CATS: The Movie is apparently quite horrendous. [Jezebel]
Throwback to that time Grace Jones sang “Little Drummer Boy.” [OMG Blog]
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Emily Maitlis shares more about her interview with Prince Andrew. [LaineyGossip]
Katy Perry dropped off gifts at a Boys and Girls Club. [JustJared]
People are not “over” complaining about The Last Jedi. [Pajiba]
The Dlisted Podcast – Farewell to the 2010s. [Dlisted]
Does Charlize Theron get the best Dior looks or not? [Tom & Lorenzo]
Queen Mathilde of Belgium wore Dries Van Noten. [RCFA]
I CANNOT WAIT FOR CATS. It looks terrible.
I wasn’t going to see it BUT-IDRIS-MEMORY (I do love that song) -and most of all-hubs & I will have a BLAST hate watching & laughing our as**s off on Christmas Day 🤣🎄🤪🎁
IDK, the trailer alone gave me night terrors.
I know!!! 😿
Apparently Taylor Swifts character is only onscreen for 7 minutes & it’s towards the end (??)
Star Wars fans literally spent twenty years wailing about the prequels. Lucas is probably relieved somebody faffed it worse than him so he can retire in peace lol.
Hahahaha so true. The new films make me think of the prequels with a (very) little bit of fondness.
No way are the new movies as bad as the prequels
I would actually argue the prequels are better. They have issues with execution and performance, but otherwise, they have clarity of vision where characters, story, and thematic intent was concerned. The ST had no plan going in, and it shows.
I doubt anything can be worse than the Phantom Menace. With a buildup of almost 20 years and then the destruction of the entire premise of the force along with racist character jar jar binks, there’s nothing JJ Abrams can do that would be as monumentally bad.
I just rewatched the first two prequels (well, what I could stay awake during) and was reminded of how much the tone was off on those. The new arc is, in my eyes, far more in keeping with the originals.
@Tealily “The new arc is, in my eyes, far more in keeping with the originals”
Unfortunately (to me, at least), that’s because the new arc films are just re-makes of the original films–nothing new in them at all.
I just finished Sarah’s review over at LaineyGossip. Good Lord, I can’t stop laughing.
Just read it 🤣😂
I can’t understand how anyone thought this movie was a good idea
Also, that review is gold 🙂
When I saw the musical as a kid, I thought it was the worst thing I had ever seen. Not sure why people thought a movie version would be better, because the stupid story and songs stay the same.
That being said, some people love it because it is so cheesy terrible. I think this movie was probably made for them, not me.
I disliked it too, and I loved musicals, and actual cats. I remember it being both bored and weird. The trailers for the movie look terrifying.
I hope if it’s really bad, it’s in a fun way, but I kind of doubt it.
Jennifer Hudson sang Memory on the Voice the other night though, and her voice is very powerful. I just can’t with those cat costumes.
I am CRYING at that review. That’s one of the best I’ve read in a long time. 😂
Alissa Wilkinson’s review is solid gold. https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/18/21021186/cats-review
this was genius, merci! 😂😂😂
Sarah’s review is the only good thing about this movie. 😀😀 I hated the play as a kid and it was done well, I cannot imagine watching the movie. I will read Alissa Wilkinson’s review for another laugh though.
Both those reviews are hilarious & pretty terrific examples of writing.
OMG that review is awesome.
That’s a great review. Dying. Also these: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2019/12/the-best-lines-from-the-terrible-reviews-for-cats.html%3foutputType=amp
In sin, that compilation of reviews was hilarious!
Poor Judi Dench. Sometimes the boat you missed is one that shouldn’t have taken…
Cats stands currently at 17% with rotten tomatoes. I have no idea what the movie is even about or what the point is so I have no desire to watch it
And you know that is with tons of heavy lifting from the Swifties.
If she comes on until the end, I don’t think her fans can sit through this whole thing.
I can’t even handle the photos of Cats, much less the actual live action.
Seeing it live was enough torture. I have no intention of seeing this ridiculous movie. Just looking at all that cat hair on humans gives me the total creeps.
I was reading Cats reviews in bed last night and woke my boyfriend up I started laughing so hard. He thought I was nuts. 😂 The reviews are more entertaining than any movie could be!
This is related/unrelated…but I never saw a Cats production but my childhood favourite singer Barry Manilow covered Memories so I knew the song backwards and forwards. Cut many many years ahead. A friend and I got picked up at a bar by a couple guys. We ended up back at one of the guy’s apartment. He was trying so hard to impress us, we were just recently graduated from art school, so go figure.
Anyway the guy says he writes poetry and would we like to hear one of his poems. We say of course. He pulls a single sheet of paper out of a drawer and starts to recite it. Not long after I realize he’s reciting Memories from Cats. I exclaim wait! I know this and pick up the verse he’s reciting and essentially sing the rest of the poem back to him. There was awkward silence. Unfortunate my memory (pun not intended) fails me and I cannot recall what happened after I clearly outed him as a pretentious plagiarizer. I left with my guy and she stayed at his place. We never speak of this again.
I don’t think this dude was direct stealing from Eliot…he just hoped these cool girls had never heard of the musical.😏
Sure sounds like direct stealing to me
This. He didn’t think you would know it but you did. This happened to me with a guy in a bar when I was 21 – he said he wrote haikus for the New Yorker.
the New Yorker doesn’t publish haiku. It was insulting in a sexist way, they’re just hoping they can zero in on a girl that doesn’t know what they are saying = lies. It reminds me a bit of gatekeeping. Stupid.
What!? Cats terrible? … Nobody was expecting that lol
If you want a good Cats broadway version just watch Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S4E11
I like to pretend THIS is the only Cat’s version in this universe.
I love musical theater and movies to an obsessive degree, and actual cats on the same level. I was so disappointed when I finally had a chance to listen to the soundtrack.
I also enjoy the Titus version of the Lion King.
They should have made it into an animated feature instead. Also, Taylor, cats don’t have female human anatomy (uh hem) because they are cats.
I mourn for Cats. It could have been so cool. No cgi. Real costumes like on stage, but glitter and smoke and lights. It could be done like Tim Burton on acid. There was only one stupid move they could make: cgi cats. *sigh*
Could not be less interested in Jennifer Hudson scream-singing Memories as a cgi cat.
Lol! ^^
Thank you for that Grace Jones clip. Love her.
Brie Larson still doesn’t look hot to me.
And I’m glad Emily Maitlis is keeping that interview with Pedo Prince in the news.
They showed Cats on the TV some years back. I sat through ten minutes and changed the channel.
Great Performances on pbs. I never sat through the whole thing. I’ve watched snippets from the ALW and Cameron Macintosh pbs specials.
I love cats (the actual animals) and Andrew Lloyd Webber but Cats was always horrible…even the stage version. It really has no plot and everything, characters included, looked like a hellscape. Film adaptions have never really gone well for Webber. Anyone remember how bad the 2004 Phantom of the Opera was? It’s my favorite musical based on my favorite book and even I couldn’t get behind it.
It would have been better if they cast Ramin Kamrimloo as phantom as opposed to someone who can’t sing (Gerard Butler). Both Raul and Christine has theatre backgrounds
Every time I see Jennifer Hudson’s face I 😭 they all look so ridiculous but she’s probably the worst.
I saw Cats twice on Broadway. This movie does not interest me. Ah well, I’m sure there are plenty of people who will see it.