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The AFI and their 100 musicals

posted 18 years ago by Louisville88
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Camelot didn't make the list! Now to you Broadway lovin people that is good news because it stunk anyways, but to the rest of us, which includes 1,151 people who voted a 6 and above (which leaves 349 unhappy viewers that voted 5 and under), this is highway robbery because other films that have been slashed like Hello Dolly!, Billy Rose's Jumbo, and Disney's Hunchback of NotreDame (not to mention others) made it into that list! That also includes Logan's South Pacific which I thought was boring. The AFI doesn't really know how many films it wants to honor. For the overall best 100, they pick 400 films, and that continues to be the limit on everything including feel good movies, comedies, horror and romance. Then they pick the best film scores, which comes from 100 I believe, well then they pick 25! They chose 180 musicals. I know they could have at least 20 more in because not all of Judy Garland's, Doris Day's and Julie Andrew's films were in it. Camelot could have made it, and should have. I know it has it's falts, but to put Hello Dolly in is just crazy. Camelot is still beloved by many, many people and is still popular.

[–] Sdsinger2 18 years ago

I agree - I remember when that list came out & I was shocked. Not that I didn't like some of the ones that made the list (Hunchback actually has some beautiful music - not sure I'd call it one of the best musicals of all time, though - anyway), but to not have Camelot on there was just sad.

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[–] moulmein 17 years ago

The AFI came up with a list of the 100 greatest movie musicals? How did they manage that? There haven't even been 100 good movie musicals, let alone great ones! Let's see now: Singin' in the Rain, Meet Me in St Louis, The Band Wagon, Gigi, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, American in Paris, about 3 or 4 of the Astaire/Rogers films (certainly Swing Time and Top Hat) and- um- gee... I guess we could stretch the definition of "musical" to include films like Wizard of Oz, Love Me Tonight, and The Merry Widow (each of which contains about 3 or 4 songs) and, perhaps, A Hard Day's Night, and maybe we can add The King and I and Carousel (great scores, great sets, great acting, so-so in other respects). And then what? Chicago? Moulin Rouge? Dreamgirls? Ugh, ugh and ugh. Cabaret? Way overrated. West Side Story? Sound of Music? Camelot? None of them even comes close- nor does My Fair Lady for that matter. Pauline Kael once said that the IDEA of movie musicals is, for the most part, better than the reality. I agree.

[–] chris-inobsession 17 years ago

Im sorry, but if singin in the rain is there then sound of music cirtainly is

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