tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post3570182813966687603..comments2024-03-27T08:23:33.621-04:00Comments on Go Retro!: Hairball and HairbrainPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-68085443063749314182012-03-06T16:35:56.363-05:002012-03-06T16:35:56.363-05:00Anonymous/BW -- I think the humor in my post is co...Anonymous/BW -- I think the humor in my post is completely lost on you. What about my post makes you think I didn't watch the film? This is a personal blog which means it's about my opinion, and my opinion on this film is that it stunk. Stop taking it like a personal insult. The ending was so bad and sad and yes, Harry didn't do enough in time to save his friend. That vet's office looked like a concentration camp for animals. If you disagree with that than I would hate to be your cat.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-5290408255638858012012-03-06T16:13:20.703-05:002012-03-06T16:13:20.703-05:00Three year old post but anyway:
I can only assume ...Three year old post but anyway:<br />I can only assume you haven't seen the film, are highly unobservant, or are trolling. Let me respond.<br />1) Cat travel, Harry clearly comments that cats, especially at Tonto's age dislike change in environment. However when the wrecking ball is swinging into the side of your building sitting there is no longer an option. Harry had to move, and wanted his beloved Tonto with him. Yes if the casino pit bosses saw Tonto they might have made a stink, but Harry is so charming he might have talked them into looking the other way.<br /><br />2) Cat Food. At the beginning of the film - the opening scene in fact- Harry is buying all sorts of treats for Tonto at the Deli. The Deli owner comments that Tonto eats better than he does! Harry replies food is important to a cat because they don't have much else in their lives. Harry then feeds Tonto liver back home. Later Harry convinces a bus passenger that his cat is hungry and the passenger gives Tonto part of a hero sandwich. In the motel we see Tonto abscond with a piece of chicken.<br /><br />3) Cats on a leashe. Rare I grant you but throughout the film we see Tonto is a very easy-going feline; willing to handled and petted by strangers. We see him sleeping in the windowsill of the car as it travels etc. Perhaps Harry has trained him. Keep in mind that in the film we see a trained cat do these things so it's obviously not impossible. I take my own cat on a leash/harness as I don't want him to get away when we walk in the bush. I live on an acreage with a coyote problem. When our cats go out we supervise them.<br /><br />Your final complaint lacks even basic coherence. Tonto dies alone? Irish drinking songs? No vet? As I recall clearly, upon being alerted to Tonto not looking well, Harry immediately drops everything and abandons his chess set and takes Tonto away. We next see the pair at what is obviously a vet facility unless you know of some sort of "LA Facility for Cat Disposal Pens" dreamed up in your fevered imagination. Harry stays with his friend until the end, singing to Tonto as he has throughout the film. A saddened Harry leaves after Tonto is gone. The folk song about lovers/love and their walks together have nothing to do with drinking, also Sir Harry Lauder the songs composer was Scottish not Irish. In the next scene we see Harry now walks alone.<br /><br />The films anachronistic error about cat years/human years is not correct though they do try to explain that Tonto was old, lived a full life and expired naturally.<br /><br />Harry and Tonto is a beautiful poignant film and the best I have seen involving a human/pet storyline.<br /><br />cheers<br />BWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-36727781129406270052009-11-24T15:38:45.426-05:002009-11-24T15:38:45.426-05:00Richard, your description of that event made me LO...Richard, your description of that event made me LOL. Cats + leashes is usually not a good idea.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-40254229449648896582009-11-23T20:54:06.019-05:002009-11-23T20:54:06.019-05:00Blimey, have you actually been able to put a cat o...Blimey, have you actually been able to put a cat on a leash?<br /><br />I remember trying to do that with my cat growing up. He wasn't having any of that. Claws and blood (my blood) everywhere!<br /><br />My sister worked out a way of getting the leash over his head, but 20 seconds later he would wriggle his way out of it.<br /><br />It was obviously a futile thing to try: like you say, a cat's just too headstrong to let you walk him or her anywhere!<br /><br />Consider this movie crossed off my Netflix list! :)Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00568060698065303020noreply@blogger.com