We’ve been anxiously awaiting Tom Hooper’s Cats for a while now. The live-action film is based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous stage musical–and adapted from a T.S. Eliot poem–and is a long-running Broadway show with a Byzantine plot and a lot of songs no one remembers except, coincidentally, “Memory.” The folks behind the movie have been teasing us with tidbits about the movie for a while–namely, that it would feature humans actors with digitally enhanced furOpens in a new tab trotting around on giant sets. We had no idea what to expect and after watching the Cats trailerOpens in a new tab…we’re still having a hard time believing this thing is real.
And we’re certainly not alone. Twitter has been blowing up since the trailer debuted. This thing is already a meme factory. Here are some of the things people are saying about Tom Hooper’s Cats.
me waiting for cats memes: pic.twitter.com/MqJfV7cyqbOpens in a new tab
— Elena Nicolaou (@elenawonders) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
Some compared the cats in the trailer to other pop culture cats.
Literally me at the Cats. pic.twitter.com/YGsdpNSvDgOpens in a new tab
— Courtney Enlow ➡️ SDCC (@courtenlow) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
This CATS movie is fucked pic.twitter.com/kVVAGr5fg2Opens in a new tab
— Alexandra West (@ScareAlex) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
Can’t wait pic.twitter.com/7AKC17FTPnOpens in a new tab
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
CATS (2019) pic.twitter.com/ymZSbatVp8Opens in a new tab
— Erin Vail (@vailerin32) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
I remember the time I knew what happiness was let the memory live again pic.twitter.com/JznDVv5yIyOpens in a new tab
— alwine (@freeadora) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
pic.twitter.com/RWt1Nr5sV3Opens in a new tab
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
CATS (2019) dir. tom hooper pic.twitter.com/L9dGS3EtePOpens in a new tab
— karen han (@karenyhan) April 3, 2019Opens in a new tab
Every cat in Cats is stuck halfway through their morph pic.twitter.com/6vOzm1xedsOpens in a new tab
— Hillary Busis (@hillibusterr) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
While others used classic art to make their point.
CATS (2019) pic.twitter.com/MITj8krh4gOpens in a new tab
— yeehaw (@mckellogs) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
CATS (2019) dir. Tom Hooper pic.twitter.com/V7Tw15ykqeOpens in a new tab
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
A lot of people aren’t very happy about what they’ve seen.
the cats trailer is out pic.twitter.com/gxUYfPHTAPOpens in a new tab
— Shannon Purser (@shannonpurser) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
pic.twitter.com/i4p4olBdbFOpens in a new tab
— Listen to @onbeliefpod Li’l ? (@karengeier) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
Nobody:
The Cats trailer: pic.twitter.com/FIuJZIqqe5Opens in a new tab
— IFC (@IFC) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
i knew they were going to be cat-sized but nothing could prepare me for this pic.twitter.com/GXR9ASepZlOpens in a new tab
— iana murray (@ianamurray) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
heLp pic.twitter.com/NE1aDsg25IOpens in a new tab
— Jill Pantozzi (@JillPantozzi) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
Some folks are getting downright existential.
The ‘Cats’ trailer but with the ‘Annihilation’ score pic.twitter.com/MIFUsjylzROpens in a new tab
— Bob Marshall (@bobmarshall) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
Also, there’s this.
me waiting for cats memes: pic.twitter.com/MqJfV7cyqbOpens in a new tab
— Elena Nicolaou (@elenawonders) July 18, 2019Opens in a new tab
Cats arrives in theaters on December 20, 2019. Are you prepared?
Images: Universal Pictures
