Due to the recent very poorly reviewed films, “Cats” and “Doolittle”, I have decided to not review either of these movies. Instead I will include some of the recent comments from several online publications. The movie Cats was so bad, when it was released a month ago, that changes were made and new copies to sent to theaters. This has never happened before, in the entire history of the film industry.

Robert Downey Jr. went on every talk show and even hosted Ellen to promote Dolittle. Never a good sign for any movie. It is always hard to believe that a huge budget, in this case 175 million for Dolittle, can be spent to create a movie so bad. The original release date for this movie was spring 2019, but it was so bad that numerous script rewrites were necessary to try and fix this film.

Cats:

It’s just baffling and yet it must be seen… It’s bad, but you’ve got to experience it. – Christy Lemire

Mostly, “Cats” is a confusing litter box of intentions, from its crushed-velour aesthetic to its strip-bar sensuality to its musical cluelessness. – John Anderson

“This disastrous attempt to bring Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical to the screen shouldn’t happen to a dog.” – Peter Travers

Oh God, my eyes – Ty Burr

The worst thing to happen to Cats since Dogs – Edward Douglass

Dolittle:

If the muddled plot and aethetic chaos of Dolittle leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, seek the antidote – an episode of Planet Earth. – Laura Zarum

Dolittle is a not a film. Dolittle is a crime scene in need of forensic analysis. Something happened here. Something terrible. Something inexplicable. – Scott Tobias

It’s impossible to believe that Dolittle can be enjoyed by anyone whose age is measured by double rather than single digits. – Matt Brunson

“Bad Boys for Life” is another movie franchise that was suggested many times during this film, has reached its end. Considering that this is the end of a major movie franchise that started in 1995 and 2003 with the sequel, it had to be important for everybody involved to come up with a great script before making the third movie. I thought the story was not great, only above average. I was expecting much more humor, especially considering the comedic skills of Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, although the action was on a par with the previous two Bad Boys movies. The remaining cast includes only Vanessa Hudgens as the only other named actor and she seemed miscast in this role as a member of a special task force.

What surprised me the most about this movie was that this sequel will not be the last one. At the end of this film, there is a meeting with Will Smith’s character and another character in prison, suggesting that there will definitely be another movie. On IMDB.com, there is now a “Bad Boys 4” movie in pre-production with no set released date.

I mostly agree with the 78% ratings for this film and although I was hoping for something stronger, I do recommend it.

Whenever there is a movie about a group of scientists who are working miles under the ocean, two things will always happen. There will be problems with extreme water pressure, crushing parts or all of the structure the scientists live in. There will be new and horrendous deep sea creatures that come out of the deep to terrorize and kill whoever is in their way. This time around, one of the scientists is played by actress Kristen Stewart, and what is most unusual about this film is how quickly things go wrong. Within the first 5 minutes, there is a small leak and soon after, people are running for their lives – within tunnels that are 7 miles under the Sea.

Other actors in this film are Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr, Vincent Cassel and T.J. Miller as the only other well known actor. Regardless of anyone’s rating or opinion about this movie, you have to admire some of the special effects and risks within extremely claustrophobic conditions the actors had to live in work in for months. This movie was actually made in 2017 and probably due to the low audience testing results, it has been on the shelf for 2 years. Not a good sign for any film.

I mostly agree with the relatively low ratings of about 50% for this movie and cannot recommend it, because there are not enough new things we all have not already seen in other similar films.