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Post by danb on Jan 7, 2018 12:34:13 GMT
Oh god, I obviously going to have to see this after deciding it looked dreadful from the many many many trailers I’ve been seeing at the cinema for what seems like about a year (this and that Winston Churchill film, overexposed or what?). However you’re changing my mind, so it better be good! 🤨 You really do! Get a scrap of paper and write down exactly what you think will happen...it will! It isn’t good, its entertaining and the perfect antidote to our Trump terrorised times. I am a bit sick of people gushing over the bearded lady’s empowerment anthem, as if it was written just for them🙄 We are all ‘me’ and feel misunderstood and lost at times, you don’t have to be gay/of colour/disabled/a circus freak etc to be searching for your place in the world. That isn’t to take away from anyones struggle; it’s just that they seem to fill our every waking media moment these days. I went to buy the cd (whooooo?) so the wife could have it in the car, but it was sold out everywhere and has a fortnights lead time on amazon so this is obviously catching the attention of the ‘Brothers in Arms’ buying generation! I made do with downloading it and put it on her phone...great earworm tunes and the couple of obligatory duffers. |
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Post by anthony40 on Jan 7, 2018 12:58:51 GMT
Oh god, I obviously going to have to see this after deciding it looked dreadful from the many many many trailers I’ve been seeing at the cinema for what seems like about a year (this and that Winston Churchill film, overexposed or what?). However you’re changing my mind, so it better be good! 🤨 Well (as per my review) I think it was brilliant BurlyBeaR |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2018 16:22:57 GMT
Oh god, I obviously going to have to see this after deciding it looked dreadful from the many many many trailers I’ve been seeing at the cinema for what seems like about a year (this and that Winston Churchill film, overexposed or what?). However you’re changing my mind, so it better be good! 🤨 It's not brilliant but it is a bit of harmless escapism. I much preferred La La Land. |
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Post by Jon on Jan 7, 2018 16:45:33 GMT
(this and that Winston Churchill film, overexposed or what?). I'm looking forward to Darkest House but I'd like to have no more WWII movies for a while. |
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Post by Steffi on Jan 7, 2018 20:55:39 GMT
Watched this tonight and loved it. Just brilliant entertainment with great music. It’s certainly not a truthful biography but it’s uplifting and pure joy to watch. I am a big Hugh Jackman fan and I’m glad to see him in an on screen musical that really suits his talents (I didn’t find him terrible in Les Mis but the songs just didn’t suit his voice).
I think the soundtrack will replace Hamilton in my car in the near future.
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 7, 2018 22:28:06 GMT
I really enjoyed it this afternoon.
Pasek and Paul have written a wonderful score, with some genuinely lovely songs. My personal favourite were This Is Me (which I think Keala sings fantastically) and Never Enough.
Thought Hugh was pretty great as Barnum (I can’t really imagine anyone else playing him if I’m honest). Adored Michelle Williams, but they didn’t develop Charity enough, so she didn’t get to do a lot with the character. Zac Efron was better than I expected, and managed to keep up with Hugh, and I thought Rebecca Ferguson was a wonderful addition as Jenny Lind (even if she didn’t sing herself!)
I’d give it 4 stars. Whether I preferred it to La La Land I’m not sure...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 2:35:06 GMT
Wellnthere you go, unsurprisingly Pasek and Paul walk away with their second consecutive Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "This is Me". Theycould well garner their second consective Oscar win for the same song, they will at leadt get their third nomination. Congrats!  |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 8, 2018 18:53:31 GMT
Is this a proper musical movie, as in are all the songs are performed in full? Or are songs just played over things?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 18:56:03 GMT
Is this a proper musical movie, as in are all the songs are performed in full? Or are songs just played over things? It's a musical proper. Song, chat, song, chat, song etc. Characters singing. |
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Post by justfran on Jan 9, 2018 12:39:50 GMT
Apparently the soundtrack is number 1 in America now. Nice to see a musical doing so well. I enjoyed the film, Hugh Jackman has obviously put a lot of heart into it. In terms of comparisons, I think it’s very different to La La Land (which I personally preferred). Similar in style to Moulin Rouge but Showman was better than that for me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 17:06:32 GMT
Apparently the soundtrack is number 1 in America now. Nice to see a musical doing so well. I enjoyed the film, Hugh Jackman has obviously put a lot of heart into it. In terms of comparisons, I think it’s very different to La La Land (which I personally preferred). Similar in style to Moulin Rouge but Showman was better than that for me. It's great to see musicals on the big screen do so well both at the box office and on music charts. Just doing a simple search (mainly wikipedia haha), it has so far made over $150 million at the box office. And the soundtrack has gone #1 in Australia and America, as well as Top 5 in the UK and Ireland; amongst others. |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 9, 2018 18:44:30 GMT
So i wonder if this will actually be turned into a stage musical? I mean i know Barnum is already a musical but i mean this version with these songs? I must say some sound as if they would be thrilling live.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 10, 2018 15:27:41 GMT
So i wonder if this will actually be turned into a stage musical? I mean i know Barnum is already a musical but i mean this version with these songs? I must say some sound as if they would be thrilling live. Two stage musicals about Barnum? I’m not sure the world is ready for that. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 17:29:24 GMT
This music would be amazingmlive on stage, especially with added production value. I imagine it would also fare better on Broadway than London considering (please correct me if I am wrong) but the musical itself doesn't seem to be quite as known in America than it is here.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 10, 2018 21:12:31 GMT
A fella who is contracting with me for a few weeks used to go to school with Hugh Jackman. Said Hugh always got the lead parts in plays and took it really seriously back then also. My friend said he liked feeding Hugh wrong leads and giving him wrong lines. Hugh made sure Jeremy didn't have an acting career
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Post by musicalfloozie on Jan 11, 2018 10:39:43 GMT
What can I say, I loved it. I came out the cinema singing and dancing. I didn't expect to like this after Jackmans (in my opinion!) butchering of Les Mis so maybe I was overjoyed as I had such low expectations, but all is now forgiven!
The songs were catchy the cinematography fabulous and I even found myself crushing on Zac Efron.
OK I wouldn't say it was a perfect film as sometimes things in the story seemed slightly rushed but it was thoroughly enjoyable - just heading off to buy the soundtrack.
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Post by showoff on Jan 11, 2018 19:09:53 GMT
I saw this today and I enjoyed it as a film.The songs are really catchy and you feel like you know them instantly and leave humming them.
Sadly I didn't enjoy the whole experience, there was a family that arrived five minutes into the film and then proceeded to absolutely ruin it for everyone, I've never seen anything like it, constant eating and scrunching of bags. Talking and shouting, everyone else in the screening was shushing them over and over.It was constant, and then in a moment of quiet, you're just waiting for them to make even more noise. Honestly it really ruined the film and instead of leaving dancing down the street, I was just annoyed and a little upset.
Because of this I don't know if I enjoyed it enough to go back and watch it again or not.
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Post by jesseeverafter on Jan 11, 2018 23:02:20 GMT
I saw this today, didn't really know what to expect of it as wasn't familiar with the story (just knew it was about the start of the circus and it was a musical movie) but absolutely loved it - would happily watch it again and would love to see the stage version now. I believe there is one in London now? hmmmm Also helped that I had a Showcase Cinema De Lux Directors Hall screen to myself  |
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Post by spendleb on Jan 12, 2018 13:28:20 GMT
I saw this today and I enjoyed it as a film.The songs are really catchy and you feel like you know them instantly and leave humming them. Sadly I didn't enjoy the whole experience, there was a family that arrived five minutes into the film and then proceeded to absolutely ruin it for everyone, I've never seen anything like it, constant eating and scrunching of bags. Talking and shouting, everyone else in the screening was shushing them over and over.It was constant, and then in a moment of quiet, you're just waiting for them to make even more noise. Honestly it really ruined the film and instead of leaving dancing down the street, I was just annoyed and a little upset. Because of this I don't know if I enjoyed it enough to go back and watch it again or not. We had a similar experience, young group of girls, laughing, talking out loud all through the film despite being told to be quiet by several people, I've been twice now though and would even go again but will wait for the DVD now. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 18:50:07 GMT
And just like that, the soundtrack is now #1 in the UK Albums Chart, bumping Ed Sheeran off the top spot! Congrats! |
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Post by rumbledoll on Jan 13, 2018 21:15:16 GMT
A pure light-hearted entertainment with great profuction values bit sadly not enough depth to make it special. Too refined and too predictable. Much prefer La La Land which is unique in a way and has a true soul of a dreamer.
Jackman though was born to play this part! He owns it with confidence and beauty, cannot imagine anyone else in his shoes!
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Post by ptwest on Jan 14, 2018 11:52:46 GMT
We went to this last night and apart from the sweet rustlers had a well behaved audience thankfully. Loved the film, once I got my head round the fact that there would be very little subtlety and everything was done in very broad strokes. But it both looked and sounded great on the big screen. Much preferred it to La La Land, but really enjoying this resurgence in original film musicals.
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Post by spendleb on Jan 15, 2018 13:56:08 GMT
Noticed they are doing 'singalong' screenings in the US for this now, wonder if they will try the same in the UK?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 17:30:53 GMT
If you mean Barnum, it was a smash on Broadway with Jim Dale in the original production. Don't get me wrong, I get it ran for two years on Broadway, but over here it seems to be more in the memory of people now as it has toured, is currently in London, had a couple of West End returns and also the video with Michael Crawford. You don't hear as much of that over in the US. |
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Post by theatreian on Jan 15, 2018 17:37:39 GMT
The soundtrack is still number one in the midweek charts. Great to see this in todays chart world!
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