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In Reply to: Saw Dream Girls posted by Analog Scott on January 5, 2007 at 10:23:59:
in a straight acting role. My problem with this musical is that I thought the music was unremarkable and even a little boring. Good music equals a good musical...in this case, it was just OK, despite the talent on display.
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I agree that Murphy and Hudson were good in their roles AND Beyonce is a beauty to be sure....the "makeover" shots of her to look like Diana Ross were remarkable too bad she can't act or sing like Ross.....This film was made (like A Chorus Line) 10-15 years too late...Musicals need to transition to the screen quicker than traditionally they do....Although I will say the adaptation of Chicago was good...but one must wonder what it might have been like directed by Fosse and perhaps starring Minnelli in her hey day.....Dreamgirls will win some awards here and there...but nothing major...it just wasn't at the caliber of Chicago....
For me the character was sort of a cheap SNL impression of LittleRichard/Jamees Brown. When he was in decline I saw no depth of emotion. Just low key line reading/hitting the marks type acting. What am I missing? i saw no complexity, humanity or anything there.
there was the drug situation and the somewhat clumsy subplot about him trying to do his own kind of music...but this is a musical and I thought he shone brightly in his musical numbers. More than an impression for me, I thought he nailed them and they were the high points of the movie for me. As well as the least boring music. Now Jennifer Hudson's showpiece brought the house down, people were applauding in the middle of it. But would I want to listen to that song as a song? I would not. Too many extra syllables added to each word. That kind of mannered singing bothers me.
I expect a lot more when people start talking Oscar for these kinds of roles.
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