![]() ![]() Cat lovers will be outraged by this grave injustice, and I can only hope the sequel rights this grievous wrong. There is just one featured cat in the entire main cast, and the film fails the Bech-Tail Test (two cats, with names, talking to each other about something other than a dog). Despite the title implying a relative parity of pets, the movie is mostly about the dogs. I do have one major bone to pick with The Secret Life of Pets. ![]() And since we’ve seen that Pixar toons and Illumination movies can coexist, there is little reason to doubt that this is going to be an enormous release in the month of July. We all have pets, so the core premise (watch your pets get into mischief while you’re not around) is inherently appealing. And, at the risk of being overly optimistic, everyone I know, young and old, is at least somewhat interested in this picture. The film cost just $75 million to produce, which means it only has to do relatively well to make money.īut if this one (and the star-packed musical Sing set for December) click accordingly, Illumination may find itself in the same sweet spot that DreamWorks Animation (recently bought by Comcast) found itself in the mid-to-late 2000’s. Of course, they first have to have a genuine smash hit that isn’t connected to the Despicable Me movies, but this could be that hit. I will expand on this at a later date, but it’s entirely possible that we end up with a situation where Illumination is now a trusted brand alongside (to a respective extent) Marvel, Disney, and Pixar. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |