Moments In The HAIRSPRAY Movie That Gave You Chills? — Page 2

I'll just add to the list...

Run and Tell That

Seaweed blew me away.

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"I Know Where I've Been"

Amanda's "I'm thrilled and terrified" line--best line in the movie and she nailed it.

Nikki Blonsky's entire performance--it's a Jennifer Hudson level movie debut--any chance she'll do it on Broadway?

And while it took a REALLY long time to warm up to Travolta due to the latex, accents and tentative singing voice in the early going, I still teared up during "Timeless to Me." Maybe cause I realize there are a couple people in my life who are timeless to me.

There is a difference to moments in the film that gave you chills and moments in the film that you liked.

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I don't think there were any moments that gave me chills. There were some moments that made me cringe.

For instance... every time Travlota came on film
For instance..everytime Travolta openned his mouth.
For instance...Edna Turnblad never going blonde
For instance.. Edna Turnblad not coming out of the hairspray can.
For instance...cutting out the best number- Mama I'm a Big Girl Now.
For instance.. the lack of chemistry with Travlota and any other cast member.-especially her/his daughter.
I honestly think they couldn't have picked a worse Edna.

I enjoyed the performances of Pfeiffer and Latifa. I thought they each gave glowing performances. I enjoyed Penny, Penny's Mom, Sea weed, Lil Inez and Link. but frankly the casting of Travolta threw the whole thing off balance. It made Motor mouth and Pfeiffer the stars of the movie; not Edna and Tracy, I thought Nikki Blonski acceptable--not great. I did love when her picture sang.

While I did not hate the movie... I had a lot of misgivings and moments of "cringe' in it. A lot of the surprise, a lot of the camp, a lot of the guffaws of the wonderful Broadway Musical and the wonderful original did not make the transition to the film and that is sad. I think one reviewer called it "homogenized" - I have to agree. Sorry teen fans.

Yes it moved very fast. A choreographers trick so that the audience doen't notice that things are amiss. (Jerry Mitchell tried this in Legally Blonde-with the similar results) So fast that you don't notice what's missing. It had lovely art direction, lovely costumes, lovely hair-- but I think when the best moments of the film are the closing credits, there is a problem with the film. Again.. not a disaster just problematic. And homogenized.

Good Morning Baltimore and I Know Where I've Been brought tears to my eyes. I don't know why GMB has that effect on me, it just does.

I Can Hear the Bells and You Can't Stop the Beat had me grinning from ear to ear.

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- The sounds of the city before GOOD MORNING BALIMORE.
- The close up on Tracy as she opens her eyes before GOOD MORNING BALITMORE.
- GOOD MORNING BALITMORE.
- I CAN HEAR THE BELLS.
- YOU CAN'T STOP THE BEAT
- When Velma realized her guards had brought Tracy in through the front door.
- When Tracy came down in the rocket and dispurted Miss Teenage Hairspray.

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Updated On: 7/22/07 at 09:13 PM

I'm with Liverpool.

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Was no one else annoyed with John Travolta's accent? What kind of accent was he ... trying ... for?

Queen, leading the protest.

Hope this isn't a spoiler:

Also, toward the end when Nikki came down from the ceiling in that capsule thing saying "you're about to get out danced". Totally didn't expect her to be in that thing.

"Was no one else annoyed with John Travolta's accent? "

I really liked the accent it was funny. Only thing, his face was too smooth and young looking, it didn't go with that old voice he was using. Had they given his face more character (wrinkles) I think the voice would have gone over even better, especially considering his husband was pretty much wrinkled. He really did look super young in the face. The voice would have been so much funnier had they gone with an older face.

Updated On: 7/26/07 at 02:45 AM

"my fav moment in the entire film is when Tracy makes it on the Corny Collins show. When shes able to yell out her name...I was so happy and pleased for her. It was a GREAT moment"

This was a great one. That entire sequence leading up to that, starting with Penny running into the house to get Tracy's parents in front of the tv. Yep, that was a good one for sure.

Rentboy, have you ever been to Baltimore, because his accent was pretty spot on, though I admit the timbre of it made him sound like Dr. Evil at times.

I think the reason why it stuck out was that he was the ONLY one in the film to try for the accent. weird choice by Shankman to let him do that, but he got the accent quite decently.




oh, anyway....chills- the opening, when I realized the right tone was struck with the film. I think it was the garbage truck shot.

I know where I've been
when the dynamites were featured for the first time. wheew, they had style!

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Updated On: 7/26/07 at 03:14 PM

- The lead-in to "Good Morning, Baltimore"

- The buildup to "Nicest Kids in Town" (the girls running home, and the dancers getting ready)

- The entirety of "Welcome to the 60s", particularly when Edna tries on her brand new dress. That number was pure magic.

- "Oh, Wilbur. Knights in armor don't come any shinier than you." Awww!

- "I Know Where I've Been"

- All of "You Can't Stop the Beat"

For me, there were a lot...These made me just want to jump out of my seat:

*John Waters' cameo
*Ricki Lake's cameo
*Elijah's singing and dancing in "Run and Tell That" AND Taylor Parks' as well...they both blew me away!!!
*"I Can Hear the Bells" makes me pee a little more every time I see it, especially the dodgeball bit, LOL
*The whole "Ladies Choice" sequence, especially leading up to Zac's lusty howl...the hip thrusting is out of control...as my friend said, "He's gonna need to change his pants"...LOL
*The Dynamites in "The New Girl in Town" and the end of "Welcome to the 60's"...makes you just go DAMN!
*The barrel roll (I think thats what its called) that one of the male dancers does during "You Can't Stop the Beat" (the one thats in all the trailers/commercials) amazes me every time.

There's a lot more that I love but these are some of the highlights :)