1st viewing:
I’m really sleepy brained rn, so expect me to update this review to explain my reasoning, but basically, I feel like this may be placed ranking wise as my 2nd favorite movie of all time, but really it’s tied with Inside Out as my number one favorite. Hell, if I think about days or weeks from now, I may bump it up to being my number one favorite.
(Okay, so I’m up now and I don’t have as…
1st viewing:
"Love yourself first."
I am so happy that I can say that I saw this movie. Its wondrous grimy atmosphere made me happy, the dialogue made me happy, the voice acting made me happy, the stop motion animation made me happy, its raw emotionally tremendous not holding back depiction of mental illness made me majorly happy, and its ending shot left me bittersweet but still very happy. A film has to be incredibly special to provide me with a grand load of happiness, and this film supplied me with all that I ever wanted.
1st viewing:
[I watched a Portland touring 2022 stage production of this]
I didn’t watch the vhs filmed movie of the stage show of Cats as much as my sister did in my childhood, but I still was in the room quite a bit when she sometimes had it on. So I have some nostalgia from it, obviously not as much as my sister, but still, I still had some which helped bring most of my enjoyment of this Portland…
The only flaw I have with this film is that it didn't end with one of the creatures peeling off their mask to reveal the face of Dwight where he whispers 'Got ya Jim.'
Its concept and message is great, but its lasting impact, ehhhhhhhh didn't make me go 'WOAH HOLY FRICK' like all the other BM episodes. But I did enjoy the Sonic Screwdriver cameo.
