Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

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Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 12:08am

It was in a small theater, but it was PACKED.

Absolutely LOVED the movie. I knew it would be great. But this exceeded my expectations. Nikki Blonsky is INCREDIBLE and the whole cast...wow. Couldn't have asked for better.

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re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 12:10am

Was the Popcorn fresh and buttered?
I wanna see it but Travolta's face scares me.

#3

re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 12:11am

I hated HAIRSPRAY!

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#4

re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 12:12am

I liked it, but they took out a lot of the good lines, like the one about the stupid bus crash.

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#5

re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 12:16am

That line was in there...

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re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 12:44am

I don't think so. But then, the guy next to me talked through the whole movie so I very well may have missed it.

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Updated On: 8/5/07 at 12:44 AM

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re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 12:47am

I could've sworn it was...

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"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster. "Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."

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re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 1:00am

Maybe it was.

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Updated On: 8/5/07 at 01:00 AM

#9

re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 2:08am

Saw it tongiht. I actually really, really liked it.

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re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 7:41am

"stupid bus crash" is not in the movie. I noticed that was missing the first time I saw it.

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re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 4:57pm

StageManager, if you hate HAIRSPRAY so much, why do you keep popping onto threads devoted to the subject? Is it just so you can say, "I hated HAIRSPRAY!"? This is at least the second time I've seen you do this...

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#12

re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 5:01pm

Thanks, Dottie. I didn't think it was.

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#13

re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 7:39pm

Personally, I think the movie lacks spunk, energy and spark. Nikki Blonsky bores me. Travolta embarrases himself and the direction was completely uninspired.

I did however like Queen latifah, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes and Christopher Walken. Oh, and Elijah Kelly is fantastic as Seaweed.

#14

re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 9:35pm

Travolta had too much of a masculine voice.

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re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 11:26pm

Yeah, unlike Harvey's feminine lilt...

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Posted: 8/5/07 at 11:33pm

jpbran---touche! That made me laugh.

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re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 11:37pm

Oh, Snap, jpbran!

#18

re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/5/07 at 11:45pm

I thought the movie was better than the show.


Travolta does embarrass himself, and Efron is far from a skilled actor.

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re: Just came back from Hairspray (movie, not show)

Posted: 8/6/07 at 12:02am

Best movie of the summer.

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