Me: Did you think their fancy upper middle class white people of the 90s home was built on a radioactive dumpsite or something?!? Nick: YES I THOUGHT THEY WERE MUTANTS
I think it's interesting that this is way more conventional than the actual book. In the sense that like, the cat's a girl and the dog and cat don't get along, etc etc
So w.r.t. the language stuff... it's pretty obvious from the dialogue that the humans are going to leave them there, but the animals don't figure it out until they go. BUT they do understand like... "stay" and they have complete sentences.
ok but how is the cat representation? it's not just a dog movie, ya know! sassy the cat is a minority in the movie. more solid representation for cats in movies. /waves sign
I wonder if it would have been different if they'd gone with another BREED of cat? Himalayans have that 'I'm so snobby' stereotype aesthetic to them you know? But what if they'd cast a brown tabby? would it have landed the same?
I remember liking it as a kid, I don’t know if I’d care for it now. The humor seems...dated. But the animal training is super duper impressive at times.
The cat jumps up onto a door and unlocks the cage for the dog at one point by pulling up on a latch or something? I could be remembering wrong and of course there is trickery and people offscreen giving queues but they get some pretty complex stuff out of their critter stars.
Cats can do some really fun training stuff, provided they are treat-motivated enough (a problem with me, apprentice animal trainer and my cat who doesn’t care for conventional cat treats and refuses to eat his kibble from my hand)
(He likes marshmallows but uh...no) anyway. They are super smart and excellent climbers, with good balance and jumping. Very fun for movie “stunts/acting”.
Homeward Bound
WHY ARE WE ROASTING A DOG MOVIE FROM 1993?
Nick: well..yeah?!
Nick: YES I THOUGHT THEY WERE MUTANTS