I just hope that whoever buys it makes it widely available to see, and it's not one of those "We're putting it in movie theaters, but only two theaters per state, and we're only showing it for one day at 2:00 and 7:00" sorts of things.
The only way this can work is if they keep a handful of the best songs, junk the rest, and build an entirely new plot around Grizzabella, Macavity's efforts against the cats, and Old Deuteronomy. A very loosely connected collection of cat songs isn't going to cut it in a movie.
It will probably bear about as much resemblance to the original show as the "Peter Rabbit" CGI movie bears to the original Beatrix Potter book, or the 'Polar Express' movie be
I'm having a very hard time visualizing this. It's a dance musical with one very famous song and no real story. None of these actors are dancers so I'm guessing they're going to axe the dancing, and there's really nothing left except for "Memory" and a ton of songs ranging from cute to not-bad to mediocre.
What are they going to use for a plot? Is this going to resemble the musical at all or are they just going to keep the best songs and make up some b
So James Earl Jones now has to go and try to replicate a performance he gave in a movie 24 years ago and do his best not to sound like he's 86. That's going to be a challenge.
He definitely divorced Roxie, at least in the movie version, because at the end she's desperately searching for work and doesn't even have a room with a toilet. I would think that once he found out she lied to him about being pregnant, he was finally smart enough to see that her for what she was and bailed. You do hope that he eventually found some nice woman who appreciated him.
I've seen parts of that one, I'll have to check the whole thing out. I think it's on YouTube.
As for this movie version of the musical, I wouldn't hold my breath. A few years ago there were two separate adaptations of ATOTC announced and neither one has happened so far. I can't see anyone wanting to invest in what would have to be an expensive movie version of a flop musical.
You want to make a movie musical about the French Revolution, make a movie out of the recent musical version of The Scarlet Pimpernel. It'd be a lot more fun. The plot needs some work, especially the ending, but I think it'd make a much better film.
ATOTC has a few good songs but it's mostly a grim slog. If I want to see that story, I'll watch the 1935 classic version with Ronald Colman. It's one of my favorite movies.
jo said: "Nice to reminisce with you once again, SueB <<
:) Good to see you again too, Jo!
I didn't hate the movie. There is much about it that I'd do differently (no live singing, different director, replace Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter, don't chop up some of the songs as much) but I also liked o
SueB -- were you the same poster on IMDB who was in a big group monitoring the filming developments of Les Miserables?<<
Yeah, that was me! :) That was fun, following the movie during its development. Too bad the boards are gone now, but it was interesting while it lasted!
Do you remember that someone joined us briefly for discussions and then he eventually turned out to be the Oscar winner for Sound for the movie ( I think his name is Simon Hayes)?<<
I think Russell Crowe's performance would have been better if he hadn't had to spend every song trying to focus on hitting the notes.
Hugh Jackman also had obvious trouble with Bring Him Home. He was clearly straining, something that wouldn't have been the case if it had been prerecorded. Hooper never should have had him shouting that song, it was supposed to be a quiet song of prayer.
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