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CATS Film Adaptation Thread
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#375
Posted: 12/12/19 at 10:57amI’m seeing a screening of this on Tuesday and will report back with my thoughts. Do not have high hopes.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#376
Posted: 12/12/19 at 6:45pm
friend was at the junket...
they haven't finished the a lot of cgi(the final scene was shown with the cast in front of a green screen)... they then told them that they have 3000 people working on it in order to get it finished by next week lol
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CATS Film Adaptation Thread#377
Posted: 12/12/19 at 7:02pm
aliceripleyofficial said: "friend was at the junket...
they haven't finished the a lot of cgi(the final scene was shown with the cast in front of a green screen)... they then told them that they have 3000 people working on it in order to get it finished by next week lol"
wtf...
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#378
Posted: 12/12/19 at 7:11pm
So now we'll be told that we can't judge it by the trailer, because that's not finished (despite the trailer's sole purpose being to convince us that it is worth seeing), and we also can't judge it when we see it in the theatre because they were rushed and didn't have time to finish it properly. Now you can't judge it until the Blu Ray release when you can finally see the truly finished product.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#379
Posted: 12/13/19 at 10:35pm
Just saw the second trailer this evening with Memory playing behind it. Liked it much better. Interesting that this was not the first trailer. Maybe they wanted to go for Swift fans first.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#381
Posted: 12/14/19 at 11:04am
On the Graham Norton Show, they showed a clip of Judy Dench speak-singing The Invitation of the Jellicle Ball, which is interesting https://youtu.be/gFm_NtR7aQs?t=425
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CATS Film Adaptation Thread#382
Posted: 12/14/19 at 12:34pm
Going to an advanced screening on Tuesday, so I'll be sure to share ALL of my thoughts. lol.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#383
Posted: 12/15/19 at 6:07pm
I'm curious if anyone has been able to deduce what Taylor Swift is singing about in the song "Beautiful Ghosts?" Anyone who knows the context of the Broadway show able to provide some guesses as to how it will fit into the plot?
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#384
Posted: 12/15/19 at 6:17pm
Enjolras5 said: "I'm curious if anyone has been able to deduce what Taylor Swift is singing about in the song "Beautiful Ghosts?" Anyone who knows the context of the Broadway show able to provide some guesses as to how it will fit into the plot?"
Plot?? Hahahaha!! Good one!
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#386
Posted: 12/15/19 at 6:48pm
Enjolras5 said: "I'm curious if anyone has been able to deduce what Taylor Swift is singing about in the song "Beautiful Ghosts?" Anyone who knows the context of the Broadway show able to provide some guesses as to how it will fit into the plot?"
The song will be sung by Victoria (Francesca Hayward) in the film and it’s really just about her longing for a sense of belonging and wondering if she will ever live out her glory days. The “beautiful ghosts” refer to the days gone by that can look back on fondly in her later years. In the stage show the character of Victoria doesn’t sing so this is essentially becoming that characters “introduction song” like all the others have.
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CATS Film Adaptation Thread#387
Posted: 12/15/19 at 7:21pm
I wouldn't be surprised if the film starts to inform the stage productions going forward.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#388
Posted: 12/15/19 at 8:34pm
Globefan said: "I wouldn't be surprised if the film starts to inform the stage productions going forward."
God, I hope not.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#389
Posted: 12/16/19 at 1:14am
SeanMartin2 said: "Globefan said: "I wouldn't be surprised if the film starts to inform the stage productions going forward."
God, I hope not."
A declaration like this is incredibly premature.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#390
Posted: 12/16/19 at 5:47am
Which glory days? She seems to be very young...
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#391
Posted: 12/16/19 at 7:23am
its supposed to he after memory (so they have said) its more of a "at least you got a full life to look back on, i have nothing, but hope now that i have been accepted into the tribe i will male memories of my own."
I though this was quite straight forward
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#392
Posted: 12/16/19 at 7:24am
also its more or less all about victoria and her perspective as an outsider being let into the tribe and learning all about the ball and what its all about, that why she is in almost every scene with each song.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#393
Posted: 12/16/19 at 12:09pm
DigificWriter said: "SeanMartin2 said: "Globefan said: "I wouldn't be surprised if the film starts to inform the stage productions going forward."
God, I hope not."
A declaration like this is incredibly premature."
Given what all of us have seen in the trailers?
Premature or not, I'll stand by it, thank you.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#394
Posted: 12/16/19 at 12:47pm
I think this will only happen if the movie were to become insanely popular. The change of making Victoria the central character is an interesting change, but probably done just to give the movie more of a plot. and for a show thats been running since 1980 in some form or another, it seems unlikely to change. I am also not sure how in the stage show it would be placing that new song right after the show's most famous song, it would totally kill the momentum at that point of the show.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#395
Posted: 12/16/19 at 1:27pm
"Beautiful Ghosts" is not going to be sung in-context after "Memory," only over the end credits...
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#396
Posted: 12/16/19 at 1:40pmIt is sung in the film by Victoria. The Swift version plays over the end credits.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#397
Posted: 12/16/19 at 1:42pm
Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: ""Beautiful Ghosts" is not going to be sung in-context after "Memory," only over the end credits..."
Incorrect. It's sung both in the film and over the end credits (2 different versions).
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#398
Posted: 12/16/19 at 1:50pm
Having pre-ordered the soundtrack, was happy to have Jennifer Lewis' "Memory" released today and had a first listen.
Hudson had a rough job. It's a song that's been covered so much and been played to death for it to ever sound impressive or catch your attention. For me, most times when it comes up on a ALW compilation or elsewhere my impulse is to skip it.
But for me Hudson did it, Memory sounded so new and fresh... I'm looking forward to hearing - and yes, seeing - all of it.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread#399
Posted: 12/16/19 at 1:57pm
JSquared2, I know. I should have been more clear- I meant that Hayward's rendition is not being sung after "Memory."
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