tovachanah
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i really wanted to like this... i really do...but....
i have seen this now 2 times. the original airing in 1997 and last weekend.
i have to admit its charming and good except (except for what.) except for one little thing...(and pray tell me what that may be)
half the cast can't sing !!!! my ears cringed when paolo mantelban and whoopi goldberg sang. the step-sisters weren't good either. the treats in this show are whitney houston, brandy, jason alexander and bernadette peters. these folks knew what to do w/ the material.
as for the choreography....i wish gower champion was still around. rob marshall, he of the uber-fosse 'chicago'..is the choreographer. the material he created tries to be charming but misses the mark. the waltz for '10 minutes ago' isn't really waltz-y nor does it show us 2 youngsters falling in love.
as noted above, because this is fantasy, the multi-racial cast works. even the introduction of some r&b is ok. but fantasy has to be well fantastical yet believable.,,and that is where this show misses.
do i like this show, yes i do...but with reservations and sweet memories of leslie ann warren.
i have seen this now 2 times. the original airing in 1997 and last weekend.
i have to admit its charming and good except (except for what.) except for one little thing...(and pray tell me what that may be)
half the cast can't sing !!!! my ears cringed when paolo mantelban and whoopi goldberg sang. the step-sisters weren't good either. the treats in this show are whitney houston, brandy, jason alexander and bernadette peters. these folks knew what to do w/ the material.
as for the choreography....i wish gower champion was still around. rob marshall, he of the uber-fosse 'chicago'..is the choreographer. the material he created tries to be charming but misses the mark. the waltz for '10 minutes ago' isn't really waltz-y nor does it show us 2 youngsters falling in love.
as noted above, because this is fantasy, the multi-racial cast works. even the introduction of some r&b is ok. but fantasy has to be well fantastical yet believable.,,and that is where this show misses.
do i like this show, yes i do...but with reservations and sweet memories of leslie ann warren.
It's been a while since this show went off the air,but I miss it alot. As a young, impressionable teen, I would tune in weekly to see what demon or monster he would be hunting this week.
Kolchak was incredably campy sometimes silly but still scary. It had great characters:
Carl Kolchak - a tabloid reporter who could easily 'out-Mulder' Fox Mulder. always wearing the same ill-fitting suit, white loafers and hat
Tony Vincenzo - his editor w/ whom he had a love/hate relationship (mostly they loved to hate each other) and would always nix his stories because they were so incredible even for the tabloid.
Miss Emily - a sweet old lady who made Carl gag
Along w/ the demons came Carl's wry outlook on the world.
Unlike the X-Files - which takes itself too seriously - this one was played strictly tounge firmly in cheek. not too gory not too scary, just enough to make you wonder if the noises you heard at night were the wind whistling through the trees or the howl of a wolfman.
this was prime grade a entertainment. too bad hollywood canceled it even worse, that it doesn't make this kind of sheer entertainment anymore
Kolchak was incredably campy sometimes silly but still scary. It had great characters:
Carl Kolchak - a tabloid reporter who could easily 'out-Mulder' Fox Mulder. always wearing the same ill-fitting suit, white loafers and hat
Tony Vincenzo - his editor w/ whom he had a love/hate relationship (mostly they loved to hate each other) and would always nix his stories because they were so incredible even for the tabloid.
Miss Emily - a sweet old lady who made Carl gag
Along w/ the demons came Carl's wry outlook on the world.
Unlike the X-Files - which takes itself too seriously - this one was played strictly tounge firmly in cheek. not too gory not too scary, just enough to make you wonder if the noises you heard at night were the wind whistling through the trees or the howl of a wolfman.
this was prime grade a entertainment. too bad hollywood canceled it even worse, that it doesn't make this kind of sheer entertainment anymore
this movie is a re-working of the hepburn-grant vehicle 'the philadelphia story' without the wit, charm and sparkle of the original.
bing crosby as the cary grant charecter lacks the charm and the wit grant brought to the film. having made the character a rich man took away a lot of the humor of the story (in the original, grant was never identified as bieng "poor" but it was obvious he was not born to wealth)
grace kelly as the katherine hepburn ice-goddess galeta lacks the sparkle that hepburn brought to the role. grace kellye is all ice w/ none of hepburn's champagne zing. as far as kelly's singing voice, where's marni nixon when you need her???
frank sinatra is the jimmy stewart role and lacks all the charm that stewart infused into the role. celeste holm is a complete blank.
the only reason i found myself watching this movie was the cole porter soundtrack and louis armstrong as the greek chorus. i waited anticipating the charming 'who wants to be a millionaire (I don't)'and 'what a swell party this is'. this and satchmo were about the only good things about the movie.
the only reasons to see this movie are cole porter's ironic songs and satchmo himself. other than that....
bing crosby as the cary grant charecter lacks the charm and the wit grant brought to the film. having made the character a rich man took away a lot of the humor of the story (in the original, grant was never identified as bieng "poor" but it was obvious he was not born to wealth)
grace kelly as the katherine hepburn ice-goddess galeta lacks the sparkle that hepburn brought to the role. grace kellye is all ice w/ none of hepburn's champagne zing. as far as kelly's singing voice, where's marni nixon when you need her???
frank sinatra is the jimmy stewart role and lacks all the charm that stewart infused into the role. celeste holm is a complete blank.
the only reason i found myself watching this movie was the cole porter soundtrack and louis armstrong as the greek chorus. i waited anticipating the charming 'who wants to be a millionaire (I don't)'and 'what a swell party this is'. this and satchmo were about the only good things about the movie.
the only reasons to see this movie are cole porter's ironic songs and satchmo himself. other than that....