The “Cats” trailer is finally here, and the Internet isn’t too happy about it.
When it was announced that the beloved musical would be given the live-action treatment, musical theater lovers rejoiced. But many have taken to Twitter to express their disappointment — and downright terror — toward the film‘s first trailer.
The trailer features a number of A-list actors and musicians, including Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, Idris Elba and Dame Judi Dench, among others, who appear as felines with human-like faces and bodies. The film’s director, Tom Hooper — best known for directing films like “Les Misérables” and “The King’s Speech” — has called the technique “digital fur technology.”
Many commenters are poking fun at said technology, comparing the actors to other iterations of this anthropomorphism in film, including in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” where Emma Watson’s character, Hermione Granger, accidentally transforms into a cat, and Mike Myers’ take on “The Cat in the Hat.” Others have taken liberty with the trailer by adding in their own edits, like one user who cut in the song from Jordan Peele’s horror film, “Us,” over the “Cats” trailer.
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Scroll on to see some of the best social media reactions to the “Cats” trailer.
I don’t think it would be very wise for me to weigh in on the #CatsTrailer right meow.
— Chasten Glezman Buttigieg (@Chasten) July 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/nay_oh_mie/status/1152102296815190017
hermione granger walked so the cast of cats could run 😔✋🏼 pic.twitter.com/6FMqVkqE8u
— lestat’s wood plank piano (@clubgalitzine) July 18, 2019
CATS (Dir. Tom Hooper, 2019) pic.twitter.com/12StXenumf
— Sarah_Woolley (@Sarah_Woolley) July 19, 2019
the trailer for the new cats movie looks amazing 😻!! #CatsMovie #CatsTrailer pic.twitter.com/2WuII7tymm
— 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧 🔮 (@laurenmckenna92) July 19, 2019
theory: sonic, lion king and now cats are a coordinated effort by the government to deprogram furries through sheer horror – live action arthur is next pic.twitter.com/7vmxcX4OoS
— Daniel Howell (@danielhowell) July 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/sweeerin/status/1152078809887195141
https://twitter.com/ShaneAintFunny/status/1152193587163140096
https://twitter.com/LiamDrydenEtc/status/1152163157743407104
https://twitter.com/aliciavikandart/status/1152147020599238656
Bruh the CGI is so tragic it’s just the Snapchat cat filter #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/zvCVdKkTI7
— Booth (@honourablecrush) July 19, 2019
The new #Catsmovie trailer just looks like they've made a film about those medieval paintings where the artist has tried to draw a cat from memory. pic.twitter.com/XwvNqShqTC
— Leigh (@TweeTrilby) July 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/robertmanion/status/1151987488392531969
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https://twitter.com/goldengirlreact/status/1152023541069385728
https://twitter.com/PhilosophyTube/status/1152145104347521025
https://twitter.com/pip_cowan/status/1152171304843436032
https://twitter.com/beccadeltest/status/1152176922887106560
I can’t believe they’re doing a Cat in the Hat reboot pic.twitter.com/RH5JESZh3a
— Ang (@stayclassyang) July 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/diepthought/status/1152036576228069377
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