Eh, that's nostalgia for you. It makes you like things that you would otherwise hate. The problem with me is, that movie came out much later for me. I honestly thought they were making one only because they made an Itchy and Scratchy movie and I thought the Simpsons writers must know something I don't.That's kind of like the point of Rover Dangerfield too: it's basically a stand-up routine about Rodney Dangerfield's life as a dog. I know a lot of people (well, mostly Nostalgia Critic obviously) don't like it, but I don't mind it at all, mainly because it's one of those movies from my childhood... like the Tom and Jerry Movie *Ducks out of shooting range*
For me, I actually watched the actual Tom and Jerry shorts since I was really little due to local syndicated packaging. I didn't see the movie until I don't know when (maybe I was in high school), and it was on TV... and I turned it off in disgust halfway.
I never bothered with those. I did see the Nutcracker one, and I was kinda unimpressed by it. I mean, I felt it captured the spirit of Tom and Jerry more than the other movie, but I don't think that zip chase works well for 80 minutes anyway. They're threatening to make a live action/CGI one... if they made the cat and mouse realistic and not realistic cartoon hybrid, I'd almost go and see that.And don't even get me started on the confusion of it's two direct-to-video sequels... "Goes to Mars" was released in 1998, and "To the Rescue" was released in 1999, however, the events of "To the Rescue" (Rob and Kris being in college and dating) took place before "Goes to Mars" (Rob and Kris being married and having a baby, while Rob now has his own veterinary practice)... as it turns out, "To the Rescue" WAS released before "Goes to Mars", in 1997 to be exact... in all other countries BUT the U.S., where for some reason, it's release was delayed two years, and didn't come out until "Goes to Mars" was already released in 1998.