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I love musicals. I mean, not all of them, but as a general rule musicals are ace.

Never watch Suspiria.

i like some musicals though. "across the universe" was nice and i don't even like the beatles. "chansom's d'amour" is gayest movie i've ever seen (it's about a gay relationships and it's in french) but it was amusing.

"sweeney todd" was bad every way around. The atmosphere (or lack of) was for me the biggest problem (besides the bad music). Tim burton really needs to find other tricks besides cgi and stop being lazy

oh anyway Ive added my final totals.

Ive watched 212 of the top 500 films.
and I have got 27 more to watch from that list.

oh in musical thingy, I lasted about 2 minutes into across the universe, that fucking shit acapella of 'girl' and then a even shittier version of 'helter skelter', its a fucking piss-take im sure.

but it has pretty girls

'Singin' in the Rain' is more or less unbridled joy in cinematic form. Except for the 'Broadway melody' bit which stops the film in its tracks, but we can fast-forward through it these days.

Yeah, musicals are great. I realised this with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, cheers Joss. Of course, most are tedious, and modern ones are almost all terrible. (Including, I fear, Jerry Springer the Opera. A most disappointing, obvious thing.) Mind you, Blackpool was pretty good, despite cribbing songs.

That was an opera.

Most musicals are bad.

Like 90% of them.

DISAGREE.
[edit]Film or stage?

Film.

Paint Your Wagon says you're wrong.

And you don't argue with Clint.

Moulin Rouge is very very good.
Classic stuff I like: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Calamity Jane, Singing In The Rain, On The Town, Top Hat, Funny Face. That's off the top of my head.

I can understand you not liking musicals, particularly stage musicals, which are pretty dire by and large, but saying they're rubbish just because you don't like them is wrong. The work that went into some of the Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire musicals is nothing short of astounding. Those dance routines, which were rehearsed ad nauseum and shot full frame at all times - i.e. there was no clever editing and close up shots of feet - you saw the whole dance routine being done by the dancer - are breathtaking.

Show me a man who wouldn't, while walking home at night with a hot date in the rain, want to be able to dance like Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain and I'll show you someone who has no joy for life!

High Fucking Society, man.

Word.

Right up to the point where they chose two actors who couldn't sing that well, and stuck them in the leading roles.

Even South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut?

I guess you could debate if it's actually a musical.

but Blues Brothers.

It is, and it's the bestest. Good call, sir.

Ooh... Is it a musical? You could argue that if it is then something like Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a musical.

Oh yeah!

Malc

I really noticed this watching Chicago after watching Singing in the Rain. The difference in how they shot the dance sequences was amazing.

No one? No one's going to do anything with this?

Do what with it?

The fact that someone watched Chicago I guess.

Malc

I hate fuckin' Illinois Nazis...



(wrong film; right state)

Bah, I've only seen 190 of these. Must work harder. Only have about five on my 'to see' list as well.

I've seen Chicago - West End and movie versions. I like it much.

Part of the charm was the kooky casting. I admit to not really liking Nicole Kidman - in fact the best bit in the film is her dying. But seriously, I went into it with some knowledge of film-making and was wowed more than anything by the spectacle - it could only have been made by a screaming queen like Baz Luhrman - even his name evokes a feeling of cabaret.

Jesus Fucking Christ

Out of interest, are you arguing that the dance sequences are stifingly edited and clearly consist of inferior talent, because if so - please rant. I love a good rant. Especially against Chicago.

godfather won, no surprise in top 10 (dark night in top 20 though), so er as you were