What's your favourite musical movie? c",)

@tidgea (355)
Philippines
August 25, 2008 8:23am CST
Almost every year, movie companies release a musical flick. Theres alot of titles that come up, with many different storylines. Theres a gruesome musical movie, a love story, a classical and almost everything you can think of. Almost all of these movies are adapted from their broadway originals. Do you like watching musicals? Do you consider these films to be chickflicks? Whats your all time favourite musical?
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• Philippines
25 Aug 08
Hi! I'm not much of a musical movie person but I've seen few and I like them. I like Mary Poppins and Beyond The Sea (2004, starring Kevin Spacey). I think I'd like to watch Mamma Mia too because the musical trailer was playing almost everytime in the past on two or three different channels. At first I didn't like the song but the more I hear it the more I like it.
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• United States
25 Aug 08
I watched beyong the sea and i think they have some good music in there . Also i am sure i would love mama mia . i already sing that one song !
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
I havent seen Beyond The Sea. I hope you will like Mamma Mia. I think its good, Meryl Streep was great in portraying her role. Pierce Brosnan was good as well. Its kinda funny watching the two of them sing and dance. The storyline also nice. All of the songs in the movie were from the Swedish 70s group Abba.
@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
26 Aug 08
Well, there are many Good musicals out there. One of my All time favorites continues to be "The Sound of Music." But Oklahoma is a good one as well. Eventually I am hoping to see Mama Mia as the people I know who have seen it say it was really worth their time.
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• United States
26 Aug 08
Phantom of the Opera is my all time favorite. I saw the 2004 movie version and absolutly loved it! Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum were great!!! He's very sexyl and they both have really great voices. I listen to the sound track all the time; watch the movie a lot. Can't get enough! My niece even loves that movie! Has since she was...4 I think; she's 5 now :) She even has the theme song "Phantom of the Opera" memorized word for word! And I never even tried to force the movie on her; she came over one day while I was watching it (it was at the end) and she wanted to watch it all! Of course I didn't let her watch the parts where people get killed, I do close her eyes at bad parts. What is your favorite musical tidgea, you didn't say! :)
• United States
28 Aug 08
I love Mary Poppins. I haven't seen any of the newer ones you mentioned; honestly I don't really have an interest to see Chicago or Across the Universe, but I would really like to see Mama Mia, it looks really cute.
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
I have a couple of favourites. I havent had the chance to watch the older ones,I only saw Mary Poppins and Sound of Music. For the newer movies, I like Chicago, Across the universe and Mamma Mia.
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
26 Aug 08
At the moment I would have to say that I just loved the movie Mamma Mia it was so fantastic and I have seen it 3 times now and have already got the sound track with all the cast from the movie singing the songs...
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
2 Sep 08
Yeah I have heard them saying this on the radio and just might have to go and do tha and take my daughter with me as she loved the movie too
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
Abba's songs are really good. I have also heard that Mamma Mia will be showing sing-along version of the movie. Why dont you check that out too. You will have a good time singing along with the casts to the songs of Abba.
@4my1nonly (352)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
I love watching musical movies, like "high school musical" and "music & lyrics"...its not chick flicks, just love it and if your really interesting with that kind of movies, for now "music and lyrics" is my favorite musical movie.
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
hmm... really,maybe we have different kind of knowing what are musical movies, but for me that's my favorite for now. ^__^
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
I believe Music and Lyrics is not a musical. Thats a just movie with a story revolving around the music industry.
@sagittar (107)
• Malta
25 Aug 08
I do not like to wactch musicals but I watched phantom of the opera and I liked it and recently I watched mamma mia, I like the Abba.
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
25 Aug 08
I havent had the chance to watch phantom of the opera. But I have seen mamma mia. Its funny watching Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep sing to the songs of Abba. I love how they connected all of the songs and made a story out of it. Greece as a backdrop for the movie was also quite splendid.
@arcidy (5005)
• United States
27 Aug 08
I hate teen musicals I just dont care to them or relate to them and I cant stand them. I perfer musicals like grease and grease 2 which I both love even though a lot of people hated grease 2 but I love it. I would like to see mamma mia since that has a lot of good songs that I like.
• United States
26 Aug 08
i dont consider musicals to all be chick flicks. recently ive been into across the universe. i really love all the beatles songs in it and i just think it was an amazing movie
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
I totally love across the universe. The songs of the Beatles are really great. I also love it's story. Though the actors are not the well-known, they still managed to pull out great performances.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
26 Aug 08
Personally I am not a big fan of musicals at all..... My wife wants to see "Mamma Mia" for example but I have been holding off on downloading it because I could honestly think of nothing worse and would probably prefer to pull out my own teeth than watch Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep singing ABBA! I like both actors and don't mind ABBA songs either; but who the heck decided to put them all together??? If I did have to come up with one musical movie that I did enjoy it would have to be "Grease!..... It was some time ago with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John but this one was OK!
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
If you like Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and Abba then maybe youll like Mamma Mia.
• United States
25 Aug 08
Once upon a time it was the best form of film. Nowdays it's mostly useless. I liked Mame with Lucielle Ball but otherwise I hate musicals. It's very weird to have two people talking then one breaks into song.
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
I havent seen those musicals you have mentioned. Yes,some of my friends find musicals very funny. From ordinary dialogues, the actors break out and sing. My friends laugh when the actors sing out of nowhere. I guess, many people still watch Musicals nowadays. The latest musical that was released was Mamma Mia, and I guess it also has a good amount of gross income.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Aug 08
I love musicals. My favorite ones are older ones, Gigi, Easter Parade, Brigadoon, etc. Since the 1960's there are too many that were just star vehicles and many of the main characters couldn't sing. I really object to putting somebody in a singing role who can't sing (Pierce Brosnan being the latest example). But there are still good ones, JC Superstar, Grease, Chicago, Rent, etc., since the 60's. And more good ones coming out every year.
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
Yes, I agree. Watching Pierce Brosnan sing and even dance really is funny. The should cast actors that can really carry a tune. Well, I guess they considered his acting prowess more than his singing talent. I am yet to watch those older musicals. I bet they are really great.
@teka44 (3420)
• Brazil
25 Aug 08
Hi tidgea, I like musical movies so much. I have some favorites so I can't named only one. My favorites are: MAME; VICTOR OR VICTORIA; GREESE; SOUND OF MUSIC; MARY POPPINS; IF MY BED CAN FLY; MY FAIR LADY. And about you? what's your favorite musical?
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
I also have many favorite musical movies. But I havent had the chance to see most of the classic musicals... There were only two that I saw, Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Most of the musicals I saw were from the 90s upto the present. I absolutely love Across the Universe. I love the songs of the beatles and I liked how they connected all of the songs and made a story out of it. I just love it. I also like Mamma Mia, Chicago, Dreamgirls, Evita and of course High School Musical.
• United States
26 Aug 08
I love musicals! I recently watched Sweeny Todd, I really enjoyed it. My favorites are Mary Poppins, The Sound Of Music and Grease. My favorite musical is the episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Once More With Feeling. I know it is not a movie but I love it!
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
Yes, Ive also seen that episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Its kinda funny watching Sarah Michelle Gellar do some stunts and then sing the next scene.
@3cardmonte (5098)
25 Aug 08
my favourite musical film would have to be Chicago with renee zellwegger and catherine zeta jones, the songs are too cool for school! especially the cell block tango, my second favourite is cats
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
I also like Chicago. Everything in the movie is pleasing to the eyes. The songs were also great and the dance steps as well. It was also great seeing Richard Geere sing and dance.
@aville44 (125)
• United States
26 Aug 08
well honestly i hate musical movies with a strong passion. including the high school musical mess. it just makes me mad. really... if im watching a musical movie i get really mad. haha. but thats just me... i like movies like... cop movies, action movies, westerns, sports, stuff like that
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
Well, I guess everyone of us has different tastes when it comes to watching movies. But for me, I try to watch all types of movies from different genres. I also watch even the older ones.
@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
25 Aug 08
Of course the answer has to be Grease. I have not seen a musical that can compare to the movie Grease. It will always be my favorite musical I don't think they will ever be able to make a movie that is as good as Grease was. I didn't care for Grease 2 all that well though.
• Denmark
25 Aug 08
Oh yeah Grease is the father to high school musical. Both are some kind of a modern Fairytale
@snowy22315 (182404)
• United States
25 Aug 08
I think Mary Poppins. I dont see Musical movies that often, but that is one that never goes out of style. I just saw Sweeny Todd and thought that was pretty gruesome. The blood and guts were alittle bit too much for me. I tried not to watch the more gruesome scenes though. I thought they were alittle bit much.
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
25 Aug 08
Mary Poppins is really good. Such a classic. Julie Andrews has such great voice. I also love The sound of music which also Julie Andrews. I have also seen Sweeney Todd. Its also an adaptation of a broadway original, and it is really gruesome. Add to that the director of the movie, Tim Burton who always adds some grim into his movies.
@JannaLee (660)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
I've always loved Phantom of the Opera, I guess it captured my heart and mind...I consider this movie as my favorite musical film..It was marvelously created; and sculpted near to perfection...^^ I consider this as one of the most creative work of art of all times...^^
• Philippines
25 Aug 08
The Sound of Music. :) The is THE musical movie of all times...classic, timeless. It has a good storyline and it is REALLY musical. Do, re mi...(hum) And this is not a chickflick. Ths is a family-flick :) Enjoy MyLot!
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
25 Aug 08
Sound of Music is timeless. Its songs really are great. I think most people know the songs from the movie. Its a classic and is a favorite of many. It has a good story and it also has historical significance.
• Denmark
25 Aug 08
The best movie is ยด"High School Musical" :D But the best musical on the theatre is the musical "Rent" or "We will rock you - Queen Musical" But a real Musical has to be seen in the theatre
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
25 Aug 08
Yup, High School Musical is also good. I bet youve already seen HSM 1 and 2. And I guess youre already excited for the 3rd installment. That movie has inspired so many teens and kids out there.
@urdley (17)
• United States
26 Aug 08
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