cat person

so far the only point at which i said omg noooooo out loud and with genuine horror was when i heard the opening notes of "enjoy the silence"

ok so "based on the story Cat Person" only goes about 2/3 of the way through the movie. there is an entire section at the end after he texts her calling her a whore in which many completely insane events occur, including a fight scene and a massive fire and a return of the dog i don't remember from the story.

the parts that were actually based on the story i thought were pretty good and true to life, somewhat subversive in their unvarnished truth. the scene you imagine being borderline unwatchable with cringe is just as bad as you're imagining it. i like the dissociated self talking to the real self parts. the ending though? idk wtf was going on there. i did enjoy the small role of the woman from The Bear as the cop.

A movie about the author’s shitty ethics and the subject killing himself would be far more interesting.

xp yeah the movie is better than i expected.. i think the end kinda works in its own odd way… i think the movie needed a way to get margot and robert face to face again outside of the end of the short story.. yes it is slightly absurd but not outside of the (mostly)truth of the characters