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Cool Cat Fights Coronavirus
Cool Cat Fights Coronavirus is a 2021 short film directed by Derek Savage. A follow-up to Cool Cat Saves the Kids, the film, produced during the COVID-19 Pandemic, introduces Cool Cat's new arch-rival, Dirty Dog who schemes to give Cool Cat and friends the infamous virus! It was crowdfunded on Kickstarter raising $7,785 and chronologically takes place before Savage's next Cool Cat production, Cool Cat Stops a School Shooting, which originally was supposed to release before Cool Cat Fights Coronavirus.

The film it predated was infamous for being one of the worst children's films of all time, this film tried to make the franchise have some continuity from the last film, which brought some negative feedback for the right reasons.

Plot
Dirty Dog, Cool Cat's newfound arch-nemesis and rival, plans to spread the coronavirus to everyone and all the kids, while also trying to convince them that the whole pandemic is a scam at the same time. He believes no one should wear a mask. However, Cool Cat must step up to the plate, and put a stop to Dirty Dog's intentions of clearing half the population with COVID-19.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Continuity Errors: Nobody except for Cool Cat and Daddy Derek shows up nor were mentioned from the last film.
 * 2) The film promised to tackle both sides of the Coronavirus issue which for a kids film especially is unheard of. However, Cool Cat, on the pro masks/social distancing side, falls on his tail giving common-sense advice that could just as easily be given by parents, teachers, or authority figures not to mention he comes off as an uncaring hypocrite namely forgetting to mask up before going outside to "Boogie Woogie" and later not admonishing the little girl who pulls down her mask during Cool Cat's rap number, nor after she and her friend hug him after he defeats the virus.
 * 3) * As for Dirty Dog who very blatantly falls on the anti side of the debate, he insists that the pandemic "is a scam" and that people are "sheep" for letting the media and politicians "lie to them". If he had concrete evidence of his claims, that would be one thing, but considering Dirty Dog has no problem trying to infect others with COVID on purpose, any evidence to back his claims would likely be dismissed on account of personal insanity.
 * 4) Because of the reason above, the plot is very inconsistent, confusing, and has little-to-no continuity. Because of this, there are some scenes that still feel very out of place.
 * 5) The message is very confusing and it doesn't add up to anything, especially since Derek himself practically says how you can view your way when A, COVID-19 is not a subjective topic, and B, you NEED to understand what the message of the PSA is supposed to be:
 * 6) * Despite trying to teach kids how to stop the spread of COVID, Cool Cat says that it's okay to not wear a mask, due to him being used as a mouthpiece for Derek Savage's anti-masker views.
 * 7) * Also, despite telling the girls to wear a face mask, Cool Cat himself spends the entire movie not wearing one himself (except for the merchandise plug), most likely because the filmmakers didn't have a mask to fit over the Cool Cat head at the time.
 * 8) Small children aren't likely to get anything useful out of the movie's moral with Cool Cat once again failing to be a valid role model for his target audience and older viewers will either find it too stupid to sit through or merely watch it for the laughs.
 * 9) Almost all of the characters are all unlikable, annoying, poorly written, one-dimensional, and overall act and speak more like caricatures than actual characters:
 * 10) *Cool Cat is still creepy, annoying, immature, idiotic, irresponsible, and a hypocritical protagonist as before. Despite his supposed role of teaching kids how to stay safe from coronavirus, he lacks the proper characterization needed to fulfill such a role by failing at teaching them about the dangers of the world, which is even worse than the last movie.
 * 11) **Does he think that he would fight COVID-19 by telling them about the importance of getting safety etiquette? Distributing vaccines? Or to just simple things like never forgetting to stay clean in a consistent manner?? Nope! He (literally) punches the giant, floating coronavirus molecules with his bare paws like he's playing whack-a-mole. This is a topic that needs be taken seriously.
 * 12) ** Aside from telling the kids what they should do to prevent the infections from being spread, he does not think to remind the kids about social distancing, and he doesn't tell the kids about wearing masks properly when one of Cool Cat's friends pulls her mask down to participate in Cool Cat's rap number as Cool Cat does not say anything about this despite previously correcting this same girl for not wearing the mask over her mouth and nose in the same scene. Likewise, after Cool Cat effortlessly defeats coronavirus in a single punch, the girls engage in a group hug with him. Again, Cool Cat says nothing about this despite telling the girls how they need to practice social distancing to stop the spread.
 * 13) * Angela and Britney are extremely annoying kids that give the intelligence of children a bad rep. They also have no personality and are only there to be Cool Cat's friends to take advice from him (which is on par with Maria from the previous film). They also had a moment where they were extremely sexist, hypocritical, and misogynistic (possibly misandristic) towards Dirty Dog by saying that he "throws like a sissy girl" for the latter's misfortune with his plan of throwing a water balloon failing.
 * 14) *Daddy Derek contributes to nothing in the film whatsoever.
 * 15) *Dirty Dog, while hilarious and entertainingly evil, he shares countless flaws that are carried over from Butch the Bully from the previous film with being a one-dimensional bad guy whose goals are troublesome yet completely impractical. Especially since he really didn't have any backstory for why he hates Cool Cat or anyone else, so because of his ridiculous and thoughtless nature, he comes off as childish, ludicrous, annoying, and pathetic to many viewers.
 * 16) Crappy & nonsensical editing. In fact, despite being crowdfunded at almost $8,000, the end product looks like a home movie that could easily be shot with one's smartphone and edited in Windows Movie Maker if even that.
 * 17) * In the news report scene, after the "Breaking News" intro (which is stretched to letterbox on a 16:9 TV, likely due to being set to the fullscreen option), it immediately switches to 16:9... only the footage is poorly superimposed onto the TV.
 * 18) * Dirty Dog's mouth never moves, his gray arms, legs, and tail don't match his brown-and-white mask, and when he does backflips during his musical number, you can actually see the actor through the costume.
 * 19) * The weaponized coronavirus ball Dirty Dog tries to send Cool Cat's way is quite obviously a green screen effect.
 * 20) * The shot of Dirty Dog throwing the coronavirus ball is inexplicably flipped, as shown by the text on his shirt being reversed.
 * 21) * The white balance is off for a bit when the little girls go outside to greet Cool Cat.
 * 22) * There is recycled footage from the last movie. The same "dancing Cool Cat" footage from Cool Cat Stops Bullying and other Cool Cat films is used in the credits.
 * 23) * The kid Dirty Dog picks on (played by Aron Taylor) has a scream that sounds incredibly fake.
 * 24) Even worse acting than the last film, especially from Derek Savage as Cool Cat; his voice sounds more high-pitched, whinier, and much stupider than before.
 * 25) * Angela (played by Angela Lugo) and Britney (played by Renata Lugo) seem to have no experience in acting to the point that they come off as overly grating.
 * 26) Cringe-inducing, obnoxious, extremely stupid/inspid, and laughably bad dialogue, such as “I'm Dirty Dog!! And I'm gonna pollute ALL the kids with Coronavirus!!!”, “I'm such a mean bully!”, “I'll get you for this! You, big, dummies!!”, “Wow! I like to boogie-woogie!”, and 🎵“I'm Dirty Dog, and I'm the baddest there is! You're just a sheep!! And I'll bite you on the leg!!!”🎵
 * 27) Mostly laughable soundtrack, the songs being very dreadful and repetitive stock music.
 * 28) All of the rap numbers are extremely tedious and horrendously written. Especially Cool Cat's overly long musical number in comparison to Dirty Dog's musical number.
 * 29) * Speaking of which, to call them "raps" is very generous especially since some lines don't even rhyme. Other times, there will be a line that is way too long and it ends up feeling out of place.
 * 30) This movie still continues to show how Derek Savage is blind to negative criticism of this film and the Cool Cat live-action franchise in general.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Despite it having the most simplistic messages about COVID, Cool Cat does tell the girls to wear masks and to at least keep their hands clean (which was told in a slightly unintelligible way).
 * 2) Making an educational film about COVID for kids has some amount of potential to be interesting, though it was executed at its worst here.
 * 3) Much like its predecessor, its lack of quality does make for unintentional comedy.
 * 4) * Dirty Dog's rap number is a prime example.
 * 5) Mike West's appearance was rather decent.
 * 6) Andre Matthews, the actor who performs as Dirty Dog, did a great job at making him very expressive with Dirty Dog's athletic movements and giving him a lot of energy to make him very exaggerated.
 * 7) * Derek Savage actually did a decent job at voicing him (despite not having much vocal range).
 * 8) Despite being a deluded and moronic villain, Dirty Dog is an extremely entertaining antagonist who is the most enjoyable character outside of everyone else in the film, especially for how hammy and ridiculous he is.
 * 9) The intro's soundtrack is considered the one good song in the entire film, which sounds like it wouldn't sound out of place in a serious film.

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Reception
On IMDb, the film has a 2.1/10.

Trivia

 * The original unlisted version of Cool Cat Fights Coronavirus credited Enrique Lugo as Cool Cat. The edited version (which is currently on YouTube) instead credits an "Angel De Hope" (Savage used "Angel Hope" as a pseudonym for whenever he got in the Cool Cat costume).
 * The Dirty Dog costume is much cheaper-made than the Cool Cat costume. This is best exemplified when he does cartwheels, and you can see the actor through the Dirty Dog costume (Andre Matthews).
 * In addition to producing, writing, editing, and directing, Savage is also credited for playing Daddy Derek and voicing Cool Cat and Dirty Dog, camerawork, sound editing, and mixing, etc.
 * Enrique Lugo replaces Jason Johnson in the Cool Cat costume, while Derek himself does the voice.
 * Much like Butch the Bully from the previous film, Dirty Dog is by far the most popular aspect of the film Cool Cat Fights The Coronavirus!, being a hilariously over-the-top villain whose awkward rap number is regarded as probably the best part of the movie.

Are We Done Yet?
Are We Done Yet? is a 2007 American family comedy film directed by Steve Carr and starring Ice Cube. The film is a remake of the 1948 Cary Grant comedy film Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, and a sequel to the 2005 film Are We There Yet? The screenplay is by Hank Nelken. It was produced by Revolution Studios and RKO Pictures and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Plot
Nick Persons (Ice Cube) and Suzanne Persons (Nia Long) decide to move to the suburbs to create a better life for children Lindsey (Aleisha Allen) and Kevin (Philip Bolden). The contractor, Chuck (John C. McGinley), they hire to renovate their home has a rather odd way and bizarre approach to doing business, complicating the family's move and the parent's idea of a dream home. Matters spiral further out of control when the contractor clashes with Nick but bonds with Suzanne and the children.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The story is extremely underwhelming. It is basically 92 minutes of nothing much of substance happening, it is just about Nick Persons getting the brunt of the situations happening by two mostly spoiled kids when he promises to make their lives more joyful in the absence of their hometown.
 * 2) Almost everyone in this movie is annoying and unlikeable, particularly Kevin, Lindsey, Suzanne, and the contractor Chuck.
 * 3) * Suzanne is very selfish and somewhat oblivious to Nick's mishaps.
 * 4) Nearly everyone treats Nick like a naive buffoon to mock and laugh at when they poke fun at Nick's misfortunes when they are rather sympathetic than anything else (one by a raccoon being rude and pestering him at one point), especially when Nick doesn't do anything wrong to deserve any of this.
 * 5) There are several unpleasant scenes, some of these include Nick's "humorous" mishaps and Chuck's extremely contrived personas that are clearly exaggerated and used as a way to make him look "quirky" & "compelling"; especially when Chuck's levels of weirdness frustrates Nick for acting like a bit of an a-hole.
 * 6) Very choppy writing.
 * 7) While most of the soundtrack is pleasing to listen to, some sound bites can be repetitive and occasionally unpleasant.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The animated parts in the movie's opening are very charming, well-paced, and entertaining, all in a cartoonish and comedic manner.
 * 2) * Nick as a Butt-Monkey/punching bag is more fitting and fun to watch in animation form than in live-action form.
 * 3) * The way the opening credits are presented are all done in a creative way.
 * 4) Some scenes are passable. Like Nick, Suzanne, and the contractor walking around the house Nick bought.
 * 5) * A scene that was played seriously was when Chuck informs Nick about his dead wife and what Chuck's real intentions were to make Nick's family happy, which is somewhat wholesome and understandable from both viewpoints.
 * 6) The music is well constructed (at least most of the time).

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