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In an interesting twist of fate I both love music yet really dislike musicals***. I don't know why, and no I can't explain it. I mean, I totally get it, it's just not my preferred method of musical reflection.
Yet... now don't kill me for saying this... Yet, I really liked Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge. It's fantastic. Most people I ask either turned it off in the first 5 minutes or liked it too. Initally I was also repulsed, but also intrigued: had you ever seen ANYTHING like that movie before in your entire life? No probably not, so shame on you for turning it off!
ANYWAYS, since I tacitly agreed to liking that "musical", I have slowly been trying to expand my repitoire. Which brings me to the next movie must see of the year: Across the Universe.
The songs I already like (I'm a Beatles man, not an Elvis man), and it has a really strong visual element that no doubt will make me assign it 4-5 stars on Netflix. AND it's a love story about kids during the Vietnam war. So a Vietnam-War-Love-Musical with pop songs. I can dig it.
So, if anyone is interested in seeing it, let me know.
***Singing in the Rain while a musical has strong sentimental attachment and thus is an exception to the rule.
