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@@gemstarlight3775 Exactly. Even the actresses that played Belle before, such as Susan Egan and Paige O'Hara, have approved of Emma Watson's casting and portrayal as Belle, and let alone the fact that Paige O'Hara even served as a singing mentor on Emma Watson during the whole filming on that movie, especially on the recording of the singing sessions. Clearly, the attacks onto Emma Watson by the lying, biased, dishonest, disgusting, pathetic Msmojo are completely unwarranted, unjust, abhorrently biased, as well as completely wrong, and invalid, as well as completely null and void. Like, she does not belong on that pathetic list made by the lying Msmojo. And these criticisms that the lying dishonest Msmojo, and other lying, slanderous and dishonest entertainment sources are making against her, are no criticisms and are rather, pure libel, defamation, slander, insults, as well as pure dirty misinformation, disinformation, dirty smear propaganda and fake news. And the Msmojo's lying dishonest statements in that pathetic video that "Emma Watson had killed the 2017 live-action movie of Beauty and the Beast and she had failed to charm the audiences, and her approach on her portrayal of Belle is One-Dimensional", are again, nothing more but total bunch of lies, dirty smear propaganda, total fake news, phony and made-up stories, let alone that these statements being made on a dirty video by the dirty, corrupt, lying, biased, dishonest, disgusting, and pathetic Msmojo are all completely wrong, invalid, as well as null and void; all of it.
@@gemstarlight3775 Oh please, she's awful. The whole movie was a master's class in why the H did Disney decide to ruing their wonderful animated musicals -- that one was nominated for Best Picture -- with these lame live remakes?
Andrew Garfield was the PERFECT Jonathan Larson. He brought him back to life and thanks to him and Lin, he finally got the flowers he deserves (I’m still salty the movie was snubbed at the Oscars)
Absolutely! Andrew Garfield should've won that Oscar! Her performance as the late, great Jonathan Larson in "Tick, Tick...Boom!" was the best of his career! I wish the Will Smith slap happened at a different award show like the Screen Actors Guild or the BAFTAs, then Andrew Garfield definitely would've won!
And to think, the direct for my Fair Lady (film version) didn't even want to consider her for the part because they felt she wouldn't work well on film.
@@littlesongbird1 I know right. I agree with both of you. I think "Mary Poppins" should've won Best Picture in 1964 instead of "My Fair Lady"! And I think instead of a "Mary Poppins" sequel, we should've had a remake of "My Fair Lady" with Emily Blunt as Eliza Doolittle and Julie Andrews as Mrs. Higgins and have that win Best Picture and Best Actress in 2018!
@@elephantbluepeter Absolutely! I mean, before the film of Camelot was released (1967), Andrews had already shone in two Hollywood musicals - so why didn't the people casting Camelot just call her?
The whole point for Mama Mia was to not have "singers". The point was for it to be fun, wacky, uninhibited, non-serious etc. Which is why having Brosnan, Firth, Skarsgaard, Walters, etc. who are not trained singers worked.
Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes; oh, yes, oh, yes, oh yes. Well, I wanted to reach for the gun. Lucille Ball wasn't just bad, she was horrible. She almost single-handedly killed the movie musical genre. How could you have forgotten how truly awful she was? She maimed Mame.
@@tedcockley6760 Totally agree. Unfortunately, Lucille Ball bought the rights to the movie so there was never a chance she wouldn't play the roll. However, equally as bad is Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot. I cringe when she opens her mouth. Makes the movie totally unwatchable.
Robert Preston in the Music Man was so perfect he destroyed anyone else's ability to play the part. Then there was any musical starring Howard Keel, fantastic voice, fantastic stage presence.
I wondered why they cast James Corden, when they literally had both Andrew Rannells and Kevin Chamberlain, and either one could have easily been cast as Barry instead.
Would personally swap out Emma Watson for Madonna's spot. As I remember it, Madonna and the Evita musical was highly praised at the time. She even won the Golden Globe for her performance. And it is hardly uncommon for Patti LuPone to express her displeasure. Hardly surprising that she might have had ulterior motives in this case since she originated the role on the stage but was excluded from the movie.
We all know why she won the Golden Globe that year. Those Globe awards in those days were corrupt as hell. It was so bad that the organization had to be revamped and renamed. The Oscars didn't even give Madonna a nomination even when the song 'You must love me' earned Oscar recognition. Ah, the old Globes... 🤭
You nailed it. LuPone was not even considered for the TWO movie adaptations that were in the works; the most recent one given the go-ahead by the studio. She wasn't considered by Lloyd Weber for the movie adaptation, who wanted his then wife Sarah Brightman for the part. Madonna wanted this role for more than a decade and was willing to do anything for it.. including taking extensive vocal lessons, spending hours watching Evita Perone and listening to her speeches and reading almost every biography she could get her hands on. For all the naysayers who thought that all Madonna did was watch the Broadway play and do some cosmetic aesthetics including wearing brown contacts, she did the work. She even previewed Evita in her "Take a Bow" and "You'll See" videos to prove to the director (along with her 10+ page letter ) that she really wanted the part and felt that she knew how challenging portraying this woman (who was both reviled and revered by Argentinians) would be.
Another one that comes to mind is Olivia Newton-John in Grease. Yes the original Sandy was American (from Chicago actually) but she made it her own. It's funny, most singers don't tend to have successful movie career because most can't do both, and Newton-John made a lot of flops but Grease worked.
Xanadu was a throwback to older movie musicals a lot of which had even less plot than Xanadu had. There were several fantasy musicals done , some better than others. i think Xanadu's biggest problem was mixing styles.
My family are all Xanadu fans. When Olivia Newton John passed away (on the anniversary of the opening of Xanadu), and everyone was watching Grease nostalgicly, we were watching Xanadu.
That version of West Side Story had some exceptional good points, but it doesn't even come close to the emotional impact the original film version has. Dubose was amazing in the film, but the film itself had problems which stemmed from the fact that Spielberg (as much as I love his work), doesn't understand how a Musical works, and it shows in the film.
The Sound of Music could have been the cheesiest thing ever made but then they managed to convince Christopher Plummer to play Captain von Trapp. His acting and his work with director Robert Wise and screenwriter Ernest Lehmann to improve the story totally turned a solid Broadway musical into a legendary Hollywood classic
I seem to recall that "Evita" brought new respect for Madonna among those who disliked her music videos and her image. Also, Antonio Banderas "can sing!"
I don’t think the criticism of Madonna here is warranted. In fact, the mention of Evita made me want to go watch the movie again. I agree that Antonio Banderas was the High Point of the movie though.
I’m not a fan of the Evita musical, and I find Madonna to be a limited performer, though she certainly thinks highly of herself. I think she looks the most beautiful she ever did as Eva and I give her credit for having the guts to branch out. She was serviceable. As an actress she is most appealing when she’s playing a version of herself (Desperately seeking Susan; a league of their own.)
Is that right? She was obviously pregnant when she won the Oscar. She didn't "effin" kill it. She "ate up the screen and spat it out!" HOWEVER, she did not deserve the Oscar for best supporting actress. She should have won the Oscar for BEST LEADING ACTRESS. She had a leading role.
@steveknutzen2830 Nicole Kidman is a good singer. She's no Adelle, but she did more than sing in the movie. She's a fantastic actress and had a great cast and electric chemistry between her and McGregor.
I loved this movie when it came out, and it was a favorite to watch with my daughter when she was growing up. Recently, we sat down to watch it and it gets to the part where he's begging Christine to stay with him and he doesn't have his mask and she pauses it when he's looking all anguished and crying and she says "...he looks like we should be asking him where his adult care giver is" and she RUINED IT forever for me, cuz yeah, he looks a bit, shall we say, 'tarded there 😅 Trust your adult kids to ruin classics for you...
@@sethprice3454 Andrew Rannells literally played Trent Oliver, the guy who sang "Love Thy Neighbor" in The Prom. You expect him to play two characters in one movie? 😂
Madonna won a golden globe for “Evita”. And had to work hard on that film. Even before filming, she DID manage to convince the then Argentinian president to allow the production to actually film the speech scene on the actual balcony where Eva had given her last public speech. He was dead set against the film from and the onset and particularly vehement against Madonna, but his daughter (a Madonna fan, so THAT helped), convinced her father to at least hear the production team and Madonna out. While not a fan, he did understand the importance of filming the iconic scene in its iconic setting. People who thought she killed the film were bitter queens who themselves weren’t considered for the part of this, the DEFINITIVE Box Office film version. Madonna campaigned for 12 years to get the part of Evita in the film adaptation, even when she was all but out of contention, with one director stating she'd get the part "over my dead body". In her 10+ page handwritten letter to the new director Alan Parker she set forth WHY she should then be considered for the part; underscoring Eva Peron's life and challenges and psychology and Madonna drawing parallels with her own experience. While naysayers said he only hired her for her name value, that's all bunk when you read and listen to how hard Madonna had to work for this part and in this production. That work paid off.. while she was snubbed by the Oscars, she DID win a golden globe for the role AND thanks to her vocal training and musicality, she was able take what she learned and applied it to her next album "Ray of Light" which earned her a grammy.. so stuff it naysayers!
@@gracehowell. Exactly! Even in the interviews she gave during this period in talking about Eva Peron, Madonna stated while she did a lot of research and talked with people who actually knew Eva Peron and had a pretty good understanding of what it took for her to rise from poverty to utter power, she (Madonna) couldn't exactly grasp the whole grabbing onto and supporting Fascism (and therein lies the canyon separating her and Eva Peron.. so much for the haters saying "oh she's just playing someone like herself!!") Little would she or any of us know then how our own country would be rushing into that via the rising MAGA Religious Reich! We were such simple, innocent life forms then.. lol
@@musicman2410 yes.. it was very hard task to turn a MUSICAL into a full-on cinematic experience. I enjoyed the movie, but wonder how much more impactful and dramatic it would have been if it had been a DRAMA rather than a musical.. and whether or not Madonna could have pulled it off had it been. the world will never know.. lol
Not great singers but "Little Shop of Horrors" is a great movie. When Audrey cuts loose in "Suddenly Seymour", it hits a literal high note. And Levi Stubbs as the plant is great.
I’m thinking of doing a legacy sequel to Little Shop of Horrors in graphic novel form and taking ideas from the original stage show, Roger Corman film and the film’s original ending. I still need to work out the outline but I’ve got some ideas so far.
@@callen8908 It’s going to be risky, but I’m going to be doing a legacy sequel albeit graphic novel form. I’ve got plenty of material from the original low-budget Roger Corman film that inspired the musical, the original stage musical and the original ending to work with. I just need to take a LOT of time organizing my ideas together before working out the outline of the plot.
Fiddler on the Roof is my all-time favorite movie. I sang along with Topol at my parents' 25th Anniversary to "If I were a Rich Man." It was a memorable moment. It's just about the only song I can sing. Most importantly, my parents and family loved it. They're gone now, but it still warms my heart that I could do that for them. I had sent apologies that I wouldn't be able to attend. But when it came time to give speeches, they said I had recorded my message, then I came out of the kitchen singing. There wasn't a dry eye. Maybe because of my singing, haha, but it was so much fun to see them so surprised.
@@nannettepolcastro4799 I had my kids sit down and watch it a couple years ago. I grew up watching and loving the movie and I was afraid they wouldn't like it (I braced myself for complaints of "long" "boring" or "old") but they enjoyed the hell out of it. 😄
Gerald Butler kicked ass as the Phantom. Yes he doesn’t have the vocal talent of Michael Crawford but his acting was amazing & his gritty voice fit the character. Him being on this list at all is ludicrous.
LuPone wanted to play Eva in the film version of Evita. If you think a nearly 40-year-old Madonna playing a 15-year-old Eva was a stretch, imagine a nearly 50-year-old Patti LuPone trying to pull it off
Idk if its an unpopular opinion but i enjoy Russell Crowes performance and Gerald Butler's performance. From play to movie of course there is a difference in sound and singing chops but for movie it works.
I actually think they both did an incredible job and apparently no one has ever heard the stage javert? Russell sounds good for the most part and even the parts that were a little wonky seem kind of the vibe as other singers also kind of sucked in Les Mis. The literal last thing they played was Gerard nailing that lol
Gerald Butler did a pretty good job. I think he especially nailed the character of the Phantom where certain parts were needed. However, Russell Crowe as the Inspector, yikes. I cringe every time he sings. A lot of run on lines and kinda monotone. Not the amount of emotion and conviction needed for his character.
I actually liked it too, and Hugh Jackman's take, it gave a much more real-life element to the story, you could really feel the grittiness of impending war and doom.
Topol was wonderful primarily because of his versatility. He could sing happy, sing sad, sing angry or sing whatever the role called for. I would have been nice to see him in other musicals.
Right? You mean the guy who conceived, wrote, and originally acted the role was the perfect choice? Color me not shocked! Honestly I think it was just a poor excuse to make the lame "every *inch* the character" pun
Cats failed because of the entire approach to it, not one particular bit of miscasting. It was as though someone sat down and made a list of everything that made the stage play work, and said "Well, let's do none of THAT."
Why do people insist that only a gay man can play a gay man?, it's acting not be who you are in real life. Neil Patrick Harris plays a straight man and it works because he's good
It's a real issue to suggest only gay people can take gay roles, because you're basically forcing people to out themselves if they want to be considered for a role. Not to mention, how will you be confirming that they're "gay" enough exactly?
Agreed. The discipline of acting is all about creating character out of traits you do NOT have. That's what the talent and the work entails. That does not mean to suggest James did good work, just that his being straight was not the fundamental problem.
The problem with Corden wasn’t that he was a straight man playing a gay character. It's that he was a straight man playing a gay character badly. He didn't bring any nuance to the role. Yes, it's a broad role - which calls for even more talent, which he doesn't evidence in that role.
I love "Walk the Line", so much, but this film is not a musical. A Musical film is a genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. In "Walk the Line" the characters are singers who sing when they are on stage or in the studio - it ends up being a film about music instead of being a musical.
Antonio Banderas should've played The Phantom and Guido in the film adaptations of "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Nine"! And I think Ralph Fiennes should've played Javert in the film adaptation of "Les Misérables"!
There are a lot of problems with the POTO movie and a lot of if has to do with Gerry. Certainly his singing voice is a problem. Yes they cheated on the disfigurement makeup. (Some of us were less upset about that than others.) Phantom has been around for 35+ years now and the casting, makeup and treatment of the relationships have evolved. Look at "Love Never Dies"! I'd put Ramin Karimloo in the POTO movie now but he wasn't around then. The pair in the Australian LND movie are unique. Bring POTO back to Broadway!!
@@lefantomer He was a fantastic Raoul! So handsome and charismatic. Raoul was the first role I saw him in but I could watch him play any character, he's just so good!
You know what else worked? Aileen Quinn as Annie! "The sun'll ☀ come out tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar 💵 that tomorrow, there'll be sun... tomorrow tomorrow I love ya tomorrow. You're only a day away! "
And Carol Burnett as Miss Hannagan?! Tim Curry as Rooster and Bernadette Peters as Lilly ? Freaking perfect ! I got the movie full cast soundtrack record the it came out as a little girl and know every note on it I listened so many times! We used to act out the movie and sing the songs from memory at recess! Haha😂
@@mattbosley3531 What about Cats?!? He found a way to stand out as terrible in a terrible movie. Every stunt casting except Ian McKellan was awful. The best parts of that movie were the unknown actors.
@@mattbosley3531Ironically still better than most of his later performances at least. Sure, it’s not saying much, but I’d take his performance in Into the Woods over his performance in Cats and that musical MsMojo just had on their list.
When watching movies starring Barbara Streisand, it feels not only like she's brilliant at playing those roles, but like those roles were written for her. She inhabits them so naturally that she owns them. Forever. Nobody could ever surpass her performances.
I agree. On paper, it's hard to imagine someone LESS suited to playing Dolly Levi, an aging widow. On film, it didn't matter - she was brilliance personified.
We all know why she won the Golden Globe that year. Those Globe awards in those days were corrupt as hell. It was so bad that the organization had to be revamped and renamed. The Oscars didn't even give Madonna a nomination even when the song 'You must love me' earned Oscar recognition. Ah, the old Globes... 🤭
@@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719 Even overlooking the allegations of corruption, the voting body at the time was fewer than 100 foreign press. They may look prestigious, but any alignment with quality work is purely by accident.
I love, love Andrew Garfield in Tick Tick Boom, but the Top 5 are Tim Curry, Liza Minelli, Julie Andrews, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Barbra Streisand - their characters marked the history of musical films forever. These are roles that are at least over 20 years old and still remain impossible to surpass. But if this was a Top 10, Andrew would have clearly been #6 - He should have won the Oscar.
"Elizabeth Taylor is widely seen as one of the greatest actors of her time." Uh, no. Elizabeth Taylor was widely seen as one of the greatest MOVIE STARS of her time. In fact, she was often called "the last great movie star." But that does not confer acting greatness upon her.
Disagree with the Evita. Madonna was great, I kept doubting if it was her or it's just someone looked like her throughout the whole film the first time I saw it. Emma Watson was trapped in the classic story. Daniel Day Lewis was killed by the boring story (but the OST was brilliant). Not the ones to blame for these two.
Apparently what happened in Beauty and the Beast was that they ended up mashing a bunch of clips of live and studio recordings of Emma's singing because supposedly a lot of her live takes couldn't be used due to background noise and such, and so we ended up with the movie version. She had actually trained for months to sing Belle and was very upset when she heard the final cut of her songs.
barbra streisand absolutely slayed in funny girl, the entire movie i love watching the depth of her performance while also listening to the incredible vocal technique 🩷
Catherine Zeta-Jones was a delight in Chicago! Great voice, great presence, beautiful woman, great actress and she gave us an amazing performance in every single way! ❤
Say what you want about Gerard Butler, but I personally think that considering he had no singing experience prior his voice is really good. The film as a whole gains a lot of my respect.
Unpopular opinion: honorable mention to Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle. She looked beautiful and did as good a job as possible but Audrey's singing had to be dubbed (mostly) and she appeared too fragile a character to end up with Rex Harrison's Prof Higgins... I'd have loved to have seen Julie Andrews on film in the role.
Julie Andrews was Liza in My Fair Lady on Broadway. She wasn’t available for the movie role because she was already signed to do Mary Poppins. Both movies came out in 1964. In a reissue of the movie My Fair Lady Audrey’s real voice was left in on a couple of songs (Wouldn’t It Be Loverly, was one). She originally sang in her own voice during the original filming. She had a sweet voice but not powerful enough. Hence, Marni Nixon (Natalie Wood’s dubbed singing voice in West Side Story and Deborah Kerr’s dubbed singing voice in The King And I) was called in to dub Audrey’s voice. Audrey was not a happy camper!
@@shejean She wasn't cast yet. Warner wanted a big name star because he payed the most ever payed for the rights for a musical and wanted a guaranteed return in his investment (Especially since the rights to the film returned to CBS after a period of time). Hepburn was cast for box-office.
Actually Audrey's singing didn't have to be dubbed. She worked with a vocal coach and did her own singing, but the producers decided that it wasn't good enough for them so they had it dubbed. She did her own singing in Breakfast at Tiffanys. There are some of her original vocal tracks for the film online.
@@mattbosley3531 Audrey sang one song in Breakfast At Tiffany’s; Moon River. Very sweet. I know she sang in her own voice during filming of My Fair Lady . But her own voice was just not powerful enough for a full-blown musical. I do think it was very charming to have kept her original recording of Wouldn’t It Be Loverly in the reissue
But then we wouldn’t have had Dame Julie Andrews in the iconic role of Mary Poppins and I don’t want to think of any other actress in the original role because they wouldn’t have been as good as Andrews or left as much of an impression or impact. It might not have been fair to Julie, but I’m thankful she was passed over in favor of Audrey Hepburn so she could take the role of Mary Poppins. I don’t want to even live in an alternate universe where she reprised her role as Eliza Doolittle in the film version of My Fair Lady and a different big name actress at the time ended up playing Mary Poppins instead. No thanks. 🙅
A couple more underrated, but deserving recognition: -Amanda Bynes (Penny in Hairspray) -Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd - I felt his vocals worked surprisingly for the aesthetic of the film and his acting was top notch)
Here's a thought neither Clint Eastwood or Lee Marvin were naturally good singers, but somehow their casting in Paint Your Wagon works, particularly Lee Marvin who had a huge hit with I Was Born Under A Wandering Star.
I wasn’t really keen on it. I saw it back in the day when I thought movie heroes should be admirable & there were not many (any?) truly admirable characters in it. Looking back , I was a bit harsh - they were at least consistent - but I haven’t watched it again. I remember thinking Harve was SO good-looking, though.
Unpopular opinion, I actually didn't mind Russell Crowe in Les Mis. Was he the strongest performer? No. Would I have picked him as my first choice? No. Did he do a respectable job? Personally, I feel like, yes. Putting him up against the likes of Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman did him no favors but I actually didn't hate his performance as may seem to.
@msmojo I think Madonna was not bad in her portrayal of Eva Peron. She even fetched a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy), and Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. And, as a South American, I remember watching Argentine TV news broadcast back in the day, and I remember what President Menem said, but he wasn't referring to Madonna's portrayal of Evita per se. Argentina is a deeply Roman Catholic country (the Pope is Argentine, for instance), and back then, Madonna had already done the Erotica album and the "Sex" book, so, for most Roman Catholics, Madonna was seen as a "sinner", a "prostitute", and a "worshiper of Satan". So, when word spread out that Madonna would be portraying Argentina's most beloved woman (to the point some people thought of Evita as a "saint"), everyone there, from the peasants to the President himself, roared in dismay, anger, and disappointment, because for them, it was outrageous that a "prostitute" would be portraying "Santa Evita".
Worked (imo) Pirates of Penzance Kevin Kline as The Pirate King George Rose as The Major General Tony Azito as the Sergeant Phantom of the Opera Emmy Rossum as Christine Little Shop of Horrors Ellen Greene as Audrey Rick Moranis as Seymour Levi Stubbs as Audrey II Steve Martin as Orin Scivello Grease John Travolta as Danny The Music Man Robert Preston as Harold Hill Mathew Broderick DID NOT work as Harold Hill My Fair Lady Stanley Halloway as Alfred P. Doolittle Sound of Music Carrie Underwood DID NOT work as Maria Nobody worked in the remake of Rocky Horror Picture Show Any movie musical Danny Kaye, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly were in worked
@flobrez2470 Oh my gosh it’s awful and the saddest part is Tim Curry plays the criminologist. I wish he hadn’t been a part of it. Laverne Cox plays Frank, Adam Lambert as Eddie, Victoria Justice as Janet. I refused to watch it but I did look at clips and they confirmed my suspicions of it being awful, imo of course
Diana Ross in the re-written musical, "The Wiz", the Broadway hit in name only. A big ol' bomb at the box office. One wonders how it would do if the original script was filmed with Stephanie Mills & the original cast members.
To be fair some performances from the non-original cast members aren’t too bad like Michael Jackson, Lena Horne and Thelma Carpenter and I’m going to give a hot take but I find Thelma Carpenter a better Good Witch of the North than Clarice Taylor. I especially prefer Thelma’s rendition of “He’s the Wizard” over the original Broadway version and just find it much more energetic and upbeat with her jazz voice while Clarice just sounds more like she’s talking than singing. It’s one of the rare moments where the movie adaptation’s rendition of a song is better than the Broadway version’s.
I disagree about Madonna. Evita isn't an amazing film, but it's a good adaptation and she did surprisingly well in the role. I do agree with the others (especially Phantom). I would add to the worked list John Travolta in Hairspray and Ariana DeBose in West Side Story. For Killed, Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia and the entire cast of Cats (although that was less their fault and more it was a stinky movie).
Agreed with all these with exception of Madonna. Looking back, it would have been good if the filmed the singing live but that was not the norm at the time. Madonna’s voice was in tip top vocal shape at the time (due to intense training) and live vocals would have added more to her performance.
As far as Evita~Siskel & Ebert gave the film two thumbs up. Film earned $141 million. Earned several awards. I freely admit Modonna was praised & condemned.
Could not agree more about Russell crowe. As soon as I saw the title of the video I hoped he would be no. 1. Could not disagree more about Gérard butler. He was amazing ❤
I don't know why they bothered; we already had a live-action CATS movie. It was a pro-shot of the stage show & is exponentially better than the unholy cat/human hybrids of the 2019 movie
I have to disagree with your opinion about Gerald Butler as the Phantom. I loved him in the role. Just my opinion, I know. Also, my husband and I enjoyed Evita. Madonna has her weak spots but the movie worked.
Um, considering John Cameron Mitchell basically created "Hedwig," to say he "nailed every inch" is the height of stupidity. I mean, Mitchell LITERALLY created the character for the original off-Broadway musical, not just writing the story but being the first "Hedwig" to appear on stage. To suggest he wouldn't have done a decent job in the film version is just dumb.
Poor Len Cariou, having to perform with Liz Taylor. I love her acting in Suddenly, Last Summer, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woof, but singing? I think not.
Send in the clowns was written for Glynis Johns, who could sing but couldn’t hold a note for long. That’s why the end-words are short. Then people stretch them & it doesn’t sound right.
Because it's more fun to hate a movie that already has a reputation, however unwarranted, of being the flop of all time. Everyone also likes to complain that Barbra Streisand, 25 when she played Dolly, was far too young for the part. That's one thing the film should have gotten unto rather than avoiding. Dolly could very easily be 30, which was not young in 1890 when the story is set. Maybe she married lively older man Ephraim Levi at 16 and was widowed at 23, a very common occurrence at the time. As for Carol Channing, she actually was the front-runner for the movie role until the producers saw her in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and thought she photographed badly and was too over-the-top for movies.
That was actually a very good and entertaining movie! MB managed to fit the Sky role well even with the singing, and FS was very good as Nathan! I think both actors were age appropriate as wel!
I didn't mind James Corden in Prom, but his delivery of the line "My wife is dead because of you!" In Into the Woods...the fact that that take made it into the movie is indefensible.
Ben Platt in Dear Evan Hansen.... I don't know that you can necessarily say he ruined the movie, because he WAS the original Evan Hansen on Broadway and even won a Tony for it. He is obviously a fantastic singer. But he wasn't the right choice for the filmed version. He was too old by then to play a teenager and he looks every day of his age. What's worse, the rest of the cast looked age appropriate, so he stuck out like a sore thumb. He didn't ruin the movie, but I definitely think it would have done better with someone else in that role - esp considering there's a whole wealth of younger talent from Broadway that have played that part on stage already. It's not like they didn't have options.
Worked: Mickey Rooney in Girl Crazy, Sinatra in Pal Joey, Yul Brynner in The King and I, Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon, Rita Moreno in West Side Story.
I rarely watch your videos, but this caught my attention. Your top pics were spot on. Streisand was phenomenal and Russell Crowe was abysmal. I would add to the list the entire cast of Sweeney Todd except for the kid.
Considering John Cameron Mitchel created Hedwig, of course he would nail the role. I don't think that listing should be in this list whether honorable mention or otherwise.
I don't think Daniel Day Lewis was the main problem with the movie disaster Nine - the main problems were an unnecessary and tawdry rewrite of the book and the removal of several of the best songs from the stage version - especially Louisa's big number. And much as I love Judi Dench, the movie needed Liliane Montevecchi. I was so looking forward to that movie too :-(
Crowe & Butler were singing out of their ranges! It is unfair to criticize them. You even said Phantom is a tenor part, but Butler is a baritone, so is Crowe! The scores should've been adjusted to their ranges. Also, Liza didn't win an Oscar before Cabaret, she'd been nominated!
Can’t believe Phantom movie is 20 years old!! And he didn’t have 0 singing experience…he was an experienced rock singer. Singing broadway is very different style.
I am a huge Les Miz fan. Was looking forward to the film version of the movie until they cast it. I love Hugh Jackman, but he does not have the range for Valjean. My daughter and I couldn't wait for javier to jump off the bridge, that was the most painful version of "Stars" I have ever heard. And for all the praise for Anne Hathaway's role, I just didn't get it, the music speaks for itself and I felt she was kind of overboard with the facial emotions. I was genuinely surprised at Eddie Redmayne, enjoyed his version of "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" , conveyed so much emotion just with his voice. Then of course the original Valjean was the Bishop and Colm was brilliant as always.
I didn’t like the movie at all. None of it worked for me. I hated the whole live singing thing they went with. 🙄 Felt like I went to a high school play.
As soon as I heard Crowe and Jackman at the beginning of the movie, I knew I would not like it at all. I found them both horrible, sorry. Also, though an unpopular opinion, I did not like Hathaway's rendition in I Dreamed a Dream. Good acting indeed, but crying while singing may not be the best idea.
Les Mis is one of my all-time favorite shows & I hate the movie. It's closer in scale to an opera & requires the cast to sing accordingly. IMHO only Samantha Barks came close to the level the show demands. I still can't understand how Anne Hathaway won an Oscar for her mumbling, soppy gob-face performance.
@@ChemaEn I despise her version of I Dreamed A Dream. Les Mis is basically an opera & every song requires a strong voice, not mumbling & sobbing your way through it.
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What are you guys sing? Emma Watson was amazing is belle and she has such a beautiful voice
@@gemstarlight3775 😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@gemstarlight3775 Exactly. Even the actresses that played Belle before, such as Susan Egan and Paige O'Hara, have approved of Emma Watson's casting and portrayal as Belle, and let alone the fact that Paige O'Hara even served as a singing mentor on Emma Watson during the whole filming on that movie, especially on the recording of the singing sessions.
Clearly, the attacks onto Emma Watson by the lying, biased, dishonest, disgusting, pathetic Msmojo are completely unwarranted, unjust, abhorrently biased, as well as completely wrong, and invalid, as well as completely null and void. Like, she does not belong on that pathetic list made by the lying Msmojo.
And these criticisms that the lying dishonest Msmojo, and other lying, slanderous and dishonest entertainment sources are making against her, are no criticisms and are rather, pure libel, defamation, slander, insults, as well as pure dirty misinformation, disinformation, dirty smear propaganda and fake news.
And the Msmojo's lying dishonest statements in that pathetic video that "Emma Watson had killed the 2017 live-action movie of Beauty and the Beast and she had failed to charm the audiences, and her approach on her portrayal of Belle is One-Dimensional", are again, nothing more but total bunch of lies, dirty smear propaganda, total fake news, phony and made-up stories, let alone that these statements being made on a dirty video by the dirty, corrupt, lying, biased, dishonest, disgusting, and pathetic Msmojo are all completely wrong, invalid, as well as null and void; all of it.
@@lonellfletcher Your laughing reaction on this comment section speaks nothing but terrible.
@@gemstarlight3775 Oh please, she's awful. The whole movie was a master's class in why the H did Disney decide to ruing their wonderful animated musicals -- that one was nominated for Best Picture -- with these lame live remakes?
Andrew Garfield is a chameleon and deserves more recognition for his musical prowess. I think he owned that role.
Should've won the Oscar that year
He was great in TTB, but to say he needs more recognition for his musical prowess is a stretch. He has done one musical.
I don’t like Spider-Man movies and I never saw the war movie so I didn’t think I liked Andrew Garfield but then I saw tick tick boom and fell in love❤
@@erinmalone2669 Can I recommend you seek out "99 Homes" if you haven't seen it? It's a great showcase for his acting range.
He was excellent as Prior Walter in "Angels In America".
Andrew Garfield was the PERFECT Jonathan Larson. He brought him back to life and thanks to him and Lin, he finally got the flowers he deserves (I’m still salty the movie was snubbed at the Oscars)
He got a nomination for best actor. But sadly didn't win
@jonathanfitzharris4196 a true crime
Absolutely! Andrew Garfield should've won that Oscar! Her performance as the late, great Jonathan Larson in "Tick, Tick...Boom!" was the best of his career! I wish the Will Smith slap happened at a different award show like the Screen Actors Guild or the BAFTAs, then Andrew Garfield definitely would've won!
True! I can’t believe Tick, tick… boom wasn’t nominated for Best Picture but Coda won!?
Julie Andrews really shone as Mary Poppins, the magical nanny with a heart of gold, and she thoroughly deserved that Oscar win.
And to think, the direct for my Fair Lady (film version) didn't even want to consider her for the part because they felt she wouldn't work well on film.
@@littlesongbird1 I know right. I agree with both of you. I think "Mary Poppins" should've won Best Picture in 1964 instead of "My Fair Lady"! And I think instead of a "Mary Poppins" sequel, we should've had a remake of "My Fair Lady" with Emily Blunt as Eliza Doolittle and Julie Andrews as Mrs. Higgins and have that win Best Picture and Best Actress in 2018!
Julie didn't get to do the film version of Camelot either after doing the stage version. They went with Vanessa Redgrave instead.
@@mattbosley3531 Yeah that was also a major bust!
@@elephantbluepeter Absolutely! I mean, before the film of Camelot was released (1967), Andrews had already shone in two Hollywood musicals - so why didn't the people casting Camelot just call her?
I was kinda expecting Pierce Brosnan to be here since his Mamma Mia singing was heavily criticized 😅
He’s tone deaf but managed not to kill the movie (and so danged charming)
The whole point for Mama Mia was to not have "singers". The point was for it to be fun, wacky, uninhibited, non-serious etc. Which is why having Brosnan, Firth, Skarsgaard, Walters, etc. who are not trained singers worked.
It's crazy he never gets mentioned on lists like this just because the movie made money.
Pierce voice was very good in Mama Mia....I loved it....❤
I didn't think he was too bad, I thought Julie Walters was way worse. Granted she doesn't sing nearly as much in the movie.
You forgot a notorious miscasting. Lucille Ball was miscast as Mame while Tony winner Angela Lansbury was snubbed for the role.
Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes; oh, yes, oh, yes, oh yes. Well, I wanted to reach for the gun. Lucille Ball wasn't just bad, she was horrible. She almost single-handedly killed the movie musical genre. How could you have forgotten how truly awful she was? She maimed Mame.
@@tedcockley6760 Totally agree. Unfortunately, Lucille Ball bought the rights to the movie so there was never a chance she wouldn't play the roll. However, equally as bad is Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot. I cringe when she opens her mouth. Makes the movie totally unwatchable.
It was such a disappointment. I wonder who would have been a good casting choice, though? Rosalind Russel was indelible in the original film
@@tedcockley6760 She also destroyed her movie career: Mame was her last film.
Robert Preston in the Music Man was so perfect he destroyed anyone else's ability to play the part. Then there was any musical starring Howard Keel, fantastic voice, fantastic stage presence.
Robert Preston was in the original Broadway cast. 😊
Robert Preston was great in The Music Man but I totally fell in love with him in Mame.
Don't forget Victor Victoria
I wondered why they cast James Corden, when they literally had both Andrew Rannells and Kevin Chamberlain, and either one could have easily been cast as Barry instead.
Seriously though
Andrew was not the right type and Kevin Chamberlain was not a big name.
Right. Or Nathan Lane or Sean Hayes
My first thought was Nathan Lane also. I think he would have been PERFECT and made the movie so much better!@@cruisematt8585
@@cruisematt8585Nathan Lane would have been amazing
Would personally swap out Emma Watson for Madonna's spot. As I remember it, Madonna and the Evita musical was highly praised at the time. She even won the Golden Globe for her performance. And it is hardly uncommon for Patti LuPone to express her displeasure. Hardly surprising that she might have had ulterior motives in this case since she originated the role on the stage but was excluded from the movie.
Madonna should stick to pop music. She did not have the vocal chops for that role.
We all know why she won the Golden Globe that year. Those Globe awards in those days were corrupt as hell. It was so bad that the organization had to be revamped and renamed. The Oscars didn't even give Madonna a nomination even when the song 'You must love me' earned Oscar recognition. Ah, the old Globes... 🤭
Patti LuPone doesn't like anything and anyone! No surprise here!
Technically Elaine Paige originated the role of Eva Peron in Evita as part of the London production
You nailed it. LuPone was not even considered for the TWO movie adaptations that were in the works; the most recent one given the go-ahead by the studio. She wasn't considered by Lloyd Weber for the movie adaptation, who wanted his then wife Sarah Brightman for the part. Madonna wanted this role for more than a decade and was willing to do anything for it.. including taking extensive vocal lessons, spending hours watching Evita Perone and listening to her speeches and reading almost every biography she could get her hands on. For all the naysayers who thought that all Madonna did was watch the Broadway play and do some cosmetic aesthetics including wearing brown contacts, she did the work. She even previewed Evita in her "Take a Bow" and "You'll See" videos to prove to the director (along with her 10+ page letter ) that she really wanted the part and felt that she knew how challenging portraying this woman (who was both reviled and revered by Argentinians) would be.
Another one that comes to mind is Olivia Newton-John in Grease. Yes the original Sandy was American (from Chicago actually) but she made it her own. It's funny, most singers don't tend to have successful movie career because most can't do both, and Newton-John made a lot of flops but Grease worked.
I saw Xanadu first which is a guilty pleasure but no Grease
Xanadu was a throwback to older movie musicals a lot of which had even less plot than Xanadu had. There were several fantasy musicals done , some better than others. i think Xanadu's biggest problem was mixing styles.
My family are all Xanadu fans. When Olivia Newton John passed away (on the anniversary of the opening of Xanadu), and everyone was watching Grease nostalgicly, we were watching Xanadu.
Ariana Debose/Rita Moreno as Anita in both WEST SIDE STORY movies were PERFECTION
I admit I thought Spielberg was crazy to remake WSS until word got out that Rita was going to be involved. Other then that, I couldn’t agree more
That version of West Side Story had some exceptional good points, but it doesn't even come close to the emotional impact the original film version has. Dubose was amazing in the film, but the film itself had problems which stemmed from the fact that Spielberg (as much as I love his work), doesn't understand how a Musical works, and it shows in the film.
How the HELL is Topol only an honorable mention for Fiddler on the Roof?!?
I agree! Vigorous, manly, and passionate performance. He owned Tevye.
Topal is one of the best who ever lived! No matter if in a Musical or even Science Fiction! He put passion in every performance.
Loved him in For Your Eyes Only.
The Sound of Music could have been the cheesiest thing ever made but then they managed to convince Christopher Plummer to play Captain von Trapp. His acting and his work with director Robert Wise and screenwriter Ernest Lehmann to improve the story totally turned a solid Broadway musical into a legendary Hollywood classic
Rocky Horror worked because it was so completely unhinged and Tim Curry killing it.
I seem to recall that "Evita" brought new respect for Madonna among those who disliked her music videos and her image. Also, Antonio Banderas "can sing!"
I don’t think the criticism of Madonna here is warranted. In fact, the mention of Evita made me want to go watch the movie again. I agree that Antonio Banderas was the High Point of the movie though.
@@rudykraft5526I loved Evita. I own the soundtrack.
I’m not a fan of the Evita musical, and I find Madonna to be a limited performer, though she certainly thinks highly of herself. I think she looks the most beautiful she ever did as Eva and I give her credit for having the guts to branch out. She was serviceable. As an actress she is most appealing when she’s playing a version of herself (Desperately seeking Susan; a league of their own.)
Catherine was also pregnant when they filmed Chicago. She effin killed it!
Is that right? She was obviously pregnant when she won the Oscar.
She didn't "effin" kill it. She "ate up the screen and spat it out!"
HOWEVER, she did not deserve the Oscar for best supporting actress. She should have won the Oscar for BEST LEADING ACTRESS. She had a leading role.
She was my favorite part of the movie!
Did we forget Nicole Kidman in Moulan Rouge?? Ewing McGregor did great too.
Agreed. That was just an all around great movie.
Forget what? That she was so terrible a singer?
@steveknutzen2830 Nicole Kidman is a good singer. She's no Adelle, but she did more than sing in the movie. She's a fantastic actress and had a great cast and electric chemistry between her and McGregor.
Liza didn’t have an Oscar prior to landing the role in Cabaret. Liza got her second nomination and first win for Cabaret.
I was just going to comment on that.
They didn't say she did. They said she had a Tony, but it took an Oscar winning performance in Cabaret for people to notice her.
@@Ketutar Quote "Oh, did we mention it earned her another Oscar?" Unquote.
I disagree about Gerard Butler in the Phantom, what he lacked in vocals prowess he made up for angst and pain with the phantom
I know it was good
I loved him in that movie!!!
Agreed. I actually liked this movie.
I loved this movie when it came out, and it was a favorite to watch with my daughter when she was growing up. Recently, we sat down to watch it and it gets to the part where he's begging Christine to stay with him and he doesn't have his mask and she pauses it when he's looking all anguished and crying and she says "...he looks like we should be asking him where his adult care giver is" and she RUINED IT forever for me, cuz yeah, he looks a bit, shall we say, 'tarded there 😅
Trust your adult kids to ruin classics for you...
I loved him as the Phantom, and also his voice. The last scene always made me cry.
Neil Patrick Harris should played James Corden's character
Or Kevin Chamberlin, the guy who played the lazy butler in Disney Channel's Jessie. Apparently he can sing too and he's gay so why the hell not him?
I don't care about the actor's sexuality at all, just their acting and singing ability. Somebody better than Corden.
Or Andrew Rannells.
@@sethprice3454 Andrew Rannells literally played Trent Oliver, the guy who sang "Love Thy Neighbor" in The Prom. You expect him to play two characters in one movie? 😂
@@BryanCostner he was in the movie, as the agent
Madonna won a golden globe for “Evita”. And had to work hard on that film. Even before filming, she DID manage to convince the then Argentinian president to allow the production to actually film the speech scene on the actual balcony where Eva had given her last public speech. He was dead set against the film from and the onset and particularly vehement against Madonna, but his daughter (a Madonna fan, so THAT helped), convinced her father to at least hear the production team and Madonna out. While not a fan, he did understand the importance of filming the iconic scene in its iconic setting. People who thought she killed the film were bitter queens who themselves weren’t considered for the part of this, the DEFINITIVE Box Office film version. Madonna campaigned for 12 years to get the part of Evita in the film adaptation, even when she was all but out of contention, with one director stating she'd get the part "over my dead body". In her 10+ page handwritten letter to the new director Alan Parker she set forth WHY she should then be considered for the part; underscoring Eva Peron's life and challenges and psychology and Madonna drawing parallels with her own experience. While naysayers said he only hired her for her name value, that's all bunk when you read and listen to how hard Madonna had to work for this part and in this production. That work paid off.. while she was snubbed by the Oscars, she DID win a golden globe for the role AND thanks to her vocal training and musicality, she was able take what she learned and applied it to her next album "Ray of Light" which earned her a grammy.. so stuff it naysayers!
Agree 💯. She did a fantastic job as Evita.
I felt like I was the only one I enjoyed this performance of Evita. I enjoyed Madonna.
Hard agree with this! She gave a far more sympathetic performance than the musical requires, and therefore probably much more accurate to life.
@@gracehowell. Exactly! Even in the interviews she gave during this period in talking about Eva Peron, Madonna stated while she did a lot of research and talked with people who actually knew Eva Peron and had a pretty good understanding of what it took for her to rise from poverty to utter power, she (Madonna) couldn't exactly grasp the whole grabbing onto and supporting Fascism (and therein lies the canyon separating her and Eva Peron.. so much for the haters saying "oh she's just playing someone like herself!!") Little would she or any of us know then how our own country would be rushing into that via the rising MAGA Religious Reich! We were such simple, innocent life forms then.. lol
@@musicman2410 yes.. it was very hard task to turn a MUSICAL into a full-on cinematic experience. I enjoyed the movie, but wonder how much more impactful and dramatic it would have been if it had been a DRAMA rather than a musical.. and whether or not Madonna could have pulled it off had it been. the world will never know.. lol
Not great singers but "Little Shop of Horrors" is a great movie. When Audrey cuts loose in "Suddenly Seymour", it hits a literal high note. And Levi Stubbs as the plant is great.
I’m thinking of doing a legacy sequel to Little Shop of Horrors in graphic novel form and taking ideas from the original stage show, Roger Corman film and the film’s original ending. I still need to work out the outline but I’ve got some ideas so far.
That film stands on its own in so many ways. The casting, the performances, the sets and the practical effect of Audrey 2
@@callen8908 It’s going to be risky, but I’m going to be doing a legacy sequel albeit graphic novel form. I’ve got plenty of material from the original low-budget Roger Corman film that inspired the musical, the original stage musical and the original ending to work with. I just need to take a LOT of time organizing my ideas together before working out the outline of the plot.
Fiddler on the Roof is my all-time favorite movie. I sang along with Topol at my parents' 25th Anniversary to "If I were a Rich Man." It was a memorable moment. It's just about the only song I can sing. Most importantly, my parents and family loved it. They're gone now, but it still warms my heart that I could do that for them. I had sent apologies that I wouldn't be able to attend. But when it came time to give speeches, they said I had recorded my message, then I came out of the kitchen singing. There wasn't a dry eye. Maybe because of my singing, haha, but it was so much fun to see them so surprised.
I've never seen it but I always wanted to.
@@nannettepolcastro4799 I had my kids sit down and watch it a couple years ago. I grew up watching and loving the movie and I was afraid they wouldn't like it (I braced myself for complaints of "long" "boring" or "old") but they enjoyed the hell out of it. 😄
Gerald Butler kicked ass as the Phantom. Yes he doesn’t have the vocal talent of Michael Crawford but his acting was amazing & his gritty voice fit the character. Him being on this list at all is ludicrous.
No love for The Producers?? That was cast beautifully!
The original was, yes. Probably the best casting I can think of.
That movie was one of my theatre kid baby steps
LuPone wanted to play Eva in the film version of Evita. If you think a nearly 40-year-old Madonna playing a 15-year-old Eva was a stretch, imagine a nearly 50-year-old Patti LuPone trying to pull it off
Rusell Crowe and Gerald Butler may not be musical material, but...seriously, who cast Pierce Brosnan in Mama Mia?!
Mamma Mia struck me as a bunch of famous friends getting together to make a musical for fun 😂
He is not good but I think a jukebox musical where you're singing a couple of song doesn't ruin it the way a bad Phantom does
Clint Eastwood in Paint Your Wagon rivals Pierce's singing lol
Confession time - I kinda love Pierce Brosnan singing during his wedding with Streep - sure, he cant sing, but its heartfelt and I feel it.
@@Aramane He also seems like he’s having fun the whole time. His bad singing almost adds to the lighthearted tone of the film
Idk if its an unpopular opinion but i enjoy Russell Crowes performance and Gerald Butler's performance. From play to movie of course there is a difference in sound and singing chops but for movie it works.
I actually think they both did an incredible job and apparently no one has ever heard the stage javert? Russell sounds good for the most part and even the parts that were a little wonky seem kind of the vibe as other singers also kind of sucked in Les Mis. The literal last thing they played was Gerard nailing that lol
Gerard was in a rock band in Uni, Russell is a gruff, baritone.
Gerald Butler did a pretty good job. I think he especially nailed the character of the Phantom where certain parts were needed. However, Russell Crowe as the Inspector, yikes. I cringe every time he sings. A lot of run on lines and kinda monotone. Not the amount of emotion and conviction needed for his character.
I thought Russell Crowe was perfect. I really didn't care that his singing wasn't operatic quality. He _was_ Javert.
I actually liked it too, and Hugh Jackman's take, it gave a much more real-life element to the story, you could really feel the grittiness of impending war and doom.
Topol was wonderful primarily because of his versatility. He could sing happy, sing sad, sing angry or sing whatever the role called for. I would have been nice to see him in other musicals.
I mean John Cameron Mitchell was Hedwig maybe because he wrote the show too? And was the original? Lol 😂
Ha! I came here to say that.
@@samh7033 Same😊
Right? You mean the guy who conceived, wrote, and originally acted the role was the perfect choice? Color me not shocked! Honestly I think it was just a poor excuse to make the lame "every *inch* the character" pun
Liza Minnelli singing in parts of Cabreret had a haunting amount of her mother's presence in them!
Tim curry was hot in that movie
Very magnetic in that role
Yes he was!! 😍
I don't think anyone actually can fill his shoes in this role
@@lauraholmes3262 David badella was pretty good
Tim Curry is hot in every movie...
I'm surprised CATS didn't make the cut
I think because it wasn’t ruined by one single performance, it was just a disaster all around
It wasn't just one person who ruined it. In fact, Jennifer Hudson and Miss Swift seemed to give it their all.
Cats failed because of the entire approach to it, not one particular bit of miscasting. It was as though someone sat down and made a list of everything that made the stage play work, and said "Well, let's do none of THAT."
Why do people insist that only a gay man can play a gay man?, it's acting not be who you are in real life. Neil Patrick Harris plays a straight man and it works because he's good
It's a real issue to suggest only gay people can take gay roles, because you're basically forcing people to out themselves if they want to be considered for a role. Not to mention, how will you be confirming that they're "gay" enough exactly?
Agreed. The discipline of acting is all about creating character out of traits you do NOT have. That's what the talent and the work entails. That does not mean to suggest James did good work, just that his being straight was not the fundamental problem.
The Birdcage...enough said.
The problem with Corden wasn’t that he was a straight man playing a gay character. It's that he was a straight man playing a gay character badly. He didn't bring any nuance to the role. Yes, it's a broad role - which calls for even more talent, which he doesn't evidence in that role.
I just think it is about James Cordon having less screen time.... in general.
There are so many more that could have been on this list. Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon both did amazing jobs in "Walk the Line". IMO
I love "Walk the Line", so much, but this film is not a musical. A Musical film is a genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. In "Walk the Line" the characters are singers who sing when they are on stage or in the studio - it ends up being a film about music instead of being a musical.
Yes, but it's not a musical
I understand that "Walk the Line" wasn't a musical. I was just stating that they both did a great job in that movie.
Disagree on Gerard. Almost everyone I know was ready to live under the opera house with him. (College art students and teachers of all ages!😁)
Yeah. I remember loving the movie just because of Gerald, I'm like wtf shock 😮
Antonio Banderas should've played The Phantom and Guido in the film adaptations of "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Nine"!
And I think Ralph Fiennes should've played Javert in the film adaptation of "Les Misérables"!
There are a lot of problems with the POTO movie and a lot of if has to do with Gerry. Certainly his singing voice is a problem. Yes they cheated on the disfigurement makeup. (Some of us were less upset about that than others.) Phantom has been around for 35+ years now and the casting, makeup and treatment of the relationships have evolved. Look at "Love Never Dies"! I'd put Ramin Karimloo in the POTO movie now but he wasn't around then. The pair in the Australian LND movie are unique. Bring POTO back to Broadway!!
Michael Crawford was great on stage, I do t know why he wasn’t in the movie.
Can anyone tell me?
@@lefantomer Ramin Karimloo was playing Raoul in the West End in 2003 and had a cameo as Christine's father in the film. I wish they'd let him sing!
@@betha8702 Yes, I saw the cameo! 😍 But Ramin as Raoul? Ouch. He did such remarkable things with the role as Phantom.
@@lefantomer He was a fantastic Raoul! So handsome and charismatic. Raoul was the first role I saw him in but I could watch him play any character, he's just so good!
Good list. If they wanted a name in Phantom they could have cast Antonio Banderas who can sing and he has played the role.
This! His performance of the title track alongside Sarah Brightman is *chef's kiss*
You know what else worked? Aileen Quinn as Annie! "The sun'll ☀ come out tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar 💵 that tomorrow, there'll be sun... tomorrow tomorrow I love ya tomorrow. You're only a day away! "
And Carol Burnett as Miss Hannagan?! Tim Curry as Rooster and Bernadette Peters as Lilly ?
Freaking perfect ! I got the movie full cast soundtrack record the it came out as a little girl and know every note on it I listened so many times! We used to act out the movie and sing the songs from memory at recess! Haha😂
I signed the petition NOT to have James Corden in the Wicked movie
He wasn't very good in Into the Woods either. You'd think they would have learned after that.
@@mattbosley3531 What about Cats?!? He found a way to stand out as terrible in a terrible movie. Every stunt casting except Ian McKellan was awful. The best parts of that movie were the unknown actors.
There was a series of years where he somehow weaseled his way into several movie musicals and they all were seriously lacking.
At least I enjoyed his voicing as Percy in Smallfoot
@@mattbosley3531Ironically still better than most of his later performances at least. Sure, it’s not saying much, but I’d take his performance in Into the Woods over his performance in Cats and that musical MsMojo just had on their list.
When watching movies starring Barbara Streisand, it feels not only like she's brilliant at playing those roles, but like those roles were written for her. She inhabits them so naturally that she owns them. Forever. Nobody could ever surpass her performances.
I agree. On paper, it's hard to imagine someone LESS suited to playing Dolly Levi, an aging widow. On film, it didn't matter - she was brilliance personified.
Agreed.
Regardless of opinions on Madonnna's Evita role, she won a Golden Globe for Evita.
We all know why she won the Golden Globe that year. Those Globe awards in those days were corrupt as hell. It was so bad that the organization had to be revamped and renamed. The Oscars didn't even give Madonna a nomination even when the song 'You must love me' earned Oscar recognition. Ah, the old Globes... 🤭
@@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719 Even overlooking the allegations of corruption, the voting body at the time was fewer than 100 foreign press. They may look prestigious, but any alignment with quality work is purely by accident.
I liked it
I don’t particularly like Madonna but I think she did superbly as Evita
Me too !! I’m definitely not a Madonna fan- but she did really well in Evita
Why is Andrew Garfield only an honorable mention? He was a huge surprise who killed it.
True. He should've won the Oscar, imo
@@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719 The film never played in theaters so he'd not even be eligible for an Oscar. Emmy maybe
@@richardperhai8292 Andrew Garfield was actually nominated for an Oscar for that role
I love, love Andrew Garfield in Tick Tick Boom, but the Top 5 are Tim Curry, Liza Minelli, Julie Andrews, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Barbra Streisand - their characters marked the history of musical films forever. These are roles that are at least over 20 years old and still remain impossible to surpass. But if this was a Top 10, Andrew would have clearly been #6 - He should have won the Oscar.
@@MarcioDAstrain I think Garfield was a bigger surprise than Zeta-Jones, but good point.
Judy Garland, as Dorothy, I don't even need to mention the movie.
And Judy in Easter Parade!❤
"Elizabeth Taylor is widely seen as one of the greatest actors of her time." Uh, no. Elizabeth Taylor was widely seen as one of the greatest MOVIE STARS of her time. In fact, she was often called "the last great movie star." But that does not confer acting greatness upon her.
she WAS a great actress
Andrew in tick tick boom genuinely blew my mind. Man has he got talent.
Disagree with the Evita. Madonna was great, I kept doubting if it was her or it's just someone looked like her throughout the whole film the first time I saw it.
Emma Watson was trapped in the classic story. Daniel Day Lewis was killed by the boring story (but the OST was brilliant). Not the ones to blame for these two.
Apparently what happened in Beauty and the Beast was that they ended up mashing a bunch of clips of live and studio recordings of Emma's singing because supposedly a lot of her live takes couldn't be used due to background noise and such, and so we ended up with the movie version. She had actually trained for months to sing Belle and was very upset when she heard the final cut of her songs.
Wow ! All excellent choices. Liza IS Sally Boles to me. And BARBRA as Fanny Bryce is one of my All Time Favorite performances! ❤🎉
barbra streisand absolutely slayed in funny girl, the entire movie i love watching the depth of her performance while also listening to the incredible vocal technique 🩷
Correction; Liza got an Oscar NOMINATION and then won for Cabaret.
Catherine Zeta-Jones was a delight in Chicago! Great voice, great presence, beautiful woman, great actress and she gave us an amazing performance in every single way! ❤
Why do I vividly remember people going nuts for Madonnas performance in that movie?
because you did the public opinion shifted with time .
They went crazy over a popular singer being cast and they were surprised she did as well as she did.
Say what you want about Gerard Butler, but I personally think that considering he had no singing experience prior his voice is really good. The film as a whole gains a lot of my respect.
Unpopular opinion: honorable mention to Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle. She looked beautiful and did as good a job as possible but Audrey's singing had to be dubbed (mostly) and she appeared too fragile a character to end up with Rex Harrison's Prof Higgins... I'd have loved to have seen Julie Andrews on film in the role.
Julie Andrews was Liza in My Fair Lady on Broadway. She wasn’t available for the movie role because she was already signed to do Mary Poppins. Both movies came out in 1964. In a reissue of the movie My Fair Lady Audrey’s real voice was left in on a couple of songs (Wouldn’t It Be Loverly, was one). She originally sang in her own voice during the original filming. She had a sweet voice but not powerful enough. Hence, Marni Nixon (Natalie Wood’s dubbed singing voice in West Side Story and Deborah Kerr’s dubbed singing voice in The King And I) was called in to dub Audrey’s voice. Audrey was not a happy camper!
@@shejean She wasn't cast yet. Warner wanted a big name star because he payed the most ever payed for the rights for a musical and wanted a guaranteed return in his investment (Especially since the rights to the film returned to CBS after a period of time). Hepburn was cast for box-office.
Actually Audrey's singing didn't have to be dubbed. She worked with a vocal coach and did her own singing, but the producers decided that it wasn't good enough for them so they had it dubbed. She did her own singing in Breakfast at Tiffanys. There are some of her original vocal tracks for the film online.
@@mattbosley3531 Audrey sang one song in Breakfast At Tiffany’s; Moon River. Very sweet. I know she sang in her own voice during filming of My Fair Lady . But her own voice was just not powerful enough for a full-blown musical. I do think it was very charming to have kept her original recording of Wouldn’t It Be Loverly in the reissue
But then we wouldn’t have had Dame Julie Andrews in the iconic role of Mary Poppins and I don’t want to think of any other actress in the original role because they wouldn’t have been as good as Andrews or left as much of an impression or impact. It might not have been fair to Julie, but I’m thankful she was passed over in favor of Audrey Hepburn so she could take the role of Mary Poppins. I don’t want to even live in an alternate universe where she reprised her role as Eliza Doolittle in the film version of My Fair Lady and a different big name actress at the time ended up playing Mary Poppins instead. No thanks. 🙅
A couple more underrated, but deserving recognition:
-Amanda Bynes (Penny in Hairspray)
-Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd - I felt his vocals worked surprisingly for the aesthetic of the film and his acting was top notch)
Fanny Brice was a real person and a Broadway star, so the film Funny Girlwas a biopic as well as a musical, and there was a sequel too.
Here's a thought neither Clint Eastwood or Lee Marvin were naturally good singers, but somehow their casting in Paint Your Wagon works, particularly Lee Marvin who had a huge hit with I Was Born Under A Wandering Star.
Although they did give most Od Clint’s songs to Harve Presnell, who was fantastic.
I hated Paint Your Wagon.
I wasn’t really keen on it. I saw it back in the day when I thought movie heroes should be admirable & there were not many (any?) truly admirable characters in it. Looking back , I was a bit harsh - they were at least consistent - but I haven’t watched it again.
I remember thinking Harve was SO good-looking, though.
Harve was still good-looking in The Pretender, & I was older, too, so that was ok.
Unpopular opinion, I actually didn't mind Russell Crowe in Les Mis. Was he the strongest performer? No. Would I have picked him as my first choice? No. Did he do a respectable job? Personally, I feel like, yes. Putting him up against the likes of Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman did him no favors but I actually didn't hate his performance as may seem to.
@msmojo I think Madonna was not bad in her portrayal of Eva Peron. She even fetched a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy), and Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. And, as a South American, I remember watching Argentine TV news broadcast back in the day, and I remember what President Menem said, but he wasn't referring to Madonna's portrayal of Evita per se. Argentina is a deeply Roman Catholic country (the Pope is Argentine, for instance), and back then, Madonna had already done the Erotica album and the "Sex" book, so, for most Roman Catholics, Madonna was seen as a "sinner", a "prostitute", and a "worshiper of Satan". So, when word spread out that Madonna would be portraying Argentina's most beloved woman (to the point some people thought of Evita as a "saint"), everyone there, from the peasants to the President himself, roared in dismay, anger, and disappointment, because for them, it was outrageous that a "prostitute" would be portraying "Santa Evita".
Which was probably the sole reason for the hate.
Worked (imo)
Pirates of Penzance
Kevin Kline as The Pirate King
George Rose as The Major General
Tony Azito as the Sergeant
Phantom of the Opera
Emmy Rossum as Christine
Little Shop of Horrors
Ellen Greene as Audrey
Rick Moranis as Seymour
Levi Stubbs as Audrey II
Steve Martin as Orin Scivello
Grease
John Travolta as Danny
The Music Man
Robert Preston as Harold Hill
Mathew Broderick DID NOT work as Harold Hill
My Fair Lady
Stanley Halloway as Alfred P. Doolittle
Sound of Music
Carrie Underwood DID NOT work as Maria
Nobody worked in the remake of Rocky Horror Picture Show
Any movie musical Danny Kaye, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly were in worked
They made a remake of Rocky??? Why?
@flobrez2470 Oh my gosh it’s awful and the saddest part is Tim Curry plays the criminologist. I wish he hadn’t been a part of it. Laverne Cox plays Frank, Adam Lambert as Eddie, Victoria Justice as Janet. I refused to watch it but I did look at clips and they confirmed my suspicions of it being awful, imo of course
@@cruisematt8585 it sounds awful. Laverne Cox? really?
Totally agree with Pirates of Penzance casting. I love the version with Kevin Kline, et al.
Diana Ross in the re-written musical, "The Wiz", the Broadway hit in name only. A big ol' bomb at the box office. One wonders how it would do if the original script was filmed with Stephanie Mills & the original cast members.
To be fair some performances from the non-original cast members aren’t too bad like Michael Jackson, Lena Horne and Thelma Carpenter and I’m going to give a hot take but I find Thelma Carpenter a better Good Witch of the North than Clarice Taylor. I especially prefer Thelma’s rendition of “He’s the Wizard” over the original Broadway version and just find it much more energetic and upbeat with her jazz voice while Clarice just sounds more like she’s talking than singing. It’s one of the rare moments where the movie adaptation’s rendition of a song is better than the Broadway version’s.
I disagree about Madonna. Evita isn't an amazing film, but it's a good adaptation and she did surprisingly well in the role. I do agree with the others (especially Phantom). I would add to the worked list John Travolta in Hairspray and Ariana DeBose in West Side Story. For Killed, Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia and the entire cast of Cats (although that was less their fault and more it was a stinky movie).
Catherine Zeta Jones won the Oscar for Chicago, but I actually thought Renee Zelwegger’s performance was better
Agreed, I speculate that Zelwegger won the Oscar for "Cold Mountain" the year afterwards as an apology for not winning for "Chicago."
Nah I've always preferred Catherine. I dunno if it's just cause Velma is more likeable though and I prefer Catherine's voice
They competed in different categories (not against each other)
@@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719 People don't care about nuance.
Absolutely!
Agreed with all these with exception of Madonna. Looking back, it would have been good if the filmed the singing live but that was not the norm at the time. Madonna’s voice was in tip top vocal shape at the time (due to intense training) and live vocals would have added more to her performance.
"Where are the clowns?"
They cast Liz in the movie!
Topol should have been first and he’s only an honorable mention!!!!!! Saw him in person. He was a classic!
As far as Evita~Siskel & Ebert gave the film two thumbs up. Film earned $141 million. Earned several awards. I freely admit Modonna was praised & condemned.
Could not agree more about Russell crowe. As soon as I saw the title of the video I hoped he would be no. 1. Could not disagree more about Gérard butler. He was amazing ❤
correction: Liza has one Oscar and it's for Cabaret
I thought everyone and everything killed The Cats movie. Just re name the movie The Death of Musicals
It was poorly done all around, with a few good performances
I don't know why they bothered; we already had a live-action CATS movie. It was a pro-shot of the stage show & is exponentially better than the unholy cat/human hybrids of the 2019 movie
Some of it was kind of silly, but I thought it was good, if somewhat different from the stage version, but that's common for screen adaptations.
That is the perfect example of how justifies something works on stage doesn’t mean that it will work on film.
JCM ORIGINATED Hedwig on stage… of course it worked, he’s the best man to play Hedwig full stop
Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins is a delight! Emily Blunt also made a great job. 💖💖
I prefer the original movie over the sequel. But I certainly agree
I have to disagree with your opinion about Gerald Butler as the Phantom. I loved him in the role. Just my opinion, I know. Also, my husband and I enjoyed Evita. Madonna has her weak spots but the movie worked.
Um, considering John Cameron Mitchell basically created "Hedwig," to say he "nailed every inch" is the height of stupidity. I mean, Mitchell LITERALLY created the character for the original off-Broadway musical, not just writing the story but being the first "Hedwig" to appear on stage. To suggest he wouldn't have done a decent job in the film version is just dumb.
“They had it coming” made me fall soooooo deeply in love with Catherine Zeta Jones 🔥😍🔥
Madonna is a lazy target. She was better in Evita than people will ever give her credit for.
Most people don't even remember Rocky, despite him being the title character, as everyone knows it as the Tim Curry/Dr. Frankenfurter film!
Poor Len Cariou, having to perform with Liz Taylor. I love her acting in Suddenly, Last Summer, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woof, but singing? I think not.
Send in the clowns was written for Glynis Johns, who could sing but couldn’t hold a note for long. That’s why the end-words are short. Then people stretch them & it doesn’t sound right.
I actually didn’t think that Emma Watson did a bad job as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and Dan Stevens definitely didn’t do bad at all either.
CABARET!!!! My second in the list is Calamity Jane: wonderful songs, so amusing the plot!, and Doris Day...just PERFECT.❤
Barbara Streisand was a perfect DOLLY in Hello,Dolly! why does everyone forget this musical ????
Except she was waaaay too young for the role
Should have been Carol. Barbra was too young for the role.
Because it's more fun to hate a movie that already has a reputation, however unwarranted, of being the flop of all time. Everyone also likes to complain that Barbra Streisand, 25 when she played Dolly, was far too young for the part. That's one thing the film should have gotten unto rather than avoiding. Dolly could very easily be 30, which was not young in 1890 when the story is set. Maybe she married lively older man Ephraim Levi at 16 and was widowed at 23, a very common occurrence at the time. As for Carol Channing, she actually was the front-runner for the movie role until the producers saw her in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and thought she photographed badly and was too over-the-top for movies.
She was a way too young and Walter Matheau was all wrong too. And the film ran on far too long
I admit the movie does have its flaws. But her singing makes her Dolly redeemable.
How is Marlon Brandon for Guys and Dolls not on here???
Because he was better than Frank Sinatra in that piece of hot garbage.
That really was the worst casting I can remember.
I would have liked Frank Sinatra as Sky better
That was actually a very good and entertaining movie! MB managed to fit the Sky role well even with the singing, and FS was very good as Nathan! I think both actors were age appropriate as wel!
I don't hate Russell in Les Miz. At all. He was good.
I didn't mind James Corden in Prom, but his delivery of the line "My wife is dead because of you!" In Into the Woods...the fact that that take made it into the movie is indefensible.
Ben Platt in Dear Evan Hansen.... I don't know that you can necessarily say he ruined the movie, because he WAS the original Evan Hansen on Broadway and even won a Tony for it. He is obviously a fantastic singer. But he wasn't the right choice for the filmed version. He was too old by then to play a teenager and he looks every day of his age. What's worse, the rest of the cast looked age appropriate, so he stuck out like a sore thumb. He didn't ruin the movie, but I definitely think it would have done better with someone else in that role - esp considering there's a whole wealth of younger talent from Broadway that have played that part on stage already. It's not like they didn't have options.
Great video ! I really like this new format they are trying out. Good VS Bad
I loved Madonna in Evita, Gerard in POTO (not the best, bit still good), and Russell in Les Mis
Worked: Mickey Rooney in Girl Crazy, Sinatra in Pal Joey, Yul Brynner in The King and I, Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon, Rita Moreno in West Side Story.
Judy Garland in...everything.
They seriously considered Shirley Temple as Dorothy. Could you imagine?
I remember thinking “Who’s going to do the singing?” when I heard Madonna was cast as Evita.
Arrogant and dumb
I rarely watch your videos, but this caught my attention. Your top pics were spot on. Streisand was phenomenal and Russell Crowe was abysmal. I would add to the list the entire cast of Sweeney Todd except for the kid.
Considering John Cameron Mitchel created Hedwig, of course he would nail the role. I don't think that listing should be in this list whether honorable mention or otherwise.
I don't think Daniel Day Lewis was the main problem with the movie disaster Nine - the main problems were an unnecessary and tawdry rewrite of the book and the removal of several of the best songs from the stage version - especially Louisa's big number. And much as I love Judi Dench, the movie needed Liliane Montevecchi. I was so looking forward to that movie too :-(
Crowe & Butler were singing out of their ranges! It is unfair to criticize them. You even said Phantom is a tenor part, but Butler is a baritone, so is Crowe! The scores should've been adjusted to their ranges.
Also, Liza didn't win an Oscar before Cabaret, she'd been nominated!
Very very great epic list I like it a lot very very great job mis mojo one of my absolute favorite list ever 😊❤
Mary Poppins & Mary Poppins Returns all worked
Catherine Zeta Jones was amazing in Chicago.
How could you ignore Lucy in Mame? Angela Lansbury should have carried that film. Lucy couldn't sing, and the gauzy lens did nothing to hide her age.
Can’t believe Phantom movie is 20 years old!!
And he didn’t have 0 singing experience…he was an experienced rock singer. Singing broadway is very different style.
I am a huge Les Miz fan. Was looking forward to the film version of the movie until they cast it. I love Hugh Jackman, but he does not have the range for Valjean. My daughter and I couldn't wait for javier to jump off the bridge, that was the most painful version of "Stars" I have ever heard. And for all the praise for Anne Hathaway's role, I just didn't get it, the music speaks for itself and I felt she was kind of overboard with the facial emotions. I was genuinely surprised at Eddie Redmayne, enjoyed his version of "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" , conveyed so much emotion just with his voice. Then of course the original Valjean was the Bishop and Colm was brilliant as always.
I didn’t like the movie at all. None of it worked for me. I hated the whole live singing thing they went with. 🙄 Felt like I went to a high school play.
As soon as I heard Crowe and Jackman at the beginning of the movie, I knew I would not like it at all. I found them both horrible, sorry. Also, though an unpopular opinion, I did not like Hathaway's rendition in I Dreamed a Dream. Good acting indeed, but crying while singing may not be the best idea.
@bikingbuggy4199 you hated that a musical had singing? What? 😂
Les Mis is one of my all-time favorite shows & I hate the movie. It's closer in scale to an opera & requires the cast to sing accordingly. IMHO only Samantha Barks came close to the level the show demands. I still can't understand how Anne Hathaway won an Oscar for her mumbling, soppy gob-face performance.
@@ChemaEn I despise her version of I Dreamed A Dream. Les Mis is basically an opera & every song requires a strong voice, not mumbling & sobbing your way through it.