Musical
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the musical genre.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
One of the very rare movies I watch that I feel could benefit from being significantly longer. Tim Burton‘s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street adaptation cuts out parts of the original play, and it can blatantly be seen through the story’s ruthless pace and sudden character development. And yet, its tone saves… (read more)
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Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty is one of Disney’s richest works of artwork and animation, with a distinctively sharp, geometric illustrative style resembling painted glass and tapestry. Despite its stunning appearances, even by Disney standards the story is too traditional and can’t be saved its very light charms and their starkest villain yet. This return to form was… (read more)
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
I’m heartbroken. Not because of the story of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, but everything else. I love musicals and thought its concept of every spoken line being sung was brilliant. I saw the bright, blooming colors and that this was a French movie and assumed that Jacques Demy foresaw my birth and created this movie… (read more)
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
An overtly sultry, affectionate tribute to several significant scenes of pop culture: horror and science fiction B-movies and—my favorite—glam rock. Tim Curry steals the show as Dr. Frank N. Furter. It’s impossible to keep your eyes off him—for many reasons. Songs are inconsistent in quality and sound too alike, often making them forgettable, and the… (read more)
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The Blues Brothers
Seriously way too fucking long, and for a comedy, The Blues Brothers isn’t very funny. Disappointing as a musical, as the choreography and shots are average with dancers randomly out of frame, not to mention the songs are just the same old renditions of classic blues songs we’ve all heard hundreds of times without any… (read more)