movies/tv Cats movie

[Fluttershutter 2,388]

This has replaced Joker as my trailer obsession!

Everybody seems to hate it and dancey movies aren't my thing but it looks really creepy-fascinating.

I've never seen the play but I've seen ads for it and the makeup always struck me as creepy and a lot like this.

[AwesomeRainbow 473]

I love the play! soo excited to see the movie!

[Venomous 18,862]

I have never seen the play so I have no idea what this movie will be about. 

However,

I’ll be the first to say it: This human/cat hybrid thing creeps me out. Everyone I know that has seen this trailer was disturbed by it at least a little bit. The designs of the characters are just plain unsettling.

I digress, though, because I really can’t judge a movie strictly on a character’s physical looks. Will I see it? Probably not. 

[Rebel the Wolfgirl 5,601]

My girlfriend and I agree that the designs of the characters are VERY unsettling. It would've been better just to film a performance of the play or something.

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,594]

And here I was thinking that "It: Chapter 2" was going to be the scariest movie of 2019..

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,288]

I have seen this stageplay, it was great with great costumes and pleasant music, it was a nice surprise. This damn movie though....Judging from the trailer it seems they might get the music right, so that's something, but the visual aspects of it all...it looks like a literal nightmare. Seriously, the titular Cats look horrendous. Instead of having well crafted costumes and makeup like the stageplay, it looks like they had motion capture, then splattered CGI over that and then glued the actor's faces onto that. It looks so bad. The faces are easily the worst part. In the play, from what I remember, the faces had makeup and prosthetics to make them actually look, you know, cat-like and that works. Here, they stuck human faces on these weird cat-human bodies and it just doesn't work. Obviously they did this so people will maybe recognize the oh so important celebrities to appeal to celebrity worship culture, but it isn't worth it. It shows the studio doesn't care about how it all looks, as long as the celebrities are at least somewhat recognizable. 

The music might be the only good part to this film but that's only because it is pulling the music from the play and besides, at that point, you might as well just make it a soundtrack.

[Here No Longer 5,276]

9 minutes ago, TheAnimationFanatic said:

And here I was thinking that "It: Chapter 2" was going to be the scariest movie of 2019..

Yeah and in this case it's going to be for all the wrong reasons.

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,594]

Just now, Dustlicious said:

Yeah and in this case it's going to be for all the wrong reasons.

Honestly, this could have worked if they just had the actors in practical makeup or just made it a full-on animated feature with CGI cats. 

[Here No Longer 5,276]

Just now, TheAnimationFanatic said:

Honestly, this could have worked if they just had the actors in practical makeup or just made it a full-on animated feature with CGI cats. 

Either would work but CGI would probably still be more preferable to a live action film about anthropomorphic cats. It would still be jarring with practical make-up, but nothing like this horrifying freak show.

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,594]

Like, everything else looks fine (even great), but it's all overshadowed by those terrifying designs.

[Fluttershutter 2,388]

Yeah, there's definitely an uncanny valley thing going on but I like things that are a little weird and make you a little uncomfortable and then you get over it. They definitely look like real cat people.

I looked it up and the makeup is actually pretty different:

8 hours ago, TheAnimationFanatic said:

And here I was thinking that "It: Chapter 2" was going to be the scariest movie of 2019..

Yeah, that's a common sentiment.  Everybody keeps mentioning the Sonic movie too.

[CheeryFox 23,819]

Yeah...I'll be watching it. Too...Sir Gandalf the cat is in it. 

[Treeglow Flicker 13,592]

I think it looks awesome.

[ExplosionMare 18,060]

I’m probably not going to see it because it’s not my thing (Also I don’t understand why cats are animated over people. I think furry suits would’ve made more sense). It’s not the worst thing I’ve seen but I really have no reason to see it since I don’t like watching long dance sequences as well. 

[Denim&Venöm 18,571]

Why couldn't they have used actual cats?

[heavens-champion 1,905]

Like the Sonic movie, this should have been animated.

[Dreambiscuit 9,575]

Looks interesting! Cats isn’t my favorite Broadway show by a long shot, but it still intrigues me so I’ll probably have to give it a try. I’m fine with the costume design. They’re trying to capture the essence of human performers and thus be (somewhat) true to the original show, while streamlining the makeup enough to give it a new look and take advantage of movie effects and costuming. Making this an all-out animated film would be interesting, but they’re trying to please fans of the Broadway show and want to keep that 'live' look and feeling.  

[Lucky Bolt 35,061]

In all honesty...this looks weird af 

[Angle Alastor 3,805]

Too me it just looks like one of those weird 80s or 90s movies that pop up once in a while...to be honest it looks creepy to me on the faces xD

[heavens-champion 1,905]

On 8/8/2019 at 8:10 AM, Lucky Bolt said:

In all honesty...this looks weird af 

Exactly. the characters either look like they're humans turning into cats, or cats turning into humans.

On 8/8/2019 at 4:20 AM, Dreambiscuit said:

 Making this an all-out animated film would be interesting, but they’re trying to please fans of the Broadway show and want to keep that 'live' look and feeling.  

Nothing wrong with an animated adaptation of a Broadway musical.

[Luigi 7,869]

When I was in High School, I remember watching Soul Eater. There was a cat girl in that show that lives with the main characters. 

Why couldn’t they have just done this instead of make the actors look like furries? This movie’s animation scheme is BONKERS

[Twiggy 2,966]

Won’t let me post without some text but pic is my take. 

[TheRockASaurus Rex 50,517]

A movie called Cats?

My god, I think that my allergies are acting up.

Edited August 17, 2019 by TheRockARooster

[Brony Number 42 10,057]

The Secret Life Of Pets 3.

[Rainbow Dash 1,472]

I might be the only one who thinks this way but they killed it...as in they took a great classic and destroyed it to tartarus and back. 

The CGI cats is an insult to Broadway. They could have used practical effects/costumes. It would have costed more but when youre rebooting a classic you have to go all out to do it justice.

the casting is horrid. Taylor Swift? Jason Derulo? James Corden? REBEL BUCKING WILSON?! At least Key and Peele isnt in this. Then itd really be an abomination to the arts.

none are solid actors or singers. Yes, that IncludesTaylor Swift; she has no range which is why shes a pop star and not a country star like she kinda started out as. Not fully sure about that. 

Also, the only stars out of that list that have any dancing back ground or training is James Corden and Jason DeRulo. It has me wondering if the dance numbers are gonna be cgi...especially Rebel Wilsons parts. 

If so, id rather watch a GOOD cgi musical like Fantasia 2000