RENT

made in 2005, this movie is based on the 1996-2008 broadway play of the same name, it follows a year in the life of 8 friends, 4 of which are suffering from either AIDS or HIV.

lots of songs, which is an instant point from me, it has some humour thrown in but it's serious, due to the issues it deals with. Sometimes the songs can be a bit much but you get over it very quickly when you're taken in by how good they are, good lyrics, nice music and are staged very well.
this is not an ordinary musical, this has a powerful message backed by great songs and acting from all the main charcters. the scenes can stuck with you, and sometimes you'll find your self humming a tune or two. if haven't seen this then i recomend it, it has heart in it and really looks like they were trying to make a good movie, for the most part, they succeeded, but if you don't like serious issues or homosexuality in movies, then this movie isn't for you.

i'm not a critic who gives good reviews to every film she see's, but i just happen to be lucky enough to get movies that i like, most movies i see are ones i like cos i have a good sense.

3/5 for story, it's lacking in some points, 5/5 for music, 4/5 for acting.
4/5 all up

West Side Story

made in 1961, this movie has made it into popular culture and into the greatest musicals of all time, and when you see the movie, you can see why.

For the my generation (gen Y), this story won several oscars and is a Romeo and Juliet style story. WSS tells the story of the sister of a gang leader (Maria, played by Natalie Wood) who falls in love with Tony (Richard Beymer), a member of their rival gang.

great dancing, and singing (even if the 2 leads are dubbed), and great acting, about the only drawback is that it seems dated, nowadays a lot of kids and teenagers wouldn't watch this, despite that brilliance of it. i don't use the 'masterpiece' a lot but this movie has something!
a musical/drama, but with comedy splashed in at times, this movie is great to watch and listen too, you'd be surprised how many movies take ideas and songs from this movie. very good movie

acting 4/5 choreography 5/5 music 5/5

movie 5/5

Jolie For Darkness?

i have just read that Angelina Jolie is being considered for the remake of Sleeping Beauty, (and she's keen on it) but don't worry, she won't be playing princess Aurora, she could be Maleficient, the villain, its live action so expect some cool graphics, especially since rumour has it that Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd, Edward Scissorhands) will direct it!

Its said to be a twist on it, its from Maleficients POV, the screenplay is called "Maleficient". ah the route of "Wicked". telling the story from the villains perspective. love it. i always like to know more about villains.

i like this idea, Alice in Wonderland was great (although i am a biased for Johnney Depp), i might oppose remakes but lets face it, the 1959 classic isn't apreciated by this generation, maybe they need a brand new version to inspire them to give the original movie and other disney classics a go. but i would like Maleficient NOT to be portrayed as 'pushed' into evil, cos i liked it in Wicked because of the way they did it, but Maleficient had no Glinda to her Elphaba (unless you count the fairies, which could be interesting but... NO!). Just keep Maleficient evil.athst why we like her. she used to scare me when i was little.
i don't usually post gossip, but i just thought i should share.
no songs are part of the deal thus far. sorry musical fans

High School Musical Series

What can i say about the HSM series?
Walt Disney would not have been happy, that man was original and made so many classic fairytales what they are, in fact just today we talked about Alice in Wonderland, the disney verison is considered the only version at my school! although the new one is a must see! but the disney version was the first we saw.

i didnt expect much, my friends had been raving over this and i thought that it can't be that bad. i was soooo wrong.

HSM's the plot is unoriginal, it borrows 90% of its plot from Grease and whats more, it has the audacity to even use every stereotype in the book! popular jock falls in love with brainy yet shy girl for some reason, (i'm assuming cos she has a brain), but that just further enhances the stereotype that cheerleaders and popular girls don't have brains.
Zac Efron was not belivable as a straight guy, Vannessa Hudgens played her charcter well, but it wasn't a great character, the only ones who i think knew what they were doing were Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel (Sharpey and Ryan), they might have had stereotypical charcters but at least you found yourself getting a snicker out of them at some moments.

the songs are shit. plain and simple. obvious lip syncers and stupid dances! they phyisically hurt me, i used to like them (4 years ago) but then i found REAL musicals, West Side Story, Rent, Wicked and Easter Parade destroy every piece of crap this movie has spawned and if the tweeny boppers of today would sit down and watch Easter Parade or Grease or Meet Me in St Louis they would see what a REAL musical is. hIgh School musical became a phenomonen, and although its "old news" now (thank god) i still find it coming up in conversation about how great it is and i just want to punch that person in the face.

i will give credit to the movies though, you know why? cos the careers of the cast of HSM will always have this movie, they'll always be known for this movie, no matter how many good movies they make (although i don't expect many) they will have that title following them around. which makes me kinda happy.

if you want a good musical, go and borrow Rent, or Grease or The Wizard of oz! Even the Aristocats. Cats sing better than than the cast of HSM. i know this movie is aimed at kids but c'mon! i doubt that kids will grow up loving these movies, not like classic disney! i'm 14 and just yesterday i watched Alice in wonderland (the original), Beauty and the beast and Cinderella!

1/5