Disagree with blanket hatred but I just saw Wicked in cinema (having seen stage show in good dad mode) and I can definitely wait to see (or just never see) part 2, think having 2 parts is unnecessary. Mean Girls musical (both on stage and cinema) also pointless and maybe underlines what you say about the underlying pointlessness of bursting into song. But disagree about many musicals which are their own thing. Cutting them is like saying there’s never any point in a film adaptation of a book:sometimes there is.
I mostly agree with some exceptions. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, That Thing you Do, Across the Universe..and as a kid I was in Oliver! so I like that one. And Steve Marriott was in the original West End production so there’s that
Same. But I always come back to that thing with the Trainspotting fella, um, Ewan McGregor, what is it?... Ah, yes, Moulin Rouge. I liked that
Disagree with blanket hatred but I just saw Wicked in cinema (having seen stage show in good dad mode) and I can definitely wait to see (or just never see) part 2, think having 2 parts is unnecessary. Mean Girls musical (both on stage and cinema) also pointless and maybe underlines what you say about the underlying pointlessness of bursting into song. But disagree about many musicals which are their own thing. Cutting them is like saying there’s never any point in a film adaptation of a book:sometimes there is.
I feel your pain. That Roger Waters lyric is a personal favorite.
That Thing You Do fits the same bill I guess. A movie more about music. And a band
Yeah that’s like a fictional biopic - great movie, amazing tunes created for it.
Oh, and A Hard Days Night. But is that a musical?
Yeah I mean I guess you can make a case for it - but I don’t see it as a musical.
I mostly agree with some exceptions. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, That Thing you Do, Across the Universe..and as a kid I was in Oliver! so I like that one. And Steve Marriott was in the original West End production so there’s that