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Advantages: Pavarotti is a wonderful singer Disadvantages: but he is not a great actor.
...as The Anvil Chorus etc.
Il Trovatore (The Troubador) is a very good, if slightly complex story, about a baby stolen at birth and unknowingly finding himself the arch enemy of this own brother over a girl. The woman calling herself his mother, in fact a gypsy who stole him suceeds in making life for The Troubador more difficult, as he is torn between his love for her and for the woman he longs for.
I have seen this with slightly different endings, ... ...to this is the great Pav himself. Now I AM a fan. His voice is truly something magical and I never tire of listening to him. However he is not this best actor in the world, and this opera was filmed when that wasn't as important as it is today, and I did find him somewhat wooden. As well as a little large for the role. But if you are used to opera, you find thats not uncommon!
The best perfomance I would say, came from the Gypsy, his mother. She ...
Advantages: A wonderfully funny and colourful Disadvantages: None
Cry Baby is a film directed by John Waters who is one of the few independent film makers with a reputation of what his nickname suggested, 'The Pope of Trash'. A Baltimore man who had a passion for gore and for all things bad taste. In 1972 he was responsible for the launch of Harris Glenn Milstead, an overweight 300lb transvestite, best known as Divine, for his performance in Water's own Pink Flamingos. The scene where he literally, but unapologetically ... ...exits. It was probably one of the sickest films to be made for the time but it did nothing to tarnish his reputation or Millstead's for that matter. Afterwards he carried on making low budget movies and eventually became noticed with Hairspray in 1988. By then his work was a little more polished but still had a great sense of humour and playfullness. Then came along Cry Baby- a 90's rock and roll musical, a slick version of West Side Story. A Fifties ...
Praski 24.10.2009 ·Read full review
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Review of Cry-Baby (DVD)
Advantages: Great chemistry between main characters ,feel good film . Disadvantages: The singing throughout the film can get a bit tiresome
In my opinion you must see the film if you like musicals, otherwise you might find the singing a bit off putting .At times the siniging can seem a bit over the top but in general this is what makes the film interesting.It is worth watching just to see the on screen chemistry between Ewan Mcgregor and Nicole Kidman they are a great pairing and seem to have good on screen presence allowing you to follow the romantic tale which is played out .
The ...
...remember loving the musical film Oliver! as a child and singing and dancing along to so many of the wonderful songs that accompanied the story. I was also lucky to see the West End production many years ago, long before Andrew Lloyd Webber took an interest with his search for a Nancy and an Oliver in the great series ‘I’d do Anything’. My daughters loved watching the TV shows and started picking up the words to some of the songs. Therefore when I ... ...in our big armchair watching Oliver! Oliver! (made in 1968)is based on the classic novel of Oliver Twist that was written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a poor workhouse boy who had the audacity to ask for more of the disgusting gruel that was served to all the boys daily while the workhouse governors were fed roast dinners. As a consequence Oliver is sold to the local undertaker where he is teased about his dead mother. Feeling desperate, ...
kingfisher111 28.12.2009 ·Read full review
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Review of Oliver! (DVD)
Advantages: It's raw, it's real and it provides great insight into the band Disadvantages: Grainy dvd, short running time.
...was a dvd of the matchbox 20 session on VH1 storytellers. My boyfriend got me this for my christmas because he knows how much I love this band - I'd go as far as to say that it's in my top ten favourite bands along with the likes of Counting crows and the goo goo dolls.
What is VH1 Storytellers
Basically VH1 storytellers is a music series produced by VH1 which started back in 1996 with Ray Davies during his "storyteller" tour which is where ... ...VH1 storytellers shows the band matchbox 20 back in 2001 at a studio in chelsea piers in New york City several months after the realease of their 2nd Album "mad season" and so the performances feature several songs from the album including;
* Bent
* Mad Season
* Black and White People
* Push
* If you're gone
* Crutch
* You won't be Mine
* Rest stop
Along with these album tracks the band also get involved in a question and answer session ...
