Tom Hooper to direct movie of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cats'

[Schlosser85]

What's Hooper known for? What else has he made?

The King's Speech, Les Mis, The Danish Girl

 

[flickchick85]

What's Hooper known for? What else has he made?

The King's Speech, Les Miserables, The Danish Girl, and the John Adams mini-series.

Just watched this. It somehow managed to be even worse than I thought. Forget the horrific visuals...the writing. Dear god, the writing. Even the music sucked, and I had expected that to at least be adequate.

 

[Dark Raven]

The King's Speech, Les Miserables, The Danish Girl, and the John Adams mini-series.

Just watched this. It somehow managed to be even worse than I thought. Forget the horrific visuals...the writing. Dear god, the writing. Even the music sucked, and I had expected that to at least be adequate.

I thought Les Miserables and the King's Speech were well received and even won Oscars. Maybe even the Danish Girl. How did Cats end up so terribly then?

I thought you were going to list a filmography more like John Waters.

 

[flickchick85]

I thought Les Miserables and the King's Speech were well received and even won Oscars. Maybe even the Danish Girl. How did Cats end up so terribly then?

I thought you were going to list a filmography more like John Waters.

Winning Oscars =/= worthy. A lot of people (including myself) have been critical of Hooper's directing skills for YEARS. The actors completely carried those previous movies (they couldn't really save Les Mis, though, as its mixed reviews were generous if you ask me), despite distractingly bad directing. He's a hack, and this simply woke everybody up to that reality, imo.

 

[kvz5]

I’ve never trusted Hooper since he beat Fincher and Aronofsky for Best Director.

 

[flickchick85]

That was insanity.

 

[Snow Queen]

For a movie wall to wall with off-putting designs, it's impressive the mice and cockroaches stand out as so exceptionally horrific to look at.

 

[kvz5]

For a movie wall to wall with off-putting designs, it's impressive the mice and cockroaches stand out as so exceptionally horrific to look at.

Your avy!

 

[Marvolo]

I thought Les Miserables and the King's Speech were well received and even won Oscars. Maybe even the Danish Girl. How did Cats end up so terribly then?

I thought you were going to list a filmography more like John Waters.

Hoopers problems are behind the scenes eccentricities rather than a very bad resume.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Good directors are capable of making disasters as well. Maybe even more so.

A hack wouldn’t be able to make something as entertainingly bad as this.

 

[Dark Raven]

Hoopers problems are behind the scenes eccentricities rather than a very bad resume.

What eccentricities are they?

Your avy!

Who is that?

 

[sueb1863]

I'm telling ya, check out the 1998 filmed version of the stage show if you want to see what this is supposed to look like.

There's really no way to turn it into a workable movie given the lack of plot, so I was surprised they even tried. The focus of the stage show is mostly on the dance aspect and there's really no way to translate that to a movie where the actors are really supposed to be cats.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

#ReleaseTheButtHoleCut

 

[Dark Raven]

#ReleaseTheButtHoleCut

They'll finally crack the market.

 

[Lencho01]

 

[Drizzle]

Winning Oscars =/= worthy. A lot of people (including myself) have been critical of Hooper's directing skills for YEARS. The actors completely carried those previous movies (they couldn't really save Les Mis, though, as its mixed reviews were generous if you ask me), despite distractingly bad directing. He's a hack, and this simply woke everybody up to that reality, imo.

Hooper is definitely a hack but Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Eddie Redmayne totally carried Les Mis and made that movie worth watching.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Schlosser85]

 

[kvz5]

Hooper is clearly an oracle. He knew the pandemic was coming and he created the masterpiece that will get us through the self isolation.

 

[terry78]

I still have no shame in saying cat Taylor Swift is hotter than human Taylor Swift.

 

[Snow Queen]

Hooper is clearly an oracle. He knew the pandemic was coming and he created the masterpiece that will get us through the self isolation.

Tom Hooper came along to remind us what real horror looks like.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Tom Hooper came along to remind us what real horror looks like.

 

[Albright]

Where was Rona, when this was released???

 

[#root]

Can this even be posted here?

 

[DarkKnight88]

Of course it can. It’s ART!