THE COLOR PURPLE Movie Musical - News & Discussion Thread- Page 17

[teddy1996]

Posted: 5/22/23 at 10:22pm

i am sick of people complaining about this movie. they need to understand that this movie will NOT be a remake of the original. it is based on the broadway musical. it’s gonna be its own thing. they aren’t trying to redo the original. the original will remain untouched.

[Globefan]

Posted: 5/22/23 at 10:27pm

Phylicia Pearl Mpasi who plays Young Celie is a writer on the Rise of the Pink Ladies show. Her episode is the one that drops this week. 

[berniesb!tch]

Posted: 5/22/23 at 10:48pm

Wow I cannot wait to see this. This looks so special and so PRETTY

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Posted: 5/22/23 at 10:52pm

Gorgeous 
Thrilling
Goosebumps

[Ke3]

Posted: 5/22/23 at 11:19pm

pdjennings said: "It always amazes me the lengths that trailers for musicals will go to in order to hide the fact that it’s a musical. You saw ONE fragment of singing. That said, looks wonderful — cannot wait!!!"

You see Shug performing, you see Celie stepping on to a stage, the entire trailer is backed by Fantasia singing, and then we flash upon her face as she's hitting a high note. Anybody who doesn't realize it's a musical is an idiot.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 5/22/23 at 11:29pm

pdjennings said: "It always amazes me the lengths that trailers for musicals will go to in order to hide the fact that it’s a musical. You saw ONE fragment of singing. That said, looks wonderful — cannot wait!!!"

What are you going on about? You clearly see Fantasia belting the song that we hearthrough most of the teaser.

It's only a teaser; they have a very limited time to give the audience a taste of what's to come.  They let us see the main themes, hit on important story arcs, and clearly showed the main character belting her face off. This teaser clearly gave the audience all of the necessary information, including the fact that it is a musical. 

 

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 5/23/23 at 6:51am

What a stunning trailer. It gives enough to remind you that it’s The Color Purple but shows enough to make you realise it’s a completely different entity. This movie is going to do so much good for so many people, I absolutely cannot wait. 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 5/23/23 at 6:05pm

pdjennings said: "It always amazes me the lengths that trailers for musicals will go to in order to hide the fact that it’s a musical. You saw ONE fragment of singing. That said, looks wonderful — cannot wait!!!"

 

As others have said,  you'd really have to be stupid to NOT get from this trailer that it's a musical...

However, to answer your question -- sometimes trailers tend to hide the fact that the movie is a musical.  That's because it's a "lose/lose" situation. On the one hand, you risk alienating people who do not like musicals. Then on the other hand you get the people who claim to love musicals -- but then prejudge the films based on a few seconds of clips and then go on to post ridiculous comments such as...

 

TaffyDavenport said: "Something about the snippet of "I'm Here" looks off to me. Fantasia was naturally physically expressive when she sang that song live, but here her movement looks inorganic and over-directed. I know it's only a second or two, but, out of context, it immediately read as cheesy to me. 

[teddy1996]

Posted: 5/23/23 at 11:19pm

that short clip of young celie with the male dancers in the background wearing jail outfits, that looks like the song big dog

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 5/24/23 at 12:11am

Does anyone know how the movie is going to handle the Shug/Celie romance? The old movie completely deleted that storyline and I've even talked to some people who walked out of the musical not realizing Celie and Shug were romantic together. Curious how Celie's lesbianism will be handled in 2023

[teddy1996]

Posted: 5/24/23 at 12:53am

emilyfaye48 said: "Does anyone know how the movie is going to handle the Shug/Celie romance? The old movie completely deleted that storyline and I've even talked to some people who walked out of the musical not realizing Celie and Shug were romantic together. Curious how Celie's lesbianism will be handled in 2023"

someone in this thread who saw a screening said that they portray shug and celie’s relationship as unambiguously queer

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 5/24/23 at 1:11am

And people thought this was going to be more  visually appealing compaired to other movie musicals ... 

From the early screening we saw. - Same thing.

It's a movie/tv musical - overhyped.

Updated On: 5/24/23 at 01:11 AM

[hork]

Posted: 5/24/23 at 3:10pm

I liked the Broadway revival (didn't see the original) but I have my doubts that this will translate well to the screen. The Spielberg film is good but deeply flawed and weird in a lot of ways, and this movie looks like the same thing but with musical numbers, and without Spielberg's visual sense or the Allen Daviau cinematography. I think there was a reason the staging of the revival worked so well and this movie is a move in the opposite direction. Also, personally, I'm not sure I want to sit through this story yet again. But I'll probably see it and may even like it. Keeping an open mind.

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 5/24/23 at 5:52pm

teddy1996 said: "someone in this thread who saw a screening said that they portray shug and celie’s relationship as unambiguously queer"

I'm so glad to hear this!! I watched the preview like 5 times in a row last night. I am so excited for this movie! I think it is going to be amazing!!! Amazing cast and it looks visually stunning. So excited about Fantasia. I hope she wins an Oscar

[Ke3]

Posted: 5/24/23 at 10:56pm

CoffeeBreak said: "And people thought this was going to be more visually appealing compaired to other movie musicals ...

From the early screening we saw. - Same thing.

It's a movie/tv musical - overhyped."

Having seen Beyoncé's "Black Is King" film which Blitz Bazawule co-directed, I struggle to believe anything he'd direct would be visually "typical"

[teddy1996]

Posted: 5/24/23 at 11:43pm

Ke3 said: "CoffeeBreak said: "And people thought this was going to be more visually appealing compaired to other movie musicals ...

From the early screening we saw. - Same thing.

It's a movie/tv musical - overhyped."

Having seen Beyoncé's "Black Is King" film whichBlitz Bazawuleco-directed, I struggle to believe anything he'd direct would be visually "typical""

his other film the burial of kojo has such stunning visuals. blitz has such a great eye

[teddy1996]

Posted: 5/26/23 at 8:52am

here is an exclusive behind the scenes post. it includes pics and videos. the last slide even previews a new song: https://www.instagram.com/p/Css6-LouWER/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[teddy1996]

Posted: 6/5/23 at 8:35am

blitz bazawule and oprah did a recent Q&A about the movie: https://geeksofcolor.co/2023/06/04/blitz-bazawule-oprah-the-color-purple/

[Hamilfan2]

Posted: 6/5/23 at 1:43pm

teddy1996 said: "that short clip of young celie with the male dancers in the background wearing jail outfits, that looks like the song big dog"

It’s not- it’s from a new song written for the film :)

[teddy1996]

Posted: 6/6/23 at 11:51pm

Hamilfan2 said: "teddy1996 said: "that short clip of young celie with the male dancers in the background wearing jail outfits, that looks like the song big dog"

It’s not- it’s from a new song written for the film :)"

i wonder what the song is about

[teddy1996]

Posted: 7/4/23 at 9:34pm

apparently from the test screening reports, celie and nettie’s relationship gets more focus in this movie. and the test screening cut was close to three hours. 

[teddy1996]

Posted: 7/20/23 at 9:29pm

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/dune-2-release-date-change-2024-warner-bros-strike-1235676007/

 

if they push this movie to 2024, i will be so devastated 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/20/23 at 10:56pm

teddy1996 said: "https://variety.com/2023/film/news/dune-2-release-date-change-2024-warner-bros-strike-1235676007/



if they push this movie to 2024, i will be so devastated"

 

There's no reason to push this movie to 2024.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 7/22/23 at 12:36am

Release date to be pushed to 2024. Along with Dune part two. Both were due to screen at Toronto Film Festival but are now pulled. 

[teddy1996]

Posted: 7/22/23 at 8:30am

rosscoe(au) said: "Release date to be pushed to 2024. Along with Dune part two. Both were due to screen at Toronto Film Festival but are now pulled."

scott sanders who is one of the producers for the movie said that the release date is staying for now. he said that the studio has assured him that so far no discussions have been had about bumping the movie to 2024