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Post by Deal J on Apr 9, 2020 11:54:12 GMT
Yes olliebean is correct. Mistoffeles conjures Old Deut back, but if I recall correctly he doesn’t find it as difficult as he does in the movie.
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Post by Nicholas on May 16, 2020 0:21:05 GMT
The PEN Pinter Prize goes to authors who offer an "‘unflinching, unswerving’ gaze upon the world, and shows a ‘fierce intellectual determination … to define the real truth of our lives and our societies’."
In 2013, the Prize went to Sir Tom Stoppard.
And in 2001... "As for Cats, you'll have to ask Universal - we're trying to get those rights back, too. Tom Stoppard wrote the screenplay and it has the cats absolutely nailed."
So presumably the unflinching, unswerving gaze was:
"So first, your memory I'll jog
And say, "A cat is not a dog""
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Post by djp on May 17, 2020 0:45:06 GMT
I watched this tonight. I have only ever seen Cats once, at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, with Rosemarie Ford as Grizabella (anyone??) and never felt the need to see it again. I don't understand why this film version was hated quite so much by the critics. Okay, it's not perfect and it's not the most coherent piece, but the CGI wasn't bad at all. I was much more distracted by the odd, constantly changing proportions. And i was strangely moved by Memory, a song i usually cant stand. I think people just had it in for it, before it even opened. The only thing i really agree with the critics on, was that Rebel Wilson was just horrific in it. She can only ever do the same schtick in every film she does. Allowing Victoria to lead gave it far more of a story than the stage version ever had. Watch it when you get the chance. i think the stage show can appeal in various ways - there's the music/singing, some unique dancing, a strong comedy thread, some heavyside stuff on the ways individuals move through life, an acceptance arc. and a certain appeal to those of us contemplating the grim reaper more, and looking back like the cats do.
The film I thought missed most of that.Many names couldn't sing or move, and a few were so awful they invited a bucket of water, not our interest. Some songs lost their impact. The cinematography weakened the dancing by cutting sequences. . Those characters who were not hammed up , failed to be be distinctive enough and got lost in the throng without the classic make up serving its role.And somewhere in there the story got lost in few people's self indulgent or inadequate acting.
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Post by crabtree on Jun 2, 2020 9:19:58 GMT
I know, don't judge me, but I bought the DVD of Cats the movie, just to have time to give it another go. No. In spite of the talent and the technology, well maybe because of the technology, this is simply an atrociously conceived and made movie - it's the scattershot camerawork that really offends me, fragmenting the dance, really throwing away the skills of the dancers; then there are the adlibs that crash with a wet splat every time, especially against the warm with of the poems, and again these moments of unfunny dialogue and exposition kill any energy and drive and shape. This is truly a bad movie and I've so wanted to love it.
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Post by intoanewlife on Jun 3, 2020 17:35:15 GMT
I actually didn't think there was anything wrong with the editing. It is faster when it can be without ruining the dancing and slower when the focus is on the dancing.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 3, 2020 7:28:29 GMT
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Post by frappuccino on Aug 3, 2020 11:35:48 GMT
“The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided, as he had with Les Mis, that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show," Webber said in an interview about his upcoming musical Cinderella with the U.K.'s Sunday Times. "The whole thing was ridiculous
I liked Les Mis though. Aaron Tveit as one of those revolutionaries had a nice voice
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Post by partytentdown on Aug 3, 2020 12:41:49 GMT
“The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided, as he had with Les Mis, that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show," Webber said in an interview about his upcoming musical Cinderella with the U.K.'s Sunday Times. "The whole thing was ridiculous I liked Les Mis though. Aaron Tveit as one of those revolutionaries had a nice voice Didn't he write a song for the film?... |
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Post by frappuccino on Aug 3, 2020 13:47:40 GMT
“The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided, as he had with Les Mis, that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show," Webber said in an interview about his upcoming musical Cinderella with the U.K.'s Sunday Times. "The whole thing was ridiculous I liked Les Mis though. Aaron Tveit as one of those revolutionaries had a nice voice Didn't he write a song for the film?... Who? Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote Beautiful Ghosts with Taylor Swift |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 5, 2022 17:50:07 GMT
Now available on Netflix
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Post by anthony40 on Jan 5, 2022 19:02:22 GMT
Anyone else think that Dame Judi Dench looks like The Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz?
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Post by alece10 on Jan 5, 2022 19:13:20 GMT
Anyone else think that Dame Judi Dench looks like The Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz? Put em up, put em up! |
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Post by Oliver on Jan 7, 2022 21:00:59 GMT
I know, don't judge me, but I bought the DVD of Cats the movie, just to have time to give it another go. No. In spite of the talent and the technology, well maybe because of the technology, this is simply an atrociously conceived and made movie - it's the scattershot camerawork that really offends me, fragmenting the dance, really throwing away the skills of the dancers; then there are the adlibs that crash with a wet splat every time, especially against the warm with of the poems, and again these moments of unfunny dialogue and exposition kill any energy and drive and shape. This is truly a bad movie and I've so wanted to love it. I think your point about the filming of the dance sequences is a fair criticism, although I also think you are throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I don't think the filming is as bad as people make it out to be, but I do agree it is not as good as it might have been. Your argument about the adlibs... well I guess this is directed principally at "Bustopher Jones", although I realise there are some elsewhere. The criticism is that this is somehow not in the spirit of the poetry, which is what ALW evidently thinks, but I don't agree. Cordon's humour here is actually amusing in my view. It's not laugh out loud funny, definitely not, but it's not meant to be that. Who laughs when Bustopher falls backwards on his chair on stage? I would argue that what Cordon does is more amusing than that. For me they are welcome humorous touches in a song that is meant to be humorous. The element of slapstick with Jemima falling on the steps before him is a particularly subtle and inspired comical touch. I felt that these little well-judged interludes didn't detract from the song at all. |
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Post by lettybetty88 on Jan 7, 2022 22:42:15 GMT
I actually can't wait for this to be a regular at The Prince Charles Cinema so instead of spoons we throw bowls of milk at the screen!
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Post by ctas on Jan 7, 2022 23:21:03 GMT
The PCC had it scheduled for a singalong showing in March 2020, I’m still sad it hasn’t been rescheduled yet!
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Post by lettybetty88 on Jan 8, 2022 13:33:08 GMT
The PCC had it scheduled for a singalong showing in March 2020, I’m still sad it hasn’t been rescheduled yet! Yeah this needs to happen! |
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Post by spathzthecat on Aug 28, 2022 11:22:38 GMT
Hi
Saw Naoimh Morgan who played Rumpleteaser In the 2019 Cats movie in Us at The White Beat Theatre London yesterday. She was really great in the play along with the rest of the cast and the production people.
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