DREAMGIRLS.....WHO ELSE HAS SEEN IT?
DREAMGIRLS.....WHO ELSE HAS SEEN IT?
istoleatv
Chorus Member Joined: 7/13/06
#1DREAMGIRLS.....WHO ELSE HAS SEEN IT?
Posted: 12/11/06 at 12:36pmI really enjoyed it. Of course it's Jennifer Hudson's movie, but Beyonce didn't do so bad either. She totally channels Miss Ross. Eddie Murphy is really great. He knows how to have an arc of a character. SPOILER AHEAD:::::: I will say that I didn't really like how Jamie Foxx would sometimes sing, and then sometimes not sing. I hated Cadillac Car, he starts out singing, and then doesn't. It was bad movie musical making 101 for that number. BUT I was so happy to see Loretta Devine and Hilton Battle. They were great! Too bad they couldn't get Jennifer Holiday to make a camio.
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Joined: 12/31/69
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Posted: 12/11/06 at 12:55pmI'm going Friday. I don't like the Cadillac Car number on the soundtrack. It's one of my fav's in the stage version.
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Posted: 12/11/06 at 1:02pmI entered the EW contest for the Boston screening... of course everyone I know won, except me. I HAVE to see this before the 25th. **headdesk**
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singingbackup
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/06
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Posted: 12/11/06 at 2:35pmSaw it last month..Great film, beautifully done. Can't wait to see it again!
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Posted: 12/11/06 at 3:11pm
What are you referring to in Cadillac Car? Spoiler: If I recall correctly it goes from C.C. playing it for Jimmy and the Dreamettes in the club, then straight to the recording studio, then to the car, and then to the tv studio with the Sweethearts. I don't remember Jaime doing ANY singing in that:End Spoiler.
And Deena Jones, the song is great on stage, but the way it is done currentlt works on film-at least I thought so.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
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Posted: 12/11/06 at 3:25pm
I personally LOVE the film-version's "Cadillac Car". Loved it in the film and love it on the soundtrack. It's one of those track I replay once it's over, as well as "Heavy" and the "I'm Somebody" Medley.
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Joined: 12/31/69
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Posted: 12/11/06 at 4:58pm
Wickedfan,
Thank so much. The Cadillac Car number moved so berautifully on stage. I can't wait to see what they did in the movie. The soundtrack piece sounds like it might be missing something as does the Heavy number...
I'll review Saturday!
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
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Posted: 12/11/06 at 5:23pmgod, I just cant wait any longer to see this film.
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
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Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
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Posted: 12/11/06 at 5:33pm
Dreamgirls + Unbearable Anticipation = AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
istoleatv
Chorus Member Joined: 7/13/06
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Posted: 12/12/06 at 2:22am
Let me explain my issues with Cadillac Car. It was more with Step into the Bad Side. They both kinda run together. Curtis starts singing the song in the alley (very rent) and then they jump in a puddle and start collecting money, with no mouths moving. I think they should have started the whole thing with the music playing, and them not singing. And then Curtis would speak certain lines and not sing them. It's a damn musical, sing the lines that were written. I had that problem with Rent too. But overall it's a good movie. I found it interesting that Jennifer Holliday didn't like the changes to the movie. She was on the Wendy Williams show.
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Posted: 12/12/06 at 3:10am
Anyone in Boston have an extra ticket for Wednesday??
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Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
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Posted: 12/12/06 at 5:34amSaw it three times already. Can't get enough of the soundtrack. The changes implemented work perfectly and make sense within the film's context (and this is coming from someone who is a staunch fan of the show). Will see it at least a gazillion more times in my lifetime. It has become one of my all time favortie films.
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Joined: 12/31/69
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Posted: 12/12/06 at 9:09amMarquise, not fair...how have you been able to see it 3 times already?
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
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Posted: 12/12/06 at 9:40amWhy the gigantic pictures?
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Posted: 12/12/06 at 12:00pmyea... i've seen it twice and think its a WONDERFUL amazingly entertaining film. there are a couple of spots that i would like to have seen done a bit differently, but nothing that hurts the film. its so good. and seein it 2morow again too!
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
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Posted: 12/12/06 at 12:06pm
share the wealth ya'll! my goodness, 3 times already??
I hope to see it at least least 5 times in the theatre. :)
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
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Posted: 12/12/06 at 2:58pm
Sorry 'bout the HUGE photos! All I can locate are high-resolution versions of the photos in question. I'll try my best to keep them 'normal' sized in the future.
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