The MoFo Musicals Countdown - Preliminary Thread

Trouble with a capital "T"

05-30-24

I just finished watching all 31 of Elvis' movies, some of them are pretty darn good too. I recommend these:

Jailhouse Rock (1957) lots of great songs and good movie too
Loving You (1957) with the lovely Lizabeth Scott
King Creole (1958) also a noir!
Wild in the Country (1961) solid story, with Tuesday Weld
Follow that Dream (1962) Good comedy Elvis as a likable hick
Viva Las Vegas (1964) Ann-Margret sizzles with Elvis!
Girl Happy (1965) Elvis does his version of the beach movie

John-Connor

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05-30-24

Good luck hosting Thursday Next!

Here are some of my recommendations:
(and some built in eligibility questions

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John W Constantine

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05-30-24

Saturday Night Fever. Eligible?

TONGO

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05-30-24

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

Also on the animated side, I highly recommend Charlotte's Web (1973).

Because the fair IS a veritable smorgasbord, orgasbord, L, after the crowds have ceased!

Wow!

A true blast from the past. Paul Lynde stole the flick as the rat. I remember my Dad howling during this scene.

mrblond

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05-30-24

Originally Posted by John-Connor

Good luck hosting Thursday Next!

Here are some of my recommendations:
(and some built in eligibility questions

)

The Legend of 1900 is a great film but do you think it qualifies for this game?

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John-Connor

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05-30-24

Originally Posted by mrblond

The Legend of 1900 is a great film but do you think it qualifies for this game?

First of all this is not a game.. this is Sparta..!

Second what I think is a musical is not important.. that's why I ask the MoFo 'Musical experts'.

SpelingError

AKA Popcorn Reviews

05-30-24

Looking forward to this. Also, since I received permission from Thursday, I'll put up the group watch thread later today.

Gideon58

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05-30-24

Originally Posted by Citizen Rules

Never seen Girl Happy or Follow that Dream, but I like the rest of your recs. For my money, King Creole is his best movie.

Allaby

I love musicals!

05-30-24

What actor does everyone predict will make the most appearances on the countdown? I am guessing Gene Kelly.

Balor

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05-30-24

Originally Posted by John W Constantine

Saturday Night Fever. Eligible?

Interesting question, but I would suspect not due to no one singing?

SpelingError

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05-30-24

Originally Posted by Allaby

What actor does everyone predict will make the most appearances on the countdown? I am guessing Gene Kelly.

That's probably correct. Fred Astaire might make a handful of appearances as well.

Allaby

I love musicals!

05-30-24

Originally Posted by SpelingError

That's probably correct. Fred Astaire might make a handful of appearances as well.

What about female actors? Which ladies/girls will make the most appearances? Ginger Rogers? Doris Day? Shirley Temple? Judy Garland?

SpelingError

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05-30-24

Originally Posted by Allaby

What about female actors? Which ladies/girls will make the most appearances? Ginger Rogers? Doris Day? Shirley Temple? Judy Garland?

Judy Garland, perhaps.

Thief

Master of None

05-30-24

Worth noting that Letterboxd groups films that are "Musicals" with films about "Music", musicians, etc. Like someone else asked, it is important to establish if those films *about music, musicians* are eligible, even if they're not proper musicals.

Personally, the purist in me would prefer to stick with just musicals, but that's up to Thursday and the community to decide.

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Diehl40

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05-30-24

I saw that somebody recommended Once, so I'll assume its eligible. I still need some assistance with Nashville. Does the music move the plot?

Originally Posted by Diehl40

Here are a few films that are tagged music on letterbox that might be on the fence in terms of eligibility. I have not seen some of them to determine if they use music to advance the plot. I think they are (have not seen Nashville or Once). This is just a list to watch. I have no idea if any of them will be on my final list.

Pink Floyd's The Wall
Walk Hard
Amadeus
Nashville
Once
Quadraphenia
Reefer madness

Gideon58

Registered User

05-30-24

Originally Posted by Diehl40

I saw that somebody recommended Once, so I'll assume its eligible. I still need some assistance with Nashville. Does the music move the plot?

Once was a disappoint for me...a link to my review:

https://www.movieforums.com/reviews/1672089-once.html

KeyserCorleone

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05-30-24

So remember: only Land Before Time sequels with THREE SONGS OR MORE are eligible.

Citizen Rules

Trouble with a capital "T"

05-30-24

Originally Posted by Gideon58

Never seen Girl Happy or Follow that Dream, but I like the rest of your recs. For my money, King Creole is his best movie.

Count me as a big fan of King Creole, I love the opening duet Crawfish that Elvis does with a street vendor, Kitty White. Trouble is my favorite song from the movie, Elvis opened his '68 Comeback Special with the song. Have you seen The '68 Comeback Special? If not I think you'd love it, but watch the longer version with the bordello musical scene.

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