Paid Members gmoney Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, King Coconut said: Was that bollocks what Springsteen did for Netflix a musical? Philadelphia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 If we're going by Pat's logic then This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind are musicals as well, and they're not. They're films about music, but every song that's performed in the film is a part of the narrative of the movie, rather than the spontaneous musical numbers characters break into. A bit like Bohemian Rhapsody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, jazzygeofferz said: If we're going by Pat's logic then This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind are musicals as well, and they're not. They're films about music, but every song that's performed in the film is a part of the narrative of the movie, rather than the spontaneous musical numbers characters break into. A bit like Bohemian Rhapsody. They are both (Mock)documentaries. That’s another genre entirely.  Bohemian Rhapsody is shit. Remi Malik is probably the best I’ve seen him, but that’s a low bar. Oh, and nice to see the kid from Jurassic Park turn up as one of Queen without the flamboyance or poodle hair. So which ever one’s are left from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 Exactly like I said, not musicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Oh, and nice to see the kid from Jurassic Park turn up as one of Queen without the flamboyance or poodle hair. So which ever one’s are left from there. John Deacon, the one that had the good grace to retire before they tried that awful cosmos rocks comeback album with him out of Bad Company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 5 hours ago, Steve Justice said: Does Labyrinth count as a musical? Wouldn't think so. A few David Bowie songs are in there, but that was the same for mostly every Bowie film released around then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, bAzTNM#1 said: Wouldn't think so. A few David Bowie songs are in there, but that was the same for mostly every Bowie film released around then. Songs written for a film plus dance numbers = musical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 8 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Songs written for a film plus dance numbers = musical. It probably is more of a musical but I just don't see it like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, bAzTNM#1 said: It probably is more of a musical but I just don't see it like that. I don’t either if I’m honest. I’m just going by the dictionary definition. Maybe the UKFF can start a campaign to get the definition changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 My favourite musical is The Wicker Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, Chris B said: My favourite musical is The Wicker Man. Which version? OG or Nic Cage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted December 16, 2021 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2021 5 hours ago, HarmonicGenerator said: Although the other The Producers, which is a film of the musical of the film, is a musical. And its fucking shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Which version? OG or Nic Cage? The one with songs in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted December 16, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2021 We need to think carefully about how we're defining musicals here, because The Blues Brothers is fucking brilliant, so if we're counting it as a musical then we're all going to have to agree that not all musicals are rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Coconut Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 According to the OED: Originally U.S. A play or film in which singing and dancing play an essential part. So Back to the Future is a musical but Bohemian Rhapsody isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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