Robert Friedman

I really liked it. It was weird, spooky, I smiled a lot and I laughed a lot too! Also the baby moments were disgusting but also funny at the same time.

Beautiful from beginning to end. My partner and I saw it on an IMAX screen and it was a color spectacular from beginning to end. Even though it was 3.5 hours, it’s was still 3.5 hours of entertainment from beginning to end.

COME ON NINTENDO!!!! If they haven’t listened now I don’t know when they will. Arli is right, maybe we should just give up. But I say NAY TO THIS STUPID WAY! The gameplay is overall enjoyable and it literally feels like a baby could play this game after getting used to the silly battling system. Story = UNDERDEVELOPED. That’s all that really needs to be said. GET BACK TO MARIO STORY! TELL US A DARN STORY!!! Get creative. Introduce a new mechanic. Make it beautiful. GIVE US THOUSAND YEAR DOOR 2!!!! or something closer. The lore has been lost and we want it back. Nintendo got it wrong with this game. It’s so frustrating that it’s potential is there. It’s slightly fun. But not remarkable . Honestly, I could have dealt without hyping this game.

So this actually gets a 5/7 on my Scale. It was overall emotional, well written for the large screen and it brought an element of anticipation. The main problems I had were...it got repetitive at times, some plot holes, but it completed the story well. I cried maybe once or twice. It knew exactly what it was and the action lived up to the hype for me.

Before I start, I wanted to justify why this isn’t a 1 Star movie. The movie had some redeeming moments...But then I remembered Rebel Wilson scratching her crotch and remembered in a car outfit and I changed my mind. THE GOOD: -DANCING WAS THE CATS MEOW! Lots of great choreography. I’m not a big dancing person but I could appreciate it and the beauty it brought. -JUDY DENCH ADDED A LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION. She added her grace to the stage. But she deserved better. -SPECTACLE GALORE! There are some great set pieces and an over the top feel to the musical. I enjoyed this for the most part. -TWO REDEEMING SONGS! The magicians song and Memories. They did transport me at times. But never completely. That’s about it for the good... THE NOT GOOD -JENNIFER HUDSON SOLO. Some would say she was the highlight of the film in her solos of Memories. But this is overshadowed by poor sound design, and overacting that could have been fixed via better direction. IAN...WHY? This character confused me the most of all. The acting chops Ian McAllister brings to the table are incredible. But the strangeness of it all is so hard to follow. -PROPS AND COSTUMES. The props were huge and sometimes reminded you, you were smaller and about at the same level as a cat, but this was only sometimes. The costumes when used we’re well placed and cool to look at. Other times, I couldn’t make heads or tails of the actual size of the cats in comparison to the set. That’s about it... THE UGLY CAN YOU HEAR ME? I literally could hear just about nothing. It was hard to know what they were saying except that I heard heard some of these songs before. COSTUMES THAT’LL MAKE YOU HISS. What were they thinking? This CGI just is not a good choice. Realism has a time and place. Not even the stage musical went to this level. Since these are HUMANS playing cats, more human like tights would have been appropriate. I can’t stop from thinking about everyone’s exposed privates. Why are some wearing pants and some aren’t? This movie is overall confusing with costume choices. PLOT...WHAT PLOT? As I was told by others who have seen the stage production, the movie stays true to the play. It makes no sense, no rhyme or reason to most of the plot. It simply was confusing and hard to accept. I understand why people are bipolar about Cats. This movie has no idea what it wants to be. One minute, it’s serious and full of drama, the next, weird voodoo magic makes instruments become CGI nightmares and show how horrible the movie was edited. WAIT? WHO’S IN LOVE WITH WHO? Not only was the plot hard to follow. But the love connections and overall horniness of the cats was confusing and weird. I’m sure it’s much more innocent than what others were going for but the execution fails on many levels. DANCING COCKROACHES AND MICE? This speaks for itself, horrible CGI. The idea of adding people to the costumes and watching them get eaten might arouse some people with a vore fetish but everyone else is cringed our. Horrifying direction decisions. REBEL! NO! STOP SCRATCHING YOURSELF DOWN THERE? I love Rebel Wilson. She is a comedic genius, but scratching yourself near your crotch in what barely qualifies as a costume and I’m not sure if you’re naked or not, just doesn’t work. I cringed so much at this moment. Yes. Cats do this, but human-cats, just...no. This scene will forever haunt me and make me rethink innocent cats licking themselves. I’m forever changed for the worse. OVERALL - Some cats have nine lives. But I only have one. I’m sad I wasted any time on this. Maybe Cats will be born into a new life, and future productions won’t scare us to hide under the bed for days.