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Hairspray (2007)
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"Released: July 13, 2007 (Los Angeles)Director: Adam Shankman*****Between the new version of Hairspray and the success of the High School Musical films on The Disney Channel, you'd think we've entered a new era of the cinema musical. Sure, there's lots of jumping, jiving and wailing (wait, wrong type of music...) in this update, along the requisite young person angst about "love" and a dated morality tale about race integration, but the movie never rises above what it is: a movie.Thick Tracy Turnblad has one mission in life: to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a dance program featuring local Baltimore talent. Her plus sized mother Edna patently refuses since girls like her don't get on television. Tracy goes anyway and becomes a sensation. Her righteous indignation gets the best of her during Negro Day on the show, provoking the girl to join the African American kids in a march on the station and its villainous manager Velma von Tussle.For some reason I'm ambivalent about Hairsp ... "
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"Hairspray puzzles me. Why remake a movie like this? Why randomly keep some elements of John Water’s 1988 version and jettison the ones that actually develop the plot? I really don’t understand this Hollywood trend of taking a good movie converting it into a musical and then turning the musical back into a movie? Is there an example of this working out, ever? This is the basic plot of the movie: Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) wants to become popular in high school by dancing on the Corny Collins Show, a local version of American Bandstand. But because Tracy is overweight and unpopular, the student council rejects her. Tracy gets thrown into detention, where all the black students are dancing. They teach her how to dance better. She gets on the show, but gets into trouble when she tries to promote racial integration. She then decides to work to get both black and white kids dancing on the stage at the same time. John Travolta puts in a drag performance as Tracy’s mo ... "
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One Un-True Thing
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"HAIRSPRAY is a likable, well executed musical but the performance of John Travolta in the role of Edna is so ineptly handled and so uncomfortable to watch, that it knocks a decent little movie down at least one star in the ratings. Everyone else equips themselves nicely. Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad fits the fat suit well (actually I think that's her real figure). She makes you forget very quickly about Ricki Lake's enjoyable turn in the John Waters film of the same name. Christopher Walken underplays his role as Tracy's father and this actually helps the film by giving his scenes a believability not present in Travolta's scenes. Zac Efron does a nice job as the young dance show stud who is cool enough to cross racial lines and look beyond appearances in order to pursue true cool. The musical numbers are all expertly staged by director Adam Shankman. James Marsden is only a little off in his performance (perhaps he was uncomfortable with the dancing and th ... "
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my 2007 movie lists
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"i have a wonderful picture of all my movie ticket stubs from this year in a pile but i can’t get it transferred to my filmblog (yes, i save my ticket stubs and scrapbook them at the end of the year…i know, it’s sad really)! armed with discount movie coupons, i saw 118 movies this year at the theater and, as usual, it was really hard to narrow them down but here’s my list, for what it’s worth. some are from 2006 that i didn’t see until later. my 15 favorite movies at the theater in 2007the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert fordthe diving bell and the butterflythe lives of othersjunothe painted veilonceno country for old men< "
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Top 10 Favorite Films of 2007
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"Here it is, one final post relating to the movies of 2007. This in my opinion is really the only list that counts. Here I'm not talking about the supposed best films of the year (although some certainly are) but rather which ones I personally loved most. This time I'm actually going to place them in order though. So sit back and relax as I unveil my top ten favorite films of 2007. (Sadly, 'Bratz' is not one of them.)[10] 'Black Snake Moan'I love Samuel L. Jackson. He's the only reason I'm even interested in the upcoming action-flick 'Jumper.' His role in 'Black Snake Moan' as the bluesman Lazarus was something completely different for him. This was a movie which basically boils down to being about a black man reaching out to a lust driven white girl in an attempt at helping her with her sickness. Sounds a little dirty when in fact their relationship in the film is anything but. The sad thing is this turned out to be a de "
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The Best Mainstream Movies of 2007
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"Here is my follow-up to last month’s question of what mainstream movie will feature on the most top ten movie lists. And the winner is … Ratatouille. Oh wait, didn’t I disqualify that one for being too obvious? No? Well, I should have. Yes, according to Movie City News’ Big Ass Chart (aka Scorecard) of critics’ top tens, the Pixar movie made it on to 51 best-of lists, making it the best-grossing best movie of the year. But maybe it wasn’t the most mainstream, if you define mainstream as studio-produced fare. Under that qualification Zodiac was the best mainstream movie of 2007, having been made jointly by Warner Bros. and Paramount and showing up on 70 best-of lists. Other Warner successes include Michael Clayton, which featured on 54 lists, Sweeney Todd, which received 44 mentions, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which sh "
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"It’s so easy to criticize the Academy Awards’ ignorance of the merits of comedy (even if such criticism is unfounded), but the Golden Globes have rarely been so deserving of scrutiny in their exclusion of the funny business. After all, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association actually has a category for best comedies of the year. Sure, the genre is still considered second fiddle to drama and has to share its category with musicals (which are sometimes musical dramas), but at least we know there’s a place that honors Trading Places, A Fish Called Wanda, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future and Crocodile Dundee as one of its year’s best pictures (thank goodness for the musical-less ’80s!). The problem is, now that the musical genre is back in (near) full force, comedies are not getting as much recognition, even in their own (shared) category. Following the Globe nominees yesterday, there was a good deal of complaining going on "
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"Unless Amy Ryan prevails, Cate Blanchett is expected to scratch away the significance of Linda Hunt’s 1982 Oscar win. But wait: even if Blanchett fails to be the second person to win an Academy Award for playing a character of the opposite sex, John Travolta could also be up for that honor. On the eve of the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations, Travolta is expected to fill one of the five slots in the best supporting actor category for his performance as a big-boned mama in Hairspray. The predictions come from two awards-season blogs, Scott Feinberg’s And the Winner Is … (via The Carpetbagger), and Tom O’Neil’s Gold Derby, with the latter claiming his to be “100% accurate” and based on information received from both “industry insiders” and “sources close to members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.” Feinberg, meanwhile, points ou "
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a new favorite for me!
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"This hilarious and colorful musical has terrific performances by Nikki Blonksy -- who is so adorable -- Zac Efron, John Travolta, and the rest of the excellent ensemble cast, and songs that have kept me dancing for days! A real treat. "
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Summer Movie Recap
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"This summer wasnt such a bad one for movies after all. Starting out really shaky the summer progressively got better as it went on. Here is my list of films ranked from best to worst 1. The Bourne Ultimatum 2. The Simpsons Movie3. Once At it's core is a very simple story told in a very simple fashion is told mostly through Music. A very sweet movie4. Sunshine An engaging Sci-Fi Thriller5. Rescue Dawn Christian Bale gives a great performance. Maybe of his career6. Hairspray What a pleasant surprise. I dare you not to smile 7. Rataouille8. 28 Weeks Later9. Live Free Or Die Hard1 "
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