EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
#1EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 12:49pm
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20164491,00.html
Some glaring ommisions - and who came up with this order?
BkCollector
Broadway Star Joined: 2/6/08
#2re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 12:57pmI agree with almost everything, except I'd put WSS on the bottom of the list and Singin' in the Rain on the top.
#2re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 12:57pm
of course wizard of oz is #1.
i like that Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was on. why the hell was Beauty and the beast on?
ones that were missing: Victor/Victoria? Moulin Rouge? Guys and Dolls? Rent? Court Jester? White Christmas?
edit: actually, i would have had WSS at the bottom and Singing on the Rain not on the list at all.
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#3re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 12:59pmThe order is pretty out of whack...Sound of Music below Chicago and South Park?
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#4re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:00pm
They're grouping a lot of genres together in that list.
And since they included rock, how could the leave out The Song Remains The Same"?
Oh, and where was A Chorus Line?
(jk)
#5re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:01pmAnd Gigi, but not My Fair Lady? That is just wrong.
#6re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:01pm
Where's Oliver and My Fair Lady?
I have more of a problem with the order than the selection.
#7re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:06pm
That was an interesting list. Top 3, definitely deserved to be on there. I also love Hairspray, Chicago, The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and probably a few more I don't remember. I think it's interesting how Beauty and the Beast made the list. Sure, it is my favorite Disney Princess movie, but I don't understand how it is considered a musical. Yes, there were tons of songs, but it just seems weird, if you know what I'm saying.
South Park-WTF? If that made the list, than I certainly deserve a Tony Award for my performance in my 6th grade play that was the Trial of the Big Bad Wolf. I played one of the Three Little Pigs. I had a singing solo too, that I totally messed up. LOL!
#8re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:07pm
Craig, darling:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=951376#3372990
-Adam Shankman.
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#10re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:10pm
Where is OLIVER!???
Who came up with this list? I disagree with half.
--Aristotle
#11re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:12pm
Mateo
Thanks for the link - EW clearly republished the list as it's dated 4/1/08 - so I didn't think to search for previous threads :)
#12re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:18pm
You can't win them all. Top 25 out of 25,000 to choose from? And this is EW... mass media. There's bound to be the same identical story in 10 years. With a dozen two-hour TV specials in-between. Each dog will have its day. In the meantime, at least they published something for the non-musical theatre masses to mull over. Maybe some couple will decide to rent a Fred Astaire movie this weekend instead of the latest teenage-drivel.
Updated On: 4/3/08 at 01:18 PM
#13re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 1:25pm
And the commentary is just insipid.
(Paraphrased)
"Can you imagine a movie today making someone as fugly as Barbra a star!?"
"Fosse and Kander&Ebb stuff is gone, but it's ok because they took all that stagey crap and made it filmy!"
"Don't look for 50's rock in Grease! The title song is soooo disco!!!"
"Dancing with the Stars is amature night next to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers!"
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#14re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 2:34pm
A pretty silly list. To include that recent Oscar-winning travesty and the serviceable but not exactly memorable HAIRSPRAY while excluding the magnificent SWEENEY TODD is simply idiotic.
That Busby Berkeley Disc has no business being on the list. It is a compilation of assorted scenes, not a musical.
I'm glad they included SOUTH PARK and LOVE ME TONIGHT. But that damn SINGIN' IN THE RAIN thing, and GIGI, and that lamer than lame BAND WAGON thing, please.
#15re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 2:51pm
Thanks, mateo: I thought I was taking crazy pills.
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#16re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 2:53pm
Oh. I hadn't noticed that it was a retread. Thanks for pointing it out.
But still. HAIRSPRAY?
#17re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 2:56pm
"The Wizard of Oz" is one of the most overrated movies of all time.
There. I said it.
(Although maybe I should have said it in the "Unpopular Opinions" thread.)
As for "Gigi" being better than "My Fair Lady," that's just blasphemy.
But lists like these are usually stupid. Of course, the publications or organizations always say they made their list controversial to get people talking about it. Well, if you want people talking about the fact that you made a stupid list, be my guest, but there must be better uses of your time.
Updated On: 4/3/08 at 02:56 PM
#18re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 2:57pm
OLIVER? MY FAIR LADY? MOULIN ROUGE? WHERE ARE THEY??? AND SOUTH PARK??!?
"EW clearly republished the list as it's dated 4/1/08 - so I didn't think to search for previous threads :)"
*please be an April Fool's joke*
#19re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 3:16pmThey ran the list originally to tie in with Sweeney Todd's theatrical release. It's being rehashed again to tie in with the DVD release.
#20re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 3:20pm
I think Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a much better film than the overrated Once.
Updated On: 4/3/08 at 03:20 PM
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#21re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 3:20pmMY FAIR LADY is one of the very worst films ever. Sheer cinematic deadweight. Audrey Hepburn's miscasting as Eliza Doolittle is the least of the film's problems.
#22re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 3:23pmSouthpark? Are they kidding?
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#23re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 4:44pmDidn't Sondheim call the South Park movie one of the best musicals in years?
BkCollector
Broadway Star Joined: 2/6/08
#24re: EW's Top 25 Movie Musicals of All Time...
Posted: 4/3/08 at 5:09pmSouth Park is a great American Movie Musical, one of the best ever.
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