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[Deep Wang]

8 minutes ago, Ithil said:

Cats land on their feet. Unlike it's into a lake of lava.

[RichWS]

This calls for the legendary commercial every kid growing up in NYC/Jersey saw roughly a thousand times. Seriously, I can't stress enough how often this was played on the local stations.

 

 

[Frozen]

 

 

 

[TalismanRing]

I see 8% at 28 reviews

 

 

One of the 2 Fresh: 

 

Top Critic /Kerry Lengel /Arizona Republic

I didn't hate it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Edited December 19, 2019 by TalismanRing

[Jonwo]

5 minutes ago, filmlover said:

FWIW I did see the musical once and it really is shit that somehow ran on Broadway for nearly 20 years so the movie turning out to be a mess is among the least shocking developments ever. This looks so badly-conceived on every level from the design to the completely random casting (like did they pick these people out of a hat?) from the beginning that it automatically looks like a must-see though.

I think Cats does work as theatre but translating it to film was always going to be a hard task.

 

 

[ban1o]

latinos will save the movie musical. Cleanse yourselves

 

 

[OncomingStorm93]

CATS was secretly planned by Disney, three years in the making, to make Rise of Skywalker look better by comparison.

 

Sidenote, the Wikipedia article for CATS currently describes it as a "surrealist horror film"

 

My favorite blurb on RT right now: "You must witness the hubris of director Tom Hooper. You must witness the hubris of Hollywood. The hubris of these performers."

Edited December 19, 2019 by OncomingStorm93

[filmlover]

This is probably gonna die fast once the holidays are over. Think it's safe to say no one is ever giving Hooper a big-budget gig like this again.

Edited December 19, 2019 by filmlover

[Fancyarcher]

 

[Napoleon]

Taylor Swift deserves all the failure in the world.

[Jonwo]

In terms of future movie musicals, I think only Wicked will get a big budget when Universal gets round to making it.

 

The bad reviews of Cats will give Paramount pause for thought on Sunset Boulevard but TBH that one is more suited to an adaptation given it was based on a movie originally.

[RichWS]

 

[MrGlass2]

RT score has doubled in 15 minutes!

[titanic2187]

My positive review on this movie would be, at least they got confidence to show their hysteria to the world, 

[AniNate]

23 minutes ago, el sid said:

How can it happen that the twitter reactions sound that great and then the reviews (so far) are such a letdown?😣

You're new to this, I see...

[filmlover]

@Force Ghost Cap when you seeing this?

[TalismanRing]

21 minutes ago, RichWS said:

This calls for the legendary commercial every kid growing up in NYC/Jersey saw roughly a thousand times. Seriously, I can't stress enough how often this was played on the local stations.

 

 

This ad is missing the ominous (and thankfully eventually untrue) tagline -

 

Cats, now and forever at the Winter Garden theatre

 

 

 

[AniNate]

I remember seeing that ad myself when we could get WPIX through Dish Network.

[Cap]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

@Force Ghost Cap when you seeing this?

I don't know.  Maybe Sunday as a reward for Surviving This Weekend?  You?

[TalismanRing]

A tale of two broken critics - one rotten, one fresh

 

First off, full disclosure - I am not a cat person. Second off - after watching this frankly mortifying film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, I'm not altogether sure I am a movie person anymore either.

Rating: .5/5

Alan Corr /  RTÉ (Ireland)

 

I gasped with laughter, I covered my face, I pulled at my hair, I clasped my hands over my mouth to keep from screaming. Cats had broken me, and I'd never felt happier.

Angie Han / Mashable