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I\u2019ve been telling you about the coming of the movie \u201cCats.\u201d And I’ve been eagerly awaiting the movie myself. I wanted to compare it to the musical. I was curious as to how they\u2019d handle the movie version. I think many of you were too.<\/p>\n
Well another cat-adoring friend and I made a date to see it and we did\u2014one rainy afternoon just before Christmas. We walked into the relatively small theater (among eight or nine other theaters, I would guess) and settled down into a full-blown, roomy recliner chair. Oops, I hadn\u2019t slept well that night. I was concerned\u2014would I fall asleep during the movie? Gosh it was comfortable.<\/p>\n
After thirty minutes of commercials (yes commercials like you see on TV) and movie ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/catsleeping-300x214.jpg\")
previews (some I would like to see\u2014others I was insulted or appalled by), the movie finally started.<\/p>\n
Now keep in mind that they\u2019d just sent theaters an updated version of the movie that very day. Those with technological abilities would play the new version on that Sunday, those without wouldn\u2019t receive it until the following Tuesday. We asked, but no one knew whether we were seeing the new version or the original. The problem was evidently with the graphics.<\/p>\n
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My friend and I had seen the musical \u201cCats\u201d together in Santa Barbara five or six years ago. Now we sat in delicious recliner chairs in a beautiful theater with only six or eight rows of seats eager to see the much talked about and criticized movie. I have to tell you, the two of us sat mesmerized for the next nearly two hours watching this fascinating adaption and listening to the great soundtrack without falling asleep, without feeling a sense of boredom, without thinking about the drive home in the rain, without going over our grocery list in our head.<\/p>\n
As I\u2019d done during the musical, I wept for the beloved cats I\u2019ve lost toward the end when ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_6679-300x200.jpg\")
they sang the haunting \u201cMemory\u201d song. And when it was all over, I looked at my friend and said an exuberant, \u201cI liked it!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
I waited for her response. She said, \u201cI LOVED it.\u201d As the two of us continued to sit in contemplation, another woman walked slowing down the steps toward the exit. She stopped and said, \u201cMy grandson said I should see this\u2014I don\u2019t know why, but I\u2019m awfully glad I did. It was wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n
There you have our reviews\u2014our reaction to \u201cCats\u201d the movie. How and why it is getting such bad reviews I cannot figure out. People pretending to be animals may be off-putting to some. Is that the whole thing? I\u2019ve seen written some of the critical reviews, but I\u2019m still not clear as to why the movie got such a bashing. It sounds personal\u2014some people were offended, by what? I don\u2019t rightly know.<\/p>\n
Would love your input.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019ve been telling you about the coming of the movie \u201cCats.\u201d And I’ve been eagerly awaiting the movie myself. I wanted to compare it to the musical. I was curious as to how they\u2019d handle the movie version. I think … Continue reading