General annoyances (SPOILERS!!!)


Boy, was Paws ever underused. Leaving aside the fact that The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs (which these movies rip off quite heavily) already had a Jaws-like character with the far more appropriate name of "Maws," Paws here was... just an afterthought almost.

And the twist about him was so stupid. Did he actually need to be a robot? What did that add? One more joke for Seamus to spew? Why would he want a robot cat for Christmas, anyway? Anyway, Paws' metal teeth already would've still let him bite the cable and short out Kitty's machine so there was no need for him to wind up being entirely metal. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

The movie Innerspace had a character named Mr. Igoe, who, in the script, was revealed as a robot at the end, built by the movie's female villain. Wisely, Joe Dante and Steven Spielberg nixed this idea and made Igoe just an ordinary guy (albeit with a swappable series of hand-weapons). Which means the screenwriter(s) for Revenge of Kitty Galore used an idea that was deemed too stupid for an earlier, better movie.

And while we're on the subject of Kitty's henchmen, what happened to the MacDougal Twins? I was waiting for them to return at the climax, and they never did. Why even add them if they're going to be in only one scene? Could've written them out and had *Paws* attack the ferry. It would've given the underused metal-toothed kitty something to do!

And lastly, this is just me being a true nitpicking whiner, but why was the German satellite base's guard dog American? I don't mean the breed, but the accent. I wanna say they were trying to be un-stereotypical by having a guard dog in Germany that wasn't a German shepherd with a Teutonic accent... but since everything else in the movie is so utterly cliched and devoid of originality I just can't. They wasted a good opportunity to show a non-American dog protecting mankind. So in addition to the conceit of dogs always being good guys, they're all specifically *American* dogs.

Oh, and the whole movie wouldn't have happened if Kitty hadn't unzipped her puppy suit in front of him, thus giving herself away. If she'd kept the costume on and escaped, the dogs would've gone on thinking some rogue puppy was behind everything, and not the infamous Kitty Galore. When the entire plot happens only because the main villain does something stupid for no reason, you have a problem.


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The dog could tell by scent that it was a cat in a suit, hence why the dog was BARKING.

Oops fogot that did you, bloody idiot.

It's a kids movie that I happen to enjoy. Deal with it.

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I confess I forgot that part. However, him already knowing it was a cat doesn't change the fact he didn't know it was Kitty Galore. And he didn't until she took off her disguise for no reason. So my criticism stands.

And I don't have to deal with anything, either, as whether or not you (or anyone else) like the movie is none of my concern. I didn't make this post to change anyone's opinions about the film, merely to give my own. If you want to watch the film, go ahead, and don't let my negative opinions of it stop you.

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Maybe was a robot, because the writers want someone to bite the cable, if a real animal does bite the cable the It will die and make the kids very sad, even if is evil, and with a liveless robot the sadness is lower

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In a movie with talking animals, Paws surviving getting electrocuted wouldn't have been too out of the ordinary. It's basically a live-action cartoon.

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