Anyone here love musicals?

For me that genre is pretty much the bottom-of-the-barrel as, like I always say, I kind of assume it's THE genre that's most universally disliked among us guys simply because when people sing dialog (and the like) it gets boring really fast. it's just a really fine line with that genre from being watchable to straight up boredom and, like I always say, boring is pretty much the worst crime a movie can commit.

with that said... I do mildly like La La Land (2016), at least based on my initial viewing. but ill say that intro where they are dancing on the vehicles, which I think is about the first 7 min or so if I recall correctly, is a perfect example of what NOT to do, as it's like watching paint dry(i.e. genuinely boring), but thankfully that does not drag on for too long as I would say about the first 28min is basically boring (or pretty damn close) and then gets better as I was pretty close to turning the movie off (NOTE: as a general guideline for me... if a movie is completely boring ill turn it off about 40min (tops) into the movie and I was pretty close to dumping La La Land). so, at least at this point, based on my initial viewing (on April 14th 2017), it's a movie ill see again. but it will be interesting to see if that movie holds up on a re-watch as I would not be surprised if it drops off as I won't be surprised if my score of it goes down to a 2-5/10 on a re-watch. but then again it might remain a 6/10 which is my minimum score for a Thumbs Up. but my guess if that 6/10 score remains... my overall interest in the movie might stabilize a bit in those first 28min or so even though I just assume those first 7min or so will still remain total crap for me but being 7 min is not too difficult to fight through I can probably overlook it if the rest of the movie is up to a certain standard of enjoyment for me.


p.s. I am aware that The Sound of Music (1965) did really well in the theaters though, in terms of $$$, as that's a fact. for the record... I never seen the movie and probably won't see it. but who knows whether ill decide to give it a shot 10-20-30 years from now or not.

I love musicals. The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and several Disney animated musical films (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King) are some of my favorites. However, I can't stand watching musicals especially some from the 1960s and '70s that are tiresomely three hours long and has a song in every scene.

I love them. My favorites:

The Sound of Music
Cabaret
All that Jazz
The Wizard of Oz
The Phantom of the Opera
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
West Side Story
Hair
The Lion King
Aladdin

I like them, but I admit, I tend to do better if they don't start with a song. Starting to a song generally (for me) only works in Disney movies (though not a musical, that haunting "A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME" at the beginning of the first PotC movie was excellent) and kind of takes me out of the viewing experience. The latest one I watched was GREATEST SHOWMAN, which isn't half bad and Jackman is amazing-as-always, but the song at the beginning it was so hard to understand what anyone was saying, I had to get the subtitles going which meant I was reading them instead of watching the movie.

I never quite understood why people get so passionately, "OH MY GOSH I HATE THEM" when asked if they liked musicals. If you ask people, "Do you like Horror films?", or, "Do you like Historical Dramas?", they usually answer with, "No, not really", or, "Not my cup of tea, but the occasional one can be good", but musicals people are answer with more of a, "I DETEST THOSE VILE THINGS!" when asked if they enjoy musicals. Granted, the affirmative, "Yes I like them" generally comes out as, "OH MY GOSH I LOVE THEM", so maybe people just respond very passionately to musicals, positive or negative. So not like Opera, according to Edward Louis, where you either love it, hate it, or can come to appreciate it but without it becoming part of your soul.

Musicals are awesome.

Nalkarj



I like music like the next person but 'Musicals' just tend not to be entertaining given the way they are done.

also, Classical music can be great at times given the right song but sometimes that's quite dull to as some songs just don't convey much of a emotional response etc and music is pretty much all about that.


leesilm



With that whole Opera/Classical music... some of it is great but there is some that's pretty dull as it mostly boils down to the song as some of them are just emotionless and music is all about emotional response it gives the listener.

but just about everything else you said seems to be the case as I think Horror movies are generally a dime-a-dozen but there are a small amount of gems out there. basically they don't stand out in a negative way like Musicals do on an average as I think that's why many dis musicals and are more vocal about it like you mentioned. but with Musical's it seems many dislike them but then there seems to be a smaller amount of people who are more passionate about them in a positive way(?).

I suspect musicals are probably more of a female thing than male thing as in terms of us males I suspect they are near universally disliked. like it's THE genre that's easy to bash since even though Horror etc might have plenty that are a dime-a-dozen you still find some quality once in a while unlike Musicals that just don't stand out to any worthwhile degree and are typically more consistently crap to where 'average' looks good in comparison.



for me... general music is not really about words but about the way it sounds. there might be exceptions here and there where lyrics have some value but as a general guideline it's about the way it sounds and how it makes you feel.

OldAussie



Damn!

I would have said the hell with it well before that if it was that difficult to finish for that long period of time. but with that said... maybe your tastes in movies finally changed enough (since you mentioned 30 years) to where you now like some movies you previously did not(?).

No just no. I like all kinds of films and genres but I cant stand musicals at all.

Singin' In The Rain is in my Top 3 favourite films

Other favourites...

Rocky Horror
Scrooge
Bugsy Malone
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Bedknobs & Broomsticks
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
West Side Story
Cry Baby
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
The Blues Brothers
Return Of Captain Invincible
Absolute Beginners
Tommy
Sweeney Todd
Sweet Charity
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Little Shop Of Horrors
Annie (1982)
Help
Hard Days Night
Yellow Submarine
On The Town
Moulin Rouge
Romeo & Juliet

I used to avoid them but I'm more open to them than before. I need to catch up on the more famous ones though.