02-11-2003 11:51									#1
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What a flick .

Great movie. Now I haven't seen 'The Gangs of New York' but 'Chicago' is definetly worthy of an Academy Award. I totally enjoyed it. Great acting and singing by Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, and Queen Latifah (believe it or not ).

Very worthy choice for the award.

	02-11-2003 12:45									#2
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I agree. The use of lighting alone is revolutionary.

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Who cares about the lighting... the musical numbers were great! Especially the one with all the women signing they were innocent and the one where Gere was the puppet master.

	02-11-2003 13:19									#4
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eh. from what i saw, it was nothing to the broadway production i saw. Catherine Zeta-Jones? nah. i'll take Bebe Neuworth (most noted for her role as lilith on cheers) any day of the week as Velma.

i do have to give props to gere. better tapdancers have worn those shoes, and he filled them nicely.

	02-11-2003 13:28									#5
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Bah... taking ANYONE over Catherine Zeta-Jones in anything is folly .

	02-11-2003 13:29									#6
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Am I the only one left in the world that cringes when people break out singing and dancing in movies?

	02-11-2003 13:30									#7
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Yes.

Some of the best movies in recent years have been musicals.... 'Chicago', 'South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut' .

	02-11-2003 13:35									#8
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you obviously haven't seen the stage show. it would have been great when i went to see it, 'cause we got there early and i was flirting with one of the dancers. she seemed interested too, but then my GF had to show up and spoil my fun.

	02-11-2003 13:36									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Yes. Some of the best movies in recent years have been musicals.... 'Chicago', 'South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut' .

You have interesting tastes in movies.

I couldn't stand Mary Poppins, I couldn't stand Bednobs and Broomsticks, and even the commercials for Chicago had me laughing.

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quote: you obviously haven't seen the stage show.

All I know is that I've seen Catherine Zeta-Jones and I've seen Bebe Neuworth. Give me CZJ .

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quote: I couldn't stand Mary Poppins, I couldn't stand Bednobs and Broomsticks

Because Mary Poppins and Bednobs and Broomsticks represent the modern musical movie so very well

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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Because Mary Poppins and Bednobs and Broomsticks represent the modern musical movie so very well

It's still singing and dancing and general silliness.

* Asher twirls around a pole swinging a cane in a top hat, "He must die!"
Crowd: "He must die!"
Me: "Die!"
Crowd :"Die!"
Me: "Diiiieeeee, heeeeeeeee musssssssssst dieeeeeeeeeeee" (fluctuating)
* Asher tosses a cane in the air, having it land perfectly in his hand without looking, and opens up his arms and bows.

	02-11-2003 13:45									#13
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quote: It's still singing and dancing and general silliness.

And what is wrong with singing and dancing? There is absolutely nothing wrong, of course, with general sillyness. It works well for plenty of movies: Big Lebowski, Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian (hell, Monty Python ANYTHING), etc.

	02-11-2003 14:21									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Am I the only one left in the world that cringes when people break out singing and dancing in movies?

Actually, an interesting aspect of Chicago is that in a sense all the dancing scenes were quite justified. You had the rest of the movie, representing what was actually happening, and the scenes involving singing and dancing representing how Renee Zellweger's charactor is imagining and interpreting things in her mind. Since she had previously worked in productions as one of the dancing extras in musicals, she tended to see things in those terms. There were only two musical scenes not simply existing in the charactor's mind and those scenes actually made sense and related to the plot. You could actually say that Chicago is a musical in which all the musical scenes actually make sense.

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quote: Originally posted by Asher Am I the only one left in the world that cringes when people break out singing and dancing in movies?

No you're not. I hate it too.

	02-11-2003 18:19									#16
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Will this movie challenge Moulin Rouge as the musical chickflick my friends and I watch while eating chocolate and *****ing about men? I must find out. To the Blockbuster!

	02-11-2003 20:13									#17
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neither chicago, nor moulin rouge, should be called "chickflick"

	02-11-2003 20:50									#18
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Just deal with the fact you like chickflicks. Music, dancing, love and comedy? What, did I like miss the Rambo moment in Moulin Rouge where he uses big guns and big muscles to kill Evil Commie Scum and thus save Satine from Evil Communist TB? pu-lease.

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just because a movie doesn't have blood and guts and gore doesn't mean it's a chickflick.

hey, i DO admit, i do like some chickflicks. some are just nausiatingly sappy and WAY too predictable, but there are some good ones out there. (a good example of a decent chickflick would be "you've got mail")

however, chicago and moulin rouge are definately not

	02-11-2003 21:10									#20
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i didn't mind moulin rouge, and i liked chicago. so now th number of musicals i like is at 4: south park, chicago, moulin, and singing in the rain.

	02-11-2003 21:11									#21
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and i'll admit it. i like chickflicks, which makes my gf happy.

'course, she also likes action movies, so we rarely disagree on movie choices.

	02-11-2003 21:12									#22
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Chicago was good, except the parts where it was musical.

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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Yes. Some of the best movies in recent years have been musicals.... 'Chicago', 'South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut' .

** cough ** Moulin Rouge ** cough **

	02-11-2003 22:51									#24
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quote: Music, dancing, love and comedy?

Love? If you meant love of money, then you'd have 'Chicago' . It is definetly NOT a chickflick (not that there is anything wrong with some chickflicks), because there is no romantic angle at all.

quote: ** cough ** Moulin Rouge ** cough **

*cough* sucked

	02-11-2003 22:52									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: ** cough ** Moulin Rouge ** cough ** *cough* sucked

Sorry -- I guess I thought you had good taste in musical movies.

	02-11-2003 22:55									#26
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quote: I guess I thought you had good taste in musical movies.

Yes... I do .

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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: I guess I thought you had good taste in musical movies. Yes... I do .

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moulin rought was great. well, actually, not great. but i did like leguizamo as toulous-lautrec.

	03-11-2003 02:44									#29
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Down with musicals! Burn them all! Nothing worse than a stupid movie where people break out singing and dancing.

(except Newsies, that movie rocked)

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	03-11-2003 02:50									#30
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lighting? WTF!

lighting doesn't make a movie.

musicals