Post by StevePulaski on Nov 25, 2010 12:55:44 GMT -5
Rating: ★★
Animal Atlas: Kitten Party may be a harmless kid's film in it's blood, but it's almost too harmless. It's a movie about various kittens attending a party held by Whiskers, the head "cat honcho", and doing all sorts of asinine things and running their little cat hearts out for 75 minutes. How fun! The narrator of this chaos is Eric Schwartz. He narrates Whiskers, and every other cat on screen and even other videos by Animal Atlas/Longneedle Entertainment like Puppy Party and Creepy Creatures.
I bought this for my cat's birthday and honestly, I'm not going to waste a lot of time and typing over this. It's imagery is crystal clear and for a low budget movie to be shot in High Definition I will say it looks wonderful and my expectations weren't that high. I am however disappointed with the amount of footage we got. I understand it's a mere 75 minutes, that's fine, but the fact that the three songs contain an unbelievable amount of reused footage is astonishing.
Reused footage is self explanatory, it's when a movie constantly reuses the same shot over and over again. During the sing-a-long songs that are in the tune to classics like If You're Happy and You Know It and Yankee Doodle, much of the footage is looped (most likely because the cats were just annoyed by the humans) or was already seen in the video. Low budget productions and a minimal number of cats = definite factor. As for the sing-a-longs, they're alright, but the highlight is The Opposite Song. I swear I got more enjoyment singing that song over and over than the entire film itself.
Kitten Party will definitely entertain kids, but provides a lot of "no s***" facts that even five year olds who are targets for this know, like cats hate water and love to run and play. It's a good movie to own for when the babysitter comes over, but as far as a film itself, there can be a whole other opposite song comparing and contrasting that.
Narrated by: Eric Schwartz, Produced by: Longneedle Entertainment, Executive Producer: Peter McDonnell, and Written and Directed by: Peter McDonnell.
Animal Atlas: Kitten Party may be a harmless kid's film in it's blood, but it's almost too harmless. It's a movie about various kittens attending a party held by Whiskers, the head "cat honcho", and doing all sorts of asinine things and running their little cat hearts out for 75 minutes. How fun! The narrator of this chaos is Eric Schwartz. He narrates Whiskers, and every other cat on screen and even other videos by Animal Atlas/Longneedle Entertainment like Puppy Party and Creepy Creatures.
I bought this for my cat's birthday and honestly, I'm not going to waste a lot of time and typing over this. It's imagery is crystal clear and for a low budget movie to be shot in High Definition I will say it looks wonderful and my expectations weren't that high. I am however disappointed with the amount of footage we got. I understand it's a mere 75 minutes, that's fine, but the fact that the three songs contain an unbelievable amount of reused footage is astonishing.
Reused footage is self explanatory, it's when a movie constantly reuses the same shot over and over again. During the sing-a-long songs that are in the tune to classics like If You're Happy and You Know It and Yankee Doodle, much of the footage is looped (most likely because the cats were just annoyed by the humans) or was already seen in the video. Low budget productions and a minimal number of cats = definite factor. As for the sing-a-longs, they're alright, but the highlight is The Opposite Song. I swear I got more enjoyment singing that song over and over than the entire film itself.
Kitten Party will definitely entertain kids, but provides a lot of "no s***" facts that even five year olds who are targets for this know, like cats hate water and love to run and play. It's a good movie to own for when the babysitter comes over, but as far as a film itself, there can be a whole other opposite song comparing and contrasting that.
Narrated by: Eric Schwartz, Produced by: Longneedle Entertainment, Executive Producer: Peter McDonnell, and Written and Directed by: Peter McDonnell.