Disney Duster wrote:TheSequelOfDisney, I can't believe any fan of Cats think it's stupid. It's actually about how all these cats' relationships with each other, for instance the one cat was Macavity's lover, but she hated him. There is a fan theory Grizabella abandoned her kittens. And the whole play is really about how we all, sad lives or not, but especially with sad lives, want a chance to live in the sun again. "Endless Masquerading". One could even say the lines, "I must wait for a new life, and I musn't give in", are about waiting for heaven and not giving in to killing yourself. Don't call that stupid. The original costumes were way better than the fugly visuals for this film, because this film uses CGI instead, and goes into the uncanny valley.
First of all, I used stupid along the lines of
Cats being a generally harmless and inconsequential musical, which it is. That doesn't mean there can't be meaning in it, but I've never approached
Cats as a deeply meaningful production--it's meant to be fun. Second of all, I can call anything stupid that I want; that's not up for you to decide. Third of all, yeah, if you have a fabricated backstory for a cat that you willingly believe in, then you would probably feel more sad for that cat. I know that it's just a cat. "Memory" isn't even in
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats anyway; it's a construction of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Trevor Nunn, inspired by one of Eliot's poems not from
Practical Cats, and you'd have to ask those two whether or not that's what Grizabella's backstory is. It's also my opinion that the CGI is better than '80s fashion, because it's also my opinion that '80s fashion was absolutely horrendous, full stop.
I still enjoyed the film and wouldn't mind seeing it again, especially now that the improved effects should be in theaters.
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