Kunovega

The writing is terrible. The logic failures are worse.

The sad part is the cast itself isn't bad, some of the acting would be acceptable (not stellar but acceptable), but they have nothing to work from the script and the logical failures are just one plot convenience after another.

This was a game created in a weekend for a contest and it won several awards. It may be short, but it's also free and very funny. As of 2020 there is now a follow up game which is much longer and more in depth in the same style: "There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension" and I highly suggest picking it up when you get the chance.

As a story this doesn't really present anything that wasn't in the original film. If anything it loses some of the magic that comes from classic animation.

Watching this live action just ramps up the absurd nature of the way it's presented. Watching two cartoon chefs feed some dogs in the original is cute; but, watching two live action humans do it in this makes you wonder why they aren't locked up as lunatics. Bringing them a table, a menu, singing to them while they eat, etc.

And the absurd antics of the dog catcher come off no better. He's some over the top parody that never feels real.

Then there's the coloration and design of the dogs, Tramp comes off as an old man basically taking advantage of a tiny young Lady. The cartoon design holds up without making you think about age difference, but this coloration and size for the CGI/live dogs translates really weird for me.

Basically the cartoon is cute and funny, but the live action is a lot of cringe.

Also, for some reason they shoe-horned in diversity and made the main couple a mixed race couple, if this were a modern day setting I wouldn't care, but given the time period this was supposed to be set within, that would not be common. It's just one more strange design choice for anyone aware of history. I'm not knocking any points off for this by itself, but it was one more odd aspect of the film on top of a lot of just bleh design choices.