I'm sure we had a thread about musicals being rubbish before...

[wordsfromlee]

Just now, RancidPunx said:

Is Green Day’s “American Idiot : The Musical “ objectively any good ? 

No, of course not.

[Hannibal Scorch]

I’d add that in my opinion Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon are musicals for people who don’t like musicals. Both made me laugh more then comedy gigs I’ve been to (and no, I’ve never seen Michael McIntyre)

[ReturnOfTheMack]

Avenue Q was slightly more tolerable than most, it was still fairly shit.

[King Coconut]

2 hours ago, Frankie Crisp said:

Basically, musicals are only good if I like the music in them.

This is why Houchen will agree that We Will Rock You is exempt from this thread.

[Surf Digby]

3 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

I know #bekind and all that, and I know I'm no oil painting, but ALW is one absolute ugly bastard isn't he?

According to Sarah Brightman, he's hung like a horse.

[Keith Houchen]

2 hours ago, King Coconut said:

This is why Houchen will agree that We Will Rock You is exempt from this thread.

Queen AND Ben Elton. The axis of evil. 

[neil]

I watched the movie version of Rent a while ago and apart from having a lazy lob-on for Idina Menzel I found myself cheering for AIDS in it.

[Carbomb]

Good to see someone else appreciates Adele Dazeem

[air_raid]

I didn’t realize I hated musicals until I watched Rocket Man. Now, I don’t want to get into if people think Bohemian Rhapsody was a good film or not, personally I loved it (dalliances with the truth notwithstanding), but my point is there’s only a song when it makes sense - Mercury writing a song, band practicing a song, band on stage etc. I watched Rocket Man hoping for a similar experience and instead was treated to a bunch of people beating the shit out of each other while also singing happily to Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting then breaking into pirouettes and jazz hands. Shit.

South Park gets a pass, obviously. I’ve never seen a man eat so many chicken wings.

Edited December 15, 2021 by air_raid

[Surf Digby]

16 hours ago, air_raid said:

I don’t want to get into if people think Bohemian Rhapsody was a good film or not, personally I loved it (dalliances with the truth notwithstanding), but my point is there’s only a song when it makes sense - Mercury writing a song, band practicing a song, band on stage etc.

A story about people singing songs isn't a musical. People singing songs to tell the story is.

The Blues Brothers is half and half. 

And fantastic, obviously.

[Devon Malcolm]

The Blues Brothers isn't a musical, it's a film with music in it. Can't speak for Bohemian Rhapsody, I'm never watching the bloody thing. Although I am intrigued as to whether Rami Malek is really shit or just merely shit in it. 

[Surf Digby]

39 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said:

The Blues Brothers isn't a musical, it's a film with music in it. 

Where does the music come from when they're in the soul food cafe? The band aren't playing, it's not coming over the radio, it just appears spontaneously to allow Mrs Murphy to put her thoughts into song.

At that moment, it's a musical.

[Devon Malcolm]

7 minutes ago, Nostalgia Nonce said:

Where does the music come from when they're in the soul food cafe? The band aren't playing, it's not coming over the radio, it just appears spontaneously to allow Mrs Murphy to put her thoughts into song.

At that moment, it's a musical.

I don't remember that scene actually, I've only seen it once and it was a good few years back. But I watched a film today called Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar which had a moment that sounds like that. While frowned upon, I wouldn't say it makes it a musical.

[Surf Digby]

 

[Keith Houchen]

21 minutes ago, Nostalgia Nonce said:

Where does the music come from when they're in the soul food cafe? The band aren't playing, it's not coming over the radio, it just appears spontaneously to allow Mrs Murphy to put her thoughts into song.

At that moment, it's a musical.

By that token, is Magnolia a musical when they all sing along to Aimee Mann? Not for me, Clive.