#he wont stop singing mr mistoffelees

[bethhxrmon]

All he wants for 2020 is the release of the butthole cut, okay????

Okay but Steve would probably be dragged out by Dustin to watch Cats (2019) and would unironically enjoy it for the shitstorm it is

Steve happily shoving popcorn into his mouth thinking it’s the best movie of 2019, blissfully unaware of the controversy to come

[isolationstreet]

I would like to hear your thoughts about it after watching it four times in a day

wellllllll, i do like the movie which is not something that normally happens with movie adaptions of stage shows but also its an incredibly mixed bag and my feelings are all over the place once you start looking at individual elements. since i cant really come up with a really structured well thought out format im just going to just make some bullet points of a few disjointed thoughts that are at the forefront of my mind under a read more bc i have a feeling its going to get pretty long pretty quick

Jellicle songs and Skimbleshanks were absolutely perfect! the both are gorgeous and fit the tone of cats beautify. in some ways i think the might have actually improved upon the stage version. ie Steven McRae’s tap dancing and in the case of Jellicle songs i love them actually breaking up how they listing of different types of cats to better show off each cats personality like demeter being pragmatical, cass being skeptical, pedantical and political l, jerrie and teazer being parisitical, mistoffelees being romantical and magical etc etc

immediately on the flipside i hate how the jellicle ball is so much more in unison so you lose all of the character developing lines  

i dont understand at all why they cut so much of naming of cats it really messes with the flow of the poem and i really miss the listing of the second names

naming of cats is shot beautifully though and i dont actually mind that they changed victoria’s solo to a pas de deux with munkstrap 

i hate the way laurie stumbles his way through invitation to the jellicle ball with every fiber of my being  

rebelanydots is awful and i hate that i get ticked eveytime into thinking it wont be that bad since robbie starts it off so wonderfully but its always terrible. i dont actually mind the mice and roaches with human faces i just hate rebel wilson through out the entirety of this movie 

i really like jason derulo as tugger and anything i dislike about tugger in the movie isnt his fault bc i just feel like you miss out on a huge chunk of tugger actually being a really loving not self absorbed character  by cutting his part in old deuteronomy and him singing mr mistoffelees

i hate james corden as bustopher jones so much 

im one of the few people who actually enjoy the fact that they went with the original london version of mungojerrie and rumpleteazer it fits the darker tone of their characters in the movie and the jazz sound links them musically much more with macavity than the upbeat broadway version of the song  

i dont understand why the included growltiger in the movie bc no ones happy with it bc for people who enjoy the growltiger is be its a meta play thats a grand travesty of opera that requires both a tremendous amount of perfect comedic timing and singing ability and when it works it really works which the movie had neither and like obviously you cant do all of growltiger in the movie bc its an incredibly racist relic so like why even include any of it at all (tho i did kind of like the orchestration of it and how into it the actress playing griddlebone was tbh) 

 andy’s choreography just feels kinda bland throughout most of this movie. i cant really place my finger on why and i really miss his 2016 revival choreography

the jellicle ball feels so claustrophobic and the colors are desaturated which i dont really think is the right choice for how grand how climactic a moment the ball is for the story   

the pacing of the ball also feels really weird with the increased tempo, no orgy, tugger jumping in and dancing to a jazzy hiphop ish rendition of grizabella’s rejection  is quite off putting 

i love victoria’s dance solo at the ball though and i swear robbie might as well play mistoffelees over laurie bc he has some damn fine conjuring turns 

beautiful ghosts is boring like i already didnt like memory we dont need more songs that arent about cats being cats 

ian is a great gus!!! and the bits with him and mistoffelees are the only part of the movie that i actually really like laurie in the role 

demeter and bombalurina both got so screwed over and no mater how strong a singer they could have gotten i think macaity can only ever work as a duet since it you really pay attention its so mocking of him demeter sets him up so bombalurina can knock him down with each line in the original show and its the two wonderful women taking the power back from him where as in the movie we just get taylor swift being all evil is hot like its the toxic avenger musical or something which i dont mind but its still a major downgrade

speaking of missed opportunities mr mistoffelees. of all of the characters in cats mistoffelees is by far the role most centered on the performers ability to dance to the point where its often a silent role just to get the absolute best dancer possible for the part, mistoffelees should be this big show stopping dance number performed with the utmost confidence his three describing words are neat, competitive, and electric hes magical the scene should feel magical instead we just have laurie standing there on stage stammering through each line its pathetic. i dont hate laurie the same way i hate rebel and james i think he cares about cats and is trying his best but hes not a dancer and never should have been cast in this movie 

memory and beautiful ghosts are still boring

 robbies face journeys are delightful and him as munkustrap really was the glue that held the movie together for me everytime i got upset with the movie hes always right there to pull me back on board and i thank him for it