The MoFo Top 100 Musicals Countdown

What Yoda said. I haven't seen The Prince of Egypt in decades of couse (which is why I don't blame myself too much) but damn I can hum every song, most of them simply too epic for this Dreamworks classic to be left out.

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I'm guessing you'd say Cyd Charisse.

I was watching one of those Matt Helm movies (don't remember which one)... and it had this lady performing on stage = totally hot beyond belief, long hair, longer legs. I was like: who is this hottie? Turned out it was Cyd Charisse looking better than she ever did (and here I thought her heyday was over by the mid 60's).

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The Prince of Egypt didn’t make my ballot but makes my top hundred musicals for sure. Love both Whitney and Mariah however that "When You Believe" song was so overplayed back in '98/'99. It still gets played on some stations to this day. Nevertheless, classic film and song.

SEEN 1/8
BALLOT 00/25

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Wait, you've heard it on the radio? Closest I ever got was Christina's Reflection! If I heard it on the radio as a kid, I'd remember it the way I remember Elton's Circle of Life.

Not only radio, back then the video got a lot of tv/airplay on multiple MTV type television channels over here.

I haven't seen The prince of Egypt.

On the Town is good, but it didn't make my ballot.

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I'm not certain, but I don't recall seeing either of today's entries.

Am atheist, definite non-fan of religion, can confirm it's a quality musical.

Cuz I voted for it.

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The Smiling Lieutenant was my number 25. It's a great film and joyous and clever as are Lubitsch films. The "Jazz Up Your Lingerie" number gets most of the attention, but my favorite is "Breakfast Table Love" which I was going to post here, but I can't find it on youtube. But yes, it's a great pre-code musical film.

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I need to watch On the Town. I haven't seen it and don't think it's on Criterion Channel or youtube.

Since my random shuffle at work played a lot of Johnny Cash today, I went ahead and watched Walk the Line. The movie's perfectly acted, and I'm quite fond of Cash music. But I found the movie to be standard biopic fare. It's a shame. I was really hoping I'd love it.


Seen: 3/8

No, it wasn't you.



Yes, Holden, it was you. But I'm not upset or annoyed about it. I specifically didn't mention you by name because I wasn't trying to blame you. I only mentioned it because it's one of the reasons why that version of Cinderella didn't make my list.

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I agree that @Thursday Next is doing a great job.

It's obvious that we don't all agree on the definition of a musical, so the best decision was to allow people to decide for themselves how broad they wanted to make their lists. I think it makes for a much more interesting countdown when there's a better variety of movies.

Cyd Charisse, with Ginger Rogers as a close second.

The Prince of Egypt is a good movie with some good songs, but I'm not usually a fan of religious movies. (However if Brian Stokes Mitchell had sung a few more songs in the movie, it might have had a chance to make my list. He has such an amazing voice. I would listen to him if he sung the phone book. )

I love Gene Kelly, and On the Town is a fun movie with some great song and dance scenes, but most of the songs are the type of songs that are great in the movie, but I don't enjoy them as much if I just listen to the soundtrack. My favorite musicals have songs that I can listen to anytime, over and over again, so this movie didn't make my list.

You got all three of my favorites right but not quite in the order that I like them. IMO, Cyd Charisse was the best dancer in Hollywood movies, though Vera-Ellen is my favorite dancer and Ginger Rogers is my favorite partner for my favorite male dancer, Fred Astaire.

I've seen all of the Matt Helm movies but I can't recall Cyd Charisse in one of them, it must have been a brief appearance. I agree if anything she got more attractive as she got older, a very classy lady and a good actress too. I always enjoy watching her films.

I wish I could've seen more Ginger and Fred movies before I sent in my ballot...so many musicals that I just couldn't watch them all. But, I'm still watching musicals and just watched On the Town tonight.

Do you have a copy or is it streaming anywhere?

Cyd Charisse was in The Silencers (1966), which was the first Matt Helm movie.

Cyhd Charisse danced at the beginning of The Silencers