worst movie musical — Page 2

NOpe. No Jim.

And, Jim is the sweetest kid, btw.

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I agree that Gene Kelly is a legend, but he was either miscast or poorly directed or something. His performace was not good.

Baz Luhrmann really needs to do a remake of Xanadu. He could do justice to that film.

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THE FANTASTICKS makes me sad because it was all filmed just the way it should have been and then once the editors got their hands on it songs were dropped scenes were butchered and they killed it... just killed it. I like the DVD because it has all the deleted scenes and songs that were removed, but I don't understand why, since they felt it was gonna flop anyway, it was never released in it's original completed state. It had the opportunity to be one of the best movie musicals and now it's one of the last on my list...

Anika Noni Rose is in From Justin To Kelly. I personally, did not like the Fantasticks. Don't know why, it just nevered appealed to me. I have the DVD and I still don't think it brought justice to the show, it's not terrible but it really isnt good. I think Mame is pretty bad, not worst, but i think i would give it like one and a half stars out of four. Of course Man of La Mancha gets 0 or 1/2 out of 4.

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Grease 2

It wouldn't matter if Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini were acting out a Shakespere play. They can't act. They're terrible. And I actually didn't realize that was Anika Noni Rose in it. I feel like maybe her Tony should be revoked for having been in that movie. Ok, ok - she can keep it, but we'll just pretend like it never happened.

I didn't mind "Hello Dolly" so much - but I'd forgotten how much I hated "Mame" till I was reminded here. It was just awful!

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A Little Night Music
Paint Your Wagon
Rose Marie (1954 version w. Ann Blyth)
Man of La Mancha
The Music Man (TV movie)
South Pacific (TV movie)
Annie (original)

all time worst for me:

Camelot

I'm not the type to stop watching a film because I want to see the entire thing, but my God, it'll be hard to top those tedious three hours of my life.

Ok, I think I need to defend Grease 2 a bit. In my opinion the songs in Grease 2 are catchier and sometimes wittier/funnier than in Grease and are better sung. (Stockard Channing CANNOT sing) Songs like Reproduction, Do It For Your Country, and Score Tonight are hilarious and I think capture better the horny teenager-ness of kids at that age. Plus the movie has miss Lorna Luft who I adore.

The worst movie musical HAS to be the original Annie. Annie can't sing. They took out the decent numbers and added stupid ones. Rooster and Lily are reduced to cameos and what the hell is with Punjab flyin around in a helicopter? I can imagine the boardroom meeting where the pitch was made

Producers: "what this musical needs is a flashy helicopter finale with a guy in a turban savin the kid from a huge steel girder! BOX OFFICE GOLD!

oy.

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Rentaholic - obviously, to each their own. I'll say that, for me, Brigadoon is a beautifully wistful tale about the happiness that simplicity can bring, and how love is what matters the most in the end. And the music is sublimely romantic and melodic.

touchme - again, just for a different opinion:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=404348&boardname=off&dt=092404083918

Whether she can sing or not, there is no denying that Stockard's There Are Worse Things I Could Do is not the best there is.

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