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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 2:55:34 GMT
camimac, that's the reason I DO like musicals. With so damned much "realism" in the world today, it's refreshing to see such escapist fare of people breaking into song and dance. That's the whole point in a nutshell. Movies are meant to allow escape from the awfulness of reality.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 3:11:54 GMT
I don't mind when they keep it silly and light. I just don't get the ones like West Side Story that have jazz hands for knife fights.
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Post by Catman on Mar 7, 2017 3:15:32 GMT
I don't mind when they keep it silly and light. I just don't get the ones like West Side Story that have jazz hands for knife fights. Riff and Bernardo were the first two people ever killed by jazz hands.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 3:18:00 GMT
I don't mind when they keep it silly and light. I just don't get the ones like West Side Story that have jazz hands for knife fights. Let's face it, someone who doesn't like music or especially certain genres of it cannot appreciate a masterpiece such as West Side Story. There's just no point trying to discuss movies musicals with such people. I wonder how they end up in threads like this.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 3:18:56 GMT
I don't mind when they keep it silly and light. I just don't get the ones like West Side Story that have jazz hands for knife fights. Let's face it, someone who doesn't like music or especially certain genres of it cannot appreciate a masterpiece such as West Side Story. There's just no point trying to discuss movies musicals with such people. I wonder how they end up in threads like this. I love music. Therefore I hate West Side Story.
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Post by nerdbomber on Mar 9, 2017 21:00:25 GMT
I don't wish to offend the people that like this trash, but I call a spade a spade. I hate musicals because they are astoundingly stupid. It makes no sense that people just burst into song all the time and how multiple people all know the words to a song that they are supposed to be making up on the spot. I know musicals are not made by or designed for bright people. Folks that enjoy musicals and dumb airheads and hipsters with colourful jackets and cowboy boots. But just because this crap is designed for an audience of fucking imbeciles that doesn't mean it's okay to put zero thought into it. If you are going to make a musical, please make sure it's not moronic garbage for lowlife imbeciles. Thanks. lmao going through your posts it looks like you stan the spiderman movies. guess what else doesn't make sense or happen in real life.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2017 22:24:19 GMT
I don't like musicals in general because they are so unrealistic. A person will be walking along, maybe on their way to work and then suddenly break out into singing and dancing. This does not happen people. Musicals are not meant to be realistic, obviously.
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Post by gadolinium on Apr 12, 2017 11:54:26 GMT
I prefer backstage musicals.
There are some great musicals out there where people randomly burst into musical numbers and it's hard to ignore them. When everything is top notch, it's hard not to call a musical a great work of cinema. For me, it's just like shaky-cam or excessive use of hand-held. I don't particularly like it in general but when it's done by a person who knows what they're doing, it's freakin' awesome!
I like Busby Berkeley's musicals a lot and I admire the films of Bob Fosse, especially All That Jazz (arguably one of the greatest modern musicals). And I hold most of the other well-known musicals in great esteem.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 12:46:27 GMT
I don't wish to offend the people that like this trash Yes you do. Then don't tell lies about your views. Then it seems that you hate musicals because you don't understand them. Hint : The song and dance numbers in musicals are rarely supposed to be a depiction of actual events within the narrative. Consider the movie Chicago, for instance. Some numbers are meant to literally happen - Velma's performance in the club at the beginning. But the film does not mean to suggest that Billy Flynn literally did a tap dance in front of the court. That's why it keeps cutting between his dance and what he's actually doing in court. The tap dance is a stylistic representation of what he's actually doing. Similarly with the press conference. Nobody but a moron would believe that the press actually all dressed themselves up as puppets and then a giant bill pulled their strings. Again, we see flashes of what is actually happening. The puppets are a stylistic representation of what he's doing, i.e. manipulating the press like a puppet master manipulates and controls puppets. The dance numbers in most musicals are meant to represent the tone and feeling of the events. They're not supposed to be literally happening.
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Post by filmfan95 on Apr 21, 2017 15:13:20 GMT
First of all, movies require you to suspend disbelief. Second of all, unless otherwise stated in the musical, I believe that the characters aren't really singing in rhyme, but actually just talking normally, but there's some kind of magic filter over the camera lens that makes it so that we as the audience hear it as singing.
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Post by baj2 on Apr 22, 2017 2:35:23 GMT
I plead GUILTY! I love musicals -- movie musicals and musical theatre! I love dramatic musicals, especially -- those that have underlying plots, acted out and expressed through singing! There are also times when song and dance are the most effective and pleasurable ways to express or act out emotions! There has never been a more impactful movie opening in a few short seconds than Julie Andrews singing the sound of music on top of an alpine mountain
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Post by baj2 on Apr 22, 2017 2:51:02 GMT
From a movie musical that is over a half-a-century old -- social commentaries that never get old, expressed in music!
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Post by baj2 on Apr 22, 2017 3:00:04 GMT
And Victor Hugo's monumental literary work lives on in its musical adaptation --
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Post by baj2 on Apr 22, 2017 3:05:42 GMT
Or it could just be modern- day expression of a romantic fantasy --
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Post by baj2 on Apr 22, 2017 3:22:49 GMT
And look at how current top film stars known for other genres have moved towards an occasional musical, too --
*Hugh Jackman, aka Wolverine and other dramatic movies, as a film and theatre star -- OKLAHOMA!/LES MISERABLES/THE GREATEST SHOWMAN ( December 2017). *Johnny Depp, known for his quirky roles in blockbusters and for drama, but he did portray the lead in SWEENEY TODD. *Ryan Gosling, known for indies and other action/dramatic movies, in LA LA LAND *Jake Gyllenhaal, known for indies and other action/dramatic movies, currently on Broadway for a limited engagement of Sondheim's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. *Chris Pine, known for Star Trek and other tentpoles, was in INTO THE WOODS *Bradley Cooper, known for action and drama, is in a remake of A STAR IS BORN ( not sure if he is singing in this one, but an early photo showed him playing the guitar beside Lady Gaga) *Gerard Butler ( from 300/other action movies/romcoms) was introduced through the film adaptation of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. *Eddie Redmayne, now more known for biopics and other types of movies, became more famous from the film adaptation of LES MISERABLES. *Russell Crowe - action/drama/other films - also debuted his musical chops in LES MISERABLES. *Ewan McGregor - action/drama/other films - check him out in MOULIN ROUGE and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
Emma Stone has just won an Oscar for the role in the musical LA LA LAND...and
Hey, even 5-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams will soon be in a musical with Hugh Jackman, called THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (December 2017).
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Post by baj2 on Apr 24, 2017 22:52:41 GMT
Some say that musicals do not provide great character moments on screen -- too lighthearted.
Had he not lost to an AMPAS favorite (DDLewis) portraying a beloved American icon ( LINCOLN), Hugh Jackman had an excellent chance to have won the award for Best Actor. One SAG member ( posting on IMDB) called this scene from LES MISERABLES called this his "Oscar moment" --
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Post by baj2 on May 8, 2017 3:30:32 GMT
I don't think it's insulting to describe what this genre is. If people disagree that's fine, but the fact remains that I think it's trash. Each to their own. Music could be considered the highest of the arts and if done right cinematically, it can be a joyous and wonderous experience for many. How do you stand with plain film scores, which the majority of films have? Real life, music doesn't suddenly just start swelling. Film scores heighten the emotions -- whether it is excitement, fear, grief, sadness which is more sober, joy, anger, or just for mood-setting! It would be very bland not to hear any musical background in any movie
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Post by PreachCaleb on May 8, 2017 13:21:52 GMT
Except in this case, the term "troll" applies because the poster is not merely offering his opinion but insulting the people who would disagree with him.
That is what makes the OP a troll. He is inciting "unwarranted trouble."
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Post by PreachCaleb on May 10, 2017 14:12:20 GMT
Ahh, but even if his other posts are fine, that doesn't exclude him from trolling on this one. A troll need not be clocked in 24/7. Let's not make excuses for trollish behavior.
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Post by sagenesse on Jun 30, 2017 5:43:14 GMT
I use to say the same thing. Then I grew up, joking but seriously I was watching a movie based on Judy Garland's life and it showed clips from Meet Me In St. Louis. I had songs from that movie stuck in my head for weeks. I broke down and decided to give Meet Me In St. Louis a try. I loved it! I then started watching other well known and loved musicals. The breaking out in song is simply a way to carry the story forward. I now own a number of musicals such as The Music Man & Hairspray which are two family favorites.
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