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LSPoorEeyorick · 06-20-2008, 01:04 PM

Heidi's gay-man-in-straight-woman's-body Top 10 Musicals:

1 - Singin' in the Rain
2 - Mary Poppins
3 - West Side Story
4 - The Little Mermaid
5 - The Wizard of Oz
6 - The Sound of Music
7 - All That Jazz
8 - Duck Soup
9 - Oklahoma
10 - Velvet Goldmine

Runner-ups might include Cabaret, Once (too soon to tell on that one for me), Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade, but decidedly NOT Seven/Seven. I can't make my way through it!

LSPoorEeyorick · 06-20-2008, 01:12 PM

By the way, as I was researching that list, I discovered that Aaron Sorkin, of all people, is adapting Sondheim's Follies for film, due 2009. Weird!

Boss Radio · 06-20-2008, 01:13 PM

People...

Nathan Detroit, Sky Masterson, Nicely Nicely and the Guys of the Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York are protesting their exclusion from any musical list: straight, gay or other.

The Dolls too.

This I cannot allow.

Crazybirdman · 06-20-2008, 01:17 PM

I never did like Fantasia, but I'm willing to accept that I'm alone on that one. But Shrek? I think it relies on too many pop culture references to stay funny forever.

Crazybirdman · 06-20-2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Princess Bride didn't make the Fantasy category but Groundhog Day did??? I call shenanigans!

I concur! (and will refrain from quoting the hell outta that film

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Chernabog · 06-20-2008, 01:34 PM

What? No Goonies? No Clash of the Titans?

innerSpaceman · 06-20-2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazybirdman

But Shrek? I think it relies on too many pop culture references to stay funny forever.

I'd say that's true of its sequels, but what the original references a thousand times more often than modern pop culture is classical age storybook tales. And so I think it will remain as timeless as those.

As for not liking Fantasia .... well, I hope you end up in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead.

Tom · 06-20-2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

War movies I can pretty much do without

Perhaps, but war films are one of the most significant and well-defined genres throughout the history of film. To leave them off this list is ludicrous.

Boss Radio · 06-20-2008, 03:29 PM

I agree with Tom.
And I love Stripes.

Snowflake · 06-20-2008, 03:41 PM

Amamzingly, I've seen everything on the original list GC published, except, Jerry Maguire (I've seen endless clips of show me the money, does that count?)

I retired my AFI membership this year, I think the AFI is really just full of BS. I know they do good, the Silver Theater in Silver Spring shows some good films, and they are so full of themselves. These endless lists are irritating me beyond measure, especially when the AFI voters list absolute crap on the top of the heap.

Okay, how did I get infected with the curmudgeon?

06-20-2008, 01:04 PM	#31
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Heidi's gay-man-in-straight-woman's-body Top 10 Musicals: 1 - Singin' in the Rain 2 - Mary Poppins 3 - West Side Story 4 - The Little Mermaid 5 - The Wizard of Oz 6 - The Sound of Music 7 - All That Jazz 8 - Duck Soup 9 - Oklahoma 10 - Velvet Goldmine Runner-ups might include Cabaret, Once (too soon to tell on that one for me), Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade, but decidedly NOT Seven/Seven. I can't make my way through it!
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	By the way, as I was researching that list, I discovered that Aaron Sorkin, of all people, is adapting Sondheim's Follies for film, due 2009. Weird!
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Boss Radio The Littlest Hobo Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hobo Junction Posts: 393	People... Nathan Detroit, Sky Masterson, Nicely Nicely and the Guys of the Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York are protesting their exclusion from any musical list: straight, gay or other. The Dolls too. This I cannot allow.
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06-20-2008, 01:17 PM	#34
Crazybirdman Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 46	I never did like Fantasia, but I'm willing to accept that I'm alone on that one. But Shrek? I think it relies on too many pop culture references to stay funny forever. __________________ www.backnextweek.com book travel, look at pictures
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	What? No Goonies? No Clash of the Titans? __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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06-20-2008, 03:29 PM	#39
Boss Radio The Littlest Hobo Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hobo Junction Posts: 393	I agree with Tom. And I love Stripes.
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06-20-2008, 03:41 PM	#40
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Amamzingly, I've seen everything on the original list GC published, except, Jerry Maguire (I've seen endless clips of show me the money, does that count?) I retired my AFI membership this year, I think the AFI is really just full of BS. I know they do good, the Silver Theater in Silver Spring shows some good films, and they are so full of themselves. These endless lists are irritating me beyond measure, especially when the AFI voters list absolute crap on the top of the heap. Okay, how did I get infected with the curmudgeon? __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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