The 34 best memes about the nightmarish Cats movie trailer
Why do they look so WEIRD
Yesterday the trailer for the new Cats movie was released and honestly, it is one of the most fucked up things ever conceived. But, it did inspire some of the best Twitter memes you could ask for.
The movie, based on the Broadway musical of the same name, has an all star cast including Taylor Swift, Judi Dench, James Corden, Idris Elba and Jason Derulo. It does feel a little bit like they just picked a load of names out of a box with "famous people" written on it.
The new Cats movie apparently employs a brand new form of CGI which "isn't CGI" but just "makes you look like a cat" according to Andrew Lloyd Webber, creator of the original Cats musical. Whatever new form of CGI this is, I am scared of it.
But Twitter is revelling in the weirdness. This has produced some of the best memes since everyone decided to storm Area 51 to "see them aliens" last week.
You can watch the trailer at your own peril, but then soothe yourself with 34 of the best memes about the absolute hellscape that is this film, below:
1. You know it's bad when Dril gets involved
pretty much like 80% of the cats in that movie are fake
— wint (@dril) July 19, 2019
2. Those cats are unnatural and Jeff knows it
3. The resemblance is uncanny
4. What Cats Do In The Shadows (2014)
5. It's Always Catty in Philadelphia
Cats (2019) pic.twitter.com/Xz2ND9NgUz
— Jules (@Julian_Epp) July 18, 2019
6. The Government are behind it
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
7. Mixed feelings
8. It's basically just a Snapchat filter, let's be honest
Bruh the CGI is so tragic it’s just the Snapchat cat filter #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/zvCVdKkTI7
— Booth (@honourablecrush) July 19, 2019
9. The cat that lives in 10 Downing Street also weighed in
I’m calling an emergency meeting of cats to agree our response to THAT film trailer. This insult to felines shall not go unpunished! pic.twitter.com/hO8aTyVvNB
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 19, 2019
10. This movie is gonna smash the BOX office
11. Those cats do give off very strong Mr G vibes from Summer Heights High tbh
12. James Corden in cat form is a cursed image
time has not been kind to the cat in the hat pic.twitter.com/Eewpcmhj4X
— 🇵🇸🇵🇸FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸🇵🇸 (@raviolidealer) July 19, 2019
13. The Cats animators don't give a shit
The Cats (2019) creative team this morning: pic.twitter.com/zhhOVxldpU
— jonathan case (@Jonathan_Case_) July 19, 2019
14. They do look a bit like this tbh
Me, after watching the Cats trailer. pic.twitter.com/fII7sjrUV1
— David Paisley (@DavidPaisley) July 19, 2019
15. Comedy channel Dave had a lot to say, for some reason
As some people seem to have no idea what cats look like, we've made a simple guide to the anatomy of a cat pic.twitter.com/r4tN5RwAAE
— U&Dave (@davechannel) July 19, 2019
16. Not sure if this is more or less distressing than the trailer
17. Shane Dawson really is never going to live that cat thing down
18. Live action Lightning McQueen would be terrifying
i misread a tweet about Cats (2019) as a tweet about Cars (2006) which brings me to my most important take yet: REMAKE CARS (2006) IN THE STYLE OF CATS (2019) WHERE HUMAN ACTORS PLAY LIVE-ACTION THICC CARS
— jonny sun (@jonnysun) July 18, 2019
19. Cat memes with Cats themes
Cats (2019) pic.twitter.com/RCE83Zdrd0
— 𝕍𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕪 (@vashperado) July 18, 2019
21. Why are they making us see these things
Studios really be out here competing for the most terrifying CGI monstrosity in 2019 #Cats pic.twitter.com/icxSRhHSgd
— Chuu 💫🚀 | VBingy (@Hyuuchuu) July 19, 2019
22. Everyone next Halloween after Cats turns out to be a massive success
Cats (2019) pic.twitter.com/zLLG962bWh
— The Office on Peacock (@theofficetv) July 18, 2019
23. Sexy cats are genderless and that's that
cats (2019) pic.twitter.com/Gx6v0bv66f
— out of context brooklyn nine nine (@nocontxt99) July 18, 2019
24. Asking the real questions
25. Someone called the feline welfare police
26. These pictures transcend words
27. Can't wait for Kendrick Lamar to soundtrack Cats (2019)
28. They just don't want to know
lion king (2019)
explaining how
fundamentally
important it is
that the cats
look like cats cats (2019) pic.twitter.com/O38k6ysuEb— jonny sun (@jonnysun) July 18, 2019
29. Oh shit it got better
30. Don't compare yourself to me!!!
Cats watching humans pretending to be them in Cats (2019) pic.twitter.com/108i2tV6bN
— Joe Gunn (@joegunn) July 18, 2019
31. Same energy
32. Upsettingly accurate
Idris Elba and Jason DeRulo in Cats (2019, Dir. Tom Hooper) pic.twitter.com/shRwcy80P0
— Freddie Benson (@DeeH_NYC) July 18, 2019
33. It's all a big hoax!
34. I leave you with this simple, salient fact
@ the new cats movie pic.twitter.com/FIpyibDHKF
— iz (@64png) July 19, 2019
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