Psycho's Movie Reviews #444: Puss N Boots (2004)

The True History of Puss 'N Boots (French: La Véritable Histoire du chat botté) is a 2009 French-Belgian-Swiss-American animated film directed by Jérôme Deschamps, Pascal Herold and Macha Makeïeff. It is based on Charles Perrault's story "Puss in Boots" about a cat who talks and walks on his hind legs while wearing magical boots.

Plot

An adaptation of Charles Perrault's famous Puss'n Boots, "The True Story of Puss n Boots" is a story for young and old for the first time on cinema screens. Please Note: This title is not part of the "Shrek" franchise.

A clever cat uses magic to help his master find true love.

{It's basically an adaptation of the original tale}

Production

The True History of Puss 'N Boots was animated in RenderBox. The in-house rendering engine By Nadeo based on Their own engine Gamebox which powers the TrackMania series and some Virtual Skipper games.

My Review

{For starters, I watched the European/Canadian version first and that one is so much better than the US version. In terms of Puss's voice actor anyway - that version alone deserves a solid 7.1/10}

This is from watching the infamous US version

So, just to start... this movie is obviously not the newer Puss In Boots that was attached to the Shrek movie franchise. This is a whole different movie and, not, as some on here would have you believe, trying to cash in on the Shrek movie... mostly because this movie came out two years before the Shrek movie.

For starters, you can tell it's Shatner doing the voice of Puss quite easily, so there's a little mind eff going on almost immediately. The way he carries himself, you expect him to break into Rocket Man at any moment.

Then, the animation is a little, um, different. It really looks like the very non-fluid movement that you see in the Korean news animations that have become popular lately, but with better developed characters. Plus, it's not that the characters are "dirty" or anything, but, you do see a little more cleavage than you would in, say, a Disney flick... or a Shrek or any other US created movie.

The story is also a bit more, um, European, I guess. It's hard to describe. Growing up watching US cartoons, you don't realize how weird some of the old fairy tales really are in their original form. This story is more like the old stories and has some visual elements that would probably be really enjoyable if you were on various mind-altering substances.

All that in mind, the kids ate it up and actually ended up watching it again the next day. So, give it a watch, be prepared for the weird, and use your friggin' head when you think it's a "rip off" of something that came out two years later.

A great reminder of the original European Fairy tales. I loved it, kids loved it and watch it over and over. They care for the stories & entertainment which were written centuries ago, not the profit money making studios.

This films portrays one of the most ORIGINAL stories back from the 17th Century. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH DREAMWORKS SHERK. Dreamworks have created a great entertaining masterpiece & brought together a memorable array of characters which date back over centuries, however lets not loose the authenticity of where all those characters originated from and the tales that were created.

I would be disappointed if the kids grew to know Puss in Boots based on just Sherk.. I mean, isn't Lord Farguaad suppose to be the love child of the princess from the Princess and the Pea & grumpy?? A twist designed for adult entertainment.

I would give this movie a 10 of 10 if it were not for William Shatners horrible impression of a cat voice. Redub this movie and make millions, its that simple! Wake up Hollywood. The story line was great and in many ways more watchable than than the Jack black version. All the voices were overshadowed by Shatners cat impression, unless Shatner paid for the movie himself he never should have been a voice over character. Maybe he was chosen as a popular figure to sell the movie? If so Shatner should have been kind enough to pick someone who could have better performed the cat voice. Thats all I have to say so I will say it again.

I would give this movie a 10 of 10 if it were not for William Shatners horrible impression of a cat voice. Redub this movie and make millions, its that simple! Wake up Hollywood. The story line was great and in many ways more watchable than than the Jack black version. All the voices were overshadowed by Shatners cat impression, unless Shatner paid for the movie himself he never should have been a voice over character. Maybe he was chosen as a popular figure to sell the movie? If so Shatner should have been kind enough to pick someone who could have better performed the cat voice. Thats all I have to say so I will say it again. 4.9/10