Cats (2019 film)

[ChaseTuff]

Ya'll keep hatin'. It'll win an Oscar.



It'll be a production Oscar, but it's winning one.

The Suicide Squad special.

 

[UNIrd]

 

[Nick]

Rebel Wilson’s Cat is what I am here for, though. It’s ridiculous in all the best ways.

 

[HereWeGo]

The Suicide Squad special.

Exactly. If Suicide Squad can win an Oscar, ANYONE can win an Oscar.

 

[Spaulding]

Me: I've never seen the show and do normally enjoy a musical so let's give this trailer a shot.

Also me:

 

[Ryan]

Cats the musical is trash.

This movie looks like trash, but hilarious trash. The Rebel Wilson cat having visible breasts that jiggle is like, the icing on the cake of absolute pure insanity ridiculous that is this glorious trainwreck.

I will not see it, but I am here for the memes. And oh boy... the memes are fantastic.

It'll do $300 to 400 mil WW tops.

 

[quinnmac000]

Going to see this over the new Star Wars film

At least this looks like a self aware train wreck

 

[Ryan]

Okay no new Star Wars bashing in the Cats thread pls. Don't need to start that up.

 

[marip123]

Okay the choice to have them CGI motion capture rather than just put them in makeup was....um ….interesting? Honestly, the CGI reminds me of the sonic trailer

 

[Scott W.]

 

[Lucky Planet]

This is very freakish. Very unsettling
I seriously do not think i could stare at a giant screen in a theater while this plays.
Just the trailer on my computer gave me goosebumps. Im not trying to exaggerate or joke about it either. Feels Very unconfortable.

Im not trying to hate. But this is very strange. Why universal...why....

 

[rhino4evr]

why am i oddly attracted to Taylor Swift in cat form, but not in real life?

I may need to see a doctor.

also...this trailer is hilarious. and that rendition of "alone in the moonlight" was terrible.

 

[Scott W.]

why am i oddly attracted to Taylor Swift in cat form, but not in real life?

I may need to see a doctor.

also...this trailer is hilarious. and that rendition of "alone in the moonlight" was terrible.

You're a furry.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

So... I LOVE the stage version. I saw it a couple of times, and it was a fave soundtrack growing up (my wife bought me a copy of Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats a few years ago). That said...

It looks remarkably true to how I remember it. At least visually. Dialogue is... New. I get it though. The narrative of Cats is pretty abstract (cats “competing” to ascend to the Heavyside Layer), and needs the dialogue to make sense.

I saw it getting dragged hard on Twitter. The screen grabs make it look deserved. And Tom Hooper is a hack. But, damn, when they’re in motion, I get it and I dig it.

And Jason Derulo as Rum Tum Tugger is tops.


Edit - Corrected Jeliside to Heavyside. The Jeliside Layer is our world (all the cats are "Jelicle Cats"). Heavyside is "heaven." And, yes, my nerdiness is showing.

I appreciate your honesty and candor.

 

[kristenabelle]

And Idris Elba as Macavity...as long as they keep the Mungojerrie/Rumpleteazer song, I'm sold.

 

[Nick]

And Idris Elba as Macavity...as long as they keep the Mungojerrie/Rumpleteazer song, I'm sold.

The problem is the only people who are sold based on this trailer are existing Cats fans, which I think is hardly enough to be a box office success.

 

[MrBlonde]

They really should've started the trailer with "From the Studio that Brought You the Cat in the Hat..."

(James Corden looks like Mike Meyer's Cat in the Hat and it scares me.)

I truly love musicals but this is too deep in the uncanny valley.

 

[kristenabelle]

The problem is the only people who are sold based on this trailer are existing Cats fans, which I think is hardly enough to be a box office success.

And Taylor Swift fans, perhaps.

 

[Nathan]

Ya'll keep hatin'. It'll win an Oscar.



It'll be a production Oscar, but it's winning one.

I don’t doubt it... maybe even for scenic design the sets are amazing in the trailer most of it isn’t even cgi either which is cool

 

[Spaulding]