"Musicals"

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wild greens

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Brigadoon has a half-decent off-kilter story, the version from the 1950s is occasionally great to look at

Two American tourists lost in the Highlands stumble across a mythical Scottish village that only appears for one day every 100 years, one of the yanks falls in love with a ghost effectively - or is she - long periods of silence with just orchestra swells etc. Mysterious secrets afoot

Its the best one i think but people singing in films is mostly boring

 
Benny Bunter

Benny Bunter

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Corpsey said:

It occurs to me that this is like something from a musical (or opera). Hugely overblown and melodramatic.

And of course I (semi guiltily) love it, it overwhelms me, just as those soaring Disney ballads do.

Not sure how much RnB resides in this Broadway/Opera zone. Reminded of boxedjoys's "too sexy for sex" or whatever it was lmao I've probably garbled it - but you know, emotions that are TOO much.
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That Usher song is a classic. A lot of K Michelle's stuff has that overblown soaring Disney mega ballad sound
 
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catalog

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version said:
I was curious about this as it's Leos Carax who did Holy Motors, but I dunno that I can be arsed. I'm not even sure I liked HM that much, although it certainly made an impression.
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Yeah this is the same sort of thing. It's unsavoury in a lot of ways, but the strangeness of the concept keeps you watching. I like Leos carax.
 
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catalog

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I don't like the bjork one even though its got Catherine deveuve who I love. Cos bjork is so annoying and it's depressing from minute 1 that film.

But trapped in the closet was hilarious even though we have had to subsequently double cancel r Kelly.
 
william_kent

william_kent

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Trapped in the Closet runs out of steam and never really reaches a conclusion, but as @catalog mentions it is hilarious, and it was disconcerting to see Omar Little from The Wire playing a policeman
 
WashYourHands

WashYourHands

Cat Malogen
Once you get dragged to Annie twice, by sisters and then school, the logical conclusion from said trauma is that all musicals of this nature should be banned for 100,000 years
 
WashYourHands

WashYourHands

Cat Malogen
I have another musical trauma with a speechless part playing a monster made of papier-mâché

The confluence of problems escalated when the stage was formed around these old pillars holding up the roof and a gap in the blocks had been left

Waited stage left, got cue, charged forward and plummeted down into this hole of blackness, one leg hanging out, papier-mâché monster head all caved in. All the parents rushed forward gathering trying to pull me out, so when I got lifted all the way out the show had to go on fucked monster head n all

Never been the same since
 
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DannyL

Wild Horses
I enjoyed Carax's Annette a lot but I think given Dissensus' tendency to hate most things, it would get a frosty reception here.
 
luka

luka

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Do we hate most things? I was talking to my sister about this cos her partner is a bit basic pot noodle man and he says she's the hardest person in the world to please, which in turn is what she says about me. We decided it's to do with expectations, where your bar is set in terms of how good it could be and should be.
 
maxi

maxi

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snow white is good. this song became a jazz standard and miles davis even named an album after it. hard to imagine that happening with something out of Frozen or whatever
 
woops

woops

is not like other people
what about Hair? I've never seen it but it has some counter culture value doesn't it? or it doesn't anymore?

luka said:
Do we hate most things? I was talking to my sister about this cos her partner is a bit basic pot noodle man and he says she's the hardest person in the world to please, which in turn is what she says about me. We decided it's to do with expectations, where your bar is set in terms of how good it could be and should be.
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are you using the word "basic" advisedly, 'cos it's what the youth say isn't it, my mate's daughter doesn't want him to move them out of london cos she doesn't want to have "basic friends"
 
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