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Hello all, I just came home from seeing the Greatest Showman and would like to share my thoughts.
I saw this with my mother who had already seen it and I, being a Hugh Jackman fan and a song and dance lover, was more than willing to join her. The dancing was phenomenal and the songs were catchy and entertaining. Hugh Jackman brought his charm and I was in it. However, as the movie continued a lot of question marks popped up in my head and by the end of the movie I was ready to go. The story telling leaves much to the imagination which is not something I find entertaining. One scene he's scrapping together loans to buy an abandoned building, then all the "freaks" just show up on his doorstep in a morning's time, then he buys a mansion, and now he's meeting the queen of England. In a matter of moments. And Zac and Zendaya, though I do love both, made eye contact twice, and then are madly in love. Either that is more poor story telling or they have an unhealthy attachment to each other and that relationship is bound to turn toxic.
It lacked substance.
The song and dance though did blow La La Land out of the water, which I share my brief comments on in my Oscar 89 Thread. This movie, however, should find it's home in the Chicago folder for song and dance. The colors, the theatrics, the choreography were all top shelf. I throw my shoe at Ashley Wallen, who also choreographed Moulin Rouge.
out of 5
I saw this with my mother who had already seen it and I, being a Hugh Jackman fan and a song and dance lover, was more than willing to join her. The dancing was phenomenal and the songs were catchy and entertaining. Hugh Jackman brought his charm and I was in it. However, as the movie continued a lot of question marks popped up in my head and by the end of the movie I was ready to go. The story telling leaves much to the imagination which is not something I find entertaining. One scene he's scrapping together loans to buy an abandoned building, then all the "freaks" just show up on his doorstep in a morning's time, then he buys a mansion, and now he's meeting the queen of England. In a matter of moments. And Zac and Zendaya, though I do love both, made eye contact twice, and then are madly in love. Either that is more poor story telling or they have an unhealthy attachment to each other and that relationship is bound to turn toxic.
It lacked substance.
The song and dance though did blow La La Land out of the water, which I share my brief comments on in my Oscar 89 Thread. This movie, however, should find it's home in the Chicago folder for song and dance. The colors, the theatrics, the choreography were all top shelf. I throw my shoe at Ashley Wallen, who also choreographed Moulin Rouge.
out of 5
