Which HairSpray movie do you prefer? The 1988 or 2007?
@sweetangel2617 (16)
United States
July 28, 2007 3:27am CST
Me personally I liked the current one with Nikki. I did like Ricki Lake playing Tracy too but preferred the 2007. I watched that one first then saw the original.. It showed me why at the end she has straight hair and not the big bob when she dances. I had wondered about that.. In the orginial they show her straightening it with an iron, a real clothers iron. One thing that I did not get is why they didn't show more kissing between Tracy and Link like in the original. I had heard that they kiss and was doubting it because it never showed until the ending.... Love to here any reponses you guys have and to know which one you like better out of the two...
7 responses
@bowtieguy (5915)
• United States
6 Aug 07
I like the cast in the new one better, they just seem to add a lot more life to the movie then the original cast ever could.
@sweetangel2617 (16)
• United States
7 Aug 07
true that, true that... I liked Zac Efron as Link, Nikki as Tracy, Amanda as Penny, well all of them....is was a good cast and a great movie to me
@Buggheart (445)
• United States
5 Aug 07
I love the new one but I'm kind of biased as it's the first one I've seen. The 1988 version was on cable last week and I watched it for about half an hour and couldn't stand it so I turned it off. I love the new version and will be buying it when it comes out on DVD. Loved the songs, loved Nikki.
@sweetangel2617 (16)
• United States
7 Aug 07
Thats what happened to me too. I watched the new one first then saw the old one.. I almost turned it off too but stuck with to see where they were going with this. I saw some things that weren't explained in the new one in the old one and in my head I am going OOOOhhhhhh, thats why ...... for certain things in the new one...Loved the songs in the new one last time I saw the movie was a week ago and I stgill have the songs in my head... LOL
@mishastar (734)
• United States
29 Jul 07
I am kinda half and half with the original version and the 2007 version of the Hairspray movie. I really wish that the 2007 version had kepted the scene when Tracy and the gang ran into the house with the beatniks. As well as the scene at the Fair, but I guess the movie producers where trying to make sure that people of todays generation would understand the issues.
@sweetangel2617 (16)
• United States
30 Jul 07
yea I liked the scene with the beatniks too that's where they get the term checkerboard chick and to iron their hair.
@damitajoey (99)
•
17 Sep 07
I like the 2007 one because Zac Efron starred jin it. kinda have a crush on him. I havent seen the 1988 one.
@LatinaLove (22)
• United States
16 Sep 07
I definitely liked the new one better. I wasn't that big of a fan of the older one. The new one I LOVED. They had a great cast that worked really well together. I still can't get those songs out of my head =)
@thefriendlyghost (68)
• Canada
13 Oct 07
I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the new one. The first one would have been good if I had seen it first but I didn't and wasn't too impressed by it.. The new one TOTALLY blew it out of the water. That's my new all time FAVOURITE movie. It's SO awesome. I freakin LOVE John Travolta. And they totally didn't make a big enough deal about Link in the first one. I'm also a HUGE fan of Amanda Bynes (Penny Pingleton in the new one) so it was awesome that she was in it too. Yay Hairspray!!!!
@tentwo67 (3382)
• United States
10 Aug 07
I liked the new one much better. I haven't seen the 1988 version in many years, but I recognized a sweetness to the 2007 version that I didn't feel in the Rikki Lake version. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was great!
