Never seeing the stage show of Cats I figured seeing this could give me a chance to see why it became such a phenomenon as a stage show. I also love seeing movies that are hyped and then get low views. So after seeing the movie even in spite of the negative reviews, I've concluded the negative reviews have a problem with the uncanny valley and can't get past it to enjoy the movie. They are now simply dog piling their negative reviews onto it because everyone else is.
There is no immediate story, this is a chance to just hang out with cats as we follow nice to look at newcomer Francesca Hayward's cat version as she is tossed from a car into a new neighborhood full of Jellicle cats (and some mice) who she gets to meet.
As a fan of The Rocky Horror Picture Show 10/10, Moulin Rouge (10/10 visuals/costumes 7/10 everything else), The Sound of Music (7.5/10), this is not bad - I'll give it a 6. As I was watching I couldn't help but think if they had simply gone with the spandex costumes from the theater instead of CGI, it would have been easier on the eyes and not make them look demonic. Rebel Wilson and James Gordon aren't bad, but I would have used real actors and tighten up the story/lessen the length of songs instead rather using than celebrities because if you hate those celebs, you hate spending time with their characters. They were there for the funny, but it was uneven to the rest of the film.
45 mins into the movie a story still was not presented and I was getting agitated. It was just one cat being introduced after another with a song. Then even after a new cat is introduced, that cat disappears and never lends anything to the story. I understand, you want to submerge the audience into the world but after 45min, lay a story to follow! But no story came, just dance and song after dance and song. After 1 hour I wanted to go home. After 1 hour 15 min, I started squirming in my chair, after 1 hour 30 min, please make it stop.
6 / 10
There is no immediate story, this is a chance to just hang out with cats as we follow nice to look at newcomer Francesca Hayward's cat version as she is tossed from a car into a new neighborhood full of Jellicle cats (and some mice) who she gets to meet.
As a fan of The Rocky Horror Picture Show 10/10, Moulin Rouge (10/10 visuals/costumes 7/10 everything else), The Sound of Music (7.5/10), this is not bad - I'll give it a 6. As I was watching I couldn't help but think if they had simply gone with the spandex costumes from the theater instead of CGI, it would have been easier on the eyes and not make them look demonic. Rebel Wilson and James Gordon aren't bad, but I would have used real actors and tighten up the story/lessen the length of songs instead rather using than celebrities because if you hate those celebs, you hate spending time with their characters. They were there for the funny, but it was uneven to the rest of the film.
45 mins into the movie a story still was not presented and I was getting agitated. It was just one cat being introduced after another with a song. Then even after a new cat is introduced, that cat disappears and never lends anything to the story. I understand, you want to submerge the audience into the world but after 45min, lay a story to follow! But no story came, just dance and song after dance and song. After 1 hour I wanted to go home. After 1 hour 15 min, I started squirming in my chair, after 1 hour 30 min, please make it stop.
6 / 10
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