Do you enjoy watching musicals?
By ctrymuziklvr
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
United States
November 4, 2007 8:16am CST
Looking through the list of available free movies on my cable this morning I came across Fiddler On The Roof one of my favorite musicals. I figured since I intend to be sitting here for awhile and not focusing on what's on tv I will enjoy the music. I know the whole story inside and out and all of the songs.
Do you enjoy watching movies that have a lot of music in them? Do you have any favorites?
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18 responses
@indiogeek1983 (232)
• Philippines
4 Nov 07
i dont like musicals.but ive watched phantom of the opera because i like gerard butler.eventhough his singing sucked..
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
4 Nov 07
lol....I liked that one too and yes the man can't sing!
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@raychill (6525)
• United States
4 Nov 07
Little Shop of Horrors!
Best movie Evar!
The musical version. The orignal version is pretty good too but I really love the musical.
Sound of music is good too and of course Grease. I can't get into a lot of musicals though, like Chicago and Rent. I dunno. They just don't do much for me. A Chorus Line is a pretty good one too.
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@blueunicorn (2401)
• United States
4 Nov 07
Oh, I have seen a musical. I've just forgotten. I saw Little Shop of Horrors. I liked that movie!
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
6 Nov 07
Little Shop was an awesome movie! I think I liked it even better when they turned it into a musical....then it became hysterical!
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
4 Nov 07
All awesome musicals for sure. Out of your list I think Singing in The Rain would be my favorite! Gene Kelly was an awesome performer.
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@maybebaby (1230)
• Canada
4 Nov 07
I love musicals. I love to sing along with them. I have a ton of favorites. I like The Wizard of Oz, Cabaret, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Singing in the Rain and all the Disney musicals too. They just make you feel so happy when they sing and it plays into the storyline.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
6 Nov 07
I didn't think about the Disney movies either! I loved all of them and know all of the songs!
@blueunicorn (2401)
• United States
4 Nov 07
I didn't think of all the Disney movies that are musicals. I guess I have seen and enjoyed many. My favorite is The Beauty and the Beast. I absolutely love the soundtrack to this movie because it tells the whole story from beginning to end.
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@blueunicorn (2401)
• United States
4 Nov 07
I have never really watched musicals, but I keep thinking I should give them a try. I enjoy going to plays that are musicals, but I've never seen a movie one. Maybe I'll put Grease on my Blockbuster queue just to give it a try.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
4 Nov 07
I think Grease would be a great place for you to start. If you like the music and the actors then I think you will enjoy it.
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@blueunicorn (2401)
• United States
4 Nov 07
Well, it's got John Travolta in it, so it can't be all bad!
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@hellboyonthenet (153)
• India
4 Nov 07
Oh where to start... music has, is and always will be a part of my life... i enjoy musicals... They are just brilliant.. Favourites would be th all time favourites.. (Can't help myself hehe!)Grease.(only part one) The Sound of music. Wizard of oz. the fiddler on the roof,singing in the rain,Phantom of the opera. the music in this movie is like a phantom.... just fillin your soul... The recent ones would be... corpse bride, nightmare before christmas. Then the disney classics, the jungle book, The beauty and the beast,the hunch back of notredamn,pochohontas, the prince of eygpt...What else... the very recent moulin rouge, chicago.these are the movies i remember seeing. Yes even though not in the same genre... tarzan... beautiful music, ah yes... alladin... really nice... I'm spellbound wheb i watch these movies.....
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
6 Nov 07
I haven't seen the more recent musicals but I'm sure I'll get around to it one of these days!
@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
5 Nov 07
Yes, two of my favorites are "The Producers" and "Avenue Q".
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
6 Nov 07
I actually haven't seen either one of these. I'll have to check them out!
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
6 Nov 07
I actually have been a fan of musicals since I was just a little kid...In fact every Sunday morning after walking the dog and watching Davey and Goliath I'd watch the Sunday Morning movie which was more often than not a musical...Thats when I became a huge Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers etc etc fan...and Elvis movies LOL used to LOVE those...then of course Marilyn and Audrey etc...
In addition to the classics I love movies like
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Pink Floyd The Wall
Grease
Xanadu
Heavy Metal
Saturday Night Fever
almost all the 80s musical movies LOL like Flashdance, Fame etc
I'm a sucker for that sort of stuff LOL
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
4 Nov 07
"Tradition!" I love Fiddler On The Roof.I love seeing musicals.Do I have any favorites?I have too many to list here but these are a few that come to mind. Chicago, The Sound Of Music, Little Shop Of Horrors, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wizard Of Oz, an American In Paris, Show Boat, A chorus Line. there are more but I can't remember them now.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
6 Nov 07
Rocky Horror...loved it and know it all by heart! You're right there are way to many favorites to list.
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@deadraven999 (1386)
• Saudi Arabia
5 Nov 07
I love musical movies, my big four are:
1-The Rocky Horror Picture Show
2-Tommy
3-Hair
4-The Wall
Note: They aren't in order.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
5 Nov 07
I just love musicals, ctry! I guess it is a holdover from the years I spent watching so many of them when I was growing up. I especially like the movies with Gene Kelly dancing up a storm. I enjoyed the movie "Chicago" so much that I bought it. I also liked "Cats," and wish I could see it in the near future.
@vicki2876 (5636)
• Canada
6 Nov 07
I used to go to them when I was in the city but now there isn't any near here. I have seen many of them but I think that I favorite was when my sister and I went to go to the premiere of Miss Saigon in Toronto. We had third row and it was so amazing.
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
5 Nov 07
I love musicals. My favorites are: Sound of Music; Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Was Chitty, Chitty Bang, Bang a Musical? It's been a long time since I saw it.
The family that Sound of Music is about is in Stowe, Vermont. We get reports about the Von Trap Family Lodge quite often on the 6 O'clock news. It's really neat. I've always wanted to go there. Take care and fun topic!
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
5 Nov 07
I forgot "West Side Story," and how could I forget that? I'm tired, past my bedtime. Take care
@Westwood (7)
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5 Nov 07
Hello there,
I have always loved music, but I've never really thought it works too well in movies. Only when the film is based around the music have I appreciated it, in some films the musical interludes "get in the way" of the story!
Opera or Operetta's is different, mostly the music comes first. Not sure if I make myself clear here, but I enjoy music and songs, enjoy films, just don't think they go too well together, it can appear artificial. You mention Fiddler on the Roof though, that was a good one in my view. Not the sort of film made these days.
Regards, Mark.
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
5 Nov 07
I enjoy musicals although I haven't seen one in a long time. I used to even participate in musicals, usually in the chorus. That was when I was a teenager & early twenties.
@applsofgld (2506)
• United States
5 Nov 07
Oh, I love musicals. But my hubby will not watch anything like that with me. I used to watch them with my daughter, who grew up to be a music major, she teaches it now. But I just love Hello Dolly, Sound of Music, Meet Me in St. Louis. Musicals are so entertaining. I am not a Madonna fan, but she was excellent in Evita with Antonio Banderas. Did you see that one? Excellent musical.
@airlines (44)
• United States
5 Nov 07
i really enjoyed watching musical because they are more entertaining than anything else. How about u.
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