Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Pasdechat
Understudy Joined: 4/17/14
#1Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 2:47pm
Turning a blockbuster movie into a musical might seem a sure-win. if a story drew billions into the cinemas, it will surely attract millions into a Broadway theater, right?!
Something like that must have gone through the minds of people behind "Spiderman - turn off the dark", "Tarzan" or "Flashdance" (to name but a few).
Yessss, I know there are great counter examples. But let's have some fun: what other movies should never be turned into a musical? I throw in:
- Planet of the Apes (why they think it might work: "it could be a mash up of "Cats", "Rocky" and "Tarzan": dancing and fighting monkeys! Costumes by Julie Taymor!")
- Avatar ("like 'Wicked' but with blue [man group] body paint and Cirque du Soleil backdrops!")
Updated On: 7/30/14 at 02:47 PM
#2Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 2:49pmI'm right on top of that, Rose.
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#2Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 2:49pm
I had to.
Updated On: 7/30/14 at 02:49 PM
AKarp2013
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/11
#3Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 2:50pm
Updated On: 7/30/14 at 02:50 PM
Pasdechat
Understudy Joined: 4/17/14
#4Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 2:52pmFinebydesign: haha, didn't know that, thank you!
#5Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 3:27pmAny film can be a musical - most films could probably be good musicals - it's just our bad luck that they keep producing garbage. I mean, I'd watch the heck out of a Planet of the Apes musical if it was well-done. Whether "musical" is the best medium by which to tell the story is another matter, but let's be honest, Turn Off The Dark sucking has a lot less to do with its origin than with its production.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#6Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 3:31pmHuman Centipede: The Musical
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#8Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 3:43pm
ok finebydesign - here's one in a parker/stone kind of musical.
I didn't have to...but I did it anyway
#9Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 5:13pmJurassic Park
#10Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 5:24pm
Wymbish, just imagine the wonderful kick-line number though!
The Serbian Movie.
#11Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 5:41pmNO to any musicals associated with any Adam Sandler film. UGH.
Eurotrash
Featured Actor Joined: 8/28/13
#13Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 6:49pmPlanet of the Apes, the second film, could be rather brilliant. Only two apes.
mjohnson2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/13
#14Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 8:09pmCimarron
#15Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/30/14 at 10:27pm
MURIEL'S WEDDING
THE BIG CHILL, etc.
Such movies are ALREADY musicals; even though the music is largely in the underscoring, it is as central to the story of such films as any character. The fact that the characters don't sing while walking down the street is beside the point.
And, yes, I know P.J. Hogan has announced a stage version of MURIEL. The man needs to be convinced that while lighting doesn't strike twice in the same place, an artist with his talent can come up with one more good idea.
jiff
Chorus Member Joined: 1/29/12
#16Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/31/14 at 12:09am
Psycho
Although it would be nice in the final scene where Norman Bates is given a blanket and says "thank you" in his mother's voice, if he sang a "Liaison" type song:
"At the villa of the Baron De Signac, Where I spent a somewhat infamous year ...etc."
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#17Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/31/14 at 12:30amThe Room! I don't need to hear a five minute ballad called "You Ah Tearing Me Apaht, Lisa".
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#18Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/31/14 at 12:45am
Truman Capote's:
IN COLD BLOOD
brdway411
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/14
mjohnson2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/13
#20Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/31/14 at 4:12am
The Pianist
Antichrist
The 400 Blows
Dr. Strangelove
Rosemary's Baby
Y Tu Mamá También
La Vie d'Adèle
The Social Network
Fight Club
Requiem for a Dream
etc. etc.
mjohnson2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/13
#21Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/31/14 at 4:12am
The Pianist
Antichrist
The 400 Blows
Dr. Strangelove
Rosemary's Baby
Y Tu Mamá También
La Vie d'Adèle
The Social Network
Fight Club
Requiem for a Dream
etc. etc.
LittleEdieFan
Understudy Joined: 12/21/13
#22Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/31/14 at 4:40amBowling for Columbine, sung through of course.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#23Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/31/14 at 6:16am
Cameron Macintosh presents
SAMANTHA BARKS WILL CHASE
BREAKING THE WAVES
a new musical
#24Please don't turn these movies into musicals
Posted: 7/31/14 at 7:46am
LOL henrik
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