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But a funny thing happened on the way to the cinematic scratching post.
Repeat viewings became de rigueur.
Because the experience is so weird that its unifying.
At certain screenings, people started yellingHands!
every time human hands on the cats were visible.
And sometimes they start chanting Deut for Old Deuteronomy.
Sometimes they chant Dench when Judi Dench comes back on at the end.
People are going crazy!
Courtney Hoffman is one such attendee who found her enthusiasm surroundingCatsimpossible to curb.
The group pregamed at a friends nearby apartment, because obviously, the No.
1 rule was no one can be sober, she recalls.
Everyone was just crying of laughter.
And the number of times people just screamed, What?!
Like, Whats happening?, Hoffman says.
From the second the movie starts, you feel like everything you know about reality is over.
Its just so truly baffling: How many great people said yes to it?
How many people wrote checks for it?
I was so entertained by the complexity.
Why do they have shoes on?
Why do the female cats have boobs?
How did they get Idris Elba?
There are just so many questions!
It captures that sense of wanting to enjoy something with fellow fans, Pitre says.
Thats the way you want to enjoy [Cats] not just staying at home.
Further, he holds hope that the post-flop passion forCatswill inspire Hollywood to continue taking creative leaps.
There are so many weird choices inCats,and I love them, Charrow says.
I would love to see this film actually succeed.
And then the studio would say, You know, maybe that wasnt the worst mistake in the world.
Lets keep taking big risks.
