The MoFo Top 100 Musicals Countdown

The Greatest Showman becomes the third one with a "Rotten" score so far. Surprising, cause I thought its overall reception was more positive.

Friendly reminder: a 50-something RT score only means that critics were divided in their opinion of the film.

Also, at 5 and 3, these two tie for the biggest point gaps so far. Like I said before, most of what we've had so far are either ties or 1-2 points apart.

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Two more meh’s from me. Expected both though.

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I was ready to hate The Greatest Showman but ended up really enjoying it.

I had it at #17 on my ballot.

I thought The Greatest Showman was awful, much like the man it celebrates. I haven't seen Top Hat.

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I like The Greatest Showman. I think it's got good songs and I really like Jackman in it. I've never given it a good rating though.

Have not seen Top Hat yet.

Top Hat was in contention for my ballot and would've made top 30.

Haven't seen the Greatest Showman.

Two more whiffs for me. I do like Hugh Jackman, though, so I may give that a go someday. Fred Astaire is fine, he can dance a little.

I've seen Top Hat, and it was alright. A little too clean and Fancy for me. I tend to like my musicals a bit darker and/or strange. Or at least 'rocking'..


The Greatest Showman is just not my cup of tea. I'm actually surprised it rated this high, considering I've never heard of any notable songs from it

Even though I haven't seen it, I've seen this musical number several times and I love it...

Well Yahoo! Top Hat was my #14. If it wasn't for Fred Astaire I wouldn't be here at MoFo!

I wrote this:




Did I mention that Venice set, wow! I read that it was 300 feet long and took up two entire sound stages. Nowadays with CG everywhere, it might be hard for those use to modern movies to be impressed by a set like that, and that's a shame as the craftsmanship and artistry that was put into movies like Top Hat was half of their charm. The rest of the charm came from the beauty and glamour of it all.

Top Hat was #8 on my ballot.

I haven't seen The Greatest Showman.

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4. The Burden
8. Top Hat
12. Duck Soup

I watched this in prep for the countdown. I never considered it for my ballot, but cool that it made the musical countdown:

Top Hat was #73 on the MoFo Top 100 of the 1930s.

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While I've always preferred Gene Kelly to Fred Astaire, I still need to watch Top Hat.

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58. Top Hat (1935) - I'm not all that familiar with Top Hat. I looked up "Top Hats" on Google to see if people still wear them, and saw one for sale at Lock & Co for $8,500, so obviously rich people still wear them sometimes.

57. The Greatest Showman (2017) - I watched this solely because it features on the front cover of my edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die and features as one of their 2017 entries. I thought it must be pretty damned good if it graces the front cover. I didn't really like it all that much though. I pointed out on Letterboxd why that was : "I finally got around to seeing this. What can I say? The first 30 seconds or so had me pumped, but it didn't waste too much time dampening that enthusiasm with bubblegum pop music and very broad characterizations of all the real-life characters who inhabit the film. The colours somehow pop out of the screen - there's great design, probably greatly enhanced with CGI, but beyond it's themes of empowerment and diversity I didn't get much from the historical narrative of P. T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman) and business partner Phillip Carlyle (Zac Efron). It doesn't help that I'm not a huge Hugh Jackman fan I guess, but there's definitely an element of the poison eating away at mainstream movies these days - the whole commercial package overwhelming all sense of complex storytelling, conflict and the essential qualities of each and every person we come across. I've heard of this film being compared to a Pepsi commercial - and it indeed does come off like that. People have worked hard to perfect it's technical qualities - but where are all the great storytellers and writers these days? To all producers out there : the audience isn't as dumb as you think, and people are becoming less eager to go to the movies because when they walk out they're feeling "eh" instead of "wow"." - So, it's obviously not on my ballot.

Seen : 29/44

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I got one!
First film from my list, I'm so excited.

Top Hat at No.23, by the way.

Top Hat and Band Wagon have a link besides Fred Astaire...hint it's being auctioned at the beginning of the film and alludes to Top Hat (1935).

This countdown could definitely use more of my picks.

You do?


You have?

No kidding? Uh huh...


WE GOT OONNNEEEE!!!!!