Over the next few months, expect Chazelle to be praised the world over as the man who brought the big -
time movie musical back from the dead, but he's not nearly as stuck in the past as his film's flawed hero.
Not exact matches
Despite being addicted to both
movies and music I'm not into
musicals — with very few exceptions (one that comes to mind right now is Moulin Rouge), it seems impossible for me to enjoy that kind of
movie, no matter how hard I try — like the four
times I tried watching Chicago with no success (the
movie made me fall asleep every single
time and I wasn't even tired).
Though there is not enough free
time I have a lot of interests and hobbies, as there are
musical theater, sailing, folk music,
movies, politics,...
It announces this with the simple words, «Once upon a
time...» and consistently reminds the viewer it is phony through its highly stylized dialogue, theatrical staging, and
musical cues quoted from other distinctly flavored
movies.
Steele was popular in England during the
time this film was released, and the
movie is mainly a showcase for its star's
musical talents, with songs including the title tune and others such as Little White Bull.
While it's not a perfect film by any means — a lack of catchy
musical numbers and a questionable shift of focus in the film's latter half knock Megamind down a few pegs — the lively cast and interesting flip on the superhero concept make it a fun
time at the
movies for viewers of all ages.
The
movie was nominated for an impressive 13 Oscar Nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Spielburg), Best Actor (Danny Glover), Best Actress (Whoopi Goldberg), Best Supporting Actress Nominations for Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery, along with Best Supporting Actor (Adolph Caesar), and Best Original
Musical Score for a Motion Picture (Quincy Jones) which was the first
time in any Spielburg produced film that composer John Williams did not compose a film score for a Spielburg
movie.
The 1965 screen adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, which included two new songs written by Richard Rodgers alone, ended up as the most profitable
movie musical of all
time.
[font = Century Gothic][color = blue] The latest version of «Reefer Madness» is a
musical that is a remake / parody of the original 1930's anti-drug
movie (which I've never seen even though I've seen clips from
time to
time.
The iconic original film means so much to me personally, and I look forward to creating an original
movie musical that can bring Mary Poppins, and her message that childlike wonder can be found in even the most challenging of
times, to a whole new generation,» said Rob Marshall in a statement.
Backstage Disney offers a look at the adaptation of the
movie into a Broadway
Musical (Mary Poppins: From Page to Stage), a peek at the Broadway cast performing a song and dance routine (Step In
Time) and a MP3 version of Step In
Time (featuring Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee, stars of the Broadway production).
With the
movie musical adaptation «Annie» gearing up for its December 19th release, actress Cameron Diaz returned to Studio 8H for the first
time since 2005 to host «Saturday Night Live.»
Also they don't give the
movie much
time to breath in between
musical numbers and some do just feel like music videos slammed into the
movie.
The
movie itself is the highest - grossing non-animated
musical of all
time, grossing $ 609.8 million worldwide, which means both the Mamma Mia!
One other
movie that barely was finished in
time — «Wolf of Wall Street,» which had to postpone its release for more than a month from Nov. 15 because director Martin Scorsese was behind schedule — collected a nomination for star Leonardo DiCaprio in the comedy or
musical actor race.
But the film, which tells the story of how mystery man Tommy Wiseau made what's often been called the worst
movie of all
time, The Room, has earned mostly positive reviews and was nominated for two Golden Globes, including Best Picture (Comedy or
Musical.)
For a
movie that's considered by many to be the best
musical of all
time, it's surprising that Warner Bros. took so long to release it on Blu - ray, although you could say the same for a lot of their classic titles.
Waste no
time going after today's top gig: a lead in the upcoming Steven Spielberg remake of the classic
movie musical «West Side Story.»
The
movie explores the lack of empathy for one another, while at the same
time operates on many levels including as a suspense thriller, a character - driven piece, a
musical (there's a even great dance number) and finally a story of love, grief and loss.
practically insured its transformation into a
movie musical, especially at a
time when the once dormant genre has made a cautious comeback with The Producers and Hair Spray.
The iconic original film means so much to me personally, and I look forward to creating an original
movie musical that can bring Mary Poppins, and her message that childlike wonder can be found in even the most challenging of
times, to a whole new generation,» says Marshall in the news release.
When the world wanted to bury the
movie musical, Fox gave them the Academy Award winning Sound of Music, considered by many to be the best
musical of all
time.
In fact, when asked which were my favorite
movies of the festival, I alternated between two answers: «La La Land,» which astonished and delighted me with its audacious turn on the classic Hollywood
movie musical; or, if I felt more paradoxical, I'd say, «My favorite
movie at Telluride is one I saw in Bologna, Bertrand Tavernier's three - hour - and - ten - minute «My Journey through French Cinema,» which I wish I had
time to see again here.»
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The
movies «Boyhood» and «Birdman» have been frontrunners for some
time and they received nods for Best Picture, as did «The Grand Budapest Hotel,» which got a boost when it received the best comedy or
musical prize at the Golden Globes.
The ongoing emphasis on charming
musical numbers and oddball (yet funny) subplots effectively keeps things interesting, and yet it's worth noting that Trolls does begin to peter out once it passes the one - hour mark - with the
movie eventually (and inevitably) progressing into a spinning - its - wheels third act that's rife with
time - wasting elements (including an eye - rollingly ineffective melodramatic stretch).
Midway through an 11 o'clock number set in a bar in «The Greatest Showman» — there are several such numbers; this
movie musical's turned up to 11 all the
time — Hugh Jackman, as impresario P.T. Barnum, ends his song and departs.
And I look forward to creating an original
movie musical that can bring Mary Poppins, and her message that childlike wonder can be found in even the most challenging of
times, to a whole new generation.»
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The themes that Jim Henson's electric Kool - Aid acid trip tackles through its tacky sketches, instantly - dated guest stars, and cobwebbed
musical interludes run the gamut from loneliness (a disturbing rendition of Jim Croce's «
Time in a Bottle» in which a Muppet mutilates and pickles himself) to war (a version of Buffalo Springfield's «For What It's Worth» sung by forest animals being terrorized by mad redneck hunters) to exotic burlesques that predict the melancholia lacing The Dark Crystal and the eternally underestimated The Muppet
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It truly makes me angry to see these young actresses sell themselves short of brilliance so they can star in mainstream romantic comedies (Dear John, Letters to Juliet), silly fairy tale films (Red Riding Hood), underwhelming
musicals (Mamma Mia), stupid horror flicks (Jennifer's Body) or want to be action
movies (In
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If you're Randal Kleiser, you graduate to features, where you're first film, «Grease,» remains, almost four decades later, the highest grossing
movie musical of all
time.
That's why in theory his helming of Stephen Sondheim's dark Broadway
musical seems right and why for a decent amount of
time the
movie works as pure visual spectacle.
MS: You went from directing one of the most popular television films of all
time («The Boy in the Plastic Bubble») to helming the most popular
movie musical as a first
time feature film director.
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However, when the
movie plays so close to the original text, always rushing to the next grand
musical number, it doesn't give itself enough
time to quite give Emma Watson anything else to do but be that love interest.
In fact, the
musical sequences are the highlight of the film, but the whole thing wouldn't work without Chadwick Boseman's incredible performance as the Godfather of Soul, holding the audience's attention even as the
movie continuously jumps back and forth in
time with a funked - up chronological order that would make Quentin Tarantino's head spin.
«The Greatest Showman» No one has reportedly seen Hugh Jackman's P.T. Barnum
musical yet, and while songs from the film (and signed sheet music) were sent to Broadcast Film Critics Association members, the
movie has not arrived yet and may not in
time for the nomination deadline.
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movie musical of all
time.
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