Rate the last movie you've seen

2020-01-04 04:18:56

#11251

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6365|eXtreme to the maX

Cats 8/10

There was nothing wrong with it, the concept is as weird as the stage show - which was hugely popular - there you go.

The lead actress was talented and cute

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTPeAFaPX_PQ8zFo7ThHvIePQJXOJ3_t3MXngUR-yCwrsOhBHxJ

and who could find anything wrong with Taylor Swift covered in fur.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSHenXpOxlH8T0p3-6DsSfJ42Y6KSfhVXAMk_uEq8mykPlwnrJk

The critics gang up on one film a year, I guess this was it.

Fuck Israel

2020-01-04 04:33:21

#11252

uziq: Member; +497|3712

dilbert as a furry. a new development, but not a surprising one.

2020-01-04 13:35:09

#11253

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +643|3979

I would feel totally unashamed openly dating that Taylor Swift cat.

2020-01-04 13:59:57

#11254

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +643|3979

I rather date Taylor Cat than a black chick or ugly girl. I would totally make a Twitter account and post pictures of us doing things together like dressing up as the others species for Halloween. I would put a ring on it so fast.

2020-01-04 14:21:41

#11255

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,741|6997|Cinncinatti

the fuck

2020-01-04 14:50:25

#11256

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7031|PNW

What bugs me about this one is it seems like it's trying to be at once stage, yet not stage. CGI costumes are an interesting ongoing experiment, at least. A lot of viewer criticism of the new one seems to come down to "aaaaah, my eyes, they burn" one-line reviews for the memes.

Cats' Controversial CGI Changed After Viral Online Response
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/248578 … e-response

More like tweaked, really.

They did the same thing with Sonic. I wonder if this will become a trend.

2020-01-04 14:58:18

#11257

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +643|3979

RTHKI wrote:
the fuck

If you had a Taylor Swift Cat as a friend and had her and others over for a X-Mas or whatever party and after everyone else has left she crawls into your bed and gives you this look...you would tell her she had to leave?

2020-01-04 15:00:42

#11258

uziq: Member; +497|3712

it's a failure as a movie precisely because it doesn't know how to adapt a stage-show into a movie.

movies mostly need plots. that often involves character development and drama. you know, three acts. protagonists with an arc. stage musicals don't need this: they require catchy songs and a spectacle. hell, in the hey-day of the musical, when theatre-land was crossing over to the silver screen, writers had no problem elaborating more on the 'plot' aspect to suit the new medium. there are tonnes of west end shows and musicals that succeeded as movies. cats is a massive failure.

that the source material was a bunch of nonsense poems written for eliot's amusement does not exactly make for the most promising movie, tbh.

stupid idea.

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2020-01-04 15:15:52

#11259

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +643|3979

uziq wrote:
it's a failure as a movie precisely because it doesn't know how to adapt a stage-show into a movie.

movies mostly need plots. that often involves character development and drama. you know, three acts. protagonists with an arc. stage musicals don't need this: they require catchy songs and a spectacle. hell, in the hey-day of the musical, when theatre-land was crossing over to the silver screen, writers had no problem elaborating more on the 'plot' aspect to suit the new medium. there are tonnes of west end shows and musicals that succeeded as movies. cats is a massive failure.

that the source material was a bunch of nonsense poems written for eliot's amusement does not exactly make for the most promising movie, tbh.

stupid idea.

This reminds me of me attempting watching the Hamilton play with my class. Last days of school I put the play on for the kids and we couldn't follow what was actually going on. There was just a bunch of dancing, rapping, and moving around. We had no clue what was actually going on plot wise.

I eventually just turned it off and told them to play with their cellphones.

2020-01-04 15:41:10

#11260

uziq: Member; +497|3712

haha. such a funny image.

2020-01-04 16:28:42

#11261

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6365|eXtreme to the maX

uziq wrote:
it's a failure as a movie precisely because it doesn't know how to adapt a stage-show into a movie.

movies mostly need plots. that often involves character development and drama. you know, three acts. protagonists with an arc. stage musicals don't need this: they require catchy songs and a spectacle. hell, in the hey-day of the musical, when theatre-land was crossing over to the silver screen, writers had no problem elaborating more on the 'plot' aspect to suit the new medium. there are tonnes of west end shows and musicals that succeeded as movies. cats is a massive failure.

that the source material was a bunch of nonsense poems written for eliot's amusement does not exactly make for the most promising movie, tbh.

stupid idea.

You didn't see the film did you?

It does have a plot, a new character was injected into it to give it more of a plot.

Fuck Israel

2020-01-04 16:49:11

#11262

uziq: Member; +497|3712

ah yes, jellicles (whatever they are) trying to get to the heaven. amazing plot.

what does the new character actually do? which one are you referring to?

2020-01-04 18:38:13

#11263

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6365|eXtreme to the maX

So you haven't seen the film, you just jumped on the negative bandwagon. What a free thinker.

The Victoria character has been extended into the story, essentially a new character.

Victoria (also known as the White Cat) is a principal character in the musical Cats, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Primarily a dance role with no solo singing parts, playing Victoria demands extensive ballet training and a high degree of flexibility.[1] The character is featured in a ballet solo ("White Cat Solo") as well as a pas de deux in the musical, and leads most of the ensemble dance routines.

The role was originated by Finola Hughes in the West End in 1981, and by Cynthia Onrubia on Broadway in 1982.

In the 2019 movie adaptation, the role is played by Francesca Hayward. Unlike her stage counterpart, this version is made the de facto protagonist of the film and has more of a singing role. She performs the film's sole new song "Beautiful Ghosts", as well as taking over Jemima's part in "Memory".

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2020-01-05 03:02:45

#11264

uziq: Member; +497|3712

there is no way the white cat is a ‘new character’.

it’s a largely shapeless musical based on a set of nonsense poems. no wonder the vague attempts to make it into a movie suck.

my girlfriend saw the movie when it opened, i have no intention of sitting down and watching a musical at any point in my life. i value her opinion as, you know, she’s actually read all of t s eliot and knows what cats is. but keep talking about ‘bandwagons’ as if hating an andrew lloyd webber-inspired shitshow is really important to me.

ironically you have no reason to like it or see it, either, least of all for its merits as a film. as per usual, you just want an excuse to gawp at a few 20-something girls. you tend to mention this a lot so it makes you seem very silly when you talk derisively about ‘the critics’. oh those silly mean critics! i picture a man with pimples hissing because ‘his’ disney star is being panned in the papers.

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2020-01-05 14:59:47

#11265

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6365|eXtreme to the maX

OK, so you haven't seen it.

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2020-01-05 15:06:17

#11266

uziq: Member; +497|3712

dilbert any movie with 'female talent' gets a 7/10 from you but you whine about the 'conspiracies' of critics.

not being a stay-at-home-mum with an internet business selling leggings, i make it my business to avoid watching musicals.

2020-01-05 15:33:56

#11267

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6365|eXtreme to the maX

I just think if you're going to critique something, like a film, in detail you should have actually seen it, not just be parroting other people's criticisms.

Fuck Israel

2020-01-05 15:47:33

#11268

uziq: Member; +497|3712

where did i critique a film in detail?

i said films need plots. it’s largely a requirement of the medium, you know, unless you’re watching some art house movie. Cats among all musicals is almost a uniquely bad source. it has no plot! this is hardly a ‘detailed critique’. no surprises that everyone panned it for being a largely disjointed series of songs with puzzling characters with no relation to a plot and gratuitous celebrity cameos. oh look it’s jason derulo!!!!

2020-01-05 15:49:01

#11269

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6365|eXtreme to the maX

The Mandalorian - 6/10

I haven't seen it but the IMDB reviews aren't very good and someone I know didn't think much of it.

Probably needed more character development, Star Wars is usually weak on that.

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2020-01-05 15:51:12

#11270

uziq: Member; +497|3712

we all know you’re mad about the mandalorian because there’s no princess leia in chains, for you to get your weekly quota of raised-pulse sexual non-contact.

2020-01-05 16:37:18

#11271

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6365|eXtreme to the maX

You've seen it? Whats it like?

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2020-01-05 18:17:06

#11272

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7031|PNW

Dilbert_X wrote:
I just think if you're going to critique something, like a film, in detail you should have actually seen it, not just be parroting other people's criticisms.

It was a pretty good guess considering all the other Cats productions and what's been written about this one.

As far as I can tell, 'The Mandalorian' is carried primarily by baby yoda memes. It's interesting that Disney's dirtying it up with heads on spikes or whatever, but it's still Star Wars.

2020-01-05 19:08:27

#11273

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6365|eXtreme to the maX

uziq wrote:
we all know you’re mad about the mandalorian because there’s no princess leia in chains, for you to get your weekly quota of raised-pulse sexual non-contact.

Leia never did anything for me.

Princess Aura on the other hand I can pin-point as one of the formative moments in my life.