We Now Know What Really Went Wrong With Cats

Ian McKellan and Judi Dench are two of the most revered actors in showbiz -- and when you put them alongside the talents of Idris Elba, James Corden, and the pop superstars Taylor Swift and Jennifer Hudson, you’ve got yourself a hit, right?

That was the general idea when all of them were all cast in the 2019 musical fantasy film Cats, based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning musical. The movie was also directed by Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper.

So, why was the movie a critical and commercial failure? It’s never just one thing that makes a movie a flop, but we now know what really went wrong with Cats.

#Cats #Movie #Hollywood

[GahMehGrrrr]

If it has to be 99% CGI just make a cartoon.

[v.v]

Tom Hooper finished his film like a college student

[Wastingsometimehere]

It's because they still want to think CGI is better than old school. Imagine if they made the actors wear cat outfits or just voiced cat puppets. This may have turned out more appealing going old school.

[melviness]

Looper: We know what really went wrong with Cats

Me: Everything

[Drickles]

Not everything needs a real life adaptation 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[ligtningdog]

What went wrong? They didn't use that money to make a "Thundercats" movie.

[reisushi]

What went wrong?

*They made the movie*

[StandAsYouAre]

I don’t understand why they just didn’t go with the costume and makeup style the stage musical used and improve on it. It would have reduced the production costs.

[obxconsumer]

Cats are cute, adorable, and cuddly - people dressed up as cats are hideous.

[iprobablywontseeyourreply.]

I can’t get over those proportions. They’re the size of mice.

[jeffg]

This is what the people in birdbox saw before they killed themselves

I think one of the other problems with this movie(aside from everything), it didn’t evoke the Broadway musical, it didn’t have the style, there’s a certain likable quality about the original Broadway that was unmistakable, and it was humans portraying cat-like behavior, not literal cats like the movie chose to do.

There was an energy to the Broadway musical, and thats likely due to the dynamic Broadway stars they had involved, it gave characters that personality, it was just a right mix of everything that made it special and so beloved, and why it’s one of the top Broadway shows off all time.

[maximilliannoriega]

This movie was like Schrodinger‘s cat you didn’t know if it was dead or alive but now we know

[s.]

Tom Hooper finishing an entire movie at the last moment is me with my college projects. Like "I'm just glad I have something to give the audience/teacher"

[fa-lsjw]

they had a top notch cast, great dancers and amazing singers, they could just have done another musical or something else! with that budget they could have done something brilliant!

[ksaraf]

Answer: someone actually got the idea that it would make a great movie.

[TheCatAteMyShoe]

Cats: one of the biggest, longest running Broadway plays of all time. Let's ruin it by making it into a movie.

[laxbro]

All the commercials have Jennifer Hudson just hiding behind something or crying

[LuzzBightyear]

Cats made Sharkboy and Lavagirl looked like citizen kane

[jan-erikella]

Cats barely counts as a musical. Characters wandering unto the scene, declaring who they are and then leaving again is NOT a story, not even an episodic one.