CATS Film Adaptation Thread — Page 9

CAT-tastrophe!

jacobsnchz14 said: "ErikJ972 said: "Someone call Steven Spielberg,

https://io9.gizmodo.com/stunning-concept-art-for-spielbergs-animated-cats-movie-1599739506"

He’s literally onboard as a producer for this one."

Yikes.

Updated On: 7/18/19 at 11:10 PM

It's really not as bad as I thought, based on reactions here. But why in the world would they have not just done traditional make-up???

I would venture a guess that 80% of the people posting here have never even seen the stage production or if they did, did not care for it. To say that the stage production was garbage is just plain ludicrous!! The show was one of the longest running shows in Broadway and West End history ... obviously somebody thought it was good. I swear people get some perverse sense of power and pleasure from sitting anonymously behind their computer screen and trashing films, stage shows, etc.

Updated On: 7/19/19 at 12:39 AM

Tag said: "It's really not as bad as I thought, based on reactions here. But why in the world would they have not just done traditional make-up???"



That’s already been done and released on DVD years ago.

Fosse76 said: "Speed said: "Tag said: "It's really not as bad as I thought, based on reactions here. But why in the world would they have not just done traditional make-up???"



That’s already been done and released on DVD years ago.

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But I think that's the point. What is this film's purpose, other than giving us creepy cat-like humanoids?"

To bring new technology to a classic property and make money.

out of hundreds of good musicals to adapt, they literally chose the worst one ever. good lord

I have never seen Cats on stage, even when it was playing every time we went to New York City in the 1990s. My wife (we weren't married yet) just weren't interested, but I have nothing against it.

So unlike most of you, but like regular people, I don't know much about characters or the story. My main reaction: Most of them don't look like cats. Good on them for being way out there, I guess, but the look (with a few exceptions) is unappealing. Some of the visuals look interesting, but not enough.

I was underwhelmed by the performance of "Memory."

I was surprised they spent even a second promoting the choreographer. I can't remember seeing this in a trailer. I know who he is, but regular people don't.

People have looked foolish predicting the commerical failure of Cats before, so I'm not joining that club. But it didn't make me want to see it, and isn't that the goal of a trailer? My takeaway: Maybe I should see the thing on tour, because the movie looks like it will be terrible.

Yeah, the problem for me isn't the material, or the performers. Everything looks fine EXCEPT the cat designs for the faces are too human and disturbing. I can't imagine watching this for two hours. It's like a bizarre hallucination.



If they'd just made the ears a lot bigger, put more fur around the faces, and altered the noses and eyes to make them look catlike, it would have been much better. But they didn't and because of that, it doesn't matter how great the performances, dancing and sets are because the film is unwatchable.

Updated On: 7/19/19 at 06:45 AM

Speed said: "Broadway61004 said: "Speed said: "BenjaminNicholas2 said: "everythingtaboo said: "And I'm so tired of Jennifer Hudson singing the sh*t out of everything in the place of actual emotion. There's nothing behind her singing besides power. Where's the character aside from looking shocked and confused

Yes. I'm glad someone said it. Hudsonhas two volumes: Loud and very loud. Her technique is sloppy. Her phrasing shows how much she could use some additional coaching in the breath control department. While on film, she can be edited to come across very well, her live performances can't hide her inherent problems. Color Purple was well above what she looked comfortable doing. Thankfully Heather Headley came along a little later to make sure we all understood how great a role Shug really is.

I don't think she deserved this role. People often confuse power-belting with emoting and connecting with a song. Hudson has yet to show people that she can, in fact, act.

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Jesus Christ. Are you f***cking serious??? Her acting in Dreamgirls was electric which is why she won EVERY SINGLE AWARD. She is a fantastic actress who has conquered Broadway, TV, and film. And how can you say her only voices are loud and loud when she is singing VERY QUIETLY for HALF THE TRAILER."

Actually, I'm pretty sure she won every single award imaginable because of her singing, because of the fact the Academy can't differentiate between emoting and acting and because it was an insanely weak year for supporting actresses. It had nothing to do with her acting, which was non-existent in the film."

You have no idea what acting is. It’s telling a story and she did her part of telling the story brilliantly. LOTS of people voted on her to win all the awards. They can’t all be less intelligent than you. They know what acting is. They judge it EVERY YEAR and many many people have sung in movies and not won the awards Hudson won. Also- hundredsof actresses were eligible for that Oscar. It’s the hardest award to win because there IS a lot of competition. There’s no such thing as a weak year."

Yep, I clearly just have no idea what acting is. Thank you so much for clarifying and explaining this to me. Also, I'm glad to know that you find that every single person in the White House is doing an incredible job. I mean, I'm just assuming since people voted for them out of lots of other contenders that they MUST all be incredibly gifted at what they do, right?