Cats the Musical

I don’t know which is scarier, the roaches or Rebel Wilson.

Edited by slimcoder on Dec 24th 2019 at 6:14:32 AM

why is Rebel Wilson wearing a fursuit on top of her fur

there's so much Fridge Horror to unpack in this movie

Edited by Nouct on Dec 24th 2019 at 6:15:21 AM

$100 million budget, people.

Edited by alliterator on Dec 24th 2019 at 7:35:54 AM

Most of the online video reviewers I have watched don't seem to know about the T.S. Eliot poems that are the basis for the musical.

Those cockroach people are mildly disappointing to me. I was expecting some kind of Eraserhead-style horror, like realistic cockroaches with human faces.

So, I enjoyed the movie. With a group of friends and the right mindset it's a fun, campy ride. Mostly

I found it could mostly be broken into three modes:

1. Weird and semi-functional— A lot of the early film and most of the emotional beats don't seem to be quite certain what it's going for, but are at least fairly good music. This is where having a group of friends to laugh with is essential
2. Entertaining high camp— Skimbleshanks, Macavity, and some of the others are just legitimately good song and dance good numbers
3. The close-up zone— There's several songs shot almost entirely in close up and it's always deeply boring

Universal is cancelling its Oscar campaign for "Cats".

Edited by Tuckerscreator on Dec 27th 2019 at 12:43:20 PM

Theyr'e going to win a different set of awards-The Razzies!

Andre the Black Nerd attempts to explain the sheer insanity of Cats:

Apparently the Rebel Wilson Cat takes off her fur, to reveal a tap dancing outfit, with fur underneath.

Edited by megaeliz on Dec 28th 2019 at 11:40:43 AM

Good lord they actually thought this could have gotten an Oscar?

Well if you throw enough money at a movie it will win something

Look at all the phoned in content that's around. People are dumb, and sometimes have inflated egos.

Cats, with unfinished CGI, was initially on the Oscars's shortlist for Best Visual Effects without Detective Pikachu, Godzilla King of the Monsters, or Spider-Man: Far From Home.

The VFX shortlist also includes Gemini Man.

Edited by Tuckerscreator on Mar 3rd 2021 at 11:21:50 AM

As if last year didn't drive home the point that the Oscars don't have a clue anymore hard enough...

I mean, Spider-Verse did win best animated last year.

Edited by megaeliz on Dec 27th 2019 at 6:14:42 AM

It seemed like a contender on paper to the executives, but after that trailer, the dismal opening box office, and the reviews mocking it...I guess they saw the writing on the wall.

Just for fun, the source material:

Edited by megaeliz on Dec 27th 2019 at 10:39:41 AM

Rebel Wilson's character taking off her outer fur to reveal another outfit is a call back to the stage show where the character first appears in a large round costume waddles around on stage then sheds it to start the dance number.

It works in the stage show because...its obvious these are costumes and the outer 'fur' does look more like a coat then actual skin it failboats and looks creepy in the film since both costumes look like her actual skin/fur.

For anyone curious as to how this compares to the stage show, the Cats You Tube channel had the entire video version of the stage show uploaded onto their channel.

I was wondering if the Pitch Meeting thumbnail would make the cats more terrifying. Yep, that'll do it.

Man I think that one’s his best work yet.

That video thumbnail is horrifying. Take it off. NOW.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Dec 28th 2019 at 12:18:27 PM

I'm sorry, I'll just provide you with the link instead.

Relax, I was joking.