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The Adventures of Milo & Otis Actors: Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Kyôko Koizumi, Dudley Moore Director: Masanori Hata Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Pan & Scan Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Running Time: 76 minutes Studio: Columbia/Tristar Studios Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2004-02-03 Buy from Amazon |
 "HEY! Persong below my review! Stop lying!"This movie sent bad! If it was it should of been rated PG. This movie is grate for kids and grownups to all enjoy! Don't worry its not a bad movie :)  "One or more cats probably died to make this movie"This would be a great movie for kids if it weren't for the fact that one or more cats were abused and almost certainly killed in the making of it. If you must watch it, check out the scene where they really throw an actual cat off of an actual cliff. It's pretty horrifying, and it's edited so that you have no idea if the cat really survived, or if they just grabbed a new one and kept filming. Also, check out the disclaimer in the end credits. It says "animals were under close supervision with utmost concern for their safety". Notice it takes great pains not to say "no animals were harmed", which has been boilerplate language for movie animal disclaimers for decades. What does this tell you? Wouldn't they say "no animals were harmed" if none were? Even if that cat survived, throwing it off a cliff into water, into what looks like breaking ocean surf if memory serves me, is unspeakably cruel. I'm sorry to all the fans of this movie who don't want to believe this. I wish I could see it another way, too. I agree with you that it's very well made and enjoyable in so many ways. But the moviemakers' disregard for their animals' well-being ruined this for me. Please don't support this sort of thing with your money. P.S. I am not a PETA member nor am I a vegetarian (not that there's anything wrong with either of those). I believe that using animals for human benefit is good and necessary as long as it is not done cruelly. And that said, I don't really have any problems with this movie apart from the fact that they threw a cat off a cliff into the ocean, and probably killed it. How anyone can endorse this film for children after seeing that is beyond me. P.P.S. To Douglas Custer. In your review you write: 'animals are much, much more akin to being in "adventurous" situations such as going down raging rapids and leaping off cliffs than we humans imagine'. I agree with you here. But there's a difference between a cat climbing a tree on its own and falling out (as you mention your cat does), and a cat being thrown off a cliff into the ocean, as they did for the enjoyment of moviegoers and the profit of the producers of this film. You also wrote: 'No, mental torture is not possible on the animals performing in this great kids film.' I can't see any way to agree with you here. Anyone who's ever been around abused animals can see the effect it has on them, and not all abuse is physical. "Milo Cat Otis Pug. All friend."This is my total all-time favorite movie. It has 2 cute little characters, a pug named Otis and a ginger kitten named Milo. It's a great story. Where the problem begin is when Milo jumps into a floating box in the river next to the dock. He floats away...and Otis tries to rescue him....i won't tell you anything more, as it will ruin the story. But Otis does have this little song...."Here comes the dog, woof, strong and brave, here comes the-oohh!" In which Otis falls through a hole. To be sang in the tune of "the wedding march." In case you don't know what that is, it's the song that starts like this, "Here comes the bride, all dressed in white.." Milo and Otis is very funny, and Otis' little song makes it even funner. With animal voices and real animal characters, this movie gets a million thumbs up! "A Great Story and Wonderful Animal Actors"I just watched this movie today and had seen it before. I had always loved this movie and still love it. This movie has a great plot- a dog and cat who are best friends that get seperated and try to find each other. The animals act great too. Any kid between the ages of two and twelve would find this movie amusing and it is great to watch on a rainy day while cuddling up with your cat or dog. Many people think that making this movie was abusing the animals in it but these animals were trained. I know that they wouldn't just make a cat fall of a cliff into the ocean! They probobaly just used a fake cat stuffed animal or somthing. I always have enjoyed this movie and you will too, even if you are and adult. "Like watching animals hurt and killed for entertainment?"All you need to know is that they really throw a cat off a 50 foot cliff into the ocean. If you enjoy watching stuff like that then you might like this movie. |