Is the musical the worst genre?

eh, this may sound like a facile answer, but i don't think there is such a thing as 'worst genre.' i certainly have my own preferences - i find crime/gangster films and westerns almost universally dull - but generally i think as long as there are creators involved with drive & talent & commitment there will be something of value produced.

& some of the greatest films have been musicals, surely. singin' in the the god-damned rain is the single most entertaining movie i've ever watched, cinematic prozac to me. umbrellas of cherbourg is a certain kind of genius to me. i think as a genre it's now a bit dead in the water creatively, but i'll certainly put my hands up for whiplash & guy & madeline on a park bench.

I can't stand the lip-synching. And that applies to nearly all of them.

Nah, the worst genre is found footage movies. It only works exactly once.

I never cared for musicals when I was younger but as of late I find myself watching them on TCM and they are often quite impressive.

I liked Cats, West Side Story, Carousel, and several others were great and famous.

Watch South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut or Team America: World Police, it might change your opinion of musicals.

I’m sorry you didn’t like high school musical 3

There are a lot of outstanding musicals, but not much of note over the past 20 years. I tried watching Mama Mia, not knowing it was a musical and ended up FFing it through the annoying musical numbers, ending up with probably 15 minutes of what I considered viewable 😬

But so much is dependent on personal preferences when it comes to worst genre. For you it's musicals, for me it's horror and action flicks.