Give Disney's Once Upon a Mattress a Grade — Page 2

i only saw the last 20 minutes. carol burnett looked drunk. oh wait -- can i get sued for that?

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F!!! IT WAS AWFUL!!! THE ONLY GOOD PARTS WERE CAROL BURNETT'S COSTUMES. (THEY LOOKED LIKE BOB MACKEE, BUT HE WAS NOT CREDITED.???) ANWAY, DISNEY RUINED THIS GREAT SHOW! JUST LIKE THEY RUINED THE MUSIC MAN!

psssssst..... your caps lock is on.

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Well, Music Man was ALSO Kathleen Marshall, and IMO they both had the same community theatre feel to the staging and choreography. I can't say I've seen any of Kathleen's work on stage, but I'm not impressed with her abilities for the small screen.

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I thought THE MUSIC MAN was awful....this one was enjoyable, and ANNIE was wonderful and CINDERELLA was dreck, so it seems to be hit or miss with this particular art form.

At least SOMEONE is producing musicals...that should count for something.

C. I didn't like the way it looked.

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If I'm not mistaken...I believe Ms. Burnett's headdresses were designed by Isaac Mizrahi.

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C+

I think there was a lot of energy and talent in this peice, but all misplaced. I liked what they were doing with the cartoony, Fairy Tale look of he movie, but it all felt too small and confined for a castle. Even the ballroom wasn't that big and that courtyard was making me clastrephobic. It couldn't have cost THAT much more for Disney to rent a bigger soundstage! I also felt that the costumes were pretty blah, except for Bob Mackie's Queen costumes, which were quite amazing (And he was like the first person in the credits, to the person above who said otherwise).

The choreography was surprisingly bad and poorly shot, kind of a shock with kathleen Marshal at the helm. She could learn a thing or two from her brother. The dancing was quite akwardly staged and with the exception of a few numbers, not filmed to its full potential.

The biggest problem was in the casting. I while I love Tracey and Dennis, I felt they were both a tad old for their roles. I know that it makes sense for them to be older, but still. I also found that Tracey just wasn't brash enough, which ruined the whole character. I think they should have looked harder for another Winnifred.

I thought Matt and Zooey were actually quite good, and acted in that cheesy Fairy Tale format, and sung well (I LOVE Zooey's jazz voice, I have since Elf).

Akiva

C.


You need to take it for what it's worth - a not-so-stellar show and a TV-movie-musical. It's a tough combination, but I didn't think it was that bad.

I did find myself flipping back and forth between it, and "Home Alone."

B. Kathleen Marhsall improved as the movie went on. Link Larkin, I agree about the claustrophobia in the movie, but for me it was more because of the extreme closeups then anything else. But that got better as the movie went on. I thoroughly enjoyed each cast member and adored Carol. This was the saving grace for WWD tv musicals since the dreck that was The Music Man. Off Topic: I'm surprised a lot of people didn't like Annie; I thought it was one of their best. I, personally, felt that Gypsy was their best with Annie a close second.

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F

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Call me crazy...but I loved the "Spanish Panic" scene.

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Agreed, wicked.

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