I think Sacha Baron Cohen should have been nominated for an Oscar.

For me, musicals are like anime. I have yet to really come across one I’ve really liked, but i’m open to the idea.

Sorry, guess I misunderstood that?

I never said YOU specifically. I was talking about other people I’ve met on-line.

How am I supposed to interpret this? I don’t mind musicals to the point where I go in expecting to be bothered by the singing, but I do agree that alot of the ‘films’ based on broadway musicals suck balls. The songs don’t hold up when you’re not watching the live performance. And most of the movie musicals, like say, Meet Me In St. Louis, were made in a time where alot of stuff was annoying, not only the songs.

In general, any audience just has problems accepting unexplained behavior. If somebody decides to kill somebody else, you always look for something to explain this, and the same when somebody starts to sing. On the stage the singing is a show, in a movie there is already a show going on. Music is already a part of every movie (whereas the musicals on stage work as counterpoints to traditional plays) and taped performances to lip-synching have nowhere near the same effect as a live performance.

I can’t wait to see Sweeney Todd though. As long as there are a few good melodies in there, I’m sure I will love it. Even though Johnny Depp sounds like he’s struggling to sing the simplest tune.

May I remind you that I gave Sweeney Todd a 3 out of 4?

One second you say it’s fine if I don’t like musicals because not everyone is going to like everything, then the next second you say the reason I don’t like musicals is because i’m a latent homophobe.

Does the fact that I’m wearing a Trading Spaces shirt win me any points? Afterall, ONLY latent homosexuals watch interior decorating shows right?

The musical is probably the most maligned movie genre. Personally I don’t think it deserves it. I love the musical as much as any film genre. You have no idea how many self-proclaimed film lovers I’ve encountered in both message boards and in real life who flat-out refuse to even see “Singin’ in the Rain” or “The Wizard of Oz”. Hearing reports of walk-outs within the first half-hour of “Sweeney Todd” and people laughing during the singing parts pisses me off.

I think film lovers should be open to ALL film genres up to and including the musical. Even if you don’t like a genre, there should be at least one or two movies of that genre that you like (or even love) and be open-minded enough to check out the best of what that genre can offer.

I went into Sweeney Todd knowing it was a musical, and that I generally don’t find musicals all that interesting, but I was still hoping that I would like it. I said in the review that I still want to see Across the Universe, and I am also interested in Once. I’m not going to write off an entire genre, but it doesn’t change the fact that my personal taste leans away from it.

I didn’t say that you’re a latent homoSEXUAL if you hate/shun musicals, I’m saying you’re a latent homoPHOBE. I’m sure there are at least a few straight guys out there who avoid musicals like the plague because they’re afraid to like it. They subconsciously fear that liking musicals will make them gay. It also doesn’t help that most mainstream films and TV shows almost always depict a gay male character as a lover of musicals.

I have no problem suspending my disbelief when it comes to musical numbers in movies. One of my favourite scenes in film is the musical interlude in Rio Bravo, which is way ‘gayer’ than johnny depp slitting throats.

I just don’t like broad way musicals. It’s as simple as that.

I really don’t understand how you just can’t fathom the idea of someone not liking musicals. It MUST be because they are latent homosexuals, right? That’s even worse than your black and white analogy.