenes. Sure, some slapstick humour and a few of the cat puns were funny, but I am quite outraged the movie includes rude humour that was obviously not present on the show.
I don't expect animation and cinema from Latin America to be incredibly super-duper high quality, but I certainly don't expect Latino screenwriters to stoop as low as Hollywood writers. Never in any episode of Top Cat was there verbal toilet humour, ouch-in-the-groin jokes , disgustingly hideous close-ups etc. Plus, I could've sworn that when he was kissed by Trixie (did I mention there was one weak joke too many whenever they got romantic?), he put his folded hands on his groin... did anybody else think it looked like that? But the story itself is not unbearable in my opinion. Sure, it's an extended Top Cat episode, but I have seen worse kids' movies attempting to have a good story, take Over the Hedge for example. I'll give them effort for attempting to introduce Top Cat to a newer generation, but I think modern-day references (cell phones, Times Square looking like it currently does etc.) are really out of keeping with the spirit of the original Top Cat.
The 2D/3D animation combination, though not an eyesore for me, makes little sense. First of all, I would've tolerated a 2D character on a CGI background out of an animated movie from the 1980's/early 1990's, but even in the 90's, animators made it so the CGI was often not so conspicuous to the viewers. The CGI backgrounds obviously exist mainly to try to add depth for the digital 3D format, but since I never saw the 3D version, I cannot judge that.
All in all, I rate this 5 mainly for not boring me to death, attempt to introduce Top Cat and co to today's audiences, I saw it online for free, making the characters look more like the original show than Hollywood moneymakers might attempt to try, having OK music, a passable story, and a good use of "New York Groove" in the end credits.
To begin, I think I wasted an hour and a half on worse things than this. Granted, I don't like Flash animation that's not made for the Internet.
I did not grow up with Top Cat as a kid, but I did watch the original cartoon for a little over a year and found it funny. I love some Hanna-Barbera classics, like Flintstones, Dexter's Lab, Jetsons, Top Cat and I also like me some Tom and Jerry cartoons.
Sadly, this is barely anywhere near the same charm the original show had. I am more tolerant of bad puns than a lot of people I know, I'm sure, but I barely giggled in a few scenes. Sure, some slapstick humour and a few of the cat puns were funny, but I am quite outraged the movie includes rude humour that was obviously not present on the show.
I don't expect animation and cinema from Latin America to be incredibly super-duper high quality, but I certainly don't expect Latino screenwriters to stoop as low as Hollywood writers. Never in any episode of Top Cat was there verbal toilet humour, ouch-in-the-groin jokes , disgustingly hideous close-ups etc. Plus, I could've sworn that when he was kissed by Trixie (did I mention there was one weak joke too many whenever they got romantic?), he put his folded hands on his groin... did anybody else think it looked like that? But the story itself is not unbearable in my opinion. Sure, it's an extended Top Cat episode, but I have seen worse kids' movies attempting to have a good story, take Over the Hedge for example. I'll give them effort for attempting to introduce Top Cat to a newer generation, but I think modern-day references (cell phones, Times Square looking like it currently does etc.) are really out of keeping with the spirit of the original Top Cat.
The 2D/3D animation combination, though not an eyesore for me, makes little sense. First of all, I would've tolerated a 2D character on a CGI background out of an animated movie from the 1980's/early 1990's, but even in the 90's, animators made it so the CGI was often not so conspicuous to the viewers. The CGI backgrounds obviously exist mainly to try to add depth for the digital 3D format, but since I never saw the 3D version, I cannot judge that.
All in all, I rate this 5 mainly for not boring me to death, attempt to introduce Top Cat and co to today's audiences, I saw it online for free, making the characters look more like the original show than Hollywood moneymakers might attempt to try, having OK music, a passable story, and a good use of "New York Groove" in the end credits.