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It's silly of them to dump more money into this trainwreck. It's been savaged by every reviewer, and while some criticism has been directed at the "uncanny vall

It's silly of them to dump more money into this trainwreck. It's been savaged by every reviewer, and while some criticism has been directed at the "uncanny valley" CGI, most of the criticism has been about the story and characterizations.

cameronfraser 7y ago
The only reason they are trying to "fix" it, is because they had so many big name people attached to it. Which, to be honest, I'm really confused about. The only reason I can think of is that it was based on a stage musical.
- onion2k 7y ago
  Another reason might be that they were paid a lot of money.
- hinkley 7y ago
  I’m not even an actor and if someone said they wanted me to have a bit part “in a movie with Judy Dench” I’d be like yeah okay. Poor Idris. I want to love him but he’s in so, so many bad movies. You get a couple of names on board based on an early draft of the script, they took a chance on you or they had a moment of bad judgement. But your peers come on board because you did, and pretty soon you have an all star cast and... dreck. Then it seems like everyone remembers that star power can’t fix everything and it’s a while before the same thing happens again. Cats just seems to be this cycle’s cautionary tale.
  - solarkraft 7y ago
    This is exactly how the supposedly terrible film Movie 43 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_43 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_43) was made.
- autarch 7y ago
  The director, Tom Hooper, has made better movies in the past, notably The King's Speech (big winner at the Oscars in its year) and Les Miserables (got at least decent reviews).
robbrown451 7y ago
I think the reality is they simply didn't finish. They reached a hard deadline and got something out, but they knew it needed a bit more work. This isn't like George Lucas changing Star Wars, this is just like begging the teacher to accept an slightly altered version of a paper a day late, because you ran out of time and had to turn something in, but you'd prefer they take this version.
- dawnerd 7y ago
  There’s simply no amount of CG fixes that can make this movie better. If anything the really poor CG made it at least somewhat entertaining. It’s just a bad movie, it happens.
  - robbrown451 7y ago
    Did you actually see it? I imagine a lot of people will enjoy it. I saw the original musical decades ago, and it was ok, but I prefer the CG cats. I'd watch it the same way I watch music videos.
    - dawnerd 7y ago
      Yes. There was very obvious CG mistakes such as the lack of shadows, cats floating above the ground, collars clipping through their necks, name tags missing text from cut to cut, fur on the hands not being motion tracked correctly, etc. But that was actually entertaining to laugh at them.
    - adjkant 7y ago
      I think the issue is that people are going expecting a movie version of a musical with an entertaining plot, and Cats in any form just isn't going to supply that. The casting is all over the place, and the way they animated the cats sealed the deal. I just don't think it should have been made into a movie, or if it did it shouldn't have been expected to do well in a mass market. Your watch case makes sense but seems like an outlier in the general population.
  - ljm 7y ago
wodenokoto 7y ago
Reddit has a collection of reviews [1], that have some really funny quotes. My favourite being from the Boston Globe [2], comparing the screening to a real-life springtime for hitler > As Dame Judi carefully enunciated each verse, then paused, then started a new verse, the audience began to titter. Then laugh. Then roar. Because each pause seemed to signal — at long last — the film’s end, each new verse became a fresh source of hilarity. It was that rare occurrence: a packed theater going the full “Springtime for Hitler” and giving release to blessed, hard-earned mockery. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/eckx4x/cats_review_thread/ https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/eckx4x/cats_review_... [2] https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/18/arts/claws-out/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/18/arts/claws-out/
- gdubs 7y ago
  The Reddit threads of regular people who have gone to see it have been wildly entertaining to read as well. It sounds like unintentional David Lynch. Some of the reported FX glitches have made me wonder how on earth it was released.

cameronfraser 7y ago

The only reason they are trying to "fix" it, is because they had so many big name people attached to it. Which, to be honest, I'm really confused about. The only reason I can think of is that it was based on a stage musical.

onion2k 7y ago
Another reason might be that they were paid a lot of money.
hinkley 7y ago
I’m not even an actor and if someone said they wanted me to have a bit part “in a movie with Judy Dench” I’d be like yeah okay. Poor Idris. I want to love him but he’s in so, so many bad movies. You get a couple of names on board based on an early draft of the script, they took a chance on you or they had a moment of bad judgement. But your peers come on board because you did, and pretty soon you have an all star cast and... dreck. Then it seems like everyone remembers that star power can’t fix everything and it’s a while before the same thing happens again. Cats just seems to be this cycle’s cautionary tale.
- solarkraft 7y ago
  This is exactly how the supposedly terrible film Movie 43 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_43 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_43) was made.
autarch 7y ago
The director, Tom Hooper, has made better movies in the past, notably The King's Speech (big winner at the Oscars in its year) and Les Miserables (got at least decent reviews).

robbrown451 7y ago

I think the reality is they simply didn't finish. They reached a hard deadline and got something out, but they knew it needed a bit more work. This isn't like George Lucas changing Star Wars, this is just like begging the teacher to accept an slightly altered version of a paper a day late, because you ran out of time and had to turn something in, but you'd prefer they take this version.

dawnerd 7y ago
There’s simply no amount of CG fixes that can make this movie better. If anything the really poor CG made it at least somewhat entertaining. It’s just a bad movie, it happens.
- robbrown451 7y ago
  Did you actually see it? I imagine a lot of people will enjoy it. I saw the original musical decades ago, and it was ok, but I prefer the CG cats. I'd watch it the same way I watch music videos.
  - dawnerd 7y ago
    Yes. There was very obvious CG mistakes such as the lack of shadows, cats floating above the ground, collars clipping through their necks, name tags missing text from cut to cut, fur on the hands not being motion tracked correctly, etc. But that was actually entertaining to laugh at them.
  - adjkant 7y ago
    I think the issue is that people are going expecting a movie version of a musical with an entertaining plot, and Cats in any form just isn't going to supply that. The casting is all over the place, and the way they animated the cats sealed the deal. I just don't think it should have been made into a movie, or if it did it shouldn't have been expected to do well in a mass market. Your watch case makes sense but seems like an outlier in the general population.
- ljm 7y ago

wodenokoto 7y ago

Reddit has a collection of reviews [1], that have some really funny quotes. My favourite being from the Boston Globe [2], comparing the screening to a real-life springtime for hitler > As Dame Judi carefully enunciated each verse, then paused, then started a new verse, the audience began to titter. Then laugh. Then roar. Because each pause seemed to signal — at long last — the film’s end, each new verse became a fresh source of hilarity. It was that rare occurrence: a packed theater going the full “Springtime for Hitler” and giving release to blessed, hard-earned mockery. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/eckx4x/cats_review_thread/ https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/eckx4x/cats_review_... [2] https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/18/arts/claws-out/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/18/arts/claws-out/

gdubs 7y ago
The Reddit threads of regular people who have gone to see it have been wildly entertaining to read as well. It sounds like unintentional David Lynch. Some of the reported FX glitches have made me wonder how on earth it was released.