Taylor Swift and Idris Elba with the help of special effects turned into humanoid cats. In social networks to this were not ready.
July 18 came the first trailer for the movie “Cats”, based on the eponymous Broadway musical. The picture was taken with the use of motion capture technology – social networks immediately had questions about the graph. Twitter users were horrified by the humanlike cats with the faces of Taylor Swift, Idris Elba and Jennifer Hudson, were surprised by the strange proportions of animals and recalled the memes resembling a new project.
The original Broadway musical was staged by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. Most of the songs he took from the book by Thomas Storns Eliot “Popular science of cats, written by the Old Possum”, which tells about the stereotypical characters of cats like too active at night or destroying everything around.
Webber was a fan of the children’s book and in the 1970s began to put poems to music. Because of the poetic source, the musical does not have a whole plot: the project consists entirely of songs, and part of the story is told through dance. “Cats” debuted in 1981 and received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
The film “Cats” was staged by director Tom Hopper, best known for the tapes “King Says” and “Les Miserables”. The cast includes Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, Rebel Williams, James Corden and Jason Derulo. The premiere of the painting is scheduled for December 20, 2019.
The action of the musical takes place in one night. Cats gather in a landfill and tell about themselves with the help of songs. Everyone sings about why he should get into the equivalent of a cat’s paradise.
The film does not use makeup and costumes. Wool, tails, whiskers, and ears were added in post-production. “This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. This is not an animation. This is not a motion capture. This is filmed with the help of some new technology that was not used before. They added tails to us that move naturally, ” said Taylor Swift, who plays the role of Bombalurin.
Webber himself has confirmed that “they have such a technology … Which is not CGI, but turns you into a cat. You know that this is Taylor Swift … But she is a cat. ” However, in April 2019, the CinemaCon presented a voice-over video in which the actors wore costumes for motion capture technology. “We had such a joke, which was called“ Cat School ”. There we were trained to move, think, feel space and act like cats. I learned a lot, ”recalled Swift.
In social networks, the trailer immediately reacted negatively – they began to react with pictures of meme cats, to be frightened by the schedule of the musical and to compare it with “fan-art of furry”, as well as with filters from Snapchat.
The Cats Trailer makes the #CatsMovie look like it was filmed in Snapchat. pic.twitter.com/S5GuxkaHU2
— Cult Cinema Catacombs (@TheseFilmsExist) 18 July 2019
The Cat Trailer looks like it was shot on Snapchat
Absolutely no one:
— Laura Hudson (@laura_hudson) 18 July 2019
The CATS movie: what would it look like if Snapchat cat filter and furry fan art had a baby that could speak only in intolerable nursery rhymes and that baby was Judi Dench pic.twitter.com/gJXuzEEutB
Absolutely None
Many were amazed at the strange proportions of cats – animals seem too small, but at the same time too large. Others were surprised at the presence of human breasts in cats, and still others noted the strange choice of clothes for the characters – the heroine Judi Dench was wearing a fur coat.
HOW DO CLOTHES WORK IN #CatsMovie???????? pic.twitter.com/O5cWzv8ETL
— The Popcorn Diet (@ThePopcornDiet) 18 July 2019
How does clothing work in Cats?
The proportions. They’re wrong. How small are the mice in this universe if that’s the trap? How massive are these cats? And why are the candles so small??? #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/3sMDGHe39R
— Claudia Boleyn (@ClaudiaBoleyn) 18 July 2019
Proportions. They are not correct. How small should the mice be in this hilarious, if it’s a mousetrap? How huge are the cats? And why are the candles so small?
THE CATS ARE TOO SMALL!!! I REPEAT, THE CATS ARE TOO SMALL!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/z7IGQYFDCQ
— Nicole Silverberg (@nsilverberg) 18 July 2019
Cats are too small! I repeat, cats are too small!
Sincere Q: when the “cats” in the Cats trailer are wearing fur coats, like Judi Dench is, do you think those are meant to be their own fur, or are they wearing the fur of some other animal that they, the cats, have skimmed and fashioned into garments?
— Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing) 18 July 2019
Sincere question: when the “cats” in the “Cats” trailer wear fur coats, like Judy Dench, do you think this is their own wool, or do they wear the fur of other animals that they took off their fur and turned into clothes?
I don’t know why you’re all freaking out over miniature yet huge cats with human celebrity faces and sexy breasts performing a demented dream ballet for kids.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) 18 July 2019
I do not know why you are all amazed at the miniature, but at the same time, huge cats with celebrity faces and sexy breasts who dance the insane ballet for children
However, some did not agree with the opinion of the “weirdness” of the characters and reminded them of how the characters looked in the original musical.
all these people are like “omg these celebrities look like cats thats so weird they look like theyve been through a filter lol”
— 🌸RatFlavored🌸 (@Rat_flavored) 18 July 2019
they look weird? obviously they’ve never fucking seen cats before. #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/noSyMknlm4
All these people who say, “God, these celebrities look like cats, it’s so strange as if they missed the filter lol.” / Do they look weird? Obviously, you never watched “Cats”
Another CGI in the film reminded cats of medieval painting – Twitter decided that the filmmakers were inspired by creepy animals painted in the XV century.
This new CATS movie trailer is looking p good pic.twitter.com/tf4arezyhf
— AvantGeek ➡️ HUFS (@AvantGeekArt) 19 July 2019
The new trailer for the movie “Cats” looks great
‘The Overturned Bouquet’ (1660-1679) vs ‘Cats’ (2019).
— Rob McD (@ROBCMCD) 19 July 2019
Have we not learned what cat faces look like in 350 years?! #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/Sis0ZyhpI0
“Inverted bouquet” (1660-1679 years) and “Cats” (2019). For 350 years, we did not understand what a cat’s face looks like?
have the creators of the cats movie ever seen 1) a cat or 2) cats the musical or did they just see these medieval paintings of cats and run with it pic.twitter.com/thoGlBxiFg
— lee | 21 (@rauIesparza) 18 July 2019
The creators of “Cats” have ever seen 1) a cat or 2) the musical “Cats” or they looked at these medieval paintings and decided that it would come down
Users also began to compare characters from the trailer with insane memes, the image of Sonic from the upcoming tape and other films and TV shows, where the characters changed into cats.
James Corden in #CatsMovie is Cat in the Hat’s tethered pic.twitter.com/VTCMgRR0C7
— scandalous🔮✨ (@browniebbyblues) 19 July 2019
James Corden in “Cats” looks like a shadow of “Cat in the hat”
Fucking Doctor Who did a better job at humanoid cats than a $200 million dollars musical 15 fucking years ago!!! #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/yQRw1TCMw8
— The Toro (@SenornerdAct2) 19 July 2019
Damn Doctor Who 15 years ago did a better job with humanoid cats than a $ 200 million musical
Same energy #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/ptOmrnqKlA
— Aoife Wilson (@AoifeLockhart) 18 July 2019
One energy
Cats (2019) #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/VUlESFhfnp
— Clay Black (@claymus) 18 July 2019
Cats (2019) #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/VUlESFhfnp
— Clay Black (@claymus) 18 July 2019
Cats (2019)
Cats (2019)
— N/P (@nic_pringle) 18 July 2019
Dir: Tom Hooper#CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/8zE2jI9Lag
Cats (2019)
nobody at all:
— max (@goodishomens) 18 July 2019
cats the movie: pic.twitter.com/mtPehMWFWS
None: / Cats Movie:
why do the people in the new Cats movie look like these bastards from mirror mask pic.twitter.com/bKzSy4GlJa
— Dylan (@ZaffiroRubino) 19 July 2019
Why do people in Cats look like these freaks from the Mirror Mask?
I fucking knew I had seen that #CatsMovie trailer before… pic.twitter.com/pSa0Ra6Kea
— Analog Fur Technology (@MicahTheModest) 19 July 2019
I knew hell I already saw the Cats trailer.
The new Cats (2019) trailer looks great #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/e99VkwTLxH
— Sian R ✨ (@_Sian_Roberts) 19 July 2019
Trailer “Cats” looks great
The new Cats movie looks so good pic.twitter.com/SdnmeOPdQG
— boboddy (@noahaguiar) 19 July 2019
The new film “Cats” looks great
TITUS WAS ROBBED OF HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE CATS MOVIE. pic.twitter.com/w24O5txBdI
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) 18 July 2019
Titus was stolen from his rightful place in the movie “Cats”
The Lion King (2019) Cats (2019)
— Blake (@TheBlakeBagu) 18 July 2019
Explaining how it’s
Important that
CGI animals
Actually look like
Animals pic.twitter.com/CTT1r5mPLd
“The Lion King” explains to Cats how important it is for CGI animals to look like animals
— unlicensed professional (@KrangTNelson) 18 July 2019
Nobody:
— watch Legion on FX (@smthngdarkside) 18 July 2019
Cats trailer: pic.twitter.com/VFd3Pi7g6q
None: / Cats Trailer:
i opened photoshop SO FAST after watching the #CatsMovie trailer pic.twitter.com/VJK0hh4zb8
— roof (@frenchalor) 19 July 2019
I quickly opened Photoshop after the Cats trailer
Someone even put the “Annihilation” soundtrack instead of encouraging music from the trailer.
The 'Cats' trailer but with the 'Annihilation' score pic.twitter.com/MIFUsjylzR
— Bob Marshall (@bobmarshall) 18 July 2019