Favourite Musicals
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Marin3 muscl3
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I don't think Chicago is underated by fans of musicals but it may be by other people not because it isn't good but because of unfamiliarity. The other films have been around for decades. Many people grew up with them so are familiar with them.
I'm sure you could list a lot of non-musical films that are great and classics, but if you then took them to someone aged 30 or under they've either never heard of them or never seen them. They're familar with the films they grew up with.
I was lucky enough to grow up through the seventies when there used to be at least one film on a Saturday afternoon on BBC2. So I grew up watching John Wayne, Fred Astaire, Doris Day, James Stewart. This means I am familiar with their work. Younger people don't get the opportunity to see their films so they are either unknowns or just names they have heard of.
Although a modern film, I think Chicago is likely to be on the same level as films like Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, Thoroughly Modern Mille and Victor Victoria. Not underated more pretty much overlooked.
I'm sure you could list a lot of non-musical films that are great and classics, but if you then took them to someone aged 30 or under they've either never heard of them or never seen them. They're familar with the films they grew up with.
I was lucky enough to grow up through the seventies when there used to be at least one film on a Saturday afternoon on BBC2. So I grew up watching John Wayne, Fred Astaire, Doris Day, James Stewart. This means I am familiar with their work. Younger people don't get the opportunity to see their films so they are either unknowns or just names they have heard of.
Although a modern film, I think Chicago is likely to be on the same level as films like Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, Thoroughly Modern Mille and Victor Victoria. Not underated more pretty much overlooked.
i wsh i was dead
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I love musicals. 
Film:
The Producers
My Fair Lady
Hairspray
Annie
Oliver
Sweeney Todd
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Stage:
The Producers
La Cage Aux Folles
Avenue Q
The Lion King
Film:
The Producers
My Fair Lady
Hairspray
Annie
Oliver
Sweeney Todd
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Stage:
The Producers
La Cage Aux Folles
Avenue Q
The Lion King
kyle the fun kidd
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No particular order:
Evita
Meet Me In St Louis
I Could Go On Singing
Sweeny Todd
Calamity Jane
A Star Is Born ( Judy Garland and James Mason)
Cabaret
Evita
Meet Me In St Louis
I Could Go On Singing
Sweeny Todd
Calamity Jane
A Star Is Born ( Judy Garland and James Mason)
Cabaret
Caribou "QUIT" Barbie™
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OMG, I forgot Yentl
FlooRAB of tears, I mean flooRAB!
And of course Cabaret (thank you earthling13)
"Me and My Shadows". A TV film I know. Unbelieveable!
And finally, and not least, how could I forget, "The Rose" and the Divine Miss M!!!
In fact, any film that has a good old sing song, someone dies or someone has unrequited love, "man the lifeboats", I'm crying!
FlooRAB of tears, I mean flooRAB!
And of course Cabaret (thank you earthling13)
"Me and My Shadows". A TV film I know. Unbelieveable!
And finally, and not least, how could I forget, "The Rose" and the Divine Miss M!!!
In fact, any film that has a good old sing song, someone dies or someone has unrequited love, "man the lifeboats", I'm crying!
imported_bre_bre
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The Blues Brothers
The Committments
The music fitted in with the films without any silly, off the cuff "hey, lets sing/dance" moments.
The Committments
The music fitted in with the films without any silly, off the cuff "hey, lets sing/dance" moments.
tickle monster
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Never seen it. I keep meaning too when it occasionally turns up on the Sky film channels.
physics help
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Film:
Moulin Rouge
Sound of Music
Hairspray
Grease
Rent
West side story
the king and I
Sweeney Todd - eating pies is just never the same after watching this film lol
Stage:
Joseph
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Blood Brothers
legally Blonde
Next to normal
Moulin Rouge
Sound of Music
Hairspray
Grease
Rent
West side story
the king and I
Sweeney Todd - eating pies is just never the same after watching this film lol
Stage:
Joseph
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Blood Brothers
legally Blonde
Next to normal
lil_c200516101
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Film:
Singin In The Rain
The Rocky Horror Show
Grease
West Side Story
Mary Poppins
The Wizard of Oz
Stage
Mamma Mia, and I hate the film
Avenue Q
Cabaret
Singin In The Rain
The Rocky Horror Show
Grease
West Side Story
Mary Poppins
The Wizard of Oz
Stage
Mamma Mia, and I hate the film
Avenue Q
Cabaret
iamlikesocool
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Carousel !!!!!
Capt Artoro Li
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The Wizard of Oz (film)
Singin' In The Rain (film)
The Phantom of the Opera (stage)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) (film)
If this counts - any number of Disneys - Lion King, Pinocchio etc
Mary Poppins (film)
Other fun musicals (stage) were Dr. Dolittle and Spamalot
Great songs.
I remember Calamity Jane - good fun. I used to watch it in primary school
Singin' In The Rain (film)
The Phantom of the Opera (stage)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) (film)
If this counts - any number of Disneys - Lion King, Pinocchio etc
Mary Poppins (film)
Other fun musicals (stage) were Dr. Dolittle and Spamalot
Great songs.I remember Calamity Jane - good fun. I used to watch it in primary school
misterdude123
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Jesus Christ Superstar
Guys And Dolls
Guys And Dolls