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Timeless Appeal posted:Bumping this thread to proudly declare... the Matilda musical is pretty good! I saw the actual thing in London once. I might want to check it out one of these days.
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I watched "Tommy", The Who's rock opera for the first time last night and I was blown away by it. It has everything I love about off-the-wall 70s film production. I especially loved Elton John with massive cartoonish legs singing Pinball Wizard and Tina Turner transforming into an iron maiden of syringes. There was also something very unsettling about Eric Clapton leading an evangelical cult centered around Marilyn Monroe. I loved this movie.
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I'm kind of interested to see how it holds up. I only saw it many, many years ago when I was very young and I remember hating it. But I was very young so it might have been me, because I also remember during the same period watching and liking Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (the snooker vampire musical) and on a recent rewatch that was turgid.
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Mar 31, 2023 13:02
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL53EUbHazo This is definitely the highlight of the movie for me. Elton really nailed this song.
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Full sountdrack/cast recording of The Little Mermaid dropped today. The good: Holy poo poo Halle is incredible and far and away the best casting choice Disney has made for these live action remakes. I am super excited to see her acting and her "Part of Your World" honestly might become the definitive version Melissa McCarthy surprised me with her Ursula in a good way. She brings a wonderful mania to "Poor Unfortunate Souls" that doesn't try to be the original, but has its own charm The few rewrites done to the above song and "Kiss The Girl" actually make them better The meh: The new songs (with one exception) are just okay. lyrically they feel disconnected from the others (something i was worried about with Lin Manuel Miranda doing the thing because he has a very distinct lyrical style). I guess a big part of it was wanting to give Eric something to chew on and... He's fine. Decent singer and i don't know if it's the material but it just doesn't come across super well in audio. Hopefully it's better on screen Daveed Diggs feels like he's sleepwalking through "Kiss the Girl" and (more tragically) "Under the Sea" which is disappointing but the songs are strong enough to overcome. the only song he felt like he was excited for brings me to: The Bad Ugh. "Scuttlebutt" is just...I guess I shouldn't be surprised that LMM wrote something for Daveed and Awkwafina to rap really fast to but it just doesn't fit with the rest of the musical and also it is just LMM's "Hamilton" style turned to 11 overall this is probably the strongest Disney live action remake to date, at least strictly speaking from an audio standpoint. Though i guess that bar isn't super high
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May 25, 2023 20:22
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Halle is the only reason I might see this movie. I view all the live action remakes as cynical cash-grabs, but I heard her sing and she is Ariel. The rest of the movie looks pretty meh, but I would like to hear her sing Ariel's songs. Didn't realize LMM was involved. gently caress. Of course he was.
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May 26, 2023 00:07
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Bogus Adventure posted:Halle is the only reason I might see this movie. I view all the live action remakes as cynical cash-grabs, but I heard her sing and she is Ariel. The rest of the movie looks pretty meh, but I would like to hear her sing Ariel's songs. Didn't realize LMM was involved. gently caress. Of course he was. i'm taking my youngest to see it tomorrow and probably at least once more because i hate how the right wing reacted to Halle's casting as 'woke' and i really don't want this movie to flop
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May 26, 2023 00:21
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aBagorn posted:i'm taking my youngest to see it tomorrow and probably at least once more because i hate how the right wing reacted to Halle's casting as 'woke' and i really don't want this movie to flop Yeah, that campaign/reaction was total bullshit. Her voice is perfect.
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May 26, 2023 00:42
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These Disney remakes never flop. And they keep making them. Real thing to complain about is crazy Sebastian and flounder designs. Oh and lack of French chef song.
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May 26, 2023 03:14
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My guilty pleasure is all the Terrance Zdunich catalog: Repo: The Genetic Opera, The Devil's Carnival, and Alleluia!
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Jun 3, 2023 08:26
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I remember when my brother and I showed Repo to my dad, and he responded by showing us Phantom of the Paradise, which he described as "His equivalent when he was our age" 
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BioEnchanted posted:I remember when my brother and I showed Repo to my dad, and he responded by showing us Phantom of the Paradise, which he described as "His equivalent when he was our age" This post belongs in the #blessed thread
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Jun 4, 2023 03:42
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The movie of the month is very relevant to this thread and a hoot. I recommend checking it out!
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Jul 17, 2023 17:19
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Thank you for bumping this thread! I hadn't seen my favorite comfort musical mentioned: The Band Wagon (1953) It's not great, but it works for me on the same level as Singin in the Rain. And if we're not done dumping on LLM, I want to say that Mary Poppins Returns is a charmless abomination.
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Just watched Annette with Adam Driver. It's a very interesting although very dark musical. It has a thing where Annette is played by a wooden doll, but it's not just a child actor contract thing it's actually symbolic and intentional.
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