Your top 5 movie musicals!- Page 2

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 5:04pm

"I can't win I get ridiculed and threatened for liking the RENT movie- it is amazing and well done... And THE PRODUCERS- what is not to love if you love the stage show?!"


"The Music Man. Eh- The one with Matthew Broderick and KC was wonderful"


WTF????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

you seriously liked the music man with matthew broderick?

God, no wonder your opinion is worthless.

[TomMonster]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 5:15pm

ZONEACE, I hope you're being sarcastic, because it's extremely rude to call other people's opinions "worthless". Stay off the boards if you can't play nice!

In no particular order:

1. The Producers
2. West Side Story
3. Chicago
4. Funny Girl
5. The Red Shoes (I don't know if this counts...)

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 5:19pm

Even though it wasn't baed on a stage show, I can't BELIEVE no one has mentioned Singin in the Rain, widely accepted to be the best movie musical EVER. And probably my number 6 (but only because I've seen it so often and its novelty has worn off).
Y'all are philistines.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 5:33pm

Thank you, TomMoster.

[smiles]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 5:33pm

1. Rent ( I think I'm in the minority...I know)
2. Mary Poppins
3. The Sound of Music
4. Hair
5. Little Shop of Horrors.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 5:34pm

nope, no sarcasm. The Producers, Rent and The Music Man (with broderick) were all three TERRIBLE, truly awful movie musicals. Anyone who lists them as top 5 clearly has no sense of good movie making, or just good movie musicals. And when people have more than 1 of them in their top 5, well, its pretty much time to disregard anything they say.


ETA
Sending me PMs to say I'm rude and I should be banned really don't affect me at all, especially coming from people who I have already stated have worthless opinions.

Updated On: 7/9/06 at 05:34 PM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 5:56pm

"especially coming from people who I have already stated have worthless opinions."

It's not about who knows what about movie making, etc. It is called an opinion and everyone is entitled to one.

Updated On: 7/9/06 at 05:56 PM

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:00pm

I don't believe that. I believe everyone is entitled to an INFORMED opinion.

[coolphantom919]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:02pm

Same as EponineAmneris

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:06pm

1) The Wizard of Oz
2) The Sound of Music
3) West Side Story
4) Mary Poppins
5) Oliver!

[cate_w]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:14pm

1. Sound of Music
2. Annie
3. Grease
4. Gypsy (Bette Midler)
5. The Music Man (yup, the Matthew Broderick verion- he's kind of creepy in it, but everyone else is wonderful)

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:14pm

There's also a difference between "favorite" and "best." "Top" is quite vague.

[renthead333]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:16pm

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Rent
3. Mary Poppins
4. Grease
5. Chicago

[broadwaybaby086]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:20pm

I'm surprised that Reefer Madness isn't on the list! I don't know why, but it's a lot of fun.

I have to run to work, but I'll actually reply later.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:23pm

In ym post where i mention that picking the fifth was hard, it was up between 8 Femme and Reefer Madness, and well, French Musicals with lesbian undertones trump Drug Satires

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:25pm

The Wizard of Oz
Cabaret
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:28pm

"South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut"


OMG yes, I completely forgot about that.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:28pm

Cabaret
The Sound of Music
Oliver!
My Fair Lady
West Side Story

[bwayboi4life42]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:29pm

I'm gonna have to agree with ZONEFACE on THE PRODUCERS, RENT, and MUSIC MAN with Broderick and Chenoweth. I thought they were terrible. Also, I really was not a fan of the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA movie. Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum are terrible singers. A lot of their vowels are horrible.

This is really a hard decision to make.

1) FUNNY GIRL - Barbra Streisand is so amazing. I think they could have chosen a better singer for Arnstein than Omar Sharif, but he wasn't terrible. I love the "Don't Rain on My Parade" sequence. I love the scene where Fanny's on the boat, sailing past the Statue of Liberty (which is my avatar pic). I was very glad that they chose "My Man" for the ending, instead of "Don't Rain on My Parade (Reprise)." It's a much more poignant ending, I think. I loved Streisand in all black, in front of the black background, so all you could see were her head and her hands. It was so cool! Such an amazing movie!

2) HELLO, DOLLY - Another Streisand movie, and an amazing one at that. Seeing the movie made me realize how much I really liked this show. After listening to the recording with Carol Channing, I didn't like it (mainly because I don't like Channing at all), but after hearing Streisand, I fell in love with it. It has some really catchy and charming songs, such as "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" and "Before the Parade Passes By." I also like the opening in the movie, "Just Leave Everything to Me," better than that in the stage show, "Call on Dolly." Michael Crawford was also a good Cornelius, I think.

3) SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - Such a fun show. I love Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. I was reading an interesting interview with Betty Comden and Adolph Green the other day. They were talking about how much they loved SINGIN' IN THE RAIN and how proud they were of it, but they were so upset when it was made into a stage musical. They were totally against it from the start. When I saw this thread, "Good Morning" got stuck in my head!

4) OKLAHOMA - This is probably my favorite Rodgers and Hammerstein show. I say "probably" because I love all of their pieces, and choosing a favorite is extremely difficult. Shirley Jones has such a beautiful voice, and the story is a lot of fun, with some REALLY fun musical numbers, like "The Farmer and the Cowman Should Be Friends." The only problem I have with OKLAHOMA is the Dream Ballet. I love it, it just drags on forever and ever and ever. I would have cut it a tad had I choreographed the show.

5) BRIGADOON - This was one of the very first musicals I ever saw live, and soon after I fell in love with the movie. I love the opening dance sequence. It's such a cool scene. Cyd Charisse is also amazing, and BRIGADOON has some really pretty songs, my favorite being "The Heather on the Hill." Actually, I think I'm going to go rent BRIGADOON. It's been a while since I last watched it.

[bwayboi4life42]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:29pm

Sorry. Double post.

Crap, this is the second time I've done this today!

Updated On: 7/9/06 at 06:29 PM

[TomMonster]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:29pm

Margo! I forgot about South Park. Definitely one of my favs!

[blueroses]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:31pm

The Sound of Music
West Side Story
Bye, Bye Birdie!
Singin' in the Rain
Mary Poppins

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:37pm

The Sound of Music
The Music Man
1776
Star!
Bye Bye Birdie

[ActingAndy]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:48pm

No order:

The Sound of Music
Newsies
The Music Man (Robert Preston)
West Side Story
High School Musical (just kidding, just kidding)

[pab]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:49pm

Hair
Oliver!
Caberet
West Side Story
The Sound of Music