CATS MOVIE REVIEW - Double Toasted Reviews

[@DoubleToasted_]

What are some other incredibly uncomfortable movies that you'd like us to talk about? Name 'em! Just reply to this comment and tell us what atrocities are out there!

[@GojiraRising]

Come and See.

[@ishathompson8439]

Mysterious skin

[@ironvlogger9712]

Delgo

[@rascoehunter3608]

Sinister.

[@keithn9253]

Teeth

[@Lonsoleil]

No cats were harmed during the making of this film, but quite a few careers were.

[@Jeromeromeshelton]

Banter Board lmfao

[@chaddfrancis2179]

This comment deserves way more likes.Very clever.It's always the lame comments that get more likes for some Reason.

[@MartinHomeVideo]

Banter Board only directors and quite rightfully

[@moneishab4996]

Best comment

[@fieryhellkitten]

He’s dressed up like the result of a cat mating with a storm trooper.

[@odizza1688]

😭😭😭😭😭...one of best double toasted comments ever

[@mrcosmo3973]

Yup

[@rommix0]

Makes sense as Cats and Rise of Skywalker (both terrible movies) came out around the same time.

[@samzilla567]

Korey's makeup is better than the $100 million dollar monstrosity that was shown on the film.

[@ericajordan4647]

I agree😂

[@annme_87]

My 4 year old niece's whiskers I drew on her with eyeliner for Halloween looked better than the Cats movie. Even after she accidentally smeared them with her mittens. The Cats trailer scared her so much the first time she saw it that she slept with her bedroom door closed for the first time in her life to keep her cat out. She's over that now, but it was really sad.

[@PungiFungi]

@@annme_87 , and i thought the human headed rats and roaches were even more terrifying.

[@itrorev]

The stormtrooper outfit makes his makeup even better.

[@bethkanning9585]

I’m an old school cats fan. Saw it on broadways when it was 15 years into it’s run. It doesn’t have a story. It’s for people who enjoy singing and dancing. That’s it. The lyrics are based on poetry by T.S. Elliot, and it can be clever but not meant to be serious. The original performances were brilliant, even if you don’t like the material, and that’s what made the show a hit. People singing and dancing well, all while dressed as cats. The oddity of it made it a must see for tourists, hence the long run. That said, this movie should have never been made. Cats should not be a movie. It’s a monstrosity and a crime against humanity.

[@adnannaemaz1989]

Beth Kanning For a minute I thought you were saying something positive about this...Thank God

[@Katerine459]

I'm really belated on this, but Sideways (a musical person on YT) had a really interesting take on this. He said, "CATS [the stage production] is successful because it's 90% spectacle and lycra. But if you pay attention, there's actually a story... it's just being told backwards from the point of view of the antagonists. This is what it would look like if you spent an entire Mario game inside Bowser's Castle. Things would be really repetitive and weird, right up until the last 15 minutes, when all the action happened." The story is this: Grizabella was kicked out of the Jellicle cats, long ago, for some unknown reason. She's really lonely, desperate to be accepted back into the Jellicle cats and just be touched again. The younger cats are curious about her and wanting to touch her and find out about her, but the older cats always stop them and hiss at her to go away. She sings Memory in a desperate attempt to get back into the group. Old Deuteronomy hears her and wants to accept her, but he can't without the acceptance of the rest of the group. Jemima hears this and sings to the tune of memory, signalling to the audience that Grizabella would be perfect for the Heavyside Lair. Then, in the second act, after a lot of stuff, Grizabella comes back, is rejected again, sings Memory again in a desperate attempt to get the others to accept her, and a RANDOM CAT (named Victoria) goes to touch her... and this time, nobody stops her! Therefore, the entire group accepts her again. She's happy now, and then Old Deuteronomy selects her to be reborn. That's the story amid all the spectacle. I haven't seen the movie (and don't particularly intend to), but I kind of get the impression that this all went over Hooper's head?

[@holeefuksumtingwong5788]

The first few seconds of this video are horrifying.

[@consciousgentile5141]

All of it

[@DereksDichotomy]

@@consciousgentile5141 Them leaks weren't kind to me. God help the Star Wars film canon.

[@TheFallofTheEleventh]

This movie looks like what would happen if you let the Director of Human Centipede make a musical

[@rascoehunter3608]

I don't understand why the filmakers decided to make the characters look like werecats. If this was a more cartoony animated movie it would probably be less creepy.

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Agree

[@robbieking4070]

Funny you should say that because at one point Stephen Spielberg (I think it was him, I can't quite remember) wanted to make an animated adaptation of Cats, except they wouldn't be anthropomorphic. Think of it like the aristocats do 'Cats'

[@rascoehunter3608]

@@robbieking4070 I wonder what the pitch meeting was like. I don't understand why any studio would want to buy this movie.

[@greenman394]

Yellow Pikmin88 Aristocats was the first thing that came to mind. That would’ve been way better.

[@consciousgentile5141]

@EbberDeeMills false Cat people was amazing. This crap is straight nightmare fuel

[@SirAbyss]

*The Lion King:* I'm the worst animated feline movie of 2019. *Cats:* Hold my milk.

[@Lonsoleil]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Rashy225]

I’d rather watch “cats” at least it was weirdly entertaining

[@noellayoutube]

MIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLKKK

[@teacupolous]

😂🤣💀

[@with_Thandii]

@@Rashy225 you are telling me that this CGI creep first is worse The Lion King. Have you seen cat cats triggers you emotionally in a way you never thought of you needed to be triggered. I didn't like cats before I watch the movie now I have a phobia of cats that's how bad it is. I had a mini panic attack whilst watching rebel eat a cockroach with a baby face on it

[@muchlovegambine949]

Oh great rebel Wilson and James corden falling over. How original

[@adamlemus7585]

Much Love Gambine Here we go! Ha! Ha! That line alone just makes me want to punch a cat in the face.

[@platy9586]

Imagine their showreel... Just them falling over for 3 minutes.

[@Ian-oe9wp]

where's Melissa mcarthy ? they would make ultimate trifecta of bad movie comedy

[@biguy617]

She was the worse part of the movie.

[@quinnzykir]

I mean fat Amy’s gotta eat

[@ocelotlmunoz2799]

"I don't like Rent, I don't like Cats." Always knew he was a man of taste lmao

[@sonicjrjr14]

Why no love for Rent, though?

[@annasoloweszyk5224]

ocelotl muñoz I never saw cats and never will. Rent was fantastic.

[@ishathompson8439]

sonicjrjr14 I love rent it’s my favourite musical of all time

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

I liked the Rent movies but it felt dated

[@LooxeY]

Hazaa! A man if quality!

[@samsonthesaxman]

“This is a futuristic wasteland, cat and human DNA have been spliced together” I died.

[@mrcosmo3973]

I know the Horror! 😱🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ironvlogger9712]

Corey looks like an actual fucking cat, why couldn't they use practical costumes like in the original musical? Some of the sets were practical sets, it would have been so cool if they used the same type of costume design from the play, along with the practical sets it would have looked so awesome to see something where the characters arent completely cgi in a live action world. Instead we got those.....things....😿

[@dorianm6502]

Yup just like for Chicago

[@Fenris30]

Cause the practical costumes Don't look like actual Cats.

[@ironvlogger9712]

@@Fenris30 neither do those monsters in the movie, at least the original costume resemble cats!

[@MsSphinx91]

@@Fenris30 neither the practical nor the cgi animations look like actual cats. But the cgi has an uncanny valley effect.

[@dramonmaster222]

I have been saying this since the trailer came out.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*_For some reasons, the live-action version of The Cowardly Lion (Wizard Of Oz 1939) looks way better than the entire casts CATS._*

[@teddyfurstman1997]

I am so calling it best comment. Love Wizard of Oz.

[@consciousgentile5141]

Nope. He looked awful too

[@rikacomedyletsplays2581]

@@consciousgentile5141 but he looked normal

[@jjtjp2469]

I think I'll just stay home and watch Cats Don't Dance instead.

[@randommindz6782]

^^^^^ this guy is a man of culture

[@cyruskuria5165]

Agreed

[@michaelstrong5383]

A far better musical with talking cats.

[@MsSphinx91]

I always say that movie is the prequel to Bojack Horseman. That cat paved the way for animals in Hollywood.

[@hiyazaki09]

Aristocats & Cats Don't Dance perfect

[@jamespolk5428]

Harold Prince, the late directing giant of Broadway, was attached to direct this musical as it premiered on Broadway. When he asked Webber what the musical’s metaphorical meaning was, he got the (paraphrased) answer: “it’s about cats.” Prince dropped out of the project.

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Korey will always be best cat. Lol

[@matthewheywood8532]

Sadly the “plot” of this movie version is more than the stage play ever had. The stage play was all introduce a new cat and sing and dance repeat . It was a huge hit due to the dancing and the fact some of the cats came out of the audience and the audience got some interaction like blue man group .

[@captaintalon4485]

Wait so that Family Guy gag about musicals is true?

[@ElaMongrella]

Not sure about each stage performance, but the 1998 DVD version did show a plot, if you pay attention to background details during the songs. Grizabella always being shunned, each time she shows up, before becoming the chosen one is the main plot, but there is also the side plot, of Mistoffelees, embarrassing himself at the beginning of Jennyanydots' song, and being teased about it by the kittens, and then having his performance during the moon dance cut off by Bombalurina later, until Rum Tum Tugger carries her away, so he can finish, and later finally getting the admiration and respect he deserves (after Rum Tum Tugger asks the others not to scoff, but give him a chance), after saving Deuteronomy.

[@Medusa0999]

The experience and simplicity is what made it work. They knew the premise was silly so they didn’t try to over explain it. It’s cat’s having a party and there’s a sad one.The movie didn’t have good music, good dance and tried to find a story in it in cats having a party and there ‘s a sad one 😅

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

The plot was about Grizabella. Easy.

[@lejigglyqueenteemo6029]

Damn Martin went in, “I don’t like the genus I don’t like the species and I don’t like the musical “😭

[@Theturtleowl]

I saw an other review that said 'If Dante had seen Cats, there would have been an extra circle of hell'.

[@David-se5ph]

I just watched that Chris Stuckmann review!

[@sharpaycutie2]

A star studded cast doesnt mean a GOOD movie

[@battlion507]

Well yeah! Just look at Movie43...

[@antwanscott97]

Assassins Creed scarred me....

[@smithmarina970]

wonder when people will realize that?

[@Titan52berg]

You sure nailed that comment correctly!

[@ccateni28]

@@battlion507 oh no...

[@avonbarksdale91]

I like how Korey was calm most of this review then yells “YOU AINT SEEN THE SHIT WE SEEN... YOU DONT KNOW TERROR YOU DONT KNOW HORROR” 😂😭😂😭

[@greenman394]

Need to shield your eyes from this atrocity? Use a shirt from DTMerch.Com

[@DoubleToasted_]

Good thing our material is so strong that you can't see through it. :)

[@humbrefinch6643]

😂😂😂

[@AriesVixxen]

Use that classic black tee with the white logo to cover your face from this nightmare fuel here!💪

[@raicrush]

BARS

[@devdevlin1683]

😂 ... I’m glad you guys are still around. Thanks for the thought provoking content and laughs.

[@michaelgaddis3969]

They should of released this during Halloween not Christmas

[@christopherstehn4456]

Michael Gaddis nice movie looks like shit and Star Wars is better

[@JaxBlade]

27:22 LMAO I had to come back to this after their last twitch stream cause of what Martin said xD

[@SirDupree]

I watched the movie last night. I still can't comprehend what I saw. My girlfriend had a mini panic attack after we got home about how she can't get the movie out of her mind. It was so weird.

[@deons6237]

Im confused on how literally nobody asked for this movie but they desided to waist $95 million on it anyway when they could've spend that $95m on something meaningful like idk Flint Michigan water crisis or homeless people maybe...

[@carlosmarte3154]

Legendary_ 193 It was wasted with the intent of making a profit. They’re a company, not government.

[@deons6237]

Carlos Marte its understood, im speaking theoretically.

[@TaoScribble]

Because they wanted to take this name that everyone knows, but didn't do any research into WHY people liked it and made something based on what they knew on the surface. Essentially the same mindset that makes video game movies fail, mixed with the firm belief that spending more money on a thing automatically makes it better.

[@GojiraRising]

"Yeeeeeaaaaaah!"- Jason Derulo Edit: I've said it on their trailer reaction video but I honestly do feel sorry for the newcomer actress that starred in this.

[@MsDragonbal776]

Taylor swift

[@hothotheat3000]

She got the best reviews out of the cast. She’ll be fine.

[@cinematicsterling6897]

I’M A BLACK CAT YEAH!

[@YasharelYahawadah]

Strange...Korey look's more like cat humanoid then the actors, Shout out to his make-up artist.

[@Iheartneonsparkles]

Kory looks ridiculous and I love it! Always bringing even more fun to the show :)

[@QueenA.G.]

My god Korey! I forgot about that movie! But all I can say about your cat Stormtrooper cosplay is MEOW! I think you’d look even cooler if u wore a shirt from DTMerch.com!

[@TeganRhodes]

When I was a kid, I interpreted the Jellicle Choice as reincarnation. The 9 lives of a cat.

[@MartinHomeVideo]

“They call it family friendly show because there’s no penetration” LMAO

[@odizza1688]

🤣🤣

[@m0n4rch911]

Cats 2 confirmed next year though. They have Jay Z, Kanye West and Billie Ellish.

[@queenannesrevenge1437]

😂😂😂🤣

[@Drakel_Kami1989]

So basically you guys are saying that this movie is one huge big-lipped alligator moment.

[@oldschool657]

Holy shit, I have not heard that reference in a long time

[@sadesemolu]

What?

[@shaunaray1]

@@oldschool657 god where was that from again, I remember a clip from all dogs go to heaven being shown.

[@dreamquesttv]

@@shaunaray1 Funny...the voice actor of that alligator (Ken Page) played Old Deuteronomy in the original Broadway production of Cats. He was also Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas.

[@Hinatachan360]

@@dreamquesttv I love Ken Page. He's my favorite Old Deuteronomy.

[@TimeMakerMan]

Korey looking like a background extra for this film.

[@DoubleToasted_]

Need to get him photoshopped into the movie ;)

[@Hinatachan360]

Corey looks a lot more cat like and cuter than the movie cast.

[@leonche64]

"You ain't seen the shit we've seen! You don't know terror. You don't know horror, unless you see the movie."

[@DominicanVillain]

Is Korey dress as a Purr Trooper?

[@Phantom_binovirex8974]

A puma troopa

[@TheRealSparxx]

You missed a chance to say troopurrr 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@DominicanVillain]

TheRealSparxx yeap, I did 😂😂

[@SuperWolsey]

Derulo: YYYEEEAAAHHHH!! Me: NNNOOOOOO!!!

[@joseconcepcion6949]

For being 4 years old it stills makes me relax hearing your out take always never gets old thank you guys my go to when having rough time you always makes me laugh smile better then any therapist

[@WildwoodClaire1]

Cats is 2+ hours of cats singing song after song after song after song about what sort of cats they are. They do so because they're trying to impress a mangy old cat called Old Deuteronomy, who gets to pick which one of them mercifully gets put down at the end. Unfortunately, virtually every song is totally forgettable, except "Memory," which can be pleasant enough if performed well and gag-inducing if the singer tearfully blubs their way through it.

[@ArtofLunatik]

WildwoodClaire1 2 hours??? Wow fuck that

[@123adamhewitt]

Nothing can prepare you for Rebel Wilson in a can suit, NOTHING

[@adamlemus7585]

Bro, please tell me you were dressed like that going to the theater.

[@Transmission_Rory]

Well, this film has ruined any chance of MC Skat Kat getting a film.

[@dreamquesttv]

I'm still waiting on that Paul Winchell Aristocats Chinese cat stand alone movie.

[@clay391]

I seen the improved vfx version and there is still problems with it however, a lot of the floating faces has been fixed. However, its still horrifying to see mice and cockroaches with human faces get eaten by rebel Wilson.

[@davidgeldner2167]

“It’s Jennifer Hudson man of course she’s gonna do great. She’s gonna do amazing” totally agree there too but it can’t save this wreck.

[@vocalgamer9222]

This is it! The moment we've all been waiting for, people! Will our dynamic duo make it through in one piece? Or will Martin simply lose his sh&t?

[@yourkingreturns]

That costume is uh, definitely a fixed point in this timeline

[@killmonger5097]

I love when korey is so serious dressed as a stormtrooper cat 😂😂😂

[@kyzendelaguia1063]

"Cat got your tongue?" Uuuhm that's one of the creepiest things to say to a cat, be like asking humans "human got your tongue?"

[@biguy617]

So many Cat puns

[@trudy_triad]

😮

[@RealKyndleNance]

My mother has phobia of cats. She can’t stand them. Didn’t make things better when she saw this CATastrophe. Completely traumatized.

[@webheadcamstudios1344]

Don't you mean a CATastrophe ?

[@CatLives9]

My mom is a crazy cat lady so I'm definitely taking her to see this hahahaha!

[@derinaries]

I bet she went CATatonic after seeing the movie.

[@ElaMongrella]

About the sexuality of the play: T. S. Eliot actually turned down Disney, when they asked for the rights to the poems, because he didn't want child friendly, cutesy kitty cats. Disney then made Aristocats instead. When Webber asked Eliot's widow for the rights, she told him about that, and Webber said "oh, I was thinking more along the line of Hot Gossip" (a pretty raunchy stage show at the time), and Mrs. Eliot said "oh, yes, I think he would've liked that" and gave Webber the rights.

[@Dreamlillie_95]

The Storm Trooper’s a cat! 😂😂🤣😂

[@kchrules775]

16:22 Judi Dench is a singer though. She did musicals like Cabaret on the west end in the 60s-70s and continues to sing. Her voice isn't as strong as it used to be though, so I don't know how she does in this yet

[@josevelazquez6573]

Jacob's Ladder the musical.

[@antwanjenkins6735]

Lmaooo

[@oo4758]

That could be cool

[@gbdeck200]

Lmao

[@Nestalgba92023]

The Remake, the musical, right?

[@jazmineleno1414]

Lol

[@darlenemassey3608]

When I was a lil kid Cats the musical commercial use to scare me shit out of me ! It took like 2 yes to get over it . I never understood why ppl like it and went on so long ,I had chance to go see Cats but I decided to not go back in 1997

[@tyrannosaurusburke]

"Cats" made me feel so unclean. 24 hours after watching it, I still have five more showers to take.

[@KanWoo76]

😣The hell with Cats! My ex talked me into taking her to the damn Broadway play. . .and as I said, my EX!! After 10mins of that shite I tried eating my own head!!

[@queenannesrevenge1437]

🤣🤣😂

[@aatiti2011]

😂😂😂😂

[@MisterRandom2]

When the Skeksis from "The Dark Crystal" look less terrifying than your CGI cats, you KNOW you've got a problem.

[@megang2634]

It's nice to see a review that actually brings up important points and offers real criticism instead of just saying how weird this is over and over again.

[@etrayde]

So you’re saying THE WIZ starring Diana Ross is better than CATS? 🤔!

[@tramekn]

Of course!

[@SuperWolsey]

And Billy Wilder's Irma La Douce (though outside of two songs from the Broadway show preceding it, most of the other songs were jettisoned)

[@biguy617]

Now you know why Jennifer Hudson was not playing Harriet Tubman

[@naya6593]

I'm sure, hell the wiz play starring Stephanie Mills was better than all of them.

[@user-ds4fd1jb8h]

FUCK YOU!

[@IxisTyler]

Looking at those concepts it leaves me angry that we were denied a traditionally animated adaptation. With cats that looked like descent enough cats !!!

[@davidfinch4336]

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[@Wooshey_Wooj]

“Yeayyaaa!!! Im a black cat!” Lmfao!!!!

[@MsAnimeFreak777]

Literally one second in and Korey is in a cat suit. Im even more excited for this review

[@DeniseFaraday]

I'm STILL laughing at the full mental breakdown Korey had while giving his review of this movie. ROFL

[@tajcee]

Wait a damn minute: you mean to tell me the director of The King’s Speech signed on to do...this!? How... HOW??!?

[@rascoehunter3608]

Does anyone else think that the plot sounds like cult?

[@AjiLaStrange]

Because it does.

[@naya6593]

this shit is sick

[@rascoehunter3608]

@@AjiLaStrange Good, I am not the only that thinks that.

[@19mmch]

In the stage play, it is super implied that they are not from Earth and are competing for a way home. Grizabella is even taken up to the Heaviside Layer by a flying saucer with a literal green beam of light. I now always think of the storyline as aliens auditioning to go home.

[@rascoehunter3608]

After watching the movie it is so much like a cult.

[@pinkertonlady]

Maxwell Sheffield is finally vindicated 😂

[@jakesroom]

Told y’all Korey ready for CATS 😂

[@ForPapaandGrandma]

If you had nine lives, Korey, you'd probably wanna take a trip to kitty heaven ("Heaviside Layer") too.

[@im2cxe4u]

I've figured out why it looks so creepy. It's the the noses mostly. The Human noses. Cory having a drawn on cat nose looks fine. In fact he make for a rather handsome cat. If they had made the faces more cat like, it might have worked better visually. Instead they tried to bank on the recognizablity of the actors instead.

[@Theyungcity23]

Macavity actually is a pimp in the lore. He will turn you out.

[@sharonspears-mandeville2369]

_Damn,Macavity..just damn_

[@Hinatachan360]

That's a Pimp Named Macavity to you, nigguh!

[@justinnyugen7015]

Cats scared the shit out of me as a kid when the stageplay aired on PBS. Korey is triggering that age old terror all over again

[@googleuser7454]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Memories!! Why was the stageplay scary?

[@justinnyugen7015]

@@googleuser7454 because of the makeup, it was like clowns but with dirty fur.

[@DressCode2005]

Corey Looks Like John Candy in Space Balls

[@Hinatachan360]

I am a fan of the original show. I prefer the live performance though because the cats come out into the audience to interact. I also love the music.

[@treasurecave431]

I need that device from MIB to erase my memory. I wish i could unsee this horror.

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Cats is gonna make an AWESOME How Did This Get Made episode

[@1776Historyfan]

Cats is meant to have no story. It is a salute musical to a book of kids poems by T.S. Eliot.

[@Kwiji07]

the Island of Dr Moreau the musical

[@triciew8664]

When I saw the tag and picture of Corey dress like a werecat Stormtrooper I was like I'm in!!!!!@

[@Slipknot4769]

This is probably the only review I've seen that didn't utterly tear this movie to shreds.

[@ArtofLunatik]

Cockroaches with human faces?!?! Fuckkkkkk thatttttttt

[@dorianm6502]

If you guys didn't know Cats was taken off Broadway for a while and now there is a new Cats show on Broadway today. All new music though the Cats show is different from the one in the 80s. NOT sure what they chose for the movie though. Also the dancing for the new Cats is more family friendly. I believe most of the music would be new for the movie not taken from the play since there is a new story line.

[@MsSphinx91]

Was the dancing in the old Cats risqué? I don't remember much from it, because I was a kid at the time. I just remember thinking it was boring.

[@dorianm6502]

@@MsSphinx91 I was a kid as well. I'm basing it off of what Martin and Corey are saying since they saw it and they did show a clip. Looking at the clip seemed a little sexual...but the dancing also looked very 80s style and the Cats on Broadway today doesn't look the same at all. I guess a more modern take. (I was slightly disappointed me and my mom saw it together and I wondered why it looked like a different show even from the commercials in the 90s. )

[@vanyadolly]

I'm a huuuge fan of the musical. I watched the video version about a million times in highschoo. This is... weird but I'm still going to see it.

[@e.d.t.]

"Is there a thread to any of this?" is pretty much what I asked my mom years ago when I watched Cats the play on PBS, not all of it, just kept flipping back and forth between channels. She told me no. I think once the novelty of seeing people in cat costumes wore off I got bored with it. I feel like this movie would do the same for me, but I'd still be willing to rent it.

[@teagenthetiefling5296]

They’re all Jellicle cats, and this is the Jellicle Ball where they compete to be chosen by Old Deuteronomy so they can go to the Heaviside Layer and be reincarnated into their best selves.

[@ClassicDepravities]

Corey is totally right about everything, but that's why i like it. I LOVED this movie. I have loved the musical all my life, but you GOTTA go into it knowing that it is some of the most absurd bullshit of all time. THAT'S when you get to have a good time.

[@ArtofLunatik]

“Disappears into a puff of glitter”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂

[@ECL28E]

It's an episode of "So You Think You Can Dance" but sponsored by Fancy Feast.

[@chrisf5828]

Judi Dench isn't someone we think of as a singer today but 40 some years ago she was, if memory serves, the lead (Sally Bowles) the in London production of Caberet

[@pickmick9643]

She was going to be in the orginal cast, as the cat who sings memory. But She had to drop out due to a bad foot injury.

[@quirindongo13]

If CATS is a horror film, then it's this decades version of The Garbage Pale Kids.

[@chaddfrancis2179]

I was afraid of them when I was younger....shit I'm still afraid!

[@matthewfortuna4464]

Korey making salient points while in costume is hilarious

[@downtown82]

I walked out of the cinema and passed a guy who just saw Cats! ‘Everything was bad, absolutely everything’, he said to a friend. I don’t mind the golden fangs, 2 cats wearing sneakers, songs being cut short, Rebel Wilson spreading her legs, all the bad characters or hooker being played by black people, the bad CGI that makes feet disappear in the floor…, all the sickled feet, the flexed feet or bent knees when they should be straight, not 1 grand jeté at 180 degrees… OK, I DO MIND!! I understand they wanted to create a ‘up to date’ version of this dance musical but pointing feet and straightening legs will NEVER go out of style. And why show the real dancing halfway through the musical? Up until then you will see a lot of close ups and isolations (leg, arm, arm, head) or slow motion jumps. Director Tom Hooper doesn’t know how to shoot dance. Now, this ‘star’ cast is in search for a star. Rebel Wilson can’t sing and act this part, James Cordon plays James Cordon, Jason Derulo was supposed to play a tough guy but he chose to run around like a riffing Christina Aguilera, Judi Dench can’t sing this part and has to change keys to make it work, Taylor Swift can’t act, Francesca Hayward has a very small and pitchy voice and sounds like she just started voice classes. Jennifer Hudson, who was supposed to play the lead, can’t really act and only has one voice: it’s loud. Now, thank God for Ian McKellen. He was wonderful in his version of Gus. In this supporting role he is the true star of the movie. Director Tom Hooper must be proud to fuck up one of the longest running Broadway shows.

[@stevenflores5988]

Thought I was on acid for a second at the beginning of this video.

[@foosheezoo]

Glad to see you’re dressing up again 😭 you better dress up like Wonder Woman ⭐️

[@scarylion1roar]

"Rarely does good come from a wealthy auteur micromanaging their 30-something year old property." -Lindsay Ellis

[@VicenteTorresAliasVits]

CATS is probably the best movie that can be adapted from the 1981 sung-through musical, all things considered. Don't get me wrong; I like it a lot... as a live show, not as a play with songs. There are musicals that have turned out great despite prioritizing the song score over the book/script. In this case, technical aspects like costume design were also prioritized over it. There was a recurring gag in THE NANNY where people were shocked at how the title character's boss turned down the opportunity to be one of the producers. His reason was that the pitch didn't sound convincing. Well... He was kind of right. There's almost no progression, because almost every musical number is about introducing each member of the feline tribe Jellicle. Screenwriters Tom Hooper (who's also the director) and Lee Hall are clearly aware of this and they try to make everything feel more cinematic by emphasizing certain conflicts/arcs and by adding spoken dialogue. I wasn't as bored as I feared, but it's still not an entertaining experience. Since the score is the same, I couldn't shake that feeling of constantly being bounced around between characters and, by the end, I didn't feel like I had gotten to know any of them. In fact, what's the point in performing an "I Am" song when we've already seen the character around for a while? There's been a lot of criticism towards the CG costumes. I usually don't mind that kind of thing as long as the characterization is consistent enough to make me forget that I'm watching something that's not real. Well... No, it's not consistent. Some of them wear clothes and shoes. If they feel that need, shouldn't all of them do that? If they've evolved enough to feel that need and to have a clear separation between hands and feet, why they do still drink milk by licking it? Sometimes, the actors move and gesture like cats. Sometimes, they move and gesture like humans. Sometimes, they move and gesture like other animals. Sometimes, they display emotions, rational thoughts and distinct personality traits. Sometimes, they react by instinct. Sometimes--You get the idea. I'm nitpicking like this because them communicating through words is supposed to be only for the audience's benefit. They're supposed to be normal cats in-universe. Well, they meow, hiss and purr, which defeats the purpose of giving them the ability to speak and sing. The protagonist is Victoria and it's a thankless role. Not just because she's the only one without an extravagant name, but also because she's an audience surrogate who mainly exists to react with doe (or cat?) eyes at what everyone else does. That makes me admire Francesca Hayward's performance even more. I say "even more" because I was already touched by all the emotions she conveyed. Not just with her face and her voice but also her body language. As a matter of fact, my favorite scene is right after the beginning, when she dances without singing. I later read that she's a trained ballerina, and I wasn't surprised. Jennifer Hudson's performance is good too. I have no idea what Ian McKellen is doing. I felt moved during the last portion of the number MR. MISTOFFELEES, but the other portions feel devoid of energy compared to the stage show's rendition of the song. There's a scene where Jennyanydots (the laziest Jellicle) grabs an invisible zipper and reveals that what we thought was her body was a costume and that she was hiding a dress underneath. What is this?! While there are other moments of humor, the tone is relatively serious, so why do a LOONEY TUNES routine all of the sudden?! 4/10

[@davidgeldner2167]

Martin I agree I like many musicals but don’t like Rent or Cats. I will say though they each have at least one good song.

[@arkinyte13]

David Geldner I hate most musicals.

[@davidgeldner2167]

arkinyte13 I don’t like a majority. I like what I like. I like Phantom of the Opera a lot for instance. And Book of Mormon