Back to... The Cat in the Hat (2003)

Well, enough about what you do.

I'm tired of talking about you.

Let's talk about Cat in the Hat.

And Jesse, since you're a guest and you took a look at our schedule, what about Cat in the Hat was like, that's the episode I want to be on?

Well, some people might say it's nostalgia, but I think it's more than that.

I actually think this is pure auteurism to the fullest extent.

And whether the auteurist is Mike Myers or Bo Welch, it's up in the air.

But I just think like this is like from a period of filmmaking that reached its pinnacle before everything sort of became kind of like a bland mosh of stuff.

Okay, so you're coming at this kind of like from a critical analysis standpoint.

Oh, wait, yeah, you guys aren't looking at this critically?

Well, we look at it from all angles, really, you know? There's a lot that goes in the lifespan of a live-action movie where Mike Myers is in a catsuit and has to get piped in AC in between takes.

Well, the one thing I want you to have in mind when you think about this movie, this movie came out in 2003, okay? Two years after a great American tragedy, 9-11.

So all of that is just sort of lingering over the entire experience of Cat in the Hat.

This is all like a trauma response to

9-11.

9-11 was bad.

I agree with that.

Tanner, how many times did you think of 9-11 while watching this?

You know, I'm going to just say that 9-11 wasn't the first thing that crossed my mind in this movie.

It should be the first two things.

You want to

know what the first thing that crossed my mind with this movie was on a rewatch? That the whole thing is an ad for the 2003 Ford Focus.

That's what this movie is.

It's one long Ford Focus commercial.

Wait, who drove the Ford