Hairspray

[Alex]

I enjoyed it quite a bit with one major caveat.

I never really bought Nikki Blonsky as a noteworthy dancer. So kind of like an old film where they are obviously shooting day for night where I have to force myself to just ignore the long shadows I just had to say "ok, in the universe of this movie that is good dancing."

Once I got in the groove with that (and the audience stopped laughing at the mere appearance of Travolta) I had a good time. And the young, naive, schoolgirl look doesn't generally do anything for me but somehow Amanda Bynes produced quite the hormonal response from me with all the cliches that generally turn me off.

[Babette]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I am very very fond of the original John Waters movie, and I'm fond of the Broadway show. I'd like to see this, but I'm getting whiplash from the trend of movie-to-show-to-movie.

It's gonna end up in my Netflix queue unless someone who appreciates musicals wants to go see it with me.

I felt like it has been done twice already, why do they need to do it again so soon? But I guess the original movie was almost 20 years ago. I remember it so vividly that it doesn't seem that long ago.

As much as I love Hairspray 1988 and the musical, this new version didn't appeal to me because of Travolta. I am afraid I will just roll my eyes and groan whenever he is on the screen and be distracted from the film (as I did whenever Eddie Murphy was on-screen in Dreamgirls). But I am hearing so many great things about it, that I think I need to see it.

Originally Posted by Alex

Once I got in the groove with that (and the audience stopped laughing at the mere appearance of Travolta) I had a good time. And the young, naive, schoolgirl look doesn't generally do anything for me but somehow Amanda Bynes produced quite the hormonal response from me with all the cliches that generally turn me off.

I so have a girl-crush on her!