@@sorenthefilmbrony I'd say Dolittle is better than cats. Sure, it's a sloppy mess, but at least it has a plot, and nothing in the movie looks nauseating and makes you wanna bleach your eyeballs.
More like the style of other Steven Spielberg animated films like An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), We’re Back: A Dinosaur’s Story (1993) and Balto (1995). All three were made by Amblimation, Spielberg’s former animation studio that was going to make the animated film.
The funny part that while I was laughing my butt off at the theater a woman who was sitting beside my mom was crying and singing along when that Jennifer Hudson cat is singing “Memory”
10:47 Sorry, Jimmy - you'll never be Donald Adams. :( 13:53 Personally, I'm getting more "Cruella DeVille" vibes from her, but to each her own, I guess. 17:30 They probably skinned a few ferrets here and there.
When I saw the trailer for this movie I literally thought it was one of those spoof trailers that play during April fools but then I learned that it was for real and then I questioned on how anyone in Hollywood allowed this to happen. Out of all the musicals they could have adapted into a movie, why CATS?!?
What's ironic is that both films were released by universal and both were released by a companies that were founded by Steven Spielberg. (Dreamworks:Cat in the hat; Amblin entertainment: This film)
@@scoutart1508 Well I knew Spielberg wasn't involved with the Cat in the Hat movie Because I only said that DreamWorks the second company he founded was involved in the cat in the hat movie I didn't say he was. Plus he's more involve with his first company Amblin entertainment than he is with second company. The only times he's involve with his second company is if his second is involved with a film he's directing a film that DreamWorks is co producing the movie. Aside from that he is not that much involved with any film DreamWorks does.
This movie is so terrible and super weird that it makes the live action Cat in the Hat movie look decent and fun to watch. THAT IS RIGHT, I FREAKING WENT THERE!!
As atrocious as that one was, it was fun. Atrocious fun, but still fun. This one has no redeeming qualities besides allowing us to make memes about it.
I can't believe I'm actually agreeing with you on that! As bad as the costume was at least it had effort put into it, and I'd actually believe Mike Myers to be a cat rather than everybody else in this movie!!!
@@cintronproductions9430 I have definitely been giving them clothes. :D I feel like that was a missed opportunity to flesh out the world and the characters since there's such little plot, and it would make it less creepy then the characters wearing straight up fur like Animat mentioned
Connor Plisga Speaking of that, it still pisses me off that while Cats got a full on adaptation, The Lion King 2019 was a remake of the movie and not an adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Connor Plisga Except it has many things that that make it different from the animated film (Rafiki being female, characters who didn't get songs in the film getting songs there, ect.) Also, adapting a musical based on a film into another film is not considered remaking the original.
Isn’t Mr. Mistoffles supposed to be in a tryst with rumtum in the play? I totally think he was supposed to be the gay icon of the play rather than the ‘nice guy’
Exactly! There was definitely some romantic/sexual tension between him and Rum Tum Tugger. The fact that the film erased that relationship/ dynamic seriously pisses me off! >
When this movie came out to the theaters, I joked with my friends that we should go see the movie in theaters and sneak in some tequila and shots and get f**king hammered and we can enjoy this train wreck.
This was a birthday present that I am very happy to receive today. Thanks Matt! I bet you probably regret buying the Blu-ray now unlike Nine Lives and The Banana Splitz.
CATS is probably the best movie that can be adapted from the 1981 sung-through musical, all things considered. Don't get me wrong; I like it a lot... as a live show, not as a play with songs. There are musicals that have turned out great despite prioritizing the song score over the book/script. In this case, technical aspects like costume design were also prioritized over it. There was a recurring gag in THE NANNY where people were shocked at how the title character's boss turned down the opportunity to be one of the producers. His reason was that the pitch didn't sound convincing. Well... He was kind of right. There's almost no progression, because almost every musical number is about introducing each member of the feline tribe Jellicle.Screenwriters Tom Hooper (who's also the director) and Lee Hall are clearly aware of this and they try to make everything feel more cinematic by emphasizing certain conflicts/arcs and by adding spoken dialogue. I wasn't as bored as I feared, but it's still not an entertaining experience. Since the score is the same, I couldn't shake that feeling of constantly being bounced around between characters and, by the end, I didn't feel like I had gotten to know any of them. In fact, what's the point in performing an "I Am" song when we've already seen the character around for a while? The actors use CG costumes and the result are human/cat hybrids. I personally would've used the same format whenever characters start speaking in a foreign language and change to English all of the sudden ("Hey audience, they're still speaking in their own language in-universe"): The movie starts with actual cats. One of them is doing an action, they leave the frame for half a second, and then a person doing the same action enters the frame. Other people are standing in the spots where the other cats were before. The actors don't wear any kind of cat costume or make-up; just leotards of the same color as the fur of the cats they represent. At the end of the movie, the same trick is done and we see actual cats. I've never wanted a film adaptation, not even when they were planning an animated movie (that would've been more practical, but seeing people dancing is part of the spectacle), because my issue has always been the lack of a proper narrative. I just wanted to give this thought process a shot since it's what people have criticized the most. I usually don't mind this kind of thing as long as the characterization is consistent enough to make me forget that I'm watching something that's not real. Well... No, it's not consistent. Some of the characters wear clothes and shoes. If they feel that need, shouldn't all of them do that? If they've evolved enough to feel that need and to have a clear separation between hands and feet, why they do still drink milk by licking it? Sometimes, the actors move and gesture like cats. Sometimes, they move and gesture like humans. Sometimes, they move and gesture like other animals. Sometimes, they display emotions, rational thoughts and distinct personality traits. Sometimes, they react by instinct. Sometimes--You get the idea. I'm nitpicking like this because they're supposed to be normal cats and they communicate through words only for the audience's benefit, right? Well, they meow, hiss and purr, which defeats the purpose of giving them the ability to speak and sing. The protagonist is Victoria and it's a thankless role. Not just because she's the only one without an extravagant name, but also because she's an audience surrogate who mainly exists to react with doe (or cat?) eyes at what everyone else does. That makes me admire Francesca Hayward's performance even more. I say "even more" because I was already touched by all the emotions she conveyed. Not just with her face and her voice but also her body language. As a matter of fact, my favorite scene (despite the abrupt transition at the end) is when she dances without singing, right after the opening number. I later read that she's a trained ballerina, and I wasn't surprised. Jennifer Hudson's performance is good too. I have no idea what Ian McKellen is doing. I felt moved during the last portion of the number MR. MISTOFFELEES, but the other portions feel devoid of energy compared to the stage show's rendition of the song. There's a scene where Jennyanydots (the laziest Jellicle) grabs an invisible zipper and reveals that what we thought was her body was a costume and that she was hiding a dress underneath. What is this?! While there are other moments of humor, the tone is relatively serious, so why do a LOONEY TUNES routine all of the sudden?! 4/10
My question is why couldn't they have made the cats full CGI and have people record the lines and stuff like an animated movie. Would it still be bad yea probably.
I've been a fan of this musical since a child and this adaptation got literally EVERYTHING wrong. Every character is wrong, the staging is wrong (more "contemporary R&B video" than broadway), the effects are hideous and there's just no sense of community and fun in this all. The Broadway costumes looked STUNNING. Every character is distinct and beautiful, and there's a rich palette of colours, silvers and golds and pinks and reds.
This was a funny reaction? Could you please make the audio from what movie you’re watching louder? Because you were much louder than the audio we heard from the movie. Thank you!
Pretty ironic timing that Animat release this watch to UA-cam just as the UA-cam channel "The Show Must Go On" (dedicated to entertaining people at home during quarantine ENTIRELY with Andrew Lloyd Webber classics) is hosting that OTHER epitome of Webber's worst, "Love Never Dies"! Oh well, I guess at the very least, it would remind fans of Webber who are repulsed by that show that there are still worse they could be suffering through.
Jason Derulo and Idris Elba thought this would be a boost for their careers... Let's hope Disney wants to remake Lion King 2, I can somewhat picture them playing Kovu and Nuka.
After watching this film for myself, I must admit, it’s a cat-tastrophe! I watched the film on blu-ray, and made the meow-st of it! My brain was left a purr-fect jumbled mess! The story: Ha! What story!?! 1/10 The characters: Too one note, even if Victoria and Macavity had more screen time. 2/10 The visuals: The set design was top notch. However, the CGI was nightmare inducing. 4/10 The songs: Some I liked, some I hated. Sometimes the visuals helped the songs. Sometimes they didn’t. 5/10 Overall: This film was neutered, and doomed to fail regardless of what happens. 4/10
This always bothers me, for as much as this movie claims to know cats they don't know that cats don't eat roaches. They'll eat flutter bugs, mosquitoes, moths but not roaches.
Seriously though, why was this movie made? And who thought this movie had a chance to work? Also, how did they get such names like Rebel Wilson, Ian McKellan, Idris Elba, etc.?
Because Cats was popular on Broadway and the actors probably didn't know how insane and ugly the art style was going to be when they signed on for it, they just knew Cats made a lot of money on Broadway and thought it would also be successful on film
It’s actually mind boggling that Hollywood approved of this being made and releasing it in theaters and thinking people were actually going to sit down and watch these horrible character designs in this movie
I expected as soon as the 'this what happened' faded to hear a gunshot... Dude!!! Pirate bay is still a thing... Don't waste money and we won't tell anyone 🙀🙀🙀
Sadly the actual effects of catnip doesn't make cats high it actually makes them horny because it has a chemical similar to cat pheromones. The good news is after a while the cat doesn't care anymore
I can't watch the full commentary version I am just not strong enough but I have to know: did that one scene with Victoria and Quaxo/Plato happen in this one
That is pretty much the expected reaction. "That was an experience" , first time viewers call it that.You can't prepare for this by just watching a few photos and short clips. Oh no! You have to EXPERIENCE this in full. I love this movie.
There was actually the production of the animated version by Amblimation. It was dropped, because Amblimation was shut down, due to the failure of Balto.
@Oscar95451 well, DreamWorks Animation is owned by Universal. so they might do something about this. but I don’t know if they can do that. sure, they made Puss in Boots (a spin-off of Shrek) maybe DreamWorks making Cats could actually work. but will see how it goes.
Therealshame about this is that a lot of the background cast fit their characters. The guy that plays Mukunstrap should have played him on the stage, Skimbleshanks was really good, etc. Even Jason Deroulo was good as Rum Tum Tugger, minus the accent of course. I'd really want to see these people and a few others do the actual stage production of Cats with the bright, more aesthetically pleasing look. P.S. As a Hot Gossip level interpretive Dance review based on a T.S. Elliot book, you need no plot other than you are a lowly human being invited to a special Cats only event that happens once a year. Does a party need to have a narrativeto make sense? Rocky Horror PictureShow has no plot either, just random things happening. Why not bash that too?
It should have stayed as an animated movie. The floating instruments wouldn’t look out of place in a fantasy cat world, but they had to make it live-action. 😩
After watching this, I’m beginning to accept this old saying, “Cats Don’t Dance”.
In fact, “Cats Don’t Dance” is more enjoyable than this
Cat Don't Dance is an Animated Classic from the late 90s and it's better than this trash. Why is this not on HBOMax yet?
Teddy Furstman Because HBO Max isn't even out yet.
Every decade must start with a bang doesn't it? The 2000's had Battlefield Earth, 2010's had Last Airbender and 2020's got Cats.
Actually, Cats came out in 2019
Yeah, but so late in 2019 that might as well have come out in 2020, I actually think I'd been better for the box office.
Dolittle would better fit the criteria.
@@sorenthefilmbrony I'd say Dolittle is better than cats. Sure, it's a sloppy mess, but at least it has a plot, and nothing in the movie looks nauseating and makes you wanna bleach your eyeballs.
Igorowan And the 2030's will begin with a Super Mario movie made by Illumination
If only they had made an animated version of Cats in the style of Cat's Don't Dance.
More like the style of other Steven Spielberg animated films like An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), We’re Back: A Dinosaur’s Story (1993) and Balto (1995). All three were made by Amblimation, Spielberg’s former animation studio that was going to make the animated film.
Hell, an animated Illumination version would have been better!
CATS Songs in a nutshell:
I am a cat, i am a cat
I am a cat, i am a cat
I am a cat, yes, i am a cat
I am a cat, i am a cat
I am a cat, i am a cat
That's so Purrfect. (Jk)
In a nutshell ua-cam.com/video/nJlLOIqyJGo/v-deo.html
Cat
I'm a kitty cat
And I dance dance dance
And I dance dance dance
"Everybody wants to be a cat!"
Markiplier: "Am I a cat?!"
The funny part that while I was laughing my butt off at the theater a woman who was sitting beside my mom was crying and singing along when that Jennifer Hudson cat is singing “Memory”
10:47 Sorry, Jimmy - you'll never be Donald Adams. :(
13:53 Personally, I'm getting more "Cruella DeVille" vibes from her, but to each her own, I guess.
17:30 They probably skinned a few ferrets here and there.
The one thing that makes me question about this movie is that, “Who in the world at Universal thought these designs weren’t creepy!?”
24:20 Well, Idris Elba did play another cat and IT LOOKS BETTER!! And that's in The Jungle Book remake!
My parents watched this movie at home and they couldn’t even get through it.
Did they disliked it?
Tommy Devito yes
My mom got to the Jason DeRulo introduction scene before she decided "screw this" and changed it to House Hunters International.
This movie should’ve been called The Enchanted Kitty Room
But it's not enchanting at all.
"Under New Management"
at least the tiki room is better with puppet birds
"SHE ATE ONE??!1?!?"
I lost it at that part. XD
His reaction to the crazy laugh had me laughing so hard 😂😂😂😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I saw the trailer for this movie I literally thought it was one of those spoof trailers that play during April fools but then I learned that it was for real and then I questioned on how anyone in Hollywood allowed this to happen.
Out of all the musicals they could have adapted into a movie, why CATS?!?
I would like to see an AniMat watches episode of the Norm of the North sequels that unfortunately exists.
Wolverine Potter I know. I’ve seen Keys to the Kingdom (idk why) but I’m never watching the third one
I wonder that's why I want to see him suffer
This movie makes The Cat In The Hat movie look like a masterpiece
At least I used to like that movie until I turned 11 years old
What's ironic is that both films were released by universal and both were released by a companies that were founded by Steven Spielberg. (Dreamworks:Cat in the hat; Amblin entertainment: This film)
@@scoutart1508 Well I knew Spielberg wasn't involved with the Cat in the Hat movie Because I only said that DreamWorks the second company he founded was involved in the cat in the hat movie I didn't say he was. Plus he's more involve with his first company Amblin entertainment than he is with second company. The only times he's involve with his second company is if his second is involved with a film he's directing a film that DreamWorks is co producing the movie. Aside from that he is not that much involved with any film DreamWorks does.
The Cat in The Hat movies _is_ a masterpiece.
23:22-23:24 Animat has become Judy Hopps
This movie is so terrible and super weird that it makes the live action Cat in the Hat movie look decent and fun to watch.
THAT IS RIGHT, I FREAKING WENT THERE!!
As atrocious as that one was, it was fun. Atrocious fun, but still fun. This one has no redeeming qualities besides allowing us to make memes about it.
Cintrón Productions it’s funny because after the trailer for this movie dropped, everyone wrote apologies to Mike Myers for the Cat in the Hat movie.
I can't believe I'm actually agreeing with you on that! As bad as the costume was at least it had effort put into it, and I'd actually believe Mike Myers to be a cat rather than everybody else in this movie!!!
@@joyunicycle Hey.
You look familiar.
When James Corden's character got hit in the "you know what's", that reminded me of that "Cat in the Hat" movie.
I watched it and now I'm redrawing all the characters as cartoons so I can stop seeing those faces in my nightmares
Yes, please. Make them cute and give them cute clothes and stuff!
@@cintronproductions9430 I have definitely been giving them clothes. :D I feel like that was a missed opportunity to flesh out the world and the characters since there's such little plot, and it would make it less creepy then the characters wearing straight up fur like Animat mentioned
And this is a great reminder why Cats should've stay on the shelf and not used at all.😔
And THIS is exactly why The Lion King remake doesn’t have any human expressions
I don't care what Lion King did wrong, at least it was better than... this.
Connor Plisga Speaking of that, it still pisses me off that while Cats got a full on adaptation, The Lion King 2019 was a remake of the movie and not an adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Connor Plisga I saw the trailer for this movie before I saw the lion king and a baby in the theatre was crying as the trailer played.
@@toyland_f Well, the Broadway musical was an adaptation of the movie too(Also Shot for Shot, and it was Word for Word unlike the remake)
Connor Plisga Except it has many things that that make it different from the animated film (Rafiki being female, characters who didn't get songs in the film getting songs there, ect.)
Also, adapting a musical based on a film into another film is not considered remaking the original.
If Steven Spielberg made the animated version of cats back in the 90s. It's safe to say that this cat crap would not exist
I knew further down the line you would see this... thing
I had no regrets watching this in theaters!
@MonkeeJuice You have every right to.
This is the only way I'll watch this atrocity. 😂😂😂😂 Thanks for the hilarious reactions, dude. XD
i freaking LOVE the faces people make when they hear the overture for the first time, cuz if you don't know it's coming, it's jarring as HELL.
Isn’t Mr. Mistoffles supposed to be in a tryst with rumtum in the play? I totally think he was supposed to be the gay icon of the play rather than the ‘nice guy’
Exactly!
There was definitely some romantic/sexual tension between him and Rum Tum Tugger.
The fact that the film erased that relationship/ dynamic seriously pisses me off! >
Aristocats was wrong......
🎶And nobody! And nobody! And nobody wants to be a cat!🎶
When this movie came out to the theaters, I joked with my friends that we should go see the movie in theaters and sneak in some tequila and shots and get f**king hammered and we can enjoy this train wreck.
Oh animat you poor soul :(
Hopefully, Animat will Survive this cat litter of a film. Poor Him.
He already survived another furry mess (Nine Lives).
While this film was disturbing for me, I did like Memory though. Hudson's take on that song is fantastic.
This was a birthday present that I am very happy to receive today. Thanks Matt! I bet you probably regret buying the Blu-ray now unlike Nine Lives and The Banana Splitz.
It's great to find out how "magical Mister Mistoffelees" can't save this weird and confusing adaptation. Another fun and unique video. Keep it up!
I always imagined the animated movie to have Nicole Watterson, Kitty katswell, Sawyer, Shima luan, Felix the Cat, and top cat.
Im not a cats fan myself, but i would of loved to see an animated version of it
CATS is probably the best movie that can be adapted from the 1981 sung-through musical, all things considered. Don't get me wrong; I like it a lot... as a live show, not as a play with songs. There are musicals that have turned out great despite prioritizing the song score over the book/script. In this case, technical aspects like costume design were also prioritized over it. There was a recurring gag in THE NANNY where people were shocked at how the title character's boss turned down the opportunity to be one of the producers. His reason was that the pitch didn't sound convincing. Well... He was kind of right. There's almost no progression, because almost every musical number is about introducing each member of the feline tribe Jellicle.Screenwriters Tom Hooper (who's also the director) and Lee Hall are clearly aware of this and they try to make everything feel more cinematic by emphasizing certain conflicts/arcs and by adding spoken dialogue. I wasn't as bored as I feared, but it's still not an entertaining experience. Since the score is the same, I couldn't shake that feeling of constantly being bounced around between characters and, by the end, I didn't feel like I had gotten to know any of them. In fact, what's the point in performing an "I Am" song when we've already seen the character around for a while? The actors use CG costumes and the result are human/cat hybrids. I personally would've used the same format whenever characters start speaking in a foreign language and change to English all of the sudden ("Hey audience, they're still speaking in their own language in-universe"): The movie starts with actual cats. One of them is doing an action, they leave the frame for half a second, and then a person doing the same action enters the frame. Other people are standing in the spots where the other cats were before. The actors don't wear any kind of cat costume or make-up; just leotards of the same color as the fur of the cats they represent. At the end of the movie, the same trick is done and we see actual cats. I've never wanted a film adaptation, not even when they were planning an animated movie (that would've been more practical, but seeing people dancing is part of the spectacle), because my issue has always been the lack of a proper narrative. I just wanted to give this thought process a shot since it's what people have criticized the most. I usually don't mind this kind of thing as long as the characterization is consistent enough to make me forget that I'm watching something that's not real. Well... No, it's not consistent. Some of the characters wear clothes and shoes. If they feel that need, shouldn't all of them do that? If they've evolved enough to feel that need and to have a clear separation between hands and feet, why they do still drink milk by licking it? Sometimes, the actors move and gesture like cats. Sometimes, they move and gesture like humans. Sometimes, they move and gesture like other animals. Sometimes, they display emotions, rational thoughts and distinct personality traits. Sometimes, they react by instinct. Sometimes--You get the idea. I'm nitpicking like this because they're supposed to be normal cats and they communicate through words only for the audience's benefit, right? Well, they meow, hiss and purr, which defeats the purpose of giving them the ability to speak and sing. The protagonist is Victoria and it's a thankless role. Not just because she's the only one without an extravagant name, but also because she's an audience surrogate who mainly exists to react with doe (or cat?) eyes at what everyone else does. That makes me admire Francesca Hayward's performance even more. I say "even more" because I was already touched by all the emotions she conveyed. Not just with her face and her voice but also her body language. As a matter of fact, my favorite scene (despite the abrupt transition at the end) is when she dances without singing, right after the opening number. I later read that she's a trained ballerina, and I wasn't surprised. Jennifer Hudson's performance is good too. I have no idea what Ian McKellen is doing. I felt moved during the last portion of the number MR. MISTOFFELEES, but the other portions feel devoid of energy compared to the stage show's rendition of the song. There's a scene where Jennyanydots (the laziest Jellicle) grabs an invisible zipper and reveals that what we thought was her body was a costume and that she was hiding a dress underneath. What is this?! While there are other moments of humor, the tone is relatively serious, so why do a LOONEY TUNES routine all of the sudden?!
4/10
7:22 is my favourite reaction from you. Anyways, REVIEW IT!
Imagine how horrified TS Elliot would be if he saw this. Maybe he should reconsider an animated version.
Happy 12th Anniversary ElectricDragon505!
Don't you mean his *10th* anniversary?
Even ugly sonic would say this, “ummmm meeeow”
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH
A way to describe this film; a colossal disaster of visual horror and heinous proportions.
you can see Andrew Llyod Webber thinking a Railway Cat what about People as Trains lol
My question is why couldn't they have made the cats full CGI and have people record the lines and stuff like an animated movie. Would it still be bad yea probably.
Curiosity kills the Cats.
I wonder how the actors reputations are doing after this film.
I wonder what are AniMat's thoughts on Dolittle
DISASTER MOVIE but with CATS 🐈
Yikes! I don't like to be reminded of Freeburg and Seltzer's Movies Franchise of Fail. lol
I've been a fan of this musical since a child and this adaptation got literally EVERYTHING wrong.
Every character is wrong, the staging is wrong (more "contemporary R&B video" than broadway), the effects are hideous and there's just no sense of community and fun in this all. The Broadway costumes looked STUNNING. Every character is distinct and beautiful, and there's a rich palette of colours, silvers and golds and pinks and reds.
4:29 Words that rhyme with “itical”? How about “pitiful”?
This was a funny reaction? Could you please make the audio from what movie you’re watching louder? Because you were much louder than the audio we heard from the movie. Thank you!
"CAT! There's a Cat Cloud"
WHAT IS THIS!?....That's the tag line for the movie.
The moment of truth has finally arrived!
3:31 Don’t let the cat out of the bag.
You bought the movie on blu-ray? I feel sorry for your soul
I apologize that you had to watch this monstrosity of a film
this is probably the only time i watch the movie intentionally...
Pretty ironic timing that Animat release this watch to UA-cam just as the UA-cam channel "The Show Must Go On" (dedicated to entertaining people at home during quarantine ENTIRELY with Andrew Lloyd Webber classics) is hosting that OTHER epitome of Webber's worst, "Love Never Dies"! Oh well, I guess at the very least, it would remind fans of Webber who are repulsed by that show that there are still worse they could be suffering through.
@Rebecca Woolf Uh-huh. Same here.
12:31 You’re so right
I wonder how are gonna look like the humans in this world. If the cats are humanized, then how are gonna look like
I knew he was gonna lose control with the mice and the cockroach
Just goes to show that not every production on Broadway should have a movie adaptation.
Jason Derulo and Idris Elba thought this would be a boost for their careers... Let's hope Disney wants to remake Lion King 2, I can somewhat picture them playing Kovu and Nuka.
AniMat almost loses his mind.
After watching this film for myself, I must admit, it’s a cat-tastrophe! I watched the film on blu-ray, and made the meow-st of it! My brain was left a purr-fect jumbled mess!
The story: Ha! What story!?! 1/10
The characters: Too one note, even if Victoria and Macavity had more screen time. 2/10
The visuals: The set design was top notch. However, the CGI was nightmare inducing. 4/10
The songs: Some I liked, some I hated. Sometimes the visuals helped the songs. Sometimes they didn’t. 5/10
Overall: This film was neutered, and doomed to fail regardless of what happens. 4/10
This always bothers me, for as much as this movie claims to know cats they don't know that cats don't eat roaches. They'll eat flutter bugs, mosquitoes, moths but not roaches.
AniMat: I bought the Blu-ray of Cats. Me: I hope you can get your money back after the review.
I’ve watched this, and yes it Stunk even worse than your cat’s litter box that you never changed for weeks.
Seriously though, why was this movie made? And who thought this movie had a chance to work?
Also, how did they get such names like Rebel Wilson, Ian McKellan, Idris Elba, etc.?
Because Cats was popular on Broadway and the actors probably didn't know how insane and ugly the art style was going to be when they signed on for it, they just knew Cats made a lot of money on Broadway and thought it would also be successful on film
@@MrAspiringactor Talk about a misfire...
And you thought animated cats couldn't get anymore disturbing than "Felidae"
My AniMat ratings of CATS
Story - 0/10
Visuals - 0/10
Characters - 0/10
Songs - 0/10
Overall - 0/10 (IT DESERVES IT)
I feel like most if not all the problems in this movie would solved if it was fully animated.
Everyone: NO SHIT
Remember you were excited to see cats and you bought the movie, just remember you wanted to see this
Why does this movie exist?
If you want to watch good movies with cats in it, watch The Lion King, The Cat Returns, The Aristocats.
The Tigger Movie, Oliver and Company
It’s actually mind boggling that Hollywood approved of this being made and releasing it in theaters and thinking people were actually going to sit down and watch these horrible character designs in this movie
The end of the movie is a lot like a cat. It acts like it wants to go out, hesitates forever, and then leaves at the very last second.
10:30 finally! Something another person with the same name as me can agree on!
I'm imaging that the reaction of everyone who saw this. Specifically if the only trailers for this movie didn't show what the cats look like.
Geez, and I thought the old design for movie Sonic was bad enough, I feel your pain, AniMat. :(
I expected as soon as the 'this what happened' faded to hear a gunshot...
Dude!!! Pirate bay is still a thing... Don't waste money and we won't tell anyone 🙀🙀🙀
Thoughts:
First time commenting on this series!
Anyways this movie!
Worst of 2019!
Well that was fun!
To more AniMat Watches this year!
Cheers!
🍻
I take this over The Rise of Skywalker. I should’ve seen Cats instead of The Rise of Skywalker on opening night.
@@Emplordxiii Liked Rise Of Skywalker!
@@Emplordxiii Really?
And it won a Razzie for worst picture.
@@bye5873 Cats was horrifying!
14:07 thanks Mat now I know something that'll haunt my nightmares.
I knew this day would come that you would see Cats
Was it worth watching Cats?
NO!!!!
Good thing I saw Jumanji 3 at that time.
17:46 Clearly they recycle fur balls
AniMat can you review Batman and Harley Quinn.
Sadly the actual effects of catnip doesn't make cats high it actually makes them horny because it has a chemical similar to cat pheromones. The good news is after a while the cat doesn't care anymore
As a cat owner, I feel very, VERY uncomfortable. Thanks Cats...
11:48 well this film was directed by the same man who directed the 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les miserable, so yeah.
Well, of course the names on the gravestones are metaphorical for the naming of cats. That's why it's in a cemetery.
I can't watch the full commentary version I am just not strong enough but I have to know: did that one scene with Victoria and Quaxo/Plato happen in this one
That is pretty much the expected reaction. "That was an experience" , first time viewers call it that.You can't prepare for this by just watching a few photos and short clips. Oh no! You have to EXPERIENCE this in full.
I love this movie.
AniMat is gonna review Cats next week that bad!
They should have made an animated film of Cats
There was actually the production of the animated version by Amblimation. It was dropped, because Amblimation was shut down, due to the failure of Balto.
@@benrobson3442 DreamWorks Animation could have made Cats
@Oscar95451 well, DreamWorks Animation is owned by Universal. so they might do something about this. but I don’t know if they can do that. sure, they made Puss in Boots (a spin-off of Shrek) maybe DreamWorks making Cats could actually work. but will see how it goes.
Maybe in the future.
Therealshame about this is that a lot of the background cast fit their characters. The guy that plays Mukunstrap should have played him on the stage, Skimbleshanks was really good, etc. Even Jason Deroulo was good as Rum Tum Tugger, minus the accent of course. I'd really want to see these people and a few others do the actual stage production of Cats with the bright, more aesthetically pleasing look.
P.S. As a Hot Gossip level interpretive Dance review based on a T.S. Elliot book, you need no plot other than you are a lowly human being invited to a special Cats only event that happens once a year. Does a party need to have a narrativeto make sense? Rocky Horror PictureShow has no plot either, just random things happening. Why not bash that too?
It should have stayed as an animated movie. The floating instruments wouldn’t look out of place in a fantasy cat world, but they had to make it live-action. 😩
They should've made it totally animated.
I think this movie is what the Cat Suicide Cult from Felidae saw when they 'stepped into the light.'
Coat are made of human body hair
If I wanted to see cats, mice and cockroaches in the same place I'd much rather watch Capitol Critters instead. Look it up on UA-cam.
27:27 It's called the "Reverse Phantom"