Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

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Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:14pm

It's not abbreviated EW for nothing. There are some glaring omissions.

1.The Wizard of Oz
2.West Side Story
3.Singing in the Rain
4.Cabaret
5.Marry Poppins
6.The Band Wagon
7.A Hard Day's Night
8.South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
9.Meet Me in St. Louis
10.Love Me Tonight
11.An American in Paris
12.Swing Time
13.On The Town
14.Grease
15.Hairspray
16.A Star in Born
17.Chicago
18.The Busby Berkley Disc
19.The Sound of Music
20.Funny Girl
21.Beauty and the Beast
22.Gigi
23.The Music Man
24.Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
25.Once

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20317203_20331268,00.html

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:17pm

Don't they post this EVERY year?

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:21pm

What an idiotic move to list "The Busby Berkely Disc" as a movie musical.

Why not list "That's Entertainment" or some other best-of clip show then? Or just numbers?

Pick one Berkely movie or pick something else.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:23pm

No Little Shop? Balderdash!

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:31pm

Where's "My Fair Lady?"

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:32pm

Uh, where's Dreamgirls...?

How is Hairspray before A Star Is Born, Chicago, The Sound of Music, Funny Girl, Beauty and the Beast, etc etc?

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:32pm

No list without Hedwig is no list at all.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/19/09 at 11:35pm

Oliver!

For crap's sake.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 12:24am

I don't know if I'm more upset that The Sound of Music is only 19, or that The Sound of Music is below Hairspray.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 12:30am

My Fair Lady should be in there somewhere. And speaking of Rex Harrison, although it's maybe not one of the best, Doctor Dolittle is a guilty pleasure as well.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 12:37am

No Showboat or Porgy & Bess on the list either.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 12:52am

Well, I think HAIRSPRAY is amazing, so I'm satisfied with its placement. But really? No Little Shop?

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 12:55am

This list is ridiculous... Where are Dreamgirls, Sweeney Todd, and Moulin Rogue? They should be on here in my opinion

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 1:22am

Glad to see Mary Poppins so high on the list, if only for Julie Andrews.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 1:35am

How South Park is higher than The Sound of Music is beyond me.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 2:05am

In what universe is Hairspray better than Once, or even Beauty and the Beast? I liked Hairspray, I really did, but come on.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 2:19am

Hairspray was cute and all but seriously... it is not one of the best movie musicals of all time... and it Beauty and the Beast is on here where is Little Mermaid?

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 3:12am

Omg whoever wrote this should be shot. I don't think Once was good just a few good songs. My Fair Lady or Fiddler on the Roof! Or Dreamgirls. And while I love Mary Poppins SOM is a much better movie!

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 3:18am

I have no arguments regarding what was included except for South Park. As great a satire as it is it has no place among the films listed. Personally, I would have ranked Gigi a bit higher but that's just me. We can go 'round and 'round regarding what didn't make the cut. Where's Harvey Girls? Where's Calamity Jane? Annie Get Your Gun? Jumbo? And on and on. But I think we have a pretty decent list. Every film on the list is a good one.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 3:45am

I would argue that the South Park movie, aside from being the only original movie musical we've had in a very long time, is quite brilliant and does deserve a place on the list. As high as it was given? Probably not.

I wish they had given some reasons behind their decisions.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 4:17am

I love the SOUTH PARK movie and I think it definitely should rank on the list, just not so high. Still glad they considered it.
HAIRSPRAY has no place on that list, IMO, at least not as high up as it was. I would have included SWEENEY TODD over HAIRSPRAY.
CHICAGO should have definitely rated higher, IMO.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 7:24am

Where's Hair, Rent, A Chorus Line, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, Xanadu....

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 3:25pm

The Sound of Music came in at No. 19. It should be higher. If anyone is interested I saw 2 cds of the 50th anniversary on ebay. I already have one and found it great listening.

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re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 3:44pm

I'm just relieved they didn't include Mamma Mia

#25

re: Entertainment Weekly's 25 Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

Posted: 12/20/09 at 4:43pm

Anyone can make a list. It provokes more conversation than have any actual meaning unto itself. Subjective as hell.

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