THE COLOR PURPLE Movie Musical - News & Discussion Thread — Page 21

teddy1996 said: "another brand new poster for the movie:https://x.com/ezracubero/status/1728147616628633890?s=46

WOW. the posters for this movie are beyond dreadful. it’s either warner bros is trying to sabotage this movie or they didn’t have enough in the budget for a good poster"

I agree, good graphic design is dead. Long gone are the days of the movie posters that inspired me to be an illustrator and graphic artist. So pedestrian.

someone on twitter who watched a screening said that one of the major songs lost its emotional punch and all the other songs got a bigger reaction than that one. hmmm i wonder if it’s i’m here

I attended a screening of the film last week and I loved it! I’ve never read the book or seen the stage show. I’d never heard any of the songs except “Hell No” prior to watching it. My only frame of reference was the Spielberg film. I thought the new take was phenomenal! There were no weak links in the cast. I also loved the direction of the movie. I was never bored, and it went at a swell pace. I really want to watch it again. I would not be shocked if it was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. It’s probably one of the best things I have watched all year.


I have now listened to both cast albums since watching the movie. I’ll say one of the new songs, “Workin’” (I think that’s what it’s called?), was nice but very random. Other than that, all the other songs made sense narratively.

In my latest piece for Gold Derby, I dig into how if Danielle Brooks wins Best Supporting Actress for “The Color Purple” this year, she’d be the third performer to lose the Tony, but win the Oscar for the same role.
https://www.goldderby.com/article/2023/danielle-brooks-color-purple-oscars-best-supporting-actress/

Updated On: 11/29/23 at 03:54 PM

Good interview with Henson this morning. Loved her comment about the heart beating and the ending was funny.

teddy1996 said: "i just learned from someone who watched a screening that too beautiful for words was also cut from the movie and honestly i am extremely upset. i am very annoyed that they threw away a lot of the score for this movie but i’m still looking forward to it regardless."

They brought back "Ms. Celie's Blues" from the original movie. I much prefer that song anyway.

"Too Beautiful for Words" is listed on the soundtrack, and, regardless, "Miss Celie's Blues" wouldn't replace it anyway. It would replace "Push Da Button," if anything, but it hasn't, since both are in the film.

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "In my latest piece for Gold Derby, I dig into how if Danielle Brooks wins Best Supporting Actress for “The Color Purple” this year, she’d be the third performer to lose the Tony, but win the Oscar for the same role.
https://www.goldderby.com/article/2023/danielle-brooks-color-purple-oscars-best-supporting-actress/"

Interesting statistic, but I'd be shocked if anyone other than Da Vine Joy Randolph won this year's Best Supporting Actress Oscar. (Take comfort in the fact that Da Vine was indeed Tony nominated for a role that won an actress an Oscar, albeit years earlier and without music.)

Updated On: 12/8/23 at 07:15 AM

Nell3 said: "Oprah DID NOT win the Oscar for playing Sofia. These things are not diffiult to look up. And I wouldn't be so dismissive of Danielle's chances. Near universal acclaim from everyone who's seen the film, with many pegging her to WIN without any hesitation. Soundtrack is currently listed on IMDB.com by the way. To be released on December 15th."

LOL, either you are the one who did not do your research here or I was not clear enough in my original post. I was referring to the fact that Da 'Vine Joy Randolph was nominated for the Best Featured Actress in a musical Tony for the same role Whoopi Goldberg won an Oscar for in Ghost. I never said Oprah won an Oscar, I wasn't referring to the original film version of The Color Purple at all.

I will try to make this clearer in my original post.

Updated On: 12/8/23 at 07:42 AM

Just got back from a screening - overall, I thought it was a solid movie (I've been looking forward to it since it was announced). However, this is largely a remake of the original film that uses some of the material from the musical rather than an adaptation of the musical. For those curious, I'm going to post the songs cut from the musical

Spoilers below!

My biggest gripe is that they cut the storyline of Celie and Shug living together later in life so I'm Here is born out of a moment where Celie finally comes face to face with Mister rather than her standing up for herself to Shug. I also thought it was a missed opportunity by cutting the Church Ladies trio. Both Miss Celie's Blues and God is Trying to Tell You Something from the original film have been added to the movie as well.

Cut Songs:

• Somebody Gonna Love You
• Our Prayer
• That Fine Mister
• Big Dog
• Dear God - Sofia
• A Tree Named Sofia
• Brown Betty
• The large majority of Shug Avery is Coming to Town has been completely dissected and stitched together almost like a chant/rhyme game BUT it is still in the movie
• All We've Got to Say
• Dear God - Shug
• Too Beautiful for Words
• Uh Oh
• African Homeland
• The Color Purple (however, the reprise still exists!) This was my second largest issue with the movie.
• Celie's Curse
• Any Little Thing
• What About Love (reprise)

Updated On: 12/9/23 at 10:05 PM

"Too Beautiful for Words" is in the film, but not as a number proper. It's used as a record that Mister listens to, and Celie asks who is singing.

Do Whoopi & Orpah actually have cameos in the film?

marytylermoore said: "Just got back from a screening - overall, I thought it was a solid movie (I've been looking forward to it since it was announced). However, this is largely a remake of the original film that uses some of the material from the musical rather than an adaptation of the musical. For those curious, I'm going to post the songs cut from the musical

Spoilers below!

My biggest gripe is that they cut the storyline of Celie and Shug living together later in life so I'm Here is born out of a moment where Celie finally comes face to face with Mister rather than her standing up for herself to Shug. I also thought it was a missed opportunity by cutting the Church Ladies trio. Both Miss Celie's Blues and God is Trying to Tell You Something from the original film have been added to the movie as well.

Cut Songs:

• Somebody Gonna Love You
• Our Prayer
• That Fine Mister
• Big Dog
• Dear God - Sofia
• A Tree Named Sofia
• Brown Betty
• The large majority of Shug Avery is Coming to Town has been completely dissected and stitched together almost like a chant/rhyme game BUT it is still in the movie
• All We've Got to Say
• Dear God - Shug
• Too Beautiful for Words
• Uh Oh
• African Homeland
• The Color Purple (however, the reprise still exists!) This was my second largest issue with the movie.
• Celie's Curse
• Any Little Thing
• What About Love (reprise)

"

to make a film adaptation of a musical just to cut half of the material is ridiculous