Cats (2019)

those cats look freaky as fuck

Interesting, not sure how I feel about them using the same look for the cats for a screen production as opposed to live theatre. Not sure if the concept works as well.

I saw the play in NYC back in 2000. After watching it, I had the same thought I'm sure lots of people did:

"Hey you think the actors and actresses have a big orgy while in costume?" #justfurrythings

What the hell? I bet even furries are freaked out by this.

I saw Cats for the first time as 7-year-old in the early 90's and a few times after as my grandmother loved it.

I actually really like the play, it does a fantastic job of immersing the audience in a fantasy. Frankly, I think musicals are absurd in the first place so the way it embraces it is great.

That said, I think the film is going to be a disaster. A big reason the play works is that it's uniquely set up to work in as a big live musical theatre experience. I can remember sitting down the first time I saw it and just being mystified by the weird set and suddenly a woman dressed as a cat prowls up the aisle right up to me. Seeing gus get overwhelmed by the audience's applause at the end of his bit, the floating tire sequence, You won't have this or much of the other neat stuff in the movie as it just won't work.

Edit: oh yeah and the characters in the movie look godawful and Jennifer Hudson singing memory just does not sound right, especially during the climax, it's like she's trying to give it a different vibe but it just comes off wrong.

I saw the show ages ago, thoroughly enjoyed it.

The film looks very... odd? The costumes (or is it CGI/Mocap/whatever?) look worse than the broadway production.

But that is a very heavy cast, with some good actors and some nice vocals.

Whidon said:

That said, I think the film is going to be a disaster. A big reason the play works is that it's uniquely set up to work in as a big live musical theatre experience.

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I probably should have phrased it like this when I made my earlier comment. The costumes and sets work better as a live play as they help to immerse you in the idea that these are supposed to be cats.

Hell, I'm genuinely wondering if they could have tried something really out of the box, and had the character portrayed by CGI cats like what theyre doing with Lion King

This is a real experience I had long ago.



Damn she's cute. Let's see what she looks like now.



Gah!

...And they all said "Oh how I never!" "Was their ever a cat so clever as Magical Mr. Mistoffelees?"

I mean there were only a few ways this could have gone and all of them are awkward. This one is particular nightmare-fuel however.

Yeah this stupid movie is going to make buckets of female estrogen laced money.

Even my wife who has never seen or cared about the Broadway musical or even likes musicals is like... OMG MUST SEE CATS!!!!

Great trailer. It does a great job of giving you an idea what to expect in the film. And whoever that is singing can fucking sing. Wow.

Aaand I will pass. Not one to see musicals at the movies.