Josie and the Pussycats

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This review of Josie and the Pussycats is my submittal to Scotte 1218's Sec ond Annual Stinky Movie Write-Off. If you have a rank movie in mind that just simply ...

Pros: Rachael Leigh Cook is so incredibly hot.
Cons: Turn on the TV. What do you see? Commercials. yippie!

my rating: F

A while back I picked up the latest issue of People Magazine to learn all about the movie stars we so envy. “Oh, Russell broke up with Meg for his sheep in Australia.” “Wow, Jennifer Love Hewitt has real breast.” As I was...

Pros: There's some laughs here. Alan Cummings. No Spice Girls. Under 2 hours.
Cons: It's longer than an hour, the obvious satire you get has no bite.

Hey hey it's the Monkeeeeeeee..... oh sorry. Let me get this protective clothing on and finish tying this bib here. Okay fire up that chainsaw.

Huh? The movies actually not that bad? It's actually better than Spice Girls Movie? Can you...

Pros: A funny look at the influencing of our teens
Cons: Not really about the cartoon

Let me start off by saying why it was I never wanted to go see or rent this movie (that I now own). I am in my mid thirties, so if you do the math correctly I was around when the cartoon first aired (and thanks to satellite TV and Boomerang I can still...

Pros: Surprisingly biting look at the whole media industry
Cons: Movie "sold out" by including bad language.

Okay, I'll be the first to admit that I didn't expect more than a mildly entertaining live action version of the comic strip. Lord knows, I wasn't looking forward to seeing ditzy airhead Melody live and in the flesh. However, living in a small town that...

Pros: Some cute/funny parts
Cons: Boring, predictable, downright stupid.

After all the hype behind this film, I thought I would give it a try when it came out on video. Unfortunately, I did not realize that Josie and the Pussycats was simply a movie full of stupidity and complete mindlessness.

The film...

Pros: ...
Cons: Kodak, Coke, The Gap, MTV, Diesel, Evian, Target, Tide, etc., etc.

About a week ago, I saw one of the coolest movies I've seen all year: Spy Kids.

Yeah, I said Spy Kids! (I'll get back to this in a moment.)

After it ended, I snuck into theater 16 and watched the last 10 minutes of Josie...

Pros: Good looking cast
Cons: Self destructs by embracing that which it attempts to mock.

Subliminal advertising has always been a hot spot in the media. While there are those who think that using hidden messages in order to sway people is nothing short of brainwashing (an opinion usually shared by the general public) there are those who...

Pros: funny, campy, visually attractive
Cons: drags in the middle

When a movie opens up with a crowd of fans screaming for the boy band du jour, named "Du Jour", and the band then breaks into a performance of their hit song "Back Door Lover", complete with the most blatantly homoerotic choreography I've ever...

Pros: A great cast
Cons: A self-conflicting approach

I have this sinking feeling that the adolescent demographic--the studio's target audience, not filmmakers Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont's--resent Josie and the Pussycats because it portrays them as sheep, but the film gives young adults far more credit...

Pros: Weak storyline, repetitious, too long, poor directing and confusing editing
Cons: Relatively good acting from Rachael Leigh Cook and Alan Cumming

That's what this much anticipated (?) movie-version of the popular comic book/cartoon series is about - a long and rather dreary MTV music video with too many commercial breaks.

The comics and short-lived cartoon series were cute and the...

Pros: Great picture and sound; nice extras
Cons: Not enough of a story to sustain its colorful visuals and catchy songs

When it opened in theaters earlier this year, Josie and the Pussycats seemed like a surefire hit with its extensive ad campaign, an appealing star (Rachael Leigh Cook from She's All That) and a hip storyline based on popular cartoon...

Pros: Rachel Leigh Cook and Tara Reid are very attractive(looking).
Cons: corny, predictable, cheesy, major product placement

Boy, those moviemakers are sure getting slick. Instead of just discreetly placing products in films, those involved with Josie and the Pussycats just decided to work it into the plot. Now I'm going to save the complaints I have for the product placement...

Pros: Rachel Leigh Cook. Alan Cumming. DUjour. Some nice music.
Cons: The cliche plot and dialogue. Advertisements galore.

Evil minds bent on controlling the thoughts of weak-willed teens through rock music is the subject of this Archie comic movie translation. However, even with a solid cast and overall plot, the film is a great disappointment.

The Pussycats (the...

Pros: Melody's dumb-blondedness is fun, subliminal messages made obvious are funny!
Cons: The big villain lady is just retarded, the ending sucked.

I decided to spend a weekend with my friend Mercedes, since I had not seen her in a while. She made it blatantly clear that we were going to watch Josie and the Pussycats, no matter how reluctant I was. So we watched it.... 5 times... maybe more! :)...