I just don't think it deserves all of the hate it's gotten. I think ultimately that the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber speaks for itself, and there is no denying the craft and years of onstage refinement that did most of the heavy lifting before it all culminated in this box office disaster. I couldn't wait for it to end, but the same could be said of a lot of films I sit through. Idris Elba is obviously having a lot of fun doing his best cockney Wesley Snipes impression, and the rest of the cast are committed enough that at the very least the movie isn't terribly boring. I never thought I'd see Judy Dench splayed and kicking in any context, much less as a cat person, but I actually found Rebel Wilson and James Corden less repulsive with all of the extra hair. With that said, furries will yif for joy with all of the weirdly fetishistic posing and writhing going on here. Be actually fantastical, or get outta my face with that ish. I think most people can ease into the unreality of those more because it isn't trying to sell the authentic reality of it at all. Compare this to hybrid visual composites like KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS or the "Dark Crystal" netflix miniseries where it's obviously practical motion captured crafted materials enhanced by computer graphics. It all looks like fake crap to me because I know it's not there. From the visual clutter of TRANSFORMERS to the de-aging of characters in a movie as fine as THE IRISHMAN, I have a hard time chastizing one and forgiving the other. I'm looking at nothing, but my eyes tell me that something is there. I'd like to point out to anyone calling out Tom Hooper's CATS for the admittedly weird CG design of the characters that strolls down to the uncanny valley is hardly a far cry from what I normally see and feel every time I watch a superhero movie. I'm sure those people will all go see this adaptation without much complaint. Please forgive my casual disregard for the medium, but I think it's safe to say that all things Broadway are for a fading, niche group of enthusiasts at this point. Any bad movie lover will be disappointed to find that it's a gawdy, confusing, and relentlessly obnoxious Broadway music adaptation.so it's your standard, completely normal Broadway musical adaptation. But no, CATS is far from the worst movie of the decade, much less the year. Anyone who says that this is the worst movie of the decade is clearly displaying either an ignorance of the majority of major motion picture releases or is simply engaging in hyperbolic vitriol because CATS is some of the lowest hanging fruit in theaters right now.
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