Cats (Tom Hooper, 2019)

[bainbridgezu]

Gotta say, I was not expecting late Fassbinder lighting

[Brian C]

Still looks better than YESTERDAY to me.

[domino harvey]

If only Lily James had a tail

[criterionoop]

Hollywood just needs to shut down completely after this.

That being said, it's been a while since I had a good laugh, so I will definitely be watching this train wreck.

[DarkImbecile]

If only Lily James had a tail

She’d probably prefer not to have one of these

[captveg]

Why not just have actual costumes with some slight CG enhancement details instead of going mocap? The already narrow appeal isn't being broadened by this decision, which certainly has added enormously to the budget.

[mfunk9786]

Gonna jerk off to this later

[soundchaser]

Gonna jerk off to this later

Like this sort of thing hasn't been happening since Disney's Robin Hood was released on VHS.

[Feego]

Mike Myers be like

[CSM126]

Stay tuned for my upcoming essay “The CATS trailer, or: Why I No Longer Experience Joy”.

[Persona]

Finally, a movie inspired by Tim Burton's worst films.

[Luke M]

It's pretty good set to the "I Got 5 On It" Remix from the Us trailer

[Never Cursed]

Aside from everything else, holy god does that last bit near the lion statue look hideous. The rest of the CGI environs look fine (in contrast to the FaceApp monstrosities inhabiting them) but I've played video games with better graphical fidelity than that scene.

[thirtyframesasecond]

Man, even the Island of Dr Moreau movies look more convincing (including the Burt Lancaster one!)

A mix of Tom Hooper, actors/singers I dislike and Lloyd-Webber was never going to put this on my watchlist anyway tbh.

[Mr Sloane]

So am I the only one who thinks this will do gangbusters, then? I'm already mentally preparing myself for the Oscar noms and everyone I work with telling me how amazing it is.

[dda1996a]

I don't know, this really does look awful. But I've never seen the actual musical and I'm guessing it has its fans.

[domino harvey]

The internet is united in hating this right now. Whether that is representative of the public at large remains to be seen, but I think the studio is going to lose a lot of money on this

[DarkImbecile]

Oh, really? I’m sure the critical reception will be terrible, but I’d bet that it makes at least $300 million worldwide and gains enough awards traction through sheer force of publicist flexing to get Taylor Swift to attend a few ceremonies.

[thirtyframesasecond]

I think this movie will be successful regardless of whether it takes a critical panning. I do expect a Best Supporting Actor nod for Jason Derulo though.

[dda1996a]

I just think this is a case of an untranslatable musical. Making the cats "actual" using CGI looks garish and I don't really know who the target audience for this is. Also Tom Hooper being in charge makes me lose all confidence in this project as well.
But I bet my sister might be interested in this as she's a big Swift fan.

[domino harvey]

I think two hours of this would sell more tickets than whatever this movie is actually going to be

[dda1996a]

I'd watch that for two hours to be honest

[Luke M]

Taylor Swift nor this Cats movie does anything for me sexually and frankly I'm grateful.

[Magic Hate Ball]

I just think this is a case of an untranslatable musical. Making the cats "actual" using CGI looks garish and I don't really know who the target audience for this is.

It’s like adapting Swan Lake by turning the dancers into cgi swan-people. That’s not the point of Swan Lake and absolutely nobody wants to see that.

[CSM126]

I’m not sure what’s worse about this trailer: the horrible CGI cat people, or Jennifer Hudson screaming Memory at the top of her lungs, which is the exact opposite of how that song should ever be performed. Also, shouldn’t Dame Judi Dench be the one playing the old dying cat, not young and vibrant Ms. Hudson?