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looking at scenes in the motion picture
version of cats that had people hissing
at the screen in horror and laughter
number 10 rum tum tugger is too sexy for
his fur move over dr. Frank and fer der
here's a new overly sexualized musical
character in town and his name is rum
tum tugger seriously
his name is rum tum tugger they weren't
even trying to be subtle with this guy
and his big musical number only piles on
the already thick innuendo the whole
thing plays out like Magic Mike XXL in
3d of course we're not entirely sure if
the XXL applies here if you catch our
drift
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at least Jason Derulo looks like he's
having a ball but there's a reason why
the Razzies nominated him and his quote
CGI neutered bulge for worst screen
combo whatever the filmmakers were
thinking the character and his song are
indeed curious among other things number
9
heading to the Heaviside lair virtually
everyone's goal in this movie is to
reach the Heaviside lair just as they
never explain what Jellicle means though
the heavy side layer is also somewhat
ambiguous yeah by choice since the
Jellicle choice is given a new life yes
going to the heavy side layer is like
being reincarnated so when the Jellicle
is put Grizabella in the hot air
chandelier
they're basically sending her off to die
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that's disturbing even though the
uplifting music suggests we're supposed
to find this inspiring sorry but
watching Grizabella float into the
clouds we can't help but think of the
out of stupa scene in Mid Samar just
replace the magic chandelier with a
cliff top and this sequence suddenly
takes on a much darker meaning number
eight mr. Mistoffelees is endless song
when Macavity snatches old Deuteronomy
it's up to the magical and clever mr.
Mistoffelees to bring her back the
literal Cat in the Hat has a little
trouble performing in front of everybody
however take that last sentence as you
will as mr. Mistoffelees continues to
struggle the surrounding Jellicle 'z try
to give him a confidence boost they do
so by repeating the chorus over and over
and over and over again
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Bava melody is admittedly catchy the
number itself goes on forever
some songs get stuck in your head but
this one claws its way there
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as the sequence builds to its climax
Mistoffelees finally uses his wand to
make some real magic happen again take
that as you will
number seven Gus the theater cat Oh Ian
McKellan what did they do to you
one does not simply go from playing
Gandalf to playing a theater cat named
asparagus or Gus for short we'd like to
think that McKellen and Patrick Stewart
dared each other to accept the silliest
roles possible whereas Stewart wound up
playing a piece of poo in the emoji
movie McKellen got stuck drinking from a
milk saucer Gus his ridiculous as
McKellen looks here he does manage to
bring a fair deal of class to the role
my coach Terry said I'm sinless Rick and
I suffer from palsy which makes my poor
sure he essentially talks things through
his song but McKellen's delivery has a
bittersweet nostalgic sentiment to it
nonetheless
no proof
still how can you not cringe watching a
performer of McKellen's caliber get
turned into the feline equivalent of Rex
Harrison number six bustopher jones we
will give the movie this James Corden as
Buster for Jones is an ideal casting
choice and he does deliver one of the
film's more entertaining performances
bustopher jones i'm not skin and bones
we get the feeling though that Corden
knew he was starring in an inevitable
dud after all there is a reason why he
reportedly skips the film's theatrical
run and has continually made fun of it
buster first song thus carries a very
self-aware tone almost as if Gordon was
trolling the material and the audience
reason when game is in season I'm found
it's like watching a comedian purposely
bomb onstage it's so unfunny that it's
not funny which in turn makes a
hilarious
what is this cordons intention hard to
say but this scene will leave you
uncomfortably laughing in any case
number five skimble shanks can fly as
skimble shanks the railway cat taps his
way onto the screen this musical
suddenly turns into West Side kitty
while the number is well produced for
the most part it takes a bizarre turn
towards the end as skimble shanks
ascends upwards and spins into oblivion
we get that Macavity made him disappear
but why did skimble shanks propel up
into the air like one of those sky
dancer toys was that just part of
macavity x' disappearing act or did
skimble shanks channel Mary Poppins
whatever the explanation is this song
really went off the rails
number four old Deuteronomy talks to the
audience
she's when you thought this movie
couldn't get any more disturbing old
Deuteronomy starts directly talking into
the camera you've heard of several kinds
of catch and my opinion no such rented
the characters repeatedly addressed the
audience in the original stage musical
but this movie was deprived of any
fourth wall breaks until now as a result
this scene simply comes off as random
not to mention highly unsettling and
kind of invasive what makes the scene
particularly cringe-worthy is that it
just keeps going every time it seems
like Judi Dench is about to wrap things
up she turns back to the camera with
another rambling bit of nonsense
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before a cat will condescend all we want
is to leave but all deuteronomy takes
the audience prisoner we don't know
about you but we're gonna go adopt a dog
after this number 3 macavity gets
undressed for a good portion of the film
Macavity the mystery cat dresses like
dolomite that face in the middle of bomb
ballerina sensual number however
macavity emerges without his coat or hat
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on the one hand a lot of the cats in
this movie seemingly parade around in
their birthday suits on the other hand
there's something very off about
macavity design whereas most of the
other cats are covered by thick layers
of digital fur interest elbow looks like
he's wearing a skin-tight bodysuit made
of velvet climbs disc the den cavities
while every character here has humanoid
features Macavity appears to be more men
than cat so when he starts frolicking
without any clothes on we have expect
him to shout we're going streaking way
to make Fritz the cat look team number
two the opening number
what's saying you went into this movie
without seeing the infamous trailers
that broke the internet just about a
minute in you might have been thinking
all right the production design is
creative the melody is nice this all
seems quite promising
then those darn cgi cats came on-screen
and it dawned on you oh boy this is
gonna be a long 110 minutes
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matters only grow more awkward as
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats gets
rolling here's a fun game take a shot of
milk every time they say Jellicle in
this movie actually don't do that
because you'll suffer a lactose overdose
before the redundant opening numbers
even finished
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we get it you're all Jellicle cats now
can you please explain what Jellicle
means that's what I say to you before we
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number one the Jenny NE dot sequence
rebel Wilson is clearly doing whatever
she wants here making Jenny any dots the
old Gumby cat a highlight of the film
even without Wilson falling over and
swinging her tail around this musical
number would still be completely
blockers
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why well for starters Jenny any dots
keeps a little mice with human faces as
pets is it that wasn't enough nightmare
fuel Jenny any dots also has dancing
humanoid cockroaches that she snacks on
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roach genocide arguably isn't even her
worst offense she proceeds to unzip her
fur exposing a pink ensemble covering
more fur underneath and this isn't even
the last time Jenny any dots unzips in
the movie does this mean that she
skinned multiple cats and turned them
into body suits geez this movie should
have been called Silence of the cats do
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