Right now, I recall vague memories of watching this movie as a young kid, back in the late 1990s. None of those memories were around when I was staring at the title Cats Don't Dance on Netflicks this February. All I felt was a sense of familiarity, so I watched it. I am very glad I did! I found the storyline to be inspiring and and the comedy was great! What really stuck with me was both the characters and the music. I enjoyed watching Danny as he, despite everything that was thrown against him, continued to try again and again. I loved watching Sawyer as she tried to convince herself that Danny would fail and eventually leave, then finally turning around and following her heart. I loved listening to the music, which was mostly accurate for the time and was done so well. I have remained an avid fan of the movie ever since that day.
Some of my favorite scences were:
Danny's Arrival
Farley Wink's office.
Sawyer's Song
The Song on Stage
After The Song on Stage
The Movie Poster Ending
The few things I didn't like about the movie were:
The Fast Pace (Only 75 minutes? It should have been longer...)
The Amount of Time Spent on the Protagonist (Danny) and the Deuteragonist (Sawyer) (I feel that more time should have been spent on their background and whatnot. It just doesn't seem fair to make them the way they are and not give much background.)
When you consider the circumstances of the production of the movie, that is what keeps this movie the 10 rating (at least for me). When Disney was the king of the full-length animation movie industry, Turner was still determined to try. Then, Turner was bought by Warner Brothers and the movie was given little advertisement. But, it still survived after all these years. I believe this movie to be one of the best I have seen.
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I agree with the consensus of this review. If it weren't for
perseverance, comrade Stalin would never had triumphed against the
Fascist Hitlerite hordes and saved Europe (of course Stalin was a
paranoid tyrant, but you take the good with the bad). Of course there
was much defeatism (though commissars can solve that), but still
Stalin persevered. I find that to be a pretty good allegory, I'm quite
proud of myself on that count. |