#mccavity

[recently-reanimated]

Does anyone one else see it!!

[ireniceidolon]

You know what? It's a new day. I've rested, and I'm willing to say that the Cats (2019) fans are right. Cats (2019) is actually a good movie if you just ignore:

The obnoxiously loud "overtune" music that starts off the movie and reminds me of a circus show. It becomes a motif throughout the neverending song that we might call a movie here.

The idea of how frightened Victoria must be in the first scene. She's trapped in this bag, having been forcibly thrown onto rotten wood and other garbage. Then all she can see as she struggles to open- basically- her personalized bodybag, dozens of shadows cloud above you wordlessly

The entire Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats song. It was 5 minutes of hearing the world Jellicle without ever knowing what it means except that Jellicle cats ask wayyyy too many questions

The Fatphobia

The Beatles with human faces scene- we all know why

The cats all drinking milk and then not puking everywhere (thank god) meaning all of the Jellicle cats are actually children so keep that in mind when we get to the:

HORNY CAT RUBBING. And like? It's not even like what real cats do. Real cats actively push parts of their body into your hands if you pet them and stuff but the cats in Cats (2019) just kind of linger with their touches which makes it 100% more sexual than necessary

The music actually never stops. You think a song stops and they'll start talking but nope! It's a song- sucks for you. Even when the songs dip in volume then

The circus music that comes back in whenever there's silence but no circus appears. The circus is actually the theatre itself. You're the clown for attempting to watch this movie

"Did he just get neutered?"

The way the cats eat (?)

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer being kinda trash cat burglars. Like tbh? They didn't even mess up the house that much. Like that's two seconds of picking things up and I didn't even see them leave with anything

The implication of the dog having a human face since all of the other animals do

The way we don't know a single thing about Victoria, who we follow for a large majority of the movie, until half way through the movie.

Ian McKellen (cat form) lapping up liquid in a dark abandoned closet

Old Deuteronomy literally BUSTS open her Ken doll cat pussy to show her approval for Gus's performance

McCavity without his coat. Oh god- please put the coat back on McCavity. I'll make you the jellicle choice- just please don't show me your terrifying fur

Once McCavity takes off his coat every other cat that wasn't wearing a coat before feels noticeably more naked

The fact that none of the cats know that being the jellicle choice actually rebirths you. Like Judi Dench just kinda promises it but there's no proof. For all they know Jennifer Hudson (cat form) just died from asphyxiation and temperature loss

Forcing Mr. Mistofelees to have a weird ship with Victoria instead of letting him be an iconic gay magician cat

Rebel Wilson (cat form) making the unzipping her skin her character quirk

The fact that you have no idea how magic works in this world because uhhhh there was so much singing and "cgi realistic" cats taking up time to set up anything but a single plot point (the jellicle choice) so when Mr. Mistofelees can suddenly teleport things after only doing street magic tricks or when McCavity can suddenly not teleport onto the floating chandelier you have no idea why

"Dogs are not cats"

The whole movie. What I'm saying is that if you just ignore the whole movie- it's uhhhh pretty decent

[space-ace13]

Saw Cats with my mom today and my expectations for the movie were so low because of all the reviews saying it was basically a fever dream come to life. Now I’m clearly no expert and I have been told I don’t have the best taste in movies but I actually really liked it.

It was pretty much what I thought a live action version of the broadway show would be. There weren’t a lot of people in the theater while we watched it, I think there were maybe four other people, which is good because I couldn’t stop myself from singing along under my breath. And my mom was probably annoyed with me because I kept smacking her arm in excitement every time a new song started.

I absolutely loved Mister Mistofelees, even though I didn’t particularly like how clumsy they made him. I also didn’t like they way they had Jennyanydots falling over all the time. We get it, she’s a chunky cat. All the fat jokes were unnecessary. I was very excited for Rum Tum Tugger but I think I like the 2016 revival Rum Tum Tugger better. I can’t believe I’m saying this but Jason Derulo just did not ooze enough mischievous sex appeal as a cat. 

I loved loved LOVED Skimbleshanks song. More than I did watching the 2016 version. It was just *chef’s kiss* perfect. And so was Mister Mistofelees’ song. I believed in him the whole time. I knew he could do it and I am so proud of him and I love him so much. I wish he was a real cat so I could adopt him.

One thing I was confused about was McCavity. Did he have magic originally and I was just being very unobservant or was that something they added to the movie for plot? Because I really said What The Fuck out loud when he dusted Jennyanydots. I was not expecting that.

Basically what I’m saying is I really enjoyed the movie and I would definitely go see it again if anyone wants to go with me.

[voltsdolt]

So. Truth time. There was actually this one fic about Tuggoffelees and let me tell you, I loved it so much. I forgot how many chapters it had, but it was plenty to satisfy my hunger. The plot and romance including Mistoffelees' backstory and character set up was just *kisses fingers* purrfecto.

Sad thing is, this was the fic that I have been looking for, for a while. The last time when I said I finally found it, it was another loved fic about Misto and Tugger. THIS ONE FIC THOUGH THAT FOR SOME REASON DISAPPEARED FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE FANFICCITY WORLD WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!!

So here is basically how much I remembered from that story - it was a while yall:

- Quaxo has an alter ego, or probably a deity that has taken host of his body, which is Mr. Mistoffelees himself. At first, his magic was weak and no one even KNEW he had magic, only Victoria (btw closest friend WHO IS PRECIOUS). Only by practicing did his magic grew but also awakened something in him

- McCavity is an angry baby who wants revenge on Quaxo for humiliating him, also wants Quaxos strong magic

- Quaxo and Tugger have a huge GAY pining for each other, but both are dorks who end up accidentally hurting each other and I just cant with the fucking slow burn yall

- Munku and Demeter are sending Tugg their condolences - also they a cute couple wtf, SO PRECIOUS - Jemima a ray of sunshine yall

- Rumpleteazer and Mungojerrie used to work with McCavity but escaped and began to live with the Jellicle Cats - shy and scared at first, I believe they both were extremely hungry or badly hurt. I dont remember but it was sad and I cursed McCavity for it

- BOMBA IS QUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNN

- THERE IS A WHOLE SECTION OF THE JELLICLE BALL AND EACH CHAPTER IS A DIFFERENT POV OF TUGGER AND QUAXO AND IM *w e e p* I loved it omg

- Old Deuteronomy being like a combo of Rafiki with a huge splash of Uncle Iroh yall

[bookwormscififan]

A Theory

So, Cats stage musical, Mr. Mistoffelees seemed to get mysteriously more annoyed/jealous that nobody’s acknowledging his existence/singing about him. Almost like he’s not happy his song is in the middle (give or take a song depending on what version) of Act II.

Also, he disappears whenever McCavity is on stage.

What if...

Mistoffelees is McCavity? Like a Superman/Clark Kent thing?

I mean, what if he was so unhappy about being ignored that he takes Deuteronomy just so people would realise how much he means to the group?

So he goes away, dresses himself up, and takes the father figure of the Jellicles.

It makes sense to me.

Sorry for this horrible theory.

[shininglike-firew0rks]

As predicted, I am disappointed in the Cats trailer, and therefore have even lower hopes for the actual movie. I’m sure in and of itself it will be great, but nothing compared to the one I grew up loving and watching. So many things in just the two minute trailer are wrong and don’t go along with the storyline, so I’m definitely already a little sad. Definitely annoyed that Mccavity literally looks nothing like how he’s supposed to at ALL. I’m sure Idris Elba will be amazing, but I’m very displeased that they didn’t get his look right. And Magical Mister Mistoffelees doesn’t look magical enough, and he’s the character I was SO excited to see. I do think they got Victoria, Rum Tum Tugger, and Munkustrap’s looks pretty on point. While the trailer does leave me feeling disappointed and slightly annoyed, I am still excited to see what this will be, and what these actors will bring to the roles. I’m sure it’ll be an amazing movie, I just wish it would be more like the original cats. I guess I’ll just have to separate the two in my head.

[space-ace13]

Question for people who have seen Cats 2019. So McCavity was taking cats who were trying to be the Jellicle choice but he?? Didn't take Rum Tum Tugger?? Like he took literally every other cat until it was time for Old Deuteronomy to make the Jellicle choice. Did he just forget about RTT?

[lifeisyetfair]

McCavity is nefas. He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity!