Nostalgia Critic Real Thoughts on Cat in the Hat

[@grahamkristensen9301]

My dad's ex once bought me this movie as a birthday present. I still haven't forgiven her.

[@MrFoolD]

Is that why its your dads ex?

[@darklord7289]

Graham Kristensen does she hate you?

[@grahamkristensen9301]

Nah, she either didn't know better or just has shit taste in movies.

[@jacksparrowismydaddy]

Graham Kristensen I weep for her brain and the intelligence that could have been fostered in the library.

[@Hikarianotsuki]

Kadesman When you willingly purchase Cat in the Hat, you lose your humanity.

[@markiplieroldaccount7892]

Fun Fact: I was watching this movie on Cartoon Network and they actually cut out the "ride at Universal Studios" joke.

[@kenziemac130]

Alden martin Really? How did they edit it?

[@magicchild2982]

Alden martin huh

[@fortblocks]

Couldn't they have edited EVERYTHING out of it?

[@markiplieroldaccount7892]

ast r I replied to you but I didn't understand what you meant. What they did was do the normal, boring, annoying scene, and I think they even said the "This is like a ride in an amusement park!" line, but the Universal Studios line was totally gone.

[@markiplieroldaccount7892]

Big Dick Hoff That's probably why!

[@angelsartandgaming]

You're not the only one disgusted with this. Dr. Seuss's widowed wife, Audrey Geisel (who also owns rights to her husband's works), was so disgusted with this movie that she forbid any more live action Dr. Seuss movies. This movie was going to have a sequel too. Yeah, imagine if Audrey hadn't stepped up.

[@MichaelSar12IsBack]

Angel Gonterman Imagine a live action version of "The Lorax"...

[@angelsartandgaming]

Eeuuugh... I did... And I don't wanna imagine it again.

[@generalcoon47]

+Angel Gonterman She also came out with a version of the Cat in the Hat book that was based on scenes from the movie but it didn't have all the crap in it, it was more like the original book at the same time.

[@angelsartandgaming]

generalcoon47 Oh interesting! I wanna find that now.

[@RhythmGameAddict]

+generalcoon47 I had that book as a kid (though I started off with the original when I was younger). Even then, it still had the tones of the movie (which thankfully I've never seen) clashing with the tone and art style of the original book and ended up being a mess, to be honest. As a kid, I still thought the original was better.

[@definitelycatherine7296]

The good news is that Doctor Suess's wife won't give out the rights to make live action movies of her husband's work anymore.

[@alixjamieson2177]

She is an admirable inspiring woman

[@Dim4323]

it's not really the directior. it's Basicly the writters who don't get Dr Seuss they are trying to aim to dumb kids

[@KenRulesLife]

But are you truly Catherine?

[@wuraolaolagunju]

Thank the good Lord for that!!

[@choryllis6646]

Unfortunately that's only putting things off. What happens when the copyright on the books fade and EVERYONE can make their own version?

[@LauraSquirrel]

Good idea: Reading "The Cat In The Hat" Bad idea: Watching "The Cat In The Hat"

[@Zach-qs2bw]

Not true go watch the original shorts they are still awesome

[@LauraSquirrel]

zachary Stocker True. I was only referring to the horrid film that they are discussing.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Was that a reference to Good Idea/Bad Idea from Animaniacs? +10 points to you if it was.

[@LauraSquirrel]

Yes

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Hahaha, if Animaniacs ever comes back...

[@msminmichigan]

Mike Meyers DID NOT want to do this movie. He was going to make a movie out of his SNL sketch Sprockets but then never finished the script and was sewed by Universal. Meyer agreed to do this in an out-of--court settlement. This shows big time in his performance.

[@theAngryscotman]

+msminmichigan That explains a lot

[@lunabearsong2043]

My heart aches for him!

[@rcfrandsen]

To quote Lana (from Archer), “Wow... suddenly a LOT of things started to make sense”

[@robertparker6280]

Yeah he was under contract at that time to do comedies, and this was one of them. The other was The Love Guru, the movie that killed his career for a long time.

[@Dim4323]

And then love guru

[@binsoku6]

"But it doesn't sell toys!" Don't you mean... ahem, "We have to have.... *money*"

[@aayushdhurka2425]

Cha-Ching!

[@WoodyWoodpecker1953]

Disney live action remakes in a nutshell:

[@aerynh6116]

The daycare that I went to when my family commuted to Seattle would put this movie on regularly. Every single time, I would get up and walk to the opposite side of the building and play with the ferrets & guinea pigs because I had a visceral reaction to this fucking movie. At one point a counselor came over to ask if everything was alright and I told her I hated that movie. She admitted that she hated it to and we both continued to play with the ferrets as everyone else was glued to the screen. I was so happy to find another person who hated that movie as much as me.

[@aerynh6116]

+Ivan Corredera I am so sorry.

[@Joy6168]

I'm so sorry, Ivan Corredera. If I was in your shoes, I would rather write an essay than watch that movie.

[@mossbresnahan3072]

Playing with ferrets sounds more fun anyway and guines pigs

[@rmn070]

Oh that’s nice. 😁

[@Darkhillpic28]

I think I compare those movies to Schumacher's Batman Films: Grinch = Batman Forever - Often gets mixed reactions, but at times they're entertaining. Cat in the Hat = Batman & Robin - Mostly gets negatives responses from movie-goers, and are nothing but marketing movies to sell merchandises. See the similarities?

[@dakotahmays1437]

EXACTLY

[@whatiftherewasanun]

And Jim Carrey is the only thing that makes both Grinch and Batman Forever watchable.

[@Darkhillpic28]

Benjamin Johnson Right!!

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

Batman and Robin is a pretty harmless film though, it's bad, but it's not offensive. Cat in the Hat is an offensively bad movie that justifies feeling utter hatred toward it.

[@LegoManiac_101]

Darkhillpic28 as Scar once said: “Precisely”.

[@BFDudes]

At 7:48, I love how you can literally see Doug going "into character" just by re-enacting that moment.

[@FreshyMandela]

Honey, it was ruined when she bought it "snap" "snap" mmm hmm

[@RENTnerd87]

Bobby Carillo You know, whenever I fell like I have too much hope, all I have to do is watch that scene and remember all is lost. All is lost

[@AleK0451]

Bobby Carillo Probably the best out of context quote to describe this.

[@becky4paws]

***** XD the best out of context quote to describe any bad movie.

[@TheBonkleFox]

Bobby Carillo all is lost.

[@TheBonkleFox]

Adriana Bae i call HAX!!!!

[@maxtheaxeiswax]

Grinch V Cat in the Hat: Dawn of Green Eggs and Ham

[@whatiftherewasanun]

CINDY! Why did you say that name!?!

[@camilogarciaylasaari1857]

Benjamin Johnson Lorax. I hear you talk for trees

[@whatiftherewasanun]

Camilo Garcia Ylasaari I thought tree was with you.

[@marcohidalgo1101]

But a tree CANNOT BE CHOPPED DOWN! It's invincible, it's spied you, and IT'S COMING! DINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDING

[@fortblocks]

Directed by Michael Bay. Written by Megan Fox.

[@CaptainJZH]

I grew up with this movie. At first I "liked" it as a kid who didn't know how to differentiate good movies from bad movies yet. But over time, I didn't particularly *hate* it, but I found myself watching the behind the scenes stuff and rarely watching the actual film. It wasn't until I became a teenager (after I had watched your videos and learned to critique things) that I realized it sucked. I apologize for my younger self for not knowing any better, and I apologize for my parents for letting me watch it. It didn't warp my brain or affect my sense of humor or anything, but I still don't think I should have watched it, just because I don't think kids should watch things that suck. Oh, and I apologize to the Boy Scouts of America, because my first Pinewood Derby car was based on the Cat in the Hat's car from the movie.

[@harrietamidala1691]

CaptainJZH I think when we were kids, we really don't know the difference between a good movie and bad one because our brains haven't quite developed the ability to distinguish good and bad qualities. We watch whatever is in front of us. I've watched my fair share of movies that were awful in hindsight--I'm embarrassed to say that I watched Don Bluth's lesser movies, like Thumbelina and Troll in Central Park (though I still love Anastasia despite its historical liberties), more often than I did for his 80s masterpieces like Secret of Nimh and An American Tail.

[@arcadeassassin7176]

i had basically the same experience with it as a kid but the only difference is that i never really grew to hate it. as i got older i really just forgot it existed until i saw the nostalgia critic review.

[@benjackson7872]

I can say the same. I remember trying to watch it a few years ago and realized I couldn’t get through it like I used to. Needless to say it was horrible.

[@alfredroman5801]

I know how you feel.

[@zacaryspainhoward7654]

I actually worked in Universal this summer, and I worked Seuss Landing a lot. They never played this movie in the shops (They would play Grinch and Lorax). It's funny that its an ad for that area, but I never saw anything related to this movie displayed or sold for it. If you are a Seuss fan, the area is amazing.

[@guineapiggirl400]

Zacary Spainhoward I love Seuss landing! so much fun

[@imoor1]

Zacary Spainhoward when the theme park won't even play that movie....you know it's bad

[@ClintonomoBay]

when i went to Universal Studios in California, i saw the Cat in the Hat scene with the tickets playing on a TV.

[@rmn070]

One question, but what is the point of playing a film in a shop or any other public place?

[@mckenzie.latham91]

As a seuss Fan i know for a fact that he would have hated Universal having a Seuss area whose sole focus is to co-opt his image and works to be their cash-cow cash grab which is why he hated advertising after rhaivng worked in it for so long and commercialism hell even illumination whores Seuss out I mean watching a Honda- truck car ad tie in where they use the Lorax to sell a gas guzzling truck in the opening to t heLorax animated film woe message is don’t pollute the earth Was eye opening to how much the corporate world fucks Seuss’s corpse more than the Plainfield Ghoul did to his victims.

[@Nebuchadnezzar31]

I was working at the cinema when Cat in the Fuckn Hat came out. I saw every movie for free, including Cat in the Hat. I saw it for free and felt ripped off. Fuck that corporate sell out cash grab horseshit 😬

[@HejaWolf]

Edgar Allan Poe Ouch! If you watch it for free and feel ripped off, you know it's bad! Lol

[@Reverbraptor97]

Cat in the hat just got Edgar Allen Powned

[@marcohidalgo1101]

The only thing that The Cat in the Hat DVD did worthwhile for me was show me the trailer for Peter Pan (2003) and convince me to watch it. Obviously a superior film (and an underrated one at that).

[@Nebuchadnezzar31]

Flint lockwood shake Everyone just staggered out of the cinema without talking much.

[@Nebuchadnezzar31]

Marco Hidalgo Agreed. I love the 2003 Pan movie.

[@mastermindepsilon9517]

I recently watched the Lorax in high school for geography class (Yes that sounds as bad as it was. ) She showed us the new one, then the original. Guess which one the class picked was their favorite except for me? The new one. Fuck my generation.

[@harrietamidala1691]

MastermindEpsilon Your teacher should have flipped it around. That's the problem with this mindset of thinking anything new is automatically better than the old. I fear the same thing with Annie. The 2014 Annie is such a desecration to the original musical, that I am afraid that this being the first Annie movie kids will see, and that it will be seen as a "better" Annie movie than previous adaptations because it's more "modern" and "cool" (which I don't approve). The soundtrack is pure garbage, with its over-processed, Autotuned quality, and they don't even stick with the songs, going into different directions. Personally, I love the 1999 version because it's closer to the source material and the one I grew up with.

[@JessycaLunawoona]

We had to watch both of those movies in my English class and had to choose which one we thought captivated the spirit and message the original dr suess story had. Everyone chose the original one, so there's a bit of hope left for society...

[@rcfrandsen]

You think that's bad? In middle school, my teacher showed us Pearl Harbor on the anniversary to "show how the tragedy happened", well something tragic came from that film alright, lol

[@harrietamidala1691]

rcfrandsen That film should only be screened in class to teach about misrepresenting history on film. That's the problem with historical movies--they can be seen as the definitive account of something when it is an entertainment based on it.

[@mastermindepsilon9517]

harrietamidala1691 Yeah, it was to teach us about pollution.......Again, very degrading. Also, have you seen the lorax add with the mitsubishi car or something like that?

[@SultenZone]

Very interesting opinion. But the chart says...

[@parker-boy98]

I DON'T CARE WHAT THE CHART SAYS! SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THE CHART!

[@SamuelG2000]

BURNS THE FUCKIN' CHART 🔥🔥🔥🔥😉

[@carterkruse6471]

But the chart says...

[@LooneyCartoonMan]

@@carterkruse6471 Turns if the chart.

[@steferly]

I was a huge fan of Dr. Seuss as a child (I still am lol!), and I honestly loved the live action version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. So when the next live action Dr. Seuss story, the Cat in the Hat, was released, of course I was super excited to see it. I remember sitting in the theatre, impatiently waiting for the previews to hurry up and end so the movie could start. But then it finally did. And after the first appareance of the Cat, I was frightened! I spent most of the runtime with my hands over my eyes. I had my Dad buy the DVD when it was finally released, so I could actually watch the entire movie, and see if I liked it. And even as an 8 year old, I hated it. I barely made it through the whole film! I've never watched it since, and I don't ever plan on it. If my future children ever come across it and want to see it, I will not let them! This movie is trash, and it does no justice to Dr. Seuss' original story.

[@ronanstreby9013]

I was scared by that movie when I saw only five seconds of it. It was the scene where the fish gets flushed down the toilet.

[@gr8darklord604]

the live action Grinch scared the shit out of me as a kid. I actually had a nightmare on Christmas Eve. I dreamed that his long, hairy hand curled around the door. strangley enough, i was never afraid of Freddy Krueger though.

[@whitherwhence]

When l was 9 or so, on one of the very first time was left alone at home, l cought this movie on TV. lt gave me nightmares.

[@ronanstreby9013]

gr8 darklord I hated that movie too. I refused to watch it. In fact, the only time I ever really saw it was the cinemasins review.

[@stormstrider1990]

Critic, is that what happen's when Pepe Le Pew makes whoopie with Ronald Mc. Donald?

[@videogamehunter820]

I would KILL to have seen a video of them watching this movie for the NC review. That would have been hilarious.

[@silmarien1383]

Yeah, that should be their next show: taping themselves watching the really bad movies.

[@hellogoodbye3678]

@@silmarien1383 yooo predicted the future

[@PeeperSnail]

So official rating: Horton Hears a Who > The Lorax > The Grinch > The Cat in The Hat

[@LieseFury]

The Lorax was even worse than The Cat in The Hat.

[@PeeperSnail]

Garrett Thomas Factually wrong opinion :Y

[@LieseFury]

It turned an environmentalist warning tale into a pro-capitalism shitfest, and barely remembered to tack on the "oh yeah care about the environment please" bit at the end. The Cat In The Hat is at least vaguely similar to the book. The Cat shows up, he has fun and makes a mess, the kids send him out, then he comes back to fix his mess. A lot of the ending scenes in the movie are based on the sequel book, The Cat In The Hat Comes Back. The Lorax has nearly nothing from the original book except for names and creatures.

[@PeeperSnail]

Garrett Thomas The attempt to turn the Lorax into some sort of corporate mascot wasn't present in the movie itself. I agree that, if you include stuff like marketing, The Lorax is worse, but as a stand-alone movie it's better than The Cat in the Hat. The Cat in the Hat is simply very hard to fuck up due to being less plot-reliant than The Lorax. What the movie lacks in missing the original book's message, however, makes it up in copious ammounts of filler that is, in my opinion, much more insulting to the books than whatever showed up in The Lorax. Say what you want about The Lorax, but I don't recall it ever trying to fire adult joke after adult joke, and there aren't scenes that don't contribute to the plot, as ridiculous as it might be. The Dr. Seuss style doesn't lend itself well to live action, and no other movie shows it better than this one. As Doug mentioned in the review, Mike Myers looks like he's in a cardboard cutout, Thing 1 and Thing 2 look gross, the scenery looks alien instead of endearing and the costumes the actors wear look like plastic in a futile attempt to recreate the style of the book.

[@Duckmaster100]

What about the new grinch

[@doktor_ghul]

They could just change the name of the film, call it " Mike Myers: Asshole In Fur", and forget about it.

[@roelsoetewey9883]

WTF this movie is awesome. When i was young it was my favorite movie!

[@anonymoustoast5530]

+Roel Soetewey no this movie was just stupid..

[@azura-moonstar]

how? nothing made sense and nothing was like the poem.... it one of the most basic poems seuss wrote.

[@franny24mangi]

I can't wait for a Nostalgia Critic episode on The Love Guru

[@randalgraves6979]

IT STINKS!!!

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@randalgraves6979 Yes, Mr. Sherman, everything stinks.

[@joeycook7076]

This video is the EXACT same runtime as the critics review of the movie

[@whatiftherewasanun]

Eh, needs another second.

[@Luceshoe13]

I was just about to say that

[@pursuing222]

how would anyone know that lol

[@pursuing222]

you missed the point of the question.

[@3Guys1Video]

holy shit

[@trajan74]

This summer, Sony Pictures Presents a Bad Robot production: "Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood: Revenge of the Sweater." Stolen from a hypothetical by Rob Walker.

[@mattheworlandi1129]

Dr. Seuss book adaptations from best to worst (in my opinion, of course): 1. Horton Hears a Who! - This is the only one that I like. If it weren't for those incredibly forced pop culture references, I would have loved this movie. Other than that, they captured the spirit of the book (mostly), the characters designs looked like the ones in the book, the casting was solid, surprisingly a lot of the humor was pretty effective, and it still kept the message that Dr. Seuss delivered without pandering too much to today's day and age. 2. The Grinch - The only that keeps me from hating this movie was Jim Carrey's performance. I thought he played the character really well and I found it for the most part pretty funny. Everything else I hated. I hate how dreary it looks, I hate the pop culture references, and it doesn't capture the spirit of the book. 3. The Lorax - Even though it's colorful and well animated, this whole film was so insufferable! Numerous pop culture references that feel so out of place, obvious celebrity voice cash-ins, horrible looking character designs, extremely annoying humor, PAINFULLY forced pop songs that are not needed at all, and completely ignores the point of the story's moral. 4. Cat in the Hat - What Doug and Rob said. UUUGGGGHHHHH!!!! Why do these movies rely so much on pop culture references?

[@captainjakemerica4579]

What where the forced pop culture references in Horton Hears a Who?

[@mattheworlandi1129]

Well thankfully, there aren't a whole lot of them, at least as far as Seuss movies go. But to answer your question, I'm talking about the anime reference, the iPhone reference (they call it a Who-Phone), and that song "Can't Fight this Feeling". Yeah, 'cause when we think of Dr. Seuss, we think of '80s pop culture and Dragonball Z. Maybe I let them bother me a little too much, but every time any movie references something that have nothing to do with the story, it really makes me cringe. That's one of the reasons why I hate the other movies so much.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Matthew Orlandi True good point but personally I didn't mind those references but thats just me. I will admit I wasn't a big fan of the anime reference but I found the who phone and the 80s song nicely used and funny. I agree with you Dr. Seuss did rely too much on pop culture references and the movie is either pretty dated by now or is on it's way to being dated.

[@fortblocks]

Because the chart says...

[@hinasakukimi]

you're forgetting the 1966 version of the grinch and the 1972 version of the lorax.

[@OctoAri]

What I always enjoyed most about the Grinch movie was the character's backstory. The fact he was bullied as a child gave him a whole other level to hating everyone back home that I preferred over the original "they make noise and they are too happy on Christmas" thing he had previous. There are things I could have lived without but I still love that backstory.

[@YugoTheCat]

Imagine if they actually did a First Viewing video of this movie? I would love to see Rob snaps on camera. I do feel his pain when that moment happened.

[@Tareltonlives]

*joins Rob in the slow clap*

[@tmzissupergay]

*clapping intensifies

[@rhino3784]

+tmzissupergay and everybody stands

[@theallknowingnerd8107]

Plays Rocky 4 clip

[@NemeyukoP]

Claps too

[@alixjamieson2177]

*throws rose*

[@BrainDeadBoffin]

Doug and Rob's suffering is not over; the studio behind Minions and The Lorax are releasing a computer animated Grinch movie in November 2017.

[@sparkofmadness9737]

NOOOOOOOOO!

[@BrainDeadBoffin]

Aidan Cummings I wish it wasn't true....but on the bright side, The Grinch is being voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, and he'll no doubt nail the part like he always does.

[@sparkofmadness9737]

+BrainDeadBoffin At least that part's good

[@BrainDeadBoffin]

Aidan Cummings I just hope it'll be more like the Chuck Jones cartoon and less like the Jim Carrey movie.

[@sparkofmadness9737]

+BrainDeadBoffin Same here

[@iKillerZombie]

Well the chart says...

[@nina6352]

iKillerZombie why are you down here

[@freddiefaulig8751]

But the chart says...

[@iKillerZombie]

Sebastian Grindborg But the chart SAYS!

[@iKillerZombie]

Sebastian Grindborg But the chart... SAYS!!!!

[@iKillerZombie]

Sebastian Grindborg I don't understand, can you phrase what you're saying in the form of a chart?

[@joeywomer]

Rob seems more disappointed than his brother. Look how he keeps his arms folded throughout the video.

[@carterevanroust]

The Grinch's make-up is amazing because it was made by Rick Baker. He's worked on some awful pictures but his make-up is always the only good thing. He loves his art so much and he's such a professional that he puts the same amount of effort into everything he does.

[@astrodome1994]

He also did the makeup for the "Thriller" video (yes, the Michael Jackson one).

[@britishnerd3919]

I think that Horton and Grinch are best because they still capture the spirit of the original, where as Lorax and Cat in the Hat miss it completely.

[@andrewheaney4874]

Grinch I think does not capture the spirit of the original, due to the painful jokes, the botched message, Pop Culture jokes, Jim Carrey prancing, etc. Unlike Lorax and Cat in the Hat though, there was effort put into it. I'm not going to say Grinch is a good movie, but it did try. I agree with you in Horton.

[@britishnerd3919]

Andrew Heaney Thanks.

[@Dim4323]

+Andrew Heaney first half was about the town. second half was like the book

[@andrewheaney4874]

+Anthony Barratt You are correct that what happened when it comes to events was like the book in the second half. However, the execution and the way they presented the message was different from the book. There was the unnecessary and painful dog-but-kissing scene along with a few Pop cultural references (even though they weren't that bad), and there was the un-subtle message when the Grinch's heart grows (where he jumps). It feels way less powerful and more half-assed than the books and the cartoon. With that said, a lot more effort was put into this film than Lorax and Cat in the Hat. Unlike Cat in the Hat where almost every joke was pailful to say the least or Lorax where it was very childish, some of the jokes in the Grinch are downright hilarious! In fact, only two out of all the jokes in Grinch were really that bad (dog-but-kissing and Jim Carrey falling into a woman's chest). Horton Hears a Who is much closer than any of them. The focus (for the most part) is on the main story. Sure, there was that pointless anime reference, and a couple jokes went nowhere, but otherwise, it was decent.

[@Dim4323]

+Andrew Heaney yeah but the first was to know the characters. think about the animated movie their only 3 and that's it

[@rattailtony2900]

The thumbnail said it all.

[@endergeek236]

Exactly! There's nothing else to be said!

[@endergeek236]

+Mando 314159 It's actually kind of admirable how they said it all in one frame.

[@TheGrayMysterious]

I used to watch this film all the time when I was a kid. My dad was always trying to stop me, saying he thought it was stupid and unfunny and always questioned how the hell I liked it at all. God, I wish I had listened to him and burned the DVD as soon as I had the chance.

[@marcohidalgo1101]

I know this was a long time ago, but your dad should've gotten you the Peter Pan (2003) DVD after seeing the trailer on the Cat in the Hat DVD. It's a superior film by all means.

[@josephlowry4320]

I glad I stop watching that god awful mess and threw the dvd away, it’s absolute crap.

[@CrazyGamerDragon64]

7:55 "WHY ARE WE WATCHING THIS?!"~Rob Walker Must be one of the best freak outs I've ever seen

[@MegaAnimationFan]

I was at Target earlier today. And I saw this movie on Blu-Ray.................Now THAT Rob, is soul crushing! Even the employee who was organizing the disks had no idea why this exists.

[@death-king1834]

In my opinion, and people are probably going to give me shit for this, since this company has been buying up everything, but I think it would be better if Disney had the rights to Dr. Sesus's work. Cause say what you will about Disney, but I think they would try a lot harder to stay closer to the messages and spirit of Sesus's work then Universal who seem to just want to add shitty dated editions. Or hell give it to Warner Bros. I mean most of their cartoon adaptions of Sesus's work are nearly pitch perfect in terms of keeping true to the spirit of the books.

[@L337playing]

Man, seeing this boundless optimism of the past for Disney really makes it more difficult to look at the wreck that is Star Wars today...

[@joshmontemayor1212]

Not all of the Dr. Suess movies are from Universal. Horton is from 20th Century Fox.

[@MichaelSar12IsBack]

Can we all just agree that the Fish was the best part of the film, creepy character design aside?

[@rainstarflowerdroplets9624]

True

[@joyunicycle]

MichaelSar12IsBack Very much agreed :)

[@Ward1706]

MichaelSar12IsBack I think the ending credits were the best part of the film: it means the torture is over!

[@LeeroyTheWrathBear]

Naw cuz the fish had a somewhat annoying voice.

[@RhythmGameAddict]

+MichaelSar12IsBack I was a little kid when the movie was being released, and seeing that fish in the trailer was what convinced me to *not* see the movie. Pretty glad I made that choice.

[@pythiasibyls6269]

Ok... So I just made the ultimate reference connection... The scene in Mike Meyers film version of The Cat In the Hat where he is hit in the balls and appears on a swing, dressed in a gown, is a reference to the man-rape scene in Myra Breckenridge when Raquel Welch is climaxing and appears in a similar dress, swinging on an identical swing... *BOOM* Get that out of your head next time you see that scene!

[@MauricioVasquezSpirits]

A reference to a rape scene in Cat in the Hat... A FAMILY PICTURE!

[@Tareltonlives]

+Pythia Sibyls Because everyone loved that movie!

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Wasn't that also a terrible film? Why would they reference it in this? Especially when it almost got an NC-17 before cuts?

[@alecbama1]

WHY ARE WE WATCHING THIS is Rob Walker's greatest moment ever.

[@V4Now]

Sometimes your "Real Thoughts" are more interesting than your reviews :)

[@theAngryscotman]

+V4Now That's what's endeared me to Doug over the years really. He can be funny but I like his analysis better honestly .

[@andrewkful]

*sees new video pop up at the top of his Subscriptions, sees it's another Real Thoughts, the thumbnail is of Doug and Rob giving us the finger* ... HA! HAHAHAHHAHAHHHA!!!!!

[@harrietamidala1691]

andrewkful Yeah, that pretty much sums up what they think of Cat in the Hat.

[@jdraven0890]

andrewkful Hah! Yes - two fingers up! Reminds me of two other movie critics...sorta.

[@applesandgrapesfordinner4626]

andrewkful I think I have been sodomized.

[@Bintbilal]

Yeah

[@jorrogboe]

andrewkful Quit narrating your life, no one gives a flying fuck.

[@AlecDraven]

7:15 Does anyone else wish that they'd done a "First Viewing" of this film so we might see that moment? I feel sorry I missed it.

[@kaitlynavila9280]

I love how they spent the first 3 or so minutes talking about The Grinch. That's how much they DON'T wanna talk about Cat in the Hat

[@KassiKandi]

The reason they stopped making live action Seuss movies is because Mrs. Geisel hated The Cat in the Hat and was so embarrassed by it that she said that they would never make another one. Part of the problem, too, is because she okayed the casting of Mike Myers without having known much about his raunchy tone as she's said in interviews that she's never seen Austin Powers.

[@Lakitu1134]

Isn't it weird that Jim Carey played TWO of Dr. Seuss's titular characters in their respective movies?

[@Lakitu1134]

He voiced Horton

[@SilverAshes001]

+Lakitu1134 Really? Then again I only watched it once and it was in sixth grade.

[@freddiefaulig8751]

It's Jim Carry. Not Jim Carey

[@SteveCarras]

Yes, and besides the first, the Grinch, he played another well known similiar character, Charles Dickens' Scrooge, in 2009, at Disney.

[@SteveCarras]

He was Horton? I was thinking about the live action Grinch! Horton though was Fox, interestingly, as opposed to Universal.

[@oldfashionedguy1368]

Rob really has anger issues going on at 7:56, I did laugh though when he shook Doug angrily and shouted ''WHY ARE WE WATCHING THIS!!!!''

[@JeffVaderVEVO]

“Imagine if they made a live action Mickey Mouse movie with a guy in a Mickey Mouse suit” Disney: *takes notes*

[@Dim4323]

Dont give them ideas.

[@OtakuD50]

I'm up for a live action Scoob and Shag adaptation.

[@karriemitchell1654]

I grew up LOVING all the books I saw this movie when I was 11 or 12...I cried on the way home it was so insulting and so bad.

[@nathanforester5993]

The interview on the making of the Grinch with Jim Carrey is absolutely right, I recall him saying that 'you could hit me in the face with a baseball bat and I would just say good morning..nice to meet you', and i'm still amazed about how Carrey was able to be so patient.

[@Viva_Reverie]

Cat in the Hat is a guilty pleasure for me, I feel dirty D:

[@solesurvivor327]

I hear you. Oh, this movie is AWFUL..but for some BIZARRE reason I can't hate it. Maybe it's because I enjoy Mike Myers, who I can tell is truly trying but spectacularly failing, but I don't know. I just like it and I can't truly explain why.

[@charko7916]

Viva "IMMATOONLINK" Reverie milking cow suprise I feel like the movie is a turd, with some gems sprinkled in. Even now, scenes like "All right, Nevins, Time.. to die!" "Dirty Hoe!" and the whole Kupcake-inator scene STILL make me giggle. :s

[@ericbaker966]

Viva "IMMATOONLINK" Reverie You should.

[@kylec.9092]

Viva "IMMATOONLINK" Reverie Holy crap, I found you here of all places... wait everybody loves Doug... well, I love your videos. Okay bye. ᵛʳᵒᵒᵐ ᵛʳᵒᵒᵐ ᵛʳᵒᵒᵐ ᵛʳᵒᵒᵐ.

[@Firestar4041]

Viva "IMMATOONLINK" Reverie 17 scrubbing of hard liquor, soap and salt should help clean ya off

[@CJCroen1393]

The original Cat in the Hat wasn't even fitting in the role of a "wacky" character! He was a sleek, dignified guy with a strange sense of humor and a few trickster qualities. They had to throw all of that in the garbage in the live-action abomination and make him a wacky, Bugs Bunny rip-off.

[@animegx45]

I liked Horton. It was actually faithful to the original story from start to finish.

[@Whitby_Abbeys_Ghost]

animegx45 Except for that anime spoof moment, I agree. I even teared up a little I think.

[@rmn070]

Yeah! How does Doug dislike it?

[@sammontanez6908]

Yeah and Jim Carrey was the perfect choice to play Horton. And honestly, Jim Carrey was better as an elephant 🐘 than he was as the Grinch.

[@chasejensen4658]

​@@rmn070I've seen Doug's review of it. He considers it an okay middle-of-the-road flick.

[@TheaterPup]

I remember Richard Hunt, one of the Muppet performers, saying back in the '70s that their types of jokes wouldn't work with human beings. Clearly someone in Hollywood never learned this lesson.

[@MikeRoweWave1]

About the swinging scene: I always assumed that was supposed to be him going to his mental "happy place" in order to deal with the pain.

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

Technically, we DO have a good Cat in the Hat movie. It was called In Search of Doctor Seuss. (Seriously, Matt Frewer? Surprisingly a great Cat.) Or you could just stick with the animated version, which was great.

[@harrietamidala1691]

Yes, I remember watching that movie as a kid. It's surprisingly educational about Dr. Seuss's life and work.

[@codyssmith73]

I saw this in theatres with my Mom & Sister. We walked out after 10 minutes.

[@MistrManDino]

bull

[@whoknowswhocares885]

Cody Smith I saw this in theaters but i was too young to remember it

[@tjman4616]

dude you made me laugh and i spit on my screen

[@MlgNiko19]

We are watching it in class and no one can walk out pray for me please

[@Yunone]

Cody Smith, I hoped you got a refund after walking out 10 minutes in the film.

[@insulttothehumanrace3807]

Never saw Cat in the Hat, but saw advertisements for it... and thank you two so much for informing me about how horrifyingly terrible it is. As for people who like the live action Grinch... I can't speak for most people, but I personally sort of like the additional message they added, with the Whos also learning a lesson. Detracts horribly from the message of the original, yes, but it does not rape its skeleton like Cat and the Hat did. Other than that, though, I think I'll default to my mother's opinion on the live-action Grinch: It's okay to watch 10 minutes at a time; longer than that, and it's painful. And yeah, as other people have stated, Horton Hears a Who is the best of the Seuss movies by far. Animation fits the look of Seuss' books, plot didn't wander too terribly far from the original (from what I remember), the message and heart of the original stayed mostly intact... it was good. Not great, has issues (lame anime references, Horton is occasionally hard to watch), but still good.

[@mattascencion6317]

I remember going to theaters and seeing this movie as a kid. Wasted two hours of my childhood for something that didn't even gave the five year old me a lesson but just the weirdest imagery and the scariest design for a lead character.

[@MorbidElegy]

I liked the Jim Carrey grinch when I was a kid, and there's definitely a few quotable lines from it (my family speaks in movie quotes 20 percent of the time, mostly from Liar Liar). I don't think it's a good movie now, though.

[@jdpragmatic8644]

22:25 I love that scenario that Rob gives, it was just perfect.

[@patrickstar867]

Jim Carrey's performance in the Grinch was probably the best thing about it. Cat in the hat, however? Nothing. Not even one thing.

[@misspresident95]

The Grinch is another one of those that gets away with it because of Christmas spirit. I still watch it around Christmas because it has the original message pretty much intact and that time of year does something to the majority of people which makes 'OK' movies so much better.

[@lovatredacted2482]

How The Grinch Stole Christmas may be a bad movie, but it did have good things in it. Like how they were actually trying to tell the story, just doing a different take on it. And some of the jokes were pretty funny, I'll admit. But The Cat in the Hat is just... Oh God. It was painful to watch.

[@film017forever]

7:56: In my opinion, this would be the perfect new KZbin Poop clip.

[@03bgood]

Mike Myers career tanked with The Love Guru, people saw him as a talentless hack after that film. The Wanye's World, Austin Powers, and Shrek eras were pretty much over by then and it's sad really because I liked him in Wayne's World, the first two Austin Powers, and the first, second, and fourth Shrek films but the Love Guru killed his career like The Master of Disguise killed Dana Carvey's career, his Wayne's World co-star who hasn't really acted since then. At least actors like Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, and Rick Moranis quit acting when their careers tank but then we have people like Adam Sandler and Eddie Murphy who just keep it up long past their prime and keep churning out stupid crap like The Haunted Mansion, Norbit, Meet Dave, Jack & Jill, and Grown Ups 2! I mean, enough is enough!

[@MichaelSar12IsBack]

***** Mike Myers should do more voice-over work. I liked him as Shrek.

[@03bgood]

Do you want a Wayne's World 3, Austin Powers 4, or Shrek 5? Our do you want a Love Guru 2, LOL JK about the last one!

[@Naruke0Nick]

+03bgood Rick Moranis Quit acting because his wife died and he wanted to raise his kids.

[@03bgood]

It's a shame that Canadian actors quit while they're young but then again, we don't need any more Adam Sandlers.

[@MichaelSar12IsBack]

+Andrew Dubowitz He was in an episode of "The Fairly OddParents" as Cosmo's brother Schnozzmo, too.

[@death-king1834]

According to what I've read online this was Bo Welch's only directing effort. Cat in the Hat was so bad it destroyed his dreams of film directing.

[@hunterolaughlin]

Actually he directed a few episodes of Netflix’s adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events and his directing there is an improvement on his directorial debut with The Cat in the Hat. Hopefully, this could be a sign he could direct another feature length film and be an improvement over The Cat in the Hat.

[@kitkatcutie520]

i remember watching it as a kid when it came out. I felt a mixture of boredom and horrified confusion for the most part.

[@orr8103]

the Grinch works if you view it as a parody rather than an adaption.

[@alixjamieson2177]

I think that works with all the Dr Seuss movies if you think about it

[@orr8103]

+ThatNerdGirl 7 i havent seen horton but i dont think it works with cat in the hat or lorax. with grinch you can tell that the creaters actually like the source material. the cat not so much. Lorax is...debatable.

[@orr8103]

***** i didnt know that. A tim burton directed cat in the hat could've been really good. Its a shame we all missed out.

[@luisf2793]

That's what I taught I still hated

[@Dim4323]

Alex Drake it simply two halfs. the 2nd half is simply faithful

[@RiderNexus]

Apparently both the Grinch and Cat in the Hat are getting animated remakes, with Audrey Geisel as executive producer

[@Aethereon718]

What's funny is that I had this movie on VHS as a kid and I never saw it because it was too scary for me. Now I see why

[@DarthRushy]

I love it when Doug and Rob do deep voices, they sound so hilarious.

[@Lalocadelosgatos012]

I watched this movie with my little cousins and sister because we rented it for a day or two and. not gonna lie, maybe because my family is just born with a sarcastic asshole gene or something, but we stay all the time of the movie with a rised eyebrown. My little sister (8 years old at the time) sugested to take out the movie at the half of it and put brother bear instead, and everybody agreed...

[@squashedshibber2684]

I hate the fact I grew up with basically every single shit kids movie they reviewed. Even as a kid I found them boring and forgetful, but tolerated them because it was something to waste time with.

[@Dim4323]

just like Disney Frozen

[@FedorovAvtomat]

+Seal Girl That is the bad news. The good news is now you can carry the vision, and make sure that shit like this does not reach future generations.

[@FedorovAvtomat]

+Seal Girl That is the bad news. The good news is now you can carry the vision, and make sure that shit like this does not reach future generations.

[@AndreB23]

Real Thoughts on Garbage Pail Kids, anyone? C:

[@drow_Lilith9940]

Andre B 20min of throwing up

[@hassaanmirza4628]

You're reaping the whirlwind, man. :p

[@Theyungcity23]

Andre B They should do a ten minute Real Thoughs where they swear up and down that it was a legitimately awesome film and all the negative talk they made about it in the past was a social test to see if people could be duped to overlook brilliance.

[@LordoftheJimmy]

Andre B Yes! Gotta see more anger!

[@matthewmurray2702]

Andre B It's his least favorite movie as shown in his Top 11 worst movies pretty much shows he's thoughts on the movie and I think Rob is pretty much on the same train.

[@mistressvampyrelover]

I remember watching this the first and only time; I was in my parent's living room with my mom and little sister and we were all mortified. It was one of the few times my mom let me cuss in the house. When it was finished I just looked at my mom and said 'what the fuck was that?'

[@datemasamune2904]

"Horton Hears a Who is not Nostalgia Critic material" *3 Years later*

[@farlong4948]

Yeah, but even then, it wasn’t very good.

[@VegetaSoup]

The Grinch is like..a guilty pleasure to me. I always saw it in my childhood and I knew it was horrible, but for some reason it had charm to me. But, with Cat in the Hat, it was like sodomy against Dr. Seuss. It was insulting and nearly made me vomit.

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

Sionnanful it's the environment. For all that's going on the environment actually feels like Whoville. Coupled with Jim Carrey's performance and energy it worked.

[@345635356]

Jim as the Grinch is relatable, his grinch is kind of a comedic manifestation of the cinisism we all have for the season and people

[@muthesquirrel]

Lorax was my least favourite because it missed the point so heavily. Grinch and Cat in the Hat I find unwatchable, Cat in the Hat also uncomfortable, but Lorax actually made me angry. Horton was the best, but that's not saying much. It's not a movie I'd own but it was at least watchable and had some funny bits. I think the reason it makes me angry is because I knew people would like Lorax, despite how terribly they missed the entire original story but with Cat in the Hat I knew NO-ONE would like it. Finally, Fox in Socks is my favourite Seuss story. Don't make a movie out of it!!

[@cybertronguy98]

Andy Semple FOX IN SOCKS!

[@MichaelSar12IsBack]

+Andy Semple It'd make a funny cartoon short, I think. I love that book. "Now we come to ticks and tocks, sir. Try to say this, Mr. Knox, sir."

[@muthesquirrel]

MichaelSar12IsBack A hand drawn cartoon short in the style of the original shorts sure, I'd enjoy that. But they'd wanna make it CG now, add in some pop songs, stretch it out to an hour and a half, cut out all that 'rhyming' stuff and add in a superfluous love interest for the more relatable hipster main character they added.

[@cybertronguy98]

Andy Semple gee that sounds familiar

[@muthesquirrel]

Brandon Thompson It's all of them! Except Cat in the Hat lacked the love interest. It had racist stereotypes instead. Bless.

[@EyeOfArgus]

I wonder if this is seen to be as bad as garbage pail kids

[@EyeOfArgus]

***** I see

[@firefly4f4]

***** Rob mentions GBK at about the 21 minute mark.

[@sailoritaly]

Wouldn't surprise me

[@FedorovAvtomat]

***** Is that Batman with the head of the Sinistar?

[@EyeOfArgus]

FedorovAvtomat close, slenderman with the head of sinistar

[@TheTundraTerror]

I remember going to see this movie at 12 years old, and guess what? I walked out. Even at 12 years old, I knew this movie was a piece of shit. It is the only movie I've ever walked out of.

[@bigthrillsmike3950]

My mom got this for me for my birthday and watched this with me at 4 years old she said after it was over "I'm never having my son watch that again" 😂😂😂

[@stormstrider1990]

5:00- 5:30 Word, Doug. Word.

[@helgmelia84]

Rob: "How do you sleep at night?" Studio Exec: "On top of a pile of money, with many beautiful ladies."

[@sipioc]

Hate to say it but kids today like it. But they also like shows like Teen Titans Go and Uncle Grandpa. I weep.

[@emiranda2491]

sipioc I feel you, man.....T_T

[@helpimarock66]

Well, to be fair, Uncle grandpa's not that bad. It's by no means good, but for a show that is actually putting in an effort to be nonsensical and bat shit insane, it does feel like it can be pretty creative. I do agree about teen titans go, though. Everything about it is just cheap, corporate, textbook manipulation.

[@LieseFury]

Kids today weren't around when this movie came out. I was eight and I loved it because eight-year-olds are morons. There's no generation-specific nonsense going on.

[@cashthecurator666]

sipioc Well, most kids are just too fucking dumb to see a shit movie when they see it.

[@anonymouscontributor1520]

They’ll come back to them years later and realize they’re shit

[@CrazyQuilman157]

That feeling when you learned the guy who voiced the cat in the well-known cartoon is the same guy who sings Camp Grenada. Which is awesome.

[@KenRulesLife]

You can switch out "The Cat In The Hat" and replace it with "Hurricane Katrina" and this review is just about the same.

[@n1nt3n_35]

As much as I want to hate it I can't. It's a guilty pleasure of mine because when I was 6 I would watch this movie 2 times a day.

[@pinkiebows111]

@@CaptJosmy The Disney Little Mermaid?

[@bionicleanime]

my cousin had a bootleg of this from chinatown that she got from her dad. neither of us ever forgave him for that since it killed a part of our soul.

[@FischerFilmStudio]

I once got a bootleg from chinatown... Gremlins ate my neighbors...

[@CJTheReal]

+Kristian Fischer fuckin' Lo Pan.

[@isaacgleeth3609]

Doug: "...like they can't find out why they liked The Grinch but not Cat in the Hat." Rob: [pulls out a small dry-erase board with mumbo-jumbo on it] "Well, the chart says..."

[@LadyOnikara]

I do wonder if a live-action Cat in the Hat movie would've worked if the guy playing the main character actually wanted to do it. Mike Meyers did NOT want to do this at all.

[@hunterolaughlin]

I highly doubt Tim Allen, who was the original forerunner for the role of The Cat in the Hat, would’ve saved the film even with doing his best with the material given him. At least he would’ve looked like he was putting more effort in his performance than Mike Myers and his improvised jokes would’ve been more funnier than Myers’.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

I have a lot of respect for Jim Carrey with all the stuff he did to make it possible for him to do anything in that suit, like he had to get lessons from a CIA specialist who taught torture resistance techniques to operatives and stuff. That's hardcore.

[@al.109]

Happy 2 decades to this masterpiece. Genuinely one of my favorite so-bad-its-good movies alongside The Room.

[@TheKorfish]

I remember even as a kid wondering "Why Paris Hilton in here" granted my preteen mind was welcoming to that but overall I was like "Didint she release a sex tape why is she in a kids movie"

[@albertoandroidain]

Honestly, I don't think this movie is that bad from a technical point of view. The Cat's gadgets, like the Cupcake-Inator or the S.L.O.W. were really well designed and built, and looked like they were picked straight out of a Dr Seuss book. Also, they had to build more than 20 houses to make up a fake neighbourhood where the movie was going to be recorded. The opening animation looks really nice too, and fits the spirit of the story. The soundtrack (I'm talking about the musical score by David Newman) was also well fitting, and I specially enjoy how the main title sounds. What do al these things hace in common? All these people made a lot of effort in order to make these things, while the writers didn't even TRY to make something half-decent. Al they did was write a script that gave people what was popular at the time, and rimed once in a while just to remind us that de were supposedly watching a Dr Seuss movie. Just thinking about that irritantes me a lot...

[@dalekusa]

0:46 Rob doing his best AVGN impression.

[@supermichael9857]

When my mom saw it. She left the theatre when the baby grinch appeared.

[@aidanredding8058]

Baby Grinch? When did that happen?

[@IdeaBox-dk5vj]

@@aidanredding8058 That's from the live-action Grinch movie.

[@aidanredding8058]

@@IdeaBox-dk5vj Ok, thanks. I thought they were talking about Cat in the Hat

[@tayojones9460]

I can't wait until they do their real thoughts on the grinch and lorax.

[@zachwillas6329]

I can only imagine how butchered Dr. Seuss's work would've been if his wife didn't step in.