Dreamgirls

[brigdh]

I saw Dreamgirls tonight, and it's an excellent, amazing movie. I hadn't been terribly impressed by the commercials, but there wasn't anything else out that I wanted to see more. However, I am here to tell you all: go see this movie.

It reminded me of Chicago (though possibly that's only because I don't watch very many musicals) in terms of its flashy costumes and obviously big-budget production values, but it's much, much darker. Which is ironic, considering that Chicago's about murder and being in prison, and Dreamgirls is about pop stars. But here the themes are racism, the price of fame, and selling out, and it doesn't back down from any of them. Several of the characters are ruthless and self-destructive and proud, and you know how I love that.

Plus: damn, these people can sing. Even if the sound in the theater went out right during the biggest number of the movie ("And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"), but hey, I got a free movie ticket out of it.

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

Also, dude, Eddie Murphy, who knew?

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Seriously, that was a shock. But amazing.

[alkairis.livejournal.com]

I loved Dreamgirls too. Sigh. The singing was awesome, but the directing was amazing. It's hard to make a musical so awesome on film. But yes, rambling. ♥

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's probably really a challenge. But I thought this was a great example of how to do it.