Cinematical’s Friday Night Double Feature: Underrated Music Movies
Posted on August 7, 2008 - Filed Under Musical
Filed under: Music & Musicals, Fandom, Home Entertainment, Friday Night Double Feature
Right off the bat, I must say: While I love music in film, I don’t like most of the musicals out there. Try as I might, most just inspire me to daydream through the musical numbers. But those that capture me, I adore. I never get tired of the rapid wordplay from Pirates of Penzance. I love most of the music in Moulin Rouge — especially the inclusions of Lamb’s “Gorecki.” If it’s done right, I’m a fan forever (Evil Dead: The Musical).
Surprisingly enough, there are two films that came out in the last year that I really dug, even though they really didn’t hit the mark with fans. They came, they danced, they crooned, and they fell flat. I sat down to watch both of these expecting disappointment, and in one case, I was digging it from the first minute, and the other, I just couldn’t stop giggling. In a very brief journey back in time, I give you: Across the Universe and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.
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