Aw, you didn't enjoy it? Lol everyone I know who saw it loved it. But then, you and they have vastly different tastes. I'd like to know, tho--is there a movie musical out there that you do enjoy, MovieBob?
Musicals are like going to a bar. I never really get the urge to go, but once I get dragged there I have a good time. For me, the music heightens the emotion of the scene and has a tendency to "lock it in". Hearing the song in the future brings back the emotional state of the acted scene pretty easily.Frybird said:...I don't like the notion of "I don't like musicals" though, because i very much think to hate Musicals in General you either gotta hate Singing or Movies.
Maybe its just me, but i dont get the "your stupid" impression at all he is just a guy that is very passionate about his opinion like most "nerds" (i use the word kindly as i identify my self as one) i feel like he is more just drawing his line in the sand saying this is where i am your with me or your not but i have never got the "your stupid" impression... guess its just a difference of viewSlightlyEvil said:To me, the problem isn't that he hates things. It's that his attitude is so often "if you disagree with me, you're an idiot." See also: Amazing Spider-Man (which, while far from being a classic, I thought was at least decent), any given FPS (more true in the Game Overthinker than here).Devin Barker said:why does everyone act like bob is not allowed to dislike things... its a review show...thats his review... suck it up
For the record, I thought Hooper's direction during the solos was boring and sleep-inducing, even when the actor was giving a good performance. Uninterrupted solo close-ups get tiring after the first 2 minutes. More or less everything else, I really liked. Except Russell Crowe, of course, that almost goes without saying.
I like it too, not sure why it bothers some people or "takes them out of the review", like they need to feel immersed in a movie review anyway, haha.Alcaste said:I love the slippery accent. It actually conveys an idea in and of itself that he's more emotionally invested than usual.
Well, I don't know if it would have made the movie work any better, but it makes the stage version flow a lot better than most musicals. Rather than awkwardly transitioning from traditional script to 'Big Musical Number' at every convenient plot point with no regard for pacing, having singing all the way though changes the singing from a token distraction to a narrative technique. That way, the 'story' doesn't have to suffer for the benefit of the 'show'.DVS BSTrD said:Okay, Okay you weren't just being ahltunative. You really don' like this movie do you.
Can't say I'd like the idea of a constantly sung movie either, especially since I've seen one of the old black and white versions (not sure which but it was one of the American ones)
If anything he should be the one to play Jean Valjean.Andrew Siribohdi said:But I thought Russell Crowe was miscast as Javert.
I agree. Pick an accent and stick it, Bob. You were doing so well until recently, now there's this schizophrenic voice thing going on. If you want to use your MovieBob standard voice, do it. If you want to have a whole video comprised of your roots Raging Boston self, do it. Stop slipping on ice with it throughout one video like you can't make up your mind. It only moves to distract at this point. There's nothing cute or endearing about it.foxtrot3100 said:Damnit Bob, pick an accent and stick w/ it! This back and forth shit within the same review hurts my ears.
Let's see, he had two of the best actors of this generation in a single room with a great script. Giving him Best Director was the equivalent of giving the guy who took this picture credit for winning World War II:Aiddon said:and this is why they shouldn't make movies out of stage musicals; both have such different sense of flow that things have to be heavily adapted in order for them to work.
Also, this all but confirms to me that Hooper didn't get his Oscar because of his actual skill as a director.
Um...Have you watched the review for only 15 seconds?samus17 said:All I got from Bob on this one was:
I've read the book and it's not as good
and
I don't do musicals and here's why
Not really, no. In a musical of this caliber, at best he should have been cast as the key grip. Definitely not Valjean; he was already in his "head voice" trying to sing a baritone part, and Valjean is a tenor role.DVS BSTrD said:If anything he should be the one to play Jean Valjean.Andrew Siribohdi said:But I thought Russell Crowe was miscast as Javert.
Or Dishonored. I see dogs attacking my arm and myself throwing some bourgeois on the floor in my sleep now, all to the tune of some 10yo Other-Cultured girl singing nonsense.Leximodicon said:First video I've seen in 9 months on this site without a WoW: Pandaria ad. Thank God.
I like sex and I like social gatherings.Frybird said:...I don't like the notion of "I don't like musicals" though, because i very much think to hate Musicals in General you either gotta hate Singing or Movies.