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Post by ck100 on Dec 19, 2019 5:23:09 GMT
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Post by MrFurious on Dec 19, 2019 11:23:00 GMT
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Post by NewtJorden on Dec 19, 2019 13:43:55 GMT
That number is a bit higher than i expected.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 19, 2019 14:29:19 GMT
Oh well...
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Post by ck100 on Dec 19, 2019 20:42:54 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Dec 19, 2019 21:48:06 GMT
I guess that was thirty-six hours well spent.
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Post by Nora on Dec 27, 2019 15:09:57 GMT
It outdid my worst fears. Makes a perfect horror though. i think i have never seen more repulsive movie than this. and I saw Salo.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 29, 2019 20:03:26 GMT
It outdid my worst fears. Makes a perfect horror though. i think i have never seen more repulsive movie than this. and I saw Salo. That's surprising (no offense). Then again, I watched Caligula twice.
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Post by rogerthat on Dec 30, 2019 2:04:40 GMT
It outdid my worst fears. Makes a perfect horror though. i think i have never seen more repulsive movie than this. and I saw Salo. This is really more repulsive than Salo?! Wow. That's some statement! Glad I haven't seen it.
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Post by Nora on Dec 30, 2019 4:00:49 GMT
It outdid my worst fears. Makes a perfect horror though. i think i have never seen more repulsive movie than this. and I saw Salo. This is really more repulsive than Salo?! Wow. That's some statement! Glad I haven't seen it. To me it was. I was disgusted, but I didnt walk out of Salo, but I felt I had to walk out of Cats. It made me more uncomfortable/scared than watching people eat nails and shit, yep. On some level the cat/human abomination really did a number on me, its what nightmares are made of...
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Post by sjg on Dec 30, 2019 13:07:30 GMT
It's entered the IMDB Bottom 100 at number 42 I have to see it now
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2019 14:14:12 GMT
There was no way this wasn't going to be horrible just based on the trailers. I think they'd have done well to just go full CGI and make the cats actual cats. That's something I could get behind. This current garbage looks like some kind of gene splicing gone horribly wrong.
That said, I'll totally give it a hate watch when it comes to Netflix.
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Post by The Lost One on Dec 30, 2019 15:21:20 GMT
I like the stage musical, but I just can't bring myself to go see this. Not too sure why anyone thought weird cat-human hybrids was the way to go.
It reminds me of that 90s version of the Island of Dr Moreau.
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Post by Nora on Jan 17, 2020 22:44:17 GMT
To me it was. I was disgusted, but I didnt walk out of Salo, but I felt I had to walk out of Cats. It made me more uncomfortable/scared than watching people eat nails and shit, yep. On some level the cat/human abomination really did a number on me, its what nightmares are made of... My gosh Nora, what did I just see?! How do I wipe this abomination from my mind? Any suggestions are welcome.
I tried real hard to get into it, but I was unengaged for most of it. Saw the stage production in the early to mid 90's and wasn't really impressed. I know it is based on T.S. Elliot poems and books about cats and I love cats, but this just sort of went over my head. The music\songs weren't that appealing to me either.
The biggest issue with me was the design and the cat costuming. It was just strange and not in a cool bizarre way. They didn't have paws and while this aspect of human face, fingers and feet may have worked better on the stage, it just didn't work at all as a movie. The face make-up and ears and tails were ok and many of these parts were likely achieved with cgi, but I felt they needed paws as well. It would have given them more charm and appeal.
Where did they send Grizabella too at the end? She was supposed to have been reborn into some other life, but she just floated away in a balloon chandelier. She would have died of exposure. What a rancid herring this was!
rancid herring sounds about right.
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Post by Nora on Jan 18, 2020 1:27:35 GMT
rancid herring sounds about right. With a saucer of sour milk to go along with it. I only went because 2 people I know really enjoyed it. I did venture in with much trepidation and I was thinking about how you felt about it too.
I also found the scale of the sets and props seemed out of proportion as well and the color schemes were gaudy and creepy. Technically a film from last year, but my worst film so far this year and I have only seen 3.
I think it’s almost some kind of achievement to create something about CATS that makes the whole world go “eww” .
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Post by politicidal on Jan 18, 2020 1:31:22 GMT
There was no way this wasn't going to be horrible just based on the trailers. I think they'd have done well to just go full CGI and make the cats actual cats. That's something I could get behind. This current garbage looks like some kind of gene splicing gone horribly wrong.
That said, I'll totally give it a hate watch when it comes to Netflix. You mean like this?
Perhaps it began as a sequel to that but shape-shifted into an Andrew Lloyd Webber abomination.
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Post by blockbusted on May 8, 2020 0:53:16 GMT
There's also a fact that Cats had to get patched because fo visual effects errors.
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Post by blockbusted on May 8, 2020 1:14:10 GMT
There's also a fact that Cats had to get patched because fo visual effects errors. As if it made any difference. Desperation to get this ugly movie to look more appealing. It wasn't even that. Some of the visual effects apparently weren't even finished.
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Post by blockbusted on May 8, 2020 20:52:09 GMT
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Post by Vits on Jun 1, 2020 12:58:34 GMT
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? The actors use CG costumes and the result are human/cat hybrids. I personally would've used the same format whenever characters start speaking in a foreign language and change to English all of the sudden ("Hey audience, they're still speaking in their own language in-universe"): The movie starts with actual cats. One of them is doing an action, they leave the frame for half a second, and then a person doing the same action enters the frame. Other people are standing in the spots where the other cats were before. The actors don't wear any kind of cat costume or make-up; just leotards of the same color as the fur of the cats they represent. At the end of the movie, the same trick is done and we see actual cats. I've never wanted a film adaptation, not even when they were planning an animated movie (that would've been more practical, but seeing people dancing is part of the spectacle), because my issue has always been the lack of a proper narrative. I just wanted to give this thought process a shot since it's what people have criticized the most. I usually don't mind this 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 the characters 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 they're supposed to be normal cats and they communicate through words only for the audience's benefit, right? 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 (despite the abrupt transition at the end) is when she dances without singing, right after the opening number. 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 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog.
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