Cats (2019)

2019 • 109 minutos

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Oscar®-winning director Tom Hooper reimagines Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-shattering musical. Starring James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson and introducing Royal Ballet principal Francesca Hayward. With a world-class cast of dancers showcasing styles from classical ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street dance to tap, this film reimagines the stage musical for a new generation. You will believe in the fun and magic of Cats.

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Believe it or not, I've never seen the original stage musical before. This movie with the same title names is based on that musical. I don't even know where to begin, but, this is the biggest piece of trash of 2019! I didn't laugh, I wasn't happy, I wasn't amused, I wasn't thrilled, and I was not entertained at all. It is one of the most boring movies I have ever seen and I have yawned quite often (it is so bland). The only point for this movie is to entertain the kids and adults. But, the cast of grown actors making fools of themselves by acting like cats or pretending to be cats is just weird (in a bad way) and embarrassing. They deserve better, smarter, and more useful than this. There are not many layers to it either. Not even a moral to the story. The movie does have a good choice for who should play the character, but Tom Hooper (the producer and director of this movie) has ruined the magnificence of Sir Ian McKellen and Ray Winstone. I don't have an opinion on the costumes and makeup for the cast, or should I say the looks of these characters; The people are just actors and actresses dressed up as cats with "digital fur" technology all over there bodies, But sometimes their faces and unreal physiques do look kind of creepy and even a bit trippy, especially for the fact that the green glowing eyes of Idris Elda's character are not real. And we have seen people who can tap dance like a pro before. The characters are hollow and very forgettable. The only characters that I have learned very little about is that "Victoria the white cat" is the main protagonist who is a local, "Mr. Mistoffeless" is a magician, "Jennyanydots the gumbie cat" (Rebel Wilson) is a lazy cat that barely does anything, and "Macavity the mystery cat" (Idris Elba) is the main antagonist. 95% of this musical movie is just singing and dancing. I did not enjoy the songs in the soundtrack that much; they are not very catchy, they are weak, they drag on and on for far too long (which makes the whole story drag on for far too long), and the lyrics are quite forgettable because they sound a little bit like they are either mumbling or maybe even worse: It's barely a bunch of nonsense. I honestly don't even know. There are lines of dialogue that don't make much sense and other times where each actor is singing and the camera runs for a long time in one very long take. The star-studded cast has wasted their delivery with not much flavor within their material. The production design or the backgrounds make the characters as small as a cat, but unfortunately that's not saying much at all. There is not that much to say about this movie. In conclusion: It's bland, tedious, flavorless, strange (in a badly redundant manner), and pointless. Skip it!

I do think people were a little too harsh on this movie. It obviously has love and effort and passion put into it. I sincerely don't think cats the musical would've been turned into a movie if the person wasn't passionate about it. I loved the musical since middle school and the songs and fun characters are what make it. It can be a little nonsensical since the plot is simple and easy to miss if you don't listen to all the lyrics of the songs. If you know the plot of the original musical its easy to follow. The sets that the cats are put into are full of detail and life. Sadly it is the CGI models where the movie falls flat and ultimately aged the film before it left theaters. It wasn't badly done from a technical point i don't think. It just looked kind of off putting like most "realistic" CGI looks. If they weren't so scared to make the big name actors/actresses less recognizable then they could've done a more transformative style that translated better in the face or did more actual transforming of the actors/actresses with makeup. But also i kind of enjoy how they are. Its like the original stage production where the performers just had detailed body suits, cat ears and makeup thrown on them, just done with CGI. That is also the case with the body movements that people found weird. They kind of mimicked the way the dancers moved in the stage production; like humans pretending to be cats. Overall I enjoyed the film and enjoyed the revamping of the music. Really my biggest problem in the film is why Taylor Swift? Why Taylor Swift? To do an alluring, mysterious and burlesque song? Why? Easily the worst sung song in the bunch and the most awkward physical performance.

I have always been a fan of the original Cats. However, I was not looking for it to be exactly like the original. A lot of people disliked the proportions of the objects in the film compared to the cats or didn't like the shape or the way the cats looked. The only thing for me was some of the movement of the cats was a little weird. Besides that I think they did a great job. I'll definitely watch it again. Although.......the original will always be my ultimate favorite.