An animated version of _Cats_ would've been awesome. Hand drawn and everything.

Three years and three movies left in this project of yours. Sean, on behalf of all 39.6K of us, I salute you. And I can't WAIT for your next project, whatever it may be.

When the trailer came out, I mentally apologized for every single time I ever mocked the stage makeup and costumes. Edit: I really hope the CGI folks strike next.

Okay, the name fake out sequence is actual comedic gold.

If I can clear up the "Jellicles"/"Pollicles" comment, those were actually based on the way T.S. Eliot's niece would refer to dogs and cats. Since she was a very little girl when the poems were written (and partially dedicated to her), "Jellicle cat" was her way of saying "dear little cat", and "Pollicle dog" was her way of saying "poor little dog." It's not a special group so much as a cutesy nickname. I'll admit I'm a huge fan of the stage show--I credit it with actually making me realize I wanted to be an actor--and there's a part of me that feels... weirdly protective of the 2019 movie. Yes, it's a flaming mangled trainwreck, but it's *my* flaming mangled trainwreck. But honestly, "Cats" by its very nature is one of those shows that really doesn't work on film except as a recorded version of the stage show itself. I nearly wore out my grandma's VHS of the 1998 recording, so that's the version I direct people towards if they're curious about the show.

I remember leaving theatre scarred for life, after seeing Rebel Wilson spreading her legs and peeing in the sink, the thing is - no one believed me and when I finally got to show it to my friends, I was horrified that that scene wasn't there. ME AND MY WIFE SAW IT! WE BOTH DID! I went to google wtf happened, just to find out, that no one talks about that scene as if it never happened. But then in march of 2020 I saw an article, where someone said, that THANKFULLY that scene was shot but cut from theatrical release. The thing is... I'm not from US, not even first world country, so I'm 100% positive, that due to them not having finished their movie up until the day of the premier, they had to send drafts to theatres around the world, resulting in this scene being included in the version I saw... This scene is gone from history, just like my sanity, but I feel like I witnessed history unfold before my very eyes.

I am here to help! Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats is a corruption of "poor little dogs," and "dear little cats," all I believe from a child attempting to speak properly.

They accidentally made a horror movie. Bravo.

Out of everyone involved in this, I feel the most for Francesca Hayward. She is the Clara I go to watch every year in the Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House, and I wish her all the best. This role seemed like a perfect debut for an accomplished ballerina, but sadly, it turned into a dumpstet fire.

Consider: The whole plot of the movie revolves around a bunch of cats choosing one of their own to DIE, in hopes that they are resurrected. It’s Carousel from Logan’s Run, but with furries.

Still gotta go with Haunting of Sharon Tate as the worst of the year, at least Cats didn't use a real life murder for shock value.

Fun Fact: Judi Dench still hasn’t seen it

IIRC, another big reason why the CGI looks so terribly is the director's decision to not have the actors wear mocap suits. Instead, everyone have to just be painted over with the CGI bodies.

I'm still confused why they didn't just use costumes and makeup prosthetics for the cats. It may be a nightmare fuel but at least it'd be easy on the eyes.

I would have LOVED to have seen the original intention for this movie back in the 90s, being hand drawn and produced by Amblimation.

Hey, Idris Elba redeemed himself after he voiced Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 a movie with far better cgi

If I get a cat, I’m naming him Etcetera. Thanks!

As my sister said at the time, "We wanted 'Wicked.' We got 'Cats.'"

I really love CATS the musical.....the film not so much. A lot is the difference between theatre and film - you are encouraged to use your imagination in theatre.

This travesty makes The Cat in The Hat look like film of the year.

What I don’t get is why they couldn’t have done the elaborate stage show costumes and added additional visual flair with puppetry and other stuff like the lion king stage musical. That production is STUNNING. It would have kept the fantastic elements alive and not looked like hot computer barf

I saw this notification and I just went LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO

The best Horror movie of the 2010s

There's a video on Sideways on how awful the production process of Les Miserable was. Hugh Jackman had to dehydrate himself for 36 hours straight to get that old sick look. It's a miracle his voice didn't get injured!

So the worst part about the VFX was that MPC Vancouver (the main vendor on the show, where not just 90, but 110 hour weeks on Cats were standard) was shut down just after they finished Cats, with no notice to any of the artists. All the people that worked on Cats were unceremoniously laid off just before Christmas, basically told; 'you have 30 minutes, get your stuff, then get out'. They then had to re-hire a small group of them to fix the VFX after Cats was released. Oh, and most of these artists were also on Sonic before Cats, where they found out 6 months of work was scrapped over twitter.

I can already feel the beauty of this episode washing over me

Deep suffering. Also as a furry I can tell you that we rejected this abomination en masse.

I should get some sleep. It's late. Sees new Cinematic Excrement episode is uploaded. Oh well. Sleep can wait 20 minutes.

I saw Cats live when I took my mother to see it for her birthday, it's really the best way to experience Cats. No live action movie would create the experience of watching it live on stage.

I have been watching this channel for years. I will never, EVER understand how Sean still only has 39K subs. I keep expecting it to blow up. Not that 39k is something to be looked down upon. Not at all. It's amazing. But compared to other channels' relative size and quality, he deserves SO many more subs.

It seems like most modern movies are allergic to using costumes and makeup these days. Too much CGI.

It is quite an achievement that the Broadway musical's costumes of decades ago were better than what could be managed in this movie.

For a moment, I did wonder if you’d pull a joke and review the late 90s Cats movie. 😅 Thank you for reminding me to rewatch this with the Rifftrax… after watching this, of course.

Yeah 'Cats' is the reason why Tom Hooper's Oscar win over David Fincher in 2010 stings so much given how his desire for more Oscar glory led to diminishing returns and 'Cats' was the nadir.

What's really funny about MacCavity is that in the lyrics of the song (and the poem) he's described as a "Ginger Cat" and in the stage musical, he is. What happened in the movie? And incidentially, I was one of those whose last film in a theater before lockdown was "Cats."

Fitting that all the theaters closed right after this was released lol.

Hard to believe you're this close to finishing the Razzie Marathon.

Flipside, you have three more movies until the quest ends… until next year that is.

Makes me feel lucky that the last movie I saw in theaters before lockdown was the Sonic movie.

Fun fact, this movie was so bad that it made Andrew Lloyd Webber a dog person. Anyways, next time we’ll be watching a movie that’s somehow even worse than Hilary’s America and Sia’s Music.

The Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer sequence in the film is adapted from the original West End production rather than what most people are familiar with.

I heard that Andrew Lloyd Webber was so dissatisfied with the final product of the film that he got a therapy dog

Can you imagine if they made a Starlight Express movie in this style?

The modern day equivalent of The Apple. Aka, another movie that Sean should review.

Nice touch of the warning being in cat language and leaving it up like it would take awhile to read. 😂

I remember seeing the trailer when I was at the cinema with my children and thinking "Good god! Is this supposed to be a family film?! That looks like a challenging nightmare film for a seasoned adult horror fan!"

I extremely hate what they did to the Bustopher Jones character. Thanks to the embarrassment that is James Corden, they misinterpreted what the character from the poem and character is. The character had dignity but thanks to Corden’s casting, it’s a annoying punchline.

I was struggling with a sort of depression, then I watched this movie and somehow got better. I may have lost my mind...

i would never have thought it possible, but taylor swift in the cat costume makes halle berry's catwoman's costume look reasonable by comparison...

2010: The King's Speech (winner of the 2011 Oscars for Best Picture) 2019: Cats (The 2020 Razzies winner for Worst Picture) What happened to you, Tom Hooper?

Honestly, I really like the Skimbleshanks sequence. I like the way his dance mimics the sound of a train movement, I like his design, I like the fact that it more or less embraces fantasy elements. When I saw the film in theaters, I walked out within like the first half hour, so I missed the Skimble scene, and when it was on digital/DVD, I heard people talking about how good the scene is and so I found it on KZfaq and, yeah, it’s fucking great and better than it has any right to be considering the movie it’s in

Unlike the movie, this review did not disappoint.

Saw the notification, and my immediate reaction was “Uh-oh”

3 movies to go for this long journey! (no surprise Amblimation closed down because of the box office failure of Balto once they planned on doing that adaptation of the musical Cats!)

I still think Black Christmas 2019 and Playmobil the movie should have gotten some razzie nods. And the last film I saw before lockdown was Pixar's Onward.

Looking at what movies are left on the list, it's really hard to believe that we're almost done with the Worst Picture project, what a journey it has been, five years... five years...

They should have made a movie about the Swat Cats instead.

Welp. It was about time we talked about this shit stain! Also, the last movie I saw before lock down was Pixar’s Onward. It was beautiful! Sean, thank you for the upload before I go to bed, and I love your hellfire club shirt! Love you dude!!🥰👍🏻💜

You poor man. You took one for the team watching this your bravery and sacrifice will go down in legend

The concept art of the proposed animated version looked very good. Way better than the live action film that's for sure.

My god, it’s finally here! One of my favorite terrible movies ever!

Judi Dench at least got to take part in the show she was initially removed from. There’s something sweet about that.

I was a fan of "Cats" back in the day. I recognized most of the names of Jellicle cats you listed but the ones I didn't recognized I chalked up to being in the chorus, whose names I did not remember. The Sideways YT channel did a video explaining the plot of the stage show which I found enlightening and made sense to my nostalgic remembering.

While a somewhat fan of Cats, while I agree that the plot can be slow especially since I’m not a big fan of musicals that sing the entire time, it’s more fun to play around with the theories with the characters. Some of my personal favorites are: -the three sons of Deuteronomy (Macavity, Munkustrap, and Rum Tug in that order). Macavity was heir until he was banished from his magic used in dishonorable ways causing his resentment of the tribe and Munkus being heir instead. -Grizabella being the three sons’ mother but abandoned them shortly after their birth and Jennyanydots stepping up as caretaker -Bomballerina and Demeter are sisters who had a thing with Macavity at one point. He well……did something awful to Demeter and then they escaped and returned to the tribe thus creating Munkustrap x Demeter with Demeter’s daughter Jemima.

I remember seeing this in the theater and an older couple were a few rows back angry at some teens talking during the previews like Cats was gonna be fine cinema and it was disrespectful to talk before it came on. Fast forward to 15 minutes into the movie and they got up and walked out in disgust of how bad the movie was 🤣

If you want to know more about why the music doesn't work in this version, Sideways has a really good video going over it.

My roommate and I saw it during lockdown and when Idris Elba showed up for his big number we both screamed in horror! How did Tom Hooper think it was a good idea to make him look more naked than the other cats?

I'm usually the person who watches a movie all the way to the end, no matter how bad it is, but Cats was an endurance test for me. It took me two tries to watch the whole thing.

Cats is one of my favorite musicals and I had so much ripping into this movie when I saw it.

“Whose idea was this, and why are they not in prison?” That’s your finest quip yet, Sean! 😂

We went to see this film with our friend group on the opening night. We gave the film standing ovations.

The stage costumes from the play look amazing, just do the same for the movie, maybe look a little more seamless, less costume like.

After hearing about the completely insane attitude of the director, I imagine him entering the movie set wearing a Napoleon hat made of paper and riding a broom while screaming "I AM THE KING OF LIZARDS!".

Sean!! I have to sleep... Well, sleep can wait!

Poor Ian McKellen. I just finished The Two Towers and no words can describe how baffled I am that he was in one of my favorite movies as well in one of the most weirdass cinematic experience I got!😂

Can't wait for you to talk about Absolute Proof!

The last movie I saw before the world ended…. I mean, locked down, was Sonic The Hedgehog… twice

I thought something was wrong with my speakers so I turned volume waaay up. "YEEEEP" made me almost go deaf.

For some people this is the last movie they ever watched in a theater ever, because the pandemic killed 3 million people in 2020 alone.

Mungojerrie? Didn't that cat sing "In the Summertime"?

Ive been rewatching this and other CE episodes lately and still the joke about the names of the characters that starts at about 5:00 and lasts the whole minute absolutely slays me every time. Like I legit cant stop snickering. Sean's comedic timing remains top notch.

Sadly, the last movie I saw in theaters before everything caught fire was Bombshell, so I got off the hook from this nightmare. Speaking of, good luck with Mike Lindell's Through The Windshield Glass or whatever.

I had seen the original production on Broadway and have been studiously voiding the movie. Your video convinces me that I really want to keep studiously avoiding the movie. Thanks!

The second I get notifications, I rush to watch the video

The DVD release they did in the 2000s is my favorite version. Like the musical or not, the technical work was great!

"Hal...it's about cats."

'Cat's was indicative of the measure of disdain the film industry has for its consumers.

I love that you brought up how this film was probably the last one people saw in theaters before Lockdown, and true! It was what me and my older sibling saw before covid happened lmao.

This movie looks like one of Garfield’s fever dreams. Also, your next review will be about the My Pillow Guy? Oh boy, suddenly Cats doesn’t look so bad now.

3 in the morning 5 minutes after release. Let’s go!!!

*IT'S TIME!*

In the words of that crazy old lady from Madagascar: “Bad kitty!”

Talk about the purrrrrfect experience

In some alternate universe, this movie is animated and is a huge success! Not only that, it becomes the first animated movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Why do we exist in this crappy universe?

She ascended to sit by Frankenstien and Cloister the stupid on the shores of Fushall.

The Rifftrax is the only way I was able to make it through this whole movie, and even then I had to take lengthy breaks.

So glad you're back at full length!

As soon as I saw the first trailer, I knew they should’ve made an animated version of the musical. I can go to my local community theatre and see people dressed as cats prancing around and singing. If you’re going to shill out millions of dollars, then you need to give the audience something they can’t see everyday. Like actual cats singing and dancing.

Just a reminder that somewhere out there, theres a cut of this movie where all the actors have CAT BUTTHOLES BECAUSE THATS WHAT THE DIRECTOR THOUGHT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA! RELEASE THE BUTTHOLE CUT!

I still say Cats was the curse that brought on COVID.