Tomato’s 2004 Summer Movie Reviews
July, 2004 -- Page 2

Spiderdog 2

Spiderman is back in the theater, climbing the walls again as he takes off after the evil Dr. Octopus.

Here at Best Friends, last year’s Spiderdog (Monty in real life, see photo left) got adopted and might have been in danger of going into retirement from climbing the fences. Except that his new person works at the sanctuary and brings him in every day.

So Monty was set for round two of Spiderdog – doing the same old stuff as last year. (Just what you’d expect from a cheap movie sequel.)

But don’t leap to conclusions. In a surprise plot twist, the new teen heart-throb, Bunny, challenges Spiderdog by climbing the fence and leaping onto the movie set.

What happens then? Will they fight (not likely), or team up in pursuit of Dogtor Octopuss? I can’t reveal the high-suspense ending. But rumor has it that these two top box-office draws will be appearing together in next year’s stunning sequel: Spiderdog 3. Yawn!

The Stepford Wives

Mankind’s answer to the terror of being nipped by toothsome brides inhabiting a Count’s castle: a perfect suburbia, complete with dumbed-down damsels made-to-order for the insecure male human.

The Best Friends version is more subtle, and takes place at Furburbia (our mall adoption center), where a group of eager-to-please doggie damsels are anything but dumbed-down.

Starring in this movie are Dottie the Ditzy Dalmatian, who obeys all commands and will do practically anything you say; Mimi the Charming Chihuahua, who says she only wants to please; and Pepper the Poodle-Mix Poppet, who’s nearly deaf and has a very short attention span – which is probably why she can’t even remember what you just said.

The twist in this remake of the Hollywood remake is that, as it turns out, the dogs all know exactly what they’re doing – and the other characters (like you) end up dancing attendance on them.

Next: Super-Downsize Me