Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...
Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...
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Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#1
Posted: 12/17/09 at 8:41pm
With Nine coming out, I thought it would be interesting to rank the major theatrical movie musicals since 2000. Here they are in chronological order: Moulin Rouge, Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, The Producers, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Across the Universe, Sweeney Todd, and Mamma Mia.
Wow, what a decade.
Rottentomatoes ranks them this way:
Hairspray
Chicago
Sweeney Todd
Dreamgirls
Moulin Rounge
Across the Universe
Mamma Mia
The Producers
Rent
The Phantom of the Opera
How about you? If you want, throw in Once, Enchanted, Reefer Madness, Hedwig, and whatever else.
Updated On: 12/17/09 at 08:41 PM
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#2
Posted: 12/17/09 at 8:46pm
I would make it
Chicago
Sweeney Todd
Hairspray
The rest is accurate though.
Updated On: 12/17/09 at 08:46 PM
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re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#2
Posted: 12/17/09 at 8:47pm
Hairspray
Dreamgirls
Sweeney Todd
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Moulin Rouge
Chicago
Enchanted
High School Musical 3
Rent
The Producers
Mamma Mia!
The Phantom of the Opera
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#3
Posted: 12/17/09 at 8:51pm
1. Chicago
2. Enchanted
3. Moulin Rouge
4. Mamma Mia
5. Dreamgirls
6. Rent
7. Hairspray
8. The Producers
I haven't seen the others.
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#4
Posted: 12/17/09 at 8:51pmThe only change I'd make to the Rottentomatoes list is to put Hairspray between Sweeney Todd and Dreamgirls. The rest of the list is good.
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#5
Posted: 12/17/09 at 9:48pm
I'd rank them as:
Chicago
Moulin Rouge!
Sweeney Todd
Enchanted
Hairspray
The Producers
Across the Universe
Dreamgirls
Phantom
Mamma Mia!
Rent
Chicago and Moulin Rouge are the two most-well made movie musicals of the last decade, IMO. I constantly struggle to decide which one of the two is my most favorite. I love them both so much.
Once is good too, but not really "theatrical" and too different for me to place on my list.
I'm curious about where people would place Nine if they have seen it already.
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#6
Posted: 12/17/09 at 9:49pm
Chicago
Dreamgirls
Hairspray
Sweeney Todd
Across The Universe
Moulin Rouge
The Producers
Rent
The Phantom of the Opera
Mamma Mia
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#7
Posted: 12/17/09 at 10:03pm
Chicago
Sweeney Todd
Hedwig
Hairspray
Moulin Rouge
The Producers
Dreamgirls
Across the Universe
Phantom of the Opera
Rent
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re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#8
Posted: 12/17/09 at 10:21pm
BEST
CHICAGO
DREAMGIRLS
HAIRSPRAY
HEDWIG
MOULIN ROUGE
MAMMA MIA
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
WORST
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
THE PRODUCERS
RENT
SWEENEY TODD
NINE
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#9
Posted: 12/17/09 at 10:44pm
Chicago
Moulin Rouge!
Once
Hairspray
Sweeney Todd
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Dreamgirls
Mamma Mia!
Enchanted
Reefer Madness
Rent
The Producers
The Phantom of the Opera
Across the Universe
And I see Nine tomorrow...
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#10
Posted: 12/17/09 at 10:52pm
Chicago
Moulin Rouge
Hairspray
Sweeney Todd
Dreamgirls
Mamma Mia
Across the Universe
Rent
The Phantom of the Opera
The Producers
Chicago gets the top spot because, IMO it really brought movie musicals back. Moulin Rouge gets #2 for it's originality.
Dreamgirls is probably the last one on the list to be a good movie, IMO. Though Mamma Mia is fun, it should look to something like Hairspray, which found the simple fun, but was also a great movie.
The Producers is simply horrible (I do enjoy Thurman's Ulla though), while Rent and Phantom have their moments. Across the Universe was just OK.
From other's reviews, I'm guessing Nine will be either right above, or below Dreamgirls.
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#11
Posted: 12/17/09 at 10:53pm
Sweeney Todd
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Chicago
Hairspray
Moulin Rouge!
Enchanted
Mamma Mia!
Across the Universe
The Phantom of the Opera
Dreamgirls
The Producers
Reefer Madness
Rent
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#12
Posted: 12/17/09 at 11:01pm
Sweeney Todd
Moulin Rouge!
Chicago
Hairspray
Dreamgirls
Rent
Reefer Madness
Mamma Mia!
Enchanted
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Across the Universe
The Producers
The Phantom of the Opera
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#13
Posted: 12/17/09 at 11:05pm
Hedwig & Hairspray
The two Hs
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#14
Posted: 12/17/09 at 11:10pm
You forgot many, many movie musicals in the past decade... (and this doesn't even include made-for-TV musicals)
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
MOULIN ROUGE!
CHICAGO
CAMP
DE-LOVELY
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
OPEN HOUSE
ROMANCE AND CIGARETTES
THE PRODUCERS
RENT
COLMA - THE MUSICAL
ONCE
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
HAIRSPRAY
ENCHANTED
SWEENEY TODD
REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA
DREAMGIRLS
MAMMA MIA!
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR
WERE THE WORLD MINE
THE PRINCESS & THE FROG
NINE
--Aristotle
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#15
Posted: 12/17/09 at 11:13pm
And if you count made-for-TV musicals, then you have:
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2
THE MUSIC MAN
GHEPPETO
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
REEFER MADNESS
SOUTH PACIFIC
etc.
--Aristotle
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#16
Posted: 12/17/09 at 11:21pm
In strictly movies:
1.) Hedwig & The Angry Inch
2.) Chicago
3.) Sweeney Todd
4.) Hairspray
5.) Enchanted
6.) Dreamgirls
Then Major Drop.......
7.) Phantom of The Opera
8.) Moulin Rouge
9.) Mamma Mia!
10.) Across The Universe
Bottomless Pit......
11.) Rent
12.) The Producers
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re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#17
Posted: 12/17/09 at 11:23pm
Sure, add whatever else you can think of.
My original thought was live-action musicals that played in wide release.
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#18
Posted: 12/17/09 at 11:31pmI'm not going to rank these as I haven't seen enough of them to properly judge but of those I have seen, I felt Chicago was the strongest as a piece of film...it was a good adaptation but it also stands on its own as a movie which a lot of recent movie musicals don't seem to do. I will also say that I thought the Sweeney Todd movie, while beautifully shot, was dismal. I thought Alan Rickman and the actor who played Tobias did really well and I also actually enjoyed Sacha Baron Cohen, but other than that I really really hated it.
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#19
Posted: 12/17/09 at 11:31pm
Chicago
Dreamgirls
Across the Universe
Hairspray
Sweeney Todd
Enchanted
Camp
Moulin Rounge
Reefer Madness
Rent
The Phantom of the Opera
Mamma Mia
The Producers
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#20
Posted: 12/17/09 at 11:32pm
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY, CAMP , DE-LOVELY, ONCE, ENCHANTED, REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, and HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR all are live-action films that received a wide release... [[[ 
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--Aristotle
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re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#21
Posted: 12/17/09 at 11:47pm
Once and Enchanted were suggestions at the end of my original post.
God I love Repo, but I wonder how many people on here have even seen it... and if they did, I am sure they would hate it.
By the way, on a tangent, people who love theater should really try to support movie musicals. Even when they are not great, they are still better than most of the other crap in movie theaters. I would take Rent over the movie 2012 any day. The movie musical genre is so fragile, it must be supported. It's like... sticking with your team even when they lose.
re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#22
Posted: 12/18/09 at 12:06am
I see what you're saying, but I disagree. I'd rather see a good non-musical film than a crappy movie musical. Speaking of the film genre of entertainment in general, more than half of the movies released every year are SH*TTY. We've been fortunate that most movie musicals have been made well (only compared to films in general, as you did earlier). However when looked at individually, a lot of musical films have their flaws (but what film doesn't?).
I root for the home team (the movie musical) any time when I hear about a project in development (even if the title of such a film is GREASE 3), but when the product is released, I will certainly have an opinion and share it.
Pre-CHICAGO, studios were not doing musicals. Post-CHICAGO, every musical made famous on stage was getting green-lit. Unfortunately, the first to come out of development happened to be clunkers. If we are going to continue to demand that good movie musicals get made, then we must not let the wrong people make them. HOPEFULLY studios will have learned their lesson after the directing and casting decisions of RENT and THE PRODUCERS...
--Aristotle
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re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#23
Posted: 12/18/09 at 12:15am
How did I know you would disagree? :)
I see what you are saying. And I agree. I could not stomach High School Musical or From Justin to Kelly. So no, I did not see them.
I didn't say crappy musicals are better than good non-musical films. I said most crappy musicals are still better than crappy regular movies (which are plentiful).
I just don't think most of the "bad" musicals on that main list though were THAT bad. So I saw all of them in the theater... several times. I just love the fact that people were singing.
I was also talking about the people who say, "Oh I want to see that" but never do. That was all of my friends with Sweeney Todd... ugh. I wanted to drag them to it.
Updated On: 12/18/09 at 12:15 AM
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re: Rank the movie musicals of the past decade...#24
Posted: 12/18/09 at 12:21am
Dreamgirls
Chicago
Across the Universe
Sweeney Todd
Moulin Rouge
Hairspray
Hedwig
Phantom of the Opera
Rent
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