Do You Want a FAITHFUL Movie Adaptation or Not? — Page 3

"I don't start out watching a film adaptation by saying, "OH! They cut that, or they changed this!" Who the hell cares? Go see the play, if that's what you're looking for.

But if they "cut that and change this," and it lessens the impact or kills the story, then I'm not happy. But I "allow" it to be different in a different medium, as an audience member."

Word.

Can't you enjoy "Class" from Chicago but accept why it would have been awkward in the movie and be glad that they made that movie as good as it can be? If you want the stage version, you should probably just go see the stage version.

P.S. Didn't they film CLASS? It's on the DVD cut scenes, no?

"Class" was filmed, but realized that it a) stopped the movie abruptly during those three minutes (the song works so much better on stage) and b) did not work with the style the movie was made. Every time a musical number happened it was supposed to be in Roxie's mind. But during "Class", Roxie was nowhere to be found.

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When you gut a score like A Funny Thing or cut the music entirely like Irma La Douce, you make it a bad musical. Likewise when you replace the original cast with Hollywood stars for drawing power & the stars stinbk, you have made a bad musical

Finally, when you remove songs from the score & replace them with weaker ones (much like is done on Broadway many times) you make a bad musical

The ultimate blunder in The producers was removing King Of Broadway. Not only was it entertaining, it explained Max in a nutshell. I saw the deleted song & not only did the cut it from the movie they also cut the song itself. I disagree re removing Betrayed as it was a high point in both the show & movie

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Updated On: 8/11/07 at 02:11 PM

Roxy---I have to ask you... What does "The King of Broadway" number say about Max that isn't already apparent in the first 15 minutes of the film?

I like the song, but was it "needed?" No. If you think it was, please tell me why.

I like The Producers movie, actually. But it was far too stagy for most people. I guess you can't get away with "stagy" on film unless you're wearing a big green furry suit and trying to steal Christmas away from the kiddies.

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"Betrayed" was probably the stagiest number in the film.

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Every genre of film has its good and bad entries. Because film musicals are so rarely made today, their failures are more obvious but so are the successes. Sometimes direction, plot or interpretation can take the blame but even if it's an award worthy pic and still flops, that doesn't mean movie musicals don't work. Sometimes audiences just don't show. And just because a movie is a success doesn't mean its deserved. Think Jackass 1 & 2. The movie biz is a crap shoot. To me, every musical should be filmed. Love 'em all! Even *cringe* Rent.