Cats

[NotAllThere]

Saw the stage show back in the 90's with Elaine Page - some good songs, rubbish show. Won't be watching the film.

Have seen pretty much all the big shows and they have all lived up to expectations except Cats. Each to their own - art is subjective, but in this case, it's not for me.

The book is quite good though.

[Whorty]

Saw the stage show back in the 90's with Elaine Page - some good songs, rubbish show. Won't be watching the film.

Have seen pretty much all the big shows and they have all lived up to expectations except Cats. Each to their own - art is subjective, but in this case, it's not for me.

[BrilloPad]

I was not sure if this would be good enough for Monday Links. So here goes: -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...92f_story.html


“The most incredible cinematic experience of my life.”

“The most terrifying experience of my life. I swear to God my soul escaped me.”

“Cried both times. Planning on going two more times.”

“Vomited four times but ultimately understood the film on a deep level.”

[NotAllThere]

Cash? "No one in this world, so far as I know ... has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people." - attributed to HL Menken.

It has made rather a lot of money, so I guess some people might like it. I'm not sure that intelligence is necessarily an indication of artistic appreciation.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Quite why anyone would take a short collection of comic poems and turn them into a musical let alone a film is beyond me.

Cash? "No one in this world, so far as I know ... has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people." - attributed to HL Menken.

[ladymuck]

I do fancy Mulan when it comes out. I never got around to The Aeronauts

[NotAllThere]

I shall bring DD to see you! Anyone who says anything bad about cats will die! Only because the film contains Taylor Swift......

She wrote the lyrics of the one new song in it. I was surprised to find it was pretty good.

Next films to see:
Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl
Jojo Rabbit
Mulan
The Aeronauts

[Paddy]

Have absolutely no intention of seeing either film or stage play.

That's a rather catty comment.

[BrilloPad]

Kids have seen it

It's rubbish.

I shall bring DD to see you! Anyone who says anything bad about cats will die! Only because the film contains Taylor Swift......

[NotAllThere]

Doesn't surprise me. You have to like musicals and not be bothered by a tenuous story line. I like ballet and opera - but they'd be lost on the majority of the population.

[original PM]

Kids have seen it

It's rubbish.

[Scruff]

Jeremy Irons reading a selection of TS Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Old Possum'''s Book of Practical Cats - BBC Sounds

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[Uncle Albert]

Have absolutely no intention of seeing either film or stage play.

Nor do I but the poems are great. Quite why anyone would take a short collection of comic poems and turn them into a musical let alone a film is beyond me.

Perhaps we can look forward to a cinema release of some of Edward Lear's poems:

The Owl and the pussycat - Love across species
The pobble who lost his toes - A tale of self discovery after brutal injury
The dong with the luminous nose - An "art" film only suitable for very adult audiences

[ladymuck]

Have absolutely no intention of seeing either film or stage play.

[NotAllThere]

Never seen the stage show, I only know the song Memories. I saw the film tonight, and I think I'd like to see the stage show. If you don't understand cats (the animals), see the film. If, at the end of it, you say you don't get it - then you understand cats.