The Greatest Showman is a movie musical based (read loosely) on the life of PT Barnum and the creation of Barnum Circus. The liberties that are taken in the telling of this story are disgusting, honestly. But, hey, at least the music is good. Look, if you’re going to make a musical out of the story of PT Barnum and his circus, you have to … Continue reading Movie Musical Monday: The Greatest Showman
No joke. I think I have conditioned myself to fall asleep whenever I watch this film. Not because it’s bad or boring. Not at all. This just happens to be one of my “bedtime movies”. Whenever I want something to play on my television while I try to fall asleep, this is one of the films that I put on. And 9 times out of … Continue reading Movie Musical Mondays: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Real talk: this is one of my all-time favorite movie musicals. I find very few flaws within it (mind you, the version that I own is the director’s cut, as I do have trouble with the original theatrical ending. But, I’ll get into that in a little bit). So, for those of you who don’t know, Little Shop of Horrors is a movie musical that … Continue reading Movie Musical Mondays: Little Shop of Horrors
“Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. He served a dark and a vengeful god. What happened then, well, that’s the play And he wouldn’t want us to give it away. Not Sweeney. Not Sweeney Todd. The demon barber of Fleet Street” These, my friends, are lyrics that you will not hear in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony award winning musical of the same … Continue reading Movie Musical Mondays: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Newsies is one of those films that, while it flopped in theaters upon its original release, came back with a vengeance when it was released on VHS. For those of you who don’t know, Newsies is a musical loosely based on the Newsboy’s Strike of 1899, when Joseph Pulitzer and William Hearst hiked up the cost of papers for the young boys delivering those papers. … Continue reading Movie Musical Mondays: Newsies
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on there. The Hunchback of Notre Dame? Really?” That is what I presume you are thinking at this very moment. Just hear me out. Let me start out with the biggest complaint I hear about this film. The story becomes lighthearted. The book by Victor Hugo is not lighthearted, not in any way. So, I get the confusion and the … Continue reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame: One of Disney’s Most Underrated Films
