Now I consider myself to be a fair man any movie has the chance to be good regardless of who is involved with it creatively but when I found out this morning that that guy behind two Fantastic Four movies was going to direct a live action / CGI hybrid Tom And Jerry movie I knew instantly that this movie was going to suck and here's why.
Their History With Big Screen movies Isn't Good
To most main stream movie goers Tom And Jerry have only had one movie and while that is true they have only had one theatrical movie they have had dozens of straight to DVD movies but tho sadly it's the big screen one we have to talk about and sadly that movie has proven that the characters cannot work on the big screen now the director of this upcoming movie has said that the characters won't talk which is a good sign however given the characters past history with the big screen one cannot help but have a degree of doubt.
Their Latest Movies Aren't So Good
I'm not sure who to blame for this one but the fact remains that the latest Tom And Jerry movies wasn't that good so shouldn't the studio instead be more focused on fixing the brand rather then pushing the duo into another movie that would seem to make sense since the duo did survive for a long time without being in movies.
The Characters Don't Really Lend Themselves To Live Action
I'm not saying that the movie or it's director can't make them work for live action but if you've seen even a few of the shorts then you'll notice that the characters don't really lend themselves well to live action heck even picturing there most well known designs in live action would be enough to give people nightmares and sadly it's those designs that the studio would have to go with because those are the designs that people reconise the most.
There's Not That Much Time Being Given To Get It Right
This point is being aimed more at the studio then it is the actual film but the fact is the studio isn't really giving the film makers enough time to get it right they've announced the film in October and there aiming to film it in 2019 that's not enough time to get things right these are cartoon icons at the earliest you shouldn't be ready to film it until 2020 and the fact that Warner Bros. is getting ready to film it in 2019 says that they care more about money then they do making a good film.
The Duo Don't Work That Well With A Plot
Sadly tho since this is a movie that means there's going to have to be a plot and that's one of the things that Tom And Jerry don't really work well with the first movie found that out the hard way but that movie also had them talking and singing and being friends heck even the original shorts didn't give each short a plot all you got was the set up and then six minuets of violence which is good a short cartoon but not for a movie.
Now i'm not saying that this movie cannot be good far from it infact I hope it's not because Tom And Jerry deserve there time to shine but the fact is live action films based on cartoons havn't been done that well most of them miss what made the original so good in the first place and that's not something I want for this movie but given what the director has said it does look like this could be a decent movie and it does help that the director was a fan of these beloved cartoon icons.