If Rob Marshall Had Directed.....

Titanic

The sinking would be cut as it slowed things down

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That's not entirely fair to Mr. Marshall his handling of CHICAGO was spot on and he only really flubbed his take on NINE. That's really only one. He did a really good job with ANNIE and he also did an impressive job with his 1997 Encores! staging of PROMISES, PROMISES which in my opinion exceeds Rob Ashford's take on the material.

I agree Carlos.
Nine was terrible. Then again the material was very hard to turn into a movie.

But anyway, it is not like he has directed dozens of musical movies and they were all like that. He has done three. Two of which was the "musical inside their head."

His Annie was semi decent except the STUPID choice of having Ms. Hannigan play Annie's "Mom."

Also, most of the people here don't seem to understand that some songs HAVE to be cut. Some songs just don't work on film.

Updated On: 7/23/10 at 11:51 PM

Bye Bye

Cutting 2/3 of the score is not "some songs". He eviscerated the score.

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Man, who let the wet blankets in?

If he had directed The Sound of Music, the entire show would be based inside a marionette puppet show concept.

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Not a musical but Memoirs of a Geisha also sucked/tanked.

Directors can have a lot of input into a screenplay (dependant on their status/contract) so Mr Marshall has to have at least some of the shadow fall on his garden.

Jesus Christ Superstar

...actually, I shudder to think of how he could do this, but I know he'd do something wrong.

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The horse isn't dead yet. They allegedly want him to direct Wicked, and while I don't particularly care that Wicked is the show getting sacrificed on the altar of Hollywood, which has never hidden its animosity for Broadway, whatever he does with the film (should he accept) will likely continue his ****ty trend of "songs don't happen in real life" and continue to set a precedent for how other musicals should be filmed. Call me cuckoo, but I'd rather see less of this concept.

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I don't get how using it in two movies is "tired." I am not saying it was a good idea to do it again but there are several directors who repeat themselves far more often. Just look at Tim Burton, almost all of his movies have the same "stylized" look and everyone seems to think he is a genius.

Obviously, Chicago was not perfect but no movie is. But I don't see how "key" songs were cut.

Songs Cut From Chicago were
"A Little Bit of Good"- Mary Sunshine was not a man so it would lost whatever novelty it had in the show.
"My Own Best Friend"- Nice song, but not nessesary to the plot. It is also very slow moving which is hard to make work on film
"I Know a Girl"- It was a breaking the fourth wall which does not work on film and also would not make sence to the concept of the film. Why would Roxie imagine Velma saying things like that about her?
"Me and My Baby"- Is the only one I could have seen possibly working.
"When Velma Takes the Stand"- It is very impressive in the show because of it's difficult choreography. Not sure how it would have looked on film or how they could have fit it in.
"Class"- Was filmed but cut. It also does not make sence to the concept. Roxie is not there and her trial is going on. The test audiences did not seem to like it much either.