I’m not a fan of the musical apart from It’s Not About Me (which I doubt Meryl can hit such high notes) but I thought this looked decent. Although it does that thing where a trailer for a musical has no songs.
This was CATS level nonsense but the LGBTQ strand hooked me and I did have a WET EYE a couple of times, despite its heavy-handedness. Nicole was very underused so I’m glad I was drunk.
We started it last night and gave up after 10 minutes. I hated it, and the sound really fucking annoyed me. Dialogue that's super quiet and then music that's deafening. Fuck off Netflix.
So James Corden is getting loads of stick for playing “stereotypical gay”.
I still think the “only gay men can play gay” line is bullshit anyway and I’m not entirely sure how I feel about the “stereotypical gay” bit either. YES it can be a TIRED OLD LINE, but equally, it feels like the internalised homophobia which has always been levelled at the camp elements of our queer little world.
Or maybe I’m just a sad old MARY missing the point?
for what it’s worth, I have no problem with straight actors playing gay characters (and likewise the other way round) but can we still cancel James Corden tho
It’s just a crime against acting regardless of sexuality.
Also Meryl singing the line “how do you silence a woman who’s known for her belt” as she fails to belt is just sad (still it’s one of the better numbers but because the song is so good). Listen to how crisp the original sounds
Was this filmed during the Pandemic? Why is Nicole Kidman HERE? She's literally done nothing so far. I can only assume she's inexplicably broke/a workaholic and all other viable filming opportunities had been shut down.
Well I thought that was thoroughly enjoyable. The music was very Hairspray-esque although not quite as memorable and it got quite repetitive after the first prom, but honestly laughed a lot all the way through.
God, weird how much this is dividing opinion. I honestly thought it was a total embarrassment. The songs were all TERRIBLE too - they all sounded exactly the same.
I found this extremely unwatchable.
I soldiered on through to the end though.
I guess the part with the kids reacting to the girl's video was nice.
The rest of it was boring.
And I personally have nothing against James Corden. Do people really hate him so much? I thought he was becoming quite successful and stuff.
The nod to Tiffany in the mall number has just tickled my affections.
I actually think Corden is decent in this. I'm not offended at all as in a way, as always, he's playing himself. The scene I'm watching now, where he's dancing with himself as a young boy, is really lovely.
Well, what with the Kristen Stewart rom com I've still to watch, 'tis the season to be lesbo clearly. I'm just thinking how wonderful 1999 would have been for me if there were these offerings among the peak of teen 90s movies. I think I'm on the 10 with this.