What is the WORST Movie Musical of The Last Decade?

[@angelaquinnzell2548]

Putting dear Evan Hansen in “who paid for this” is so funny cause the answer is Ben platts dad

[@denisefromdc1796]

Came here to say this.

[@bluewindgetssobare]

UM WHAT.

[@angelaquinnzell2548]

@@bluewindgetssobare he produced the movie

[@LucyMcD06]

I love that Ryan called Evan Hansen a sociopath when he has literally played JD and Hans 😂

[@PrincessMeggala0913]

HA. OMG yeah

[@bobthebuilder8079]

Honestly tho-

[@veronica_sawyer_1989]

666th like

[@dragonpaulz_]

Both can be true 😎

[@Tzarmani]

He knows best then

[@bennya7083]

Tick Tick Boom is probably the best musical movie I've ever seen

[@doki7242]

for me it was chicago

[@hannahmoisant6292]

Absolutely

[@ezelfrancisco1349]

It was made by one of Jonathan Larson’s fans. Of course he would know what to do with the adaptation

[@solcarlosofficial]

It’s so underrated

[@bugz7511]

100%

[@Rileyann130]

FUN FACT: when Stephen Sondheim calls Andrew Garfield in tick tick boom, that is actually Stephen Sondheim‘s voice. Lin-Manuel Miranda got him to record that little snippet of audio for the movie before he passed away ❤️

[@gabriella3907]

Stephen sondehim actually wanted to record it himself because he wanst happy with what he said in the actual recording/call he said that year so he chose to do his own version for the movie.

[@madifroogie6938]

That’s so cool

[@emalaw1329]

@@gabriella3907 are you saying Sondheim didn't like what he said in his own real call with the original Larson in 1990 circa? I simply heard he was mildly unsatisfied with how the call was written in the script because there were a couple things he wouldn't have actually said in that situation, so he suggested changes and offered to re-record it for them, if by chance it was to late to get Bradley Whitford back in the recording booth.

[@veronica_sawyer_1989]

LIN DIED????

[@emalaw1329]

@@veronica_sawyer_1989 before SONDHEIM passed away

[@TheGillianReed]

So fun fact: The actual Stephen Sondheim was in Tick Tick Boom for a bit. He recorded the voicemail that Jonathan Larson gets at the end of the movie. He even re-wrote it a bit so that he could add some things that he never got the chance to say to the real Jonathan Larson. Anyways.....we can all go cry now.

[@aditiprahlad7597]

WAIT WHAT-- i didnt know that last part 😭

[@peachiiisims]

no now you have got me crying

[@alanakelley3902]

Lin Manuel Miranda is just non-stop with making good musicals

[@FruitBowlsAreMyThing]

man i sure am satisfied with that reference xD

[@stabigailscreech]

right!? you never have to wait for it

[@FruitBowlsAreMyThing]

@@stabigailscreech so true! lin manuel is so good, i bet history will have its eyes on him :P

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

Every time I think I’m done with my LMM phase, he’s like “you’ll be back” and released something amazing

[@chaoticdemigod]

@@FruitBowlsAreMyThing and how does he write like he’s running out of time!?

[@Clarek89]

DEH winning best musical over Come From Away is my villain origin story

[@samuelblachon95130]

Pasek & Paul winning the oscar over lin-manuel Miranda is my villain origin story

[@wuttatota148]

@@samuelblachon95130 Context? Which year is this?

[@xiaomifeng]

come from away and the great comet were robbed

[@fairamir1]

The real tragedy was Hanson winning score over The Great Comet....

[@kenna_elyse]

west side story was incredible!! rachel, ariana, mike, and david gave performances of a lifetime and it was just beautifully shot, choreographed, edited, etc! i’ve watched all the the behind the scenes stuff i can find just to be amazed at the way steven spielberg’s mind works & the talent of the cast! i think the main reasons it flopped in the box office were that people who grew up with the 1961 movie weren’t gonna venture out to the theater in december to see what they assumed was gonna be a “bad remake” and ansel’s involvement kept a lot of the younger generation from supporting it because they didn’t want to support him. truly i think if tony was played by anyone else (besides james corden) the turnout would’ve been very different

[@sabahk]

I agree and I think covid had an impact as well. I just saw it last week for the first time because I didn't feel safe before

[@solcarlosofficial]

I think besides allegation ansels acting was the worse out of the film. He gave me no charisma and I felt no love coming from him at all.

[@PrincessMeggala0913]

Yeah I think the casting of Tony was the biggest thing that made it flop. But I mean-it’s still getting a TON of recognition with the different awards it’s already won and are nominated for so clearly it’s still doing well. And with it just being on Disney+ now, I think more people are getting to watch it now too. (Like me who has three boys, a husband, and the only musical movie nerd……so she had to wait……)

[@Emily-wq4dn]

I totally agree. It was my first movie viewing since before covid and I loved it. I hadn’t heard of the allegations against Ansel at that point, and with the viewing being a pretty last minute, spur of the moment decision I really hadn’t looked into the cast or really anything about the movie at all, outside of the few ads I’d seen. But I went to see it with my mother, who was born in the 60s and knew the old movie from then, and both of us really enjoyed it. There was very, very little that we thought could be improved, and it’s had a lasting impact on both of us for its commentary on race, culture, etc., and it’s interpretation of a story that goes back so many years, even before the 1961 movie or the musical before it.

[@LaurenLaass]

Rachel killed it. She was fantastic.

[@mlee2774]

“Please don’t mistake us for people who take your opinions seriously or care at all.” This is how teachers should start personal conversations and emails! There were a few that a thought might help, the caution would’ve been nice

[@bels3873]

My take is that Evan is an anti-hero, but written without the redeeming features that should make us like him. (And yet there is a section of the audience that love him anyway, so I guess it worked for some people.)

[@AudrieSaint]

West Side Story is definitely my favorite musical movie of this year. The performances, the acting, the singing, the cinematography! Everything about it was perfect! I think it deserves best picture

[@katybeard]

I agree 100%

[@brownie62]

No capital letters 😂

[@avaellerbusch]

AGREED!!!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@librarymeg57]

I disagree. I don’t think it should be in the running for Best Picture because it’s a remake of a movie that won Best Picture 60 years ago. That seems like cheating. Something new should win.

[@NJ-vw7tf]

Excuse me no capital letters at the request of daddy

[@darcy8333]

I've always felt like in DEH, the reason why it worked was because you can always see why characters are doing what they're doing, even if you don't want them to do it (ie: Evan lying, Jared helping him, Connor pushing everyone away). I think putting that into movie form just didn't work at all.

[@brookebassett5795]

Great tier list vid! Here are two more movie musical tier list ideas: 1. Movies that musicals are based on. *cough* Heathers *cough* 2. More movie musicals that aren’t based on stage shows (I.e Encanto).

[@sabahk]

My problem with the greatest showman is exactly what sam said. I almost laughed out loud in theatres when they started singing bcuz it just felt so out of place. Like WHY did they have that lady introduced as an opera singer so she can sing a POP ballad (never enough is still a great song) also curious to know what the other song sam was referring to was?

[@claracarvalho321]

Maybe rewrite the stars? I'm just guessing

[@cael_aj]

For me I didn't love the In the Heights movie because I felt like the editing/special effects they did really distracted from the narrative. And the whole time I was just thinking "I wonder if I can find a bootleg of the stage version." I wish Broadway would release more filmed stage productions! But I would definitely see it again. Absolutely loved Tick Tick Boom though.

[@terra__incognita]

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts records all Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, in addition to some regional theatre performances, but, unfortunately, the archive is open only to researchers. I could have sworn the average person used to be able to view shows one time only or a select number of shows only, but their site now says researchers only, so maybe I misheard or received bad information? It's at least good to know that important shows will not be lost to history, even if we can't partake of the collection ourselves at this point.

[@sarangiljimolla377]

Search for “why in the heights obc is the best cast” here in KZbin and you can see a live stage performance of it lol and yes I prefer the stage ver too

[@briellec7173]

@@terra__incognita they don’t check if you’re a researcher. I always check off “student” when I view something there or honestly you could pretend you’re researching something and they don’t stop you.

[@solcarlosofficial]

The direction they went for Emma on the prom made no sense. They had her smiling during breakups and all the time. I get she tried to stay positive but when she is always smiling it makes her one dimensional. Also i read the novelization and it focuses so much more on Emma and Alyssa. They should have being the leads not the broadway actors. So many of their songs felt incessant to the story.

[@solcarlosofficial]

Im the heights it’s my all time fave musical. And I was so disappointed that they made usnavi and Vanessa the main couple. While Benny and Nina are originally the main couple and the talk about many important issues. Vanessa and usnavi have no important topics. And arguely one of the best songs got cut “sunrise” a bilingual anthem. Also I didn’t like how the shot 96k it felt like a music video. And I wish they had gone to a thrift store and picture their future trying clothes instead of doodles around them.

[@LaurenLaass]

Yes to aaaaall this. Sunrise is one of my favorites and I was so sad.

[@Dd-bm7ri]

fun fact in tick tick boom the voice mail from Sondheim was actually recorded by Sondheim before he passed because when lmm showed him the voice mail he said that it needed to be rerecorded because there were things in it he would have never said so he offered that if the actor couldn't come back and record it he could do it himself so ofc lmm took him up on that offer

[@brie5070]

Lost my grandma today and your videos always make me smile. Impeccable timing guys, love you.

[@TheAdidasKnifer]

Sorry for your loss

[@brie5070]

@@TheAdidasKnifer thanks :)

[@bigbrother5588]

Sorry for you loss

[@brie5070]

@@bigbrother5588 thanks

[@katiehobbs96]

Les Mis, In the Heights, Mamma Mia, Moulin Rouge, and Tick Tick Boom are some the best movie musicals ever imo. I'm excited to watch the new West Side Story

[@bradybeckley3343]

This is a REALLY long one, so strap in. If you don't want to read, you don't have to, but this is a rant I've been holding on to for a minute and I gotta let it go. What makes me upset about people criticizing Evan as a character and calling him a sociopath is how some of us (yes, I do it, too) disregard or blatantly ignore some of the events that lead up to Evan starting and following through with the lie. 1. Evan DID try to tell Cynthia and Larry that he wasn't friends with Connor, but as we know, our boy doesn't do well with confrontation and especially not in this situation, so to tell 2 grieving parents that are trying to hold on to the last little thing they can of their son that they in fact don't have anything to hold on to would be hard to do in the moment, especially if you're Evan Hansen. Also, the parents were being pretty stubborn about it and kept ignoring him each time he denied being friends with him, so there's that, as well. 2. After that scene, we get the scene with Jared and, well, lemme just quote the scene: Jared: What are you going to do? Evan: I mean, the truth. (Initially, he was going to tell the truth. Wanna know what Jared's response was?) J: The truth. Really? You're going to go to the Murphy's house and explain that the only thing left they have of their son is some weird sex letter that you wrote to yourself? (Pushing Evan toward the dark side just a little bit, but let's skip ahead about 3 or 4 lines.) E: What do you expect me to do? Just keep lying? J: I didn't say, "lie." All you have to do is just nod and confirm. Whatever they say about Connor, you just nod your head and you say, yeah, that's true. Don't contradict and don't make shit up. It's foolproof. (See? Jared is the one who initially pushes Evan to lie in the first place. But wait, there's more! Skip ahead 1 more line and...) E: They were so sad. His parents? His mom was just... I've never seen anyone so sad before. (Here's the most manipulative ass line Jared says probably throughout this entire script.) J: Well, then, good thing you're about to tell her the truth about your sex letter. I'm sure that will cheer her right up. (Literally the last thing Evan probably needed to hear, all things considered, Jare Bear, especially since you are his only "friend" and he gives into peer pressure REEEEAAAALLLL easily.) 3. Of course, a lot of the stuff that happens is Evan's fault, no doubt, but in the For Forever scene, Cynthia was the only one who was really trying to remember Connor as a good person. Hell, she was the only one really trying to remember Connor at all. Zoe and Larry started the argument, Zoe continued on, and Evan not only didn't like that they were fighting, he didn't like that they were saying that there were no good memories of Connor, so he stands up and tries to defuse the situation any way he can and that was For Forever. Not the best way to defuse the situation, but I can see why he did it. He wanted to give them some little nugget of hope that Connor wasn't as bad as they thought. Am I defending Evan? No, but I am explaining how not everything that happens is necessarily his fault. Also, I feel like the fact that he created something as beautiful as The Connor Project out of this is quite fantastic. He took a bad situation and flipped it into something positive (for a while, anyway). Now, again, not defending him. He should've defied what Jared said and, though it would break the hearts of Connor's parents, told them the truth, but I hope this puts into perspective a couple of the reasons he did what he did. Also, I don't personally think anyone is rooting for him except for at the beginning. I mean, really, he was written to be morally grey.

[@ashleyhedrick5635]

I literally just can't get over how adoringly Ryan looks at Sam. It's my favorite part of these vids. It is so precious. They are so cute!

[@j.k5840]

Who wants a recorded Broadway Mean Girls but not as a musical movie? Just a movie where they record the stage of Mean Girls 💅💅

[@swissgoat4981]

Like they did for Hamilton?

[@j.k5840]

Yea

[@georgiesucks8978]

aaaaand now they're doing a mean girls movie musical 😂😂

[@jaspergomes9598]

My number one artist on my Spotify Wrapped this year was Andrew Garfield and my top three songs were all from the Tick, Tick… Boom! soundtrack. It just hit home so hard for me, it was a masterpiece.

[@rachelrosario5795]

my comfort musical is sweeney todd… idk what that says about me but it sure says something💀

[@TheKeenKanines]

i- um- uh- i’m concerned-

[@Shae29]

16:17 the voicemail at the end of the film is actually Steve’s voice bc he wanted to record it himself after Bradley Whitford couldn’t do it :)) plus he re-wrote his part so it’s even more genuine!

[@lyrabovich]

I was about to comment this 😂

[@christianburkhart3601]

I remember watching Cats with my friends, it was the last movie I watched before isolation. the woman to my left got up and left after the first 10 minutes, we all later said "wish we could have done that."

[@izzypoyer3368]

I love that u guys defended Ben a bit and the ranked the DEH movie on the bottom

[@caitlinlefebvre6175]

They should have had Andrew Barth Feldman for Dear Evan Hansen. He is a perfect fit on Broadway and would be the perfect fit on screen.

[@bradybeckley3343]

YES!

[@brooke____]

Them talking about James cordon miraculously appearing in every movie musical is me every time someone brings him or any musical movie up

[@brittdaniels7727]

The problem with the greatest showman for me is the casting with Zendaya and Zac Efron. I like them seperately but they just didn’t fit right for me in the movie.

[@Mariasantacruz2005]

The problem with the Greatest Showman for me is it’s very concept. From the very start, why are we praising PT Barnum, a man who exploited minorities and people with disabilities? It’s very flawed in concept and execution.

[@hayley74936]

considering i’ve watched “tick,tick…Boom!” 21 times, you can assume which one is my favorite lol

[@ellie6475]

Finally saw West Side Story yesterday and I had goosebumps throughout the ENTIRE THING. It was INCREDIBLE

[@reagan6802]

Dude I’m so sad right now I just failed my drivers test and I’ve been busy but I was catching up on some of your vids yesterday and I’m so glad you posted again because your energy lifts my spirits :)

[@briannapinkney4966]

My dad is old and he loves WSS…he’s also Puerto Rican and is HUGE on classical music and classic theatre…and he LOVED this WSS and actually said he liked it better because of how they told the story and placed the songs. It was perfection

[@calinamontero5184]

I feel like it's such a LMM thing tho Hmmm out of all the founding fathers I could write about, Imma do ✨Alexander Hamilton✨ yknow the guy who no one knows about except Ron Chernow Hmmm out of all the amazing musicals I could direct, Imma do ✨Tick, Tick...BOOM✨ yknow the one you vaguely remember but no one else would choose

[@elladickson586]

i'd love to see a part two! your opinions on ~ les mis, into the woods, la la land, mamma mia 2, the hamilton recording (although, that's a given), a star is born, yesterday ~ would be interesting. also yes, wanted to make sure the comment was lower-case exclusive ;)

[@tommycoetzee3898]

Hi Sam&Ryan, I just wanted to say that you two always brighten my day and I absolutely love your performance in Heathers the musical and in Wicked (Ryan) have an amazing day -from South Africa

[@jennyhill7190]

I was surprised Hamilton wasn’t on y’all’s list lol since y’all enjoyed the other two of his so much. Though I guess maybe because it’s technically not a movie and just a pro shot which makes sense. =) Also I can’t wait for the Mean Girls movie musical. Oh and if you haven’t yet checked out Freaky Friday the movie musical on Disney+ I highly recommend. I honestly wish Heathers and Carrie would both get a movie musical as well as Next to Normal.

[@samuelblachon95130]

Hamilton is a Movie Karen

[@jennyhill7190]

How am I a Karen? And I said I’m surprised it’s not on their list since it’s a movie musical as well.

[@jennaantenna4997]

it's not technically a movie musical. movie musical refers to a musical that was adapted to be in movie format, not a video of the stage performance

[@Jamie-ks1wm]

Go on Amazon Prime and watch Everybody's Talking about Jamie. It's a movie musical from a show that is still currently playing on the West End in London. I loved it and I'm waiting for the stage show to come to broadway.

[@ianfer3076]

12:10 Fun fact: I live in Latin América and when I went to watch West Side Story it was replaced for an extra screen for Spiderman No Way Home 3d

[@shawndpadley]

I REALLY enjoyed The Greatest Showman but this critique is spot-on. I think 90% of my love for it is that I somehow missed EVERY advertisement for it beforehand and didn't know it would be a musical until it started playing.

[@samuelblachon95130]

Tip for musical movies : cast Broadway actors not some Random stars

[@IshScout]

Even though it will end up likely about where Prom is for you def need to check out Everybody's Talking About Jamie on Prime. Speaking of Prom I feel like my biggest issue is the trimmed down songs which made those scenes fall flat. Also Corden but the rest of the cast was so solid I'll kinda forgive it. Dear Evan Hansen I may have put in the soundtack spot because it still has some bops even if problematic af.

[@liveicelive]

I love anything that involves Lin Manuel Miranda! Hamilton, Tick, Tick, BOOM!, In The Heights, Encanto, Moana, Vivo, Mary Poppins Returns, 21 Chump Street...

[@meba444]

Bradley Whitford (the man who played Sondheim) will forever be Carmen Lowell’s dad (from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) to me 😅 that’s the only thing I’ve seen him in, other than a few episodes of different shows as a guest. Hopefully I can start seeing him as Sondheim now, since he’s a much nicer guy ❤️

[@ace_of_cakes]

I challenge you to rank all of LMM's works: In the Heights, Hamilton, Moana, Encanto, Tick Tick Boom, etc

[@emilynocerino3999]

WEST SIDE STORY WAS SO GOOD OMG

[@rebekahp4083]

Bradley Whitford, a fantastic character actor probably most know for playing Rose’s dad in Get Out and The West Wing, played Steven Sondheim. He’s a terrific actor. :)

[@terra__incognita]

Lin-Manuel Miranda was the lead in a Lincoln Center Encores! production of Tick, Tick...Boom! in 2014 with Karen Olivo and Leslie Odom Jr.. IIRC, it was where he really got to know Leslie and lead to his being cast in Hamilton. It was that experience that more than likely led to him deciding to shepherd it to film, as it's a rather auto biographical re-telling of Jonathan Larsen's life, the man whose Rent is what made LMM feel like he could not just love the theater but be a part of it himself, thus changing the course of his life entirely.

[@tadeoasojano1004]

It's interesting to see nonLatinos actually enjoying In The Heights because every non-white Latino really did not have that take. Just solidified that it was something made about us but nor for us lol.

[@jer9grant]

now can we get a tier list for movie musical directors?

[@plutopepsi578]

My issue with the DEH movie is they took out anything that held Evan Hansen responsible so he’s just an unchecked sociopath

[@thefilmwatcher1216]

I've really only seen good to great movie musicals from this past decade. I loved Dear Evan Hansen despite its flaws. Les Mis had plenty of great moments, with some slipups named Russell Crowe. In the Heights, Tick Tick Boom, and West Side Story were all awesome. I really enjoy Greatest Showman. I don't like Into the Woods, because it feels lacking in fun. My least favorite musical movie(I haven't seen Cats and I don't intend to) is Phantom of the Opera, which I know didn't come out in the past decade. I can't fathom the decisions that were made. Also, that was a scary good Jerry Seinfeld impression.

[@frozen_blondy2076]

in dear evan hansen the book and musical they vilanise evan they tell him he is shitty when in the movie that is never adressed.... we sympathise with him because he admits his wrongs and we adress him and hes a teenager we can accept it but we cannot accept thses actions from an adult

[@fatheranthony4pope]

See, I think The Prom was amazing. I hadnt seen the stage show or heard the soundtrack before. Huge watcher and devourer of stage and film musicals. It was better than In The Heights 🤷‍♂️

[@brian_b34]

West Side Story and Tick Tick Boom are probably the most amazing films I’ve ever watched.

[@godrocksandruels]

My issue with the Dear Evan Hansen movie was that they removed any song that might've implied what Evan was doing was messed up. I get removing the Connor ghost cause they wanted to ground it in reality (Why? It just makes it more uncomfortable) but then they also remove good for you, the only moment where he gets confronted... why?

[@insomniacslive]

I feel like I’m the only one who genuinely enjoyed the dear Evan hansen movie, and I honestly can’t pinpoint why it resonated with me.

[@EJ10931]

I honestly don't think that the DEH movie is that bad, but there are obviously a few things I would change, like casting a younger actor as Evan (Love Ben Platt but the whole nepotism of the situation is 😬) and keep the wholesome persona for Zoe; there was no reason to make her so edgy. I genuinely think it is well written and I like that Evan actually experiences some form of consequences for what he did as opposed to ending the whole show after exposing all of the lies.

[@strawberryskies505]

7:34 same ryan! andrew rannells does not get talked about enough for how universal an actor he is! i’d love to see your opinion on falsettos (the original or 2016 revival!)

[@sarahlitterst]

not sure if you’ve already done this, but you should make a tier list of all of the disney channel shows and/or original movies!

[@kalliann6500]

Dude my Dad and I went to see DEH in theaters and I was the only one familiar with the musical so he went in blind and within fifteen minutes all hope had left his eyes Like he leaned over after a bit and asked if the movie ended happy and I guess my face was answer enough

[@Leahonomatopia]

"Whoever played Stephen Sondheim" 😆 How can someone not know the great Bradley Whitford?! 😆

[@TheAdidasKnifer]

Before watching this video I want to say that Cats musical is still the worst. I'm just going end it there who would paid for that. Can we have another tier that said dumpster fire or Why I'm here.

[@sarahhall2812]

Sam! Ryan! This was great. You gotta go check out our guy Bradley Whitford's work! He was Sondheim in TTB. Go watch "The West Wing"!! I feel like maybe y'all would be into it.

[@isabellaearnhardt6380]

Into the woods is my worst because it took a story I loved and ruined it. Sideways has a great video on that

[@miriamcq]

0:02 into the video and I already know it's gonna be Cats.

[@magickgirl786]

If you guys have heard of the Jeremy Jordan Greatest Showman fiasco, I would love your opinions on it!

[@GoldenMask669]

Waitwait what

[@mindflayer1749]

i just can’t wait for wicked to come out, i’ve seen the cast and i’m just hoping it’s really good.

[@nicolesreadingnook9586]

very fun video! I am going to watch in the heights finally over my spring break and west side story HA the week after spring break we are reading Romeo and Juliet for my Shakespeare class

[@vanessaajohn]

Okay but the best musical to come out within the last decade is Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar

[@bleh-0608]

I saw this channel last month and subscribed But I just realized that that's Sam!?! Sam from Hi5. How did I not notice that!?!

[@heikeameis8122]

I'd love to talk about popcorn: in Germany popcorn in movie theaters is usually sweet.With butter/caramel. I assumed that it is like that in every country in every part of the world. And everytime I watched an american movie or a TV show that is set in USA and they went to the movies and bought giant bags of popcorn, I always assumed they'd eat sweet Popcorn! years later I realized the Popcorn is salty in America. Mindblown!! now I'm grossed out a little bit how people can eat giant amounts of salty Popcorn...so salty...you have to drink so much water...;)

[@MsTanjaMarieJane]

Maybe make a Tier list ranking the things our king LMM has made?

[@chazbird13]

I think my favorite song from TTB is therapy😂I have like memorized the Andrew/Jonathan part but I need someone for the duet

[@tomorobo4472]

west side story is kinda connected to LMM in a way... WSS is a Sondheim musical Sondheim was Jonathan Larson's mentor Jonathan Larson made tick tick boom Lin-Manuel Maranda directed TTB...

[@bexyPTX]

The Prom may not be good, and the James Corden of it all doesn't help, but it's still a massively comforting movie for me. The music is really good all the way through, and Meryl Streep and Ariana DeBose especially really put their all into it.

[@slimshady0209]

Can you make a sequel (or prequel?) of this but with older movies? Like Chicago, Moulin Rogue, Romeo and Juliet, etc.

[@slay1468]

i know that ben platt is too old but like if i knew nothing about him or his age, he would've fooled me LMFAO BAHA i think it was the hair oh gosh the hair

[@cneale9431]

Here's my hot take: I feel like people who say Cats the movie is weird and uncomfortable and creepy need to revisit the original musical and realise that it was *always* weird and uncomfortable and creepy. That's what makes it great and what makes ALW such a genius.

[@alisond929]

It’s the cgi attempt- not as good looking as the stage makeup

[@eliandersen7308]

Dude Ryan was amazing as Tony in west side story. I got to see min at the lyric opera house in Chicago. CHILLS.

[@addisonadams7310]

ANYBODY VOTE FOR A PART 2?!? With newsies and Hamilton and so on?! love Ryan and sam!

[@AllyssaButhmann]

If you want to see West Side Story, again, it’s on iTunes! I bought it earlier today, so I can watch it again! If this movie doesn’t get multiple Oscars, it will be a shame!

[@TaylaurShouldveSaidNaur]

How you make a good movie musical: get a group a theatre kids in a room and let them make it

[@kaylenegriffin2357]

Not about the tier list, but the way he looks at her at 0:20 is just so genuine and sweet and I love it 😊

[@1_alwaysbelieve]

The crazy thing about the Dear Evan Hansen comments on Ben Platt "being too old" to play Evan Hansen is that literally the people who played Zoe (Kaitlyn Dever), Jared (Nik Dodani), Alana (Amandla Stenberg), and Connor (Colton Ryan) were all adults in their twenties at the time of filming too. The youngest was Amandla (now 24). Ben just hasn't aged as well as the rest of them (he's only like 3 months older than Nik Dodani). 😬

[@haleyerogers4380]

So Sondheim was a part of the movie Tick Tick Boom before he died! The voicemail left for Jonathan is actually him! But the physical Sondheim is played by Bradley Whitford

[@annaoffive]

Saw West Side Story on my Birthday (opening weekend). BEST BDAY! Sooo good how did it not do well in the box office?!

[@dragonpaulz_]

I haven't really found anyone really be able to explain why the DEH movie is bad because I think it fixes some things from the show, but also does some things worse than the show. Everyone talks about this and that but I agree it's not good but I can't really explain "why" outside of contrivance and some bad camera work

[@mimig7553]

I do have to say, as much as he’s right that the movie wouldn’t exist without him, that’s an ugly thing to say to the world and came off more as if he was saying the audience are just a bunch of ungrateful brats and should all be grateful he wanted to do a movie

[@pandablossom_2659]

Rooting for evan hansen is exactly why i didn’t want to see the movie, because i don’t root for him in the musical and i knew they would make him the hero in the movie

[@Shanyetta23]

I really liked Dear Evan Hansen and I’ve seen the stage show too. I thought it was great. Deserved Would See Again. ;-)

[@pepperminttree]

I wanted to like in the heights, but I'm not a fan- I do love LMM and the movie is beautiful aesthetics wise. But WSS was just perfect to me😍

[@sydneyepb6958]

Bradley Whitford played Sondheim!! hes famous for being in The West Wing and was the dad in Get Out

[@olgaivanova12]

I was sure you will discuss the voice of Andrew Garfield in the movie. What do you think of people non singers (as he was) before the movie step into this big movies

[@walkrwalkr3622]

For almost all of these … I’d rather watch the live musical. I mean movies where they bursting to song and dance just takes me out of the story. It works on live show but not so much on movies. Yet, this what not so with Tick Tick Boom. I don’t know … it just works. And the movie was not a scene by scene reproduction of the live performance. It actually makes use of the medium of film to better tell the story in a way that a live show can’t. Maybe the choice of Andrew Garfield was inspired as the guy is a veteran who understands both mediums better than most. PS : throughly enjoyed the greatest showman because the soundtrack and choreography 😎 although I had to think harder to remember the plot 😅 - definitely the best soundtrack among them. The movie definitely will be better than any live shows.

[@eiluvart0416]

does the disney+ hamilton count?? it’s definitely top tier

[@TheSimoFactor]

Well I didn't know cats had a movie version, but when I heard I was like, why??? Probably the worst musical I've ever heard 😬 And yeah totally agree on most of these, except for west side story, for me it was the epitome of meh, like no reason to do a remake if you're going to leave the music as white as it was in the original... Loved Ariana Debose as Anita though, she's just phenomenal.

[@angieliang8475]

I think West Side Story flopped at the box office because they didn’t subtitle the spanish bits and people were complaining about it even though you can guess what the Spanish means from their facial expressions or they’ll say it again in english later on. Also spiderman came out around the same time and more people would rather see that than West Side Story. Encanto which is pretty popular also flopped slightly at the box office so I don’t think it has to do with how good the movie is