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Originally Posted by Thief
Why are we putting Pocahontas in the predictions?? Did I miss the memo where they notified us that film stopped being crap?
Well someone clearly isn't painting with all the colors of the wind!

WARNING: spoilers below
Yeah, it's . . . not great. Even setting aside the historical accuracy part.



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Originally Posted by Takoma11
Well someone clearly isn't painting with all the colors of the wind!

WARNING: spoilers below
Yeah, it's . . . not great. Even setting aside the historical accuracy part.
C'mon now. It's a masterpiece, honest trailers even tells us this much. I really hope it doesn't make this countdown:

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Despite my love for old classic musicals, with Gene Kelly or not, I have never seen An American in Paris. Want to, just haven't. This is turning out to be a glaring problem with me on this countdown. "Haven't seen it. Want to." *sigh*

As for Pink Floyd: The Wall, see above. This was a huge album right out of the gate the Fall after I graduated from high school. So my best friend and I were always listening to it in our vehicles driving around before we got serious about jobs. Everybody else was listening to it, too. But for some reason, I've never seen it or had the opportunity to, outside of buying and I don't really want to do that.

I don't know how to hope for whether something else on my list makes it or not because as @seanc said, the placement of this countdown is all over the map! It does make it very interesting, though

So far:
#1. On the Town #93 (list proper)
#6. Easter Parade #78 (list proper)
#10. Gigi #85 (list proper)
#12. Calamity Jane #84 (list proper)
#14. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers #71 (list proper)
#18. The Muppet Movie #45 (list proper)
#25. Neptune's Daughter (one-pointer)
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Originally Posted by dadgumblah
Despite my love for old classic musicals, with Gene Kelly or not, I have never seen An American in Paris. Want to, just haven't. This is turning out to be a glaring problem with me on this countdown. "Haven't seen it. Want to." *sigh*
Since you had On the Town as your number one, I'd imagine you'd really REALLY dig An American in Paris.



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@rauldc14 - Forgot to mention but I was gonna add South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut to the list also, but thought it could be too late for that since were almost at #40 spot. It would be nice if it made it though.
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Quick check in:

I had Top Hat at 14, Hair at 24 and The Wall at 11. The Wall is the only movie from my ballot that doesn't really fit my definition of musical but I love it and it was eligible.

There were two movies that I really wanted to see before submitting a ballot. A Star is Born (1954) was one of them the other hasn't made an appearance...yet. Didn't get a chance to see either of them. I did get a re-watch of The Muppet Movie in, for the first time since I was a kid, but aside from the cameos it didn't do much for me.

So Far:
11. The Wall #41
14. Top Hat #58
15. 42nd Street #76
16. The Band Wagon #80
24. Hair #47
25. The Forbidden Zone DNP



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Sorry been away for a bit - family matters. The list is looking pretty good so far. Here are the musicals from my list that made the cut:

3. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - I love this movie. It's hilarious, influential, and the songs are top notch.
6. Duck Soup (1933) - Ummm...I love this movie. It's hilarious, influential, and the songs are top notch.
11. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) - Sure why not...I love this movie. It's hilarious, influential, and the songs are top notch.
15. Amadeus (1984) - Already said in this thread "It is a great MUSICAL."
19. The Meaning of Life (1983) - Glad we got it on the list and ahead of some TV movie about Cinderella too!

I think that's it. So what are we saying? South Park #1? South Park #1!

Also regarding Pink Floyd: The Wall - watched this when I was a teenager on acid and went into a 2001-style trip through time (before I ever saw 2001 and it became my #1 film). While I can watch the latter over and over I have avoided rewatching/actually watching The Wall ever since. As you can understand. Still I believe based on the above I have earned the right to check it off when Yoda posts it in the Mofo Lists section despite not being present on this planet for a good part of it. Maybe I've seen more of it than most of you can ever imagine...
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Originally Posted by iluv2viddyfilms
That was the ballet sequence I posted, well of what I could find of it in youtube. It runs for 15 minutes or just over I think.
There's a 15 minutes dance sequence and you're wondering why it's #41? So am I. How's it that high? A 15 minutes dance sequence? Is that all in one go? 15 minutes?! Of dancing?...

Just wow.

Seen neither of the last two and AP has even less chance of me seeing it now.
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Originally Posted by honeykid
There's a 15 minutes dance sequence and you're wondering why it's #41? So am I. How's it that high? A 15 minutes dance sequence? Is that all in one go? 15 minutes?! Of dancing?...

Just wow.

Seen neither of the last two and AP has even less chance of me seeing it now.
After this comment I had to check out your top 10. Interesting because it includes a film about some dude who drives around at night complaining and creeping on people for the whole two hours and also some film about a spoiled southern brat who pines after some effeminate dude who doesn't even like her and she just whines about it for four hours. Gosh after thinking about that, I wouldn't think a 15 minute dance sequence would be too bad. And yeah, it's all in one go. The whole 15... 17 minutes of it. What torture!



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Sing Street
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John Carney, 2016

Starring

Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Ben Carolan





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Robert Altman, 1975

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Got two wrongs from prediction list, we need to get some rights come on now



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I watched Sing Street on Holden's recommendation and, while I didn't love it, I thought it was a very solid film with some really good music and an interesting story. I also thought it was more engaging than Carney's better known film, Once (which I'm sure will make an appearance later), and probably overall on par with Begin Again (which appeared earlier in the countdown) but IMO this has better music.

Sing Street sneaked onto my ballot at #23 and was one of three movies to get my vote that I hadn't seen prior to preparing for this - the other two being Stingray Sam and a movie that will certainly appear later in the countdown.

Here's my review:
Originally Posted by Miss Vicky


Sing Street
(John Carney, 2016)

I went into this movie pretty much blind, having done absolutely no research on it before adding it to my watchlist, so I had absolutely no idea what to expect.

On the surface, it's about a dorky teenaged boy named Conor who, after having to change schools, pieces together a band of fellow dorks and starts writing songs in order to impress the girl he likes. Meanwhile, his college dropout stoner older brother tries to give him an education in good music, offering words of advice like “No woman can truly love a man who listens to Phil Collins” (Screw you, movie. I like Phil Collins!). But it's actually about more than that. It's about about Conor's struggles to find his identity while his life is falling apart - he's had to change schools because his parents are too broke to afford the one he was at, his parents are fighting all the time and about to separate, and his home has been put up for sale.

I do have to say it took me a bit to settle in to this one. In the beginning of the movie, when things were more happy-happy than happy-sad, it all felt a bit silly and even a little superficial. Its 1980s setting, fashion, and music felt at first like it was trying a little too hard to cash in some nostalgia points. But as it went on I became a lot more invested in the struggles and triumphs of Conor and his friends, things began to feel more natural and less of that 80s flash and artifice, and I really began to enjoy myself. Perhaps most importantly for this exercise, I also quite liked the music the kids were playing. I also appreciated the way the movie ends - hopeful, but uncertain.

I didn't love this movie on this first watch, but I did like it a lot and I do think there's room for it to grow on me if I ever revisit it. But even if I never come back to it or if I do and my experience stays the same, I definitely like it enough to give it a vote - which makes it the first definite of my first-time watches so far.

I haven't seen Nashville.

My Ballot:
2. Charlotte's Web (#79)
4. Stingray Sam (#46)
6. Walk the Line (#95)
12. Corpse Bride (#61)
15. The Jungle Book (#63)
20. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (#66)
21. Alice in Wonderland (#48)
23. Sing Street (#40)
25. Joe's Apartment (One Pointer)



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11-03-24
Originally Posted by MovieFan1988
Got two wrongs from prediction list, we need to get some rights come on now
I think some people were using a broader definition of musical than you were using to compile your predictions

I watched Sing Street the other day. I liked some aspects of it. The concept of the band changing their look/sound based on different strands of 80s music was good (although the historical inaccuracy lets it down a bit). The pastiche 80s songs are good. I had issues with how neatly some things were resolved including the ending and I thought there were some tonal issues struggling to balance more serious issues with the more fun side.



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11-03-24
Awesome! Sing Street was my #10 and still my favorite first-time watch of this year. Here is something I wrote about it.

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A lot of titles I haven't seen. Although I have been meaning to see An American in Paris. I just haven't gotten around to it.


I'm a longtime Pink Floyd fan, and I like the movie the Wall. But I didn't see it as a musical. Now that I think of it, it probably should count. It probably wouldn't have made my list though. There just aren't enough characters, besides our main one.

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