gmcdouga-1
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I was not particularly impressed with the story, being a criminal defense attorney I could see some major holes in it.
BUT Kathleen Robertson, the main character grabbed me like a boll dog and would NOT let go.
I can see a long and great career for this young woman - she has a stunng beauty and is a great actress.
Brava, brava, brava Kathleen.
I look forward to seeing more of her work.
Glad to read that she has moved here, I suspect her career in the great while cold north would be very limited.
BUT Kathleen Robertson, the main character grabbed me like a boll dog and would NOT let go.
I can see a long and great career for this young woman - she has a stunng beauty and is a great actress.
Brava, brava, brava Kathleen.
I look forward to seeing more of her work.
Glad to read that she has moved here, I suspect her career in the great while cold north would be very limited.
I liked it - it is hard NOT to like The Music Man:
BUT Matthew Broderick is no Robert Preston. He lacks the personna to pull off the Harold Hill scam. And, as far as I know, Meredith Willson had Preston in mind when he wrote the show.
Kristin Chenoweth, however, was a better Marion than Shirley Jones. Kristin has as good a voice as Jones but she has a natural midwest accent that fits River City well, and she LOOKS like a small town librarian.
The music was great - at least those songs which were left in from the Broadway-Chicago-1962 versions (All of which I saw many times) The songs added later were not up to the standard of Meredith Willson's original score.
However, the ending was more in keeping with the original - the '62 sudden switch to the "Band of America" rather than a bunch of kids. And the "Marion" sequence was a bit more enjoyable than the highly polished "62 version.
All in all, a good remake but not up to the original.
BUT Matthew Broderick is no Robert Preston. He lacks the personna to pull off the Harold Hill scam. And, as far as I know, Meredith Willson had Preston in mind when he wrote the show.
Kristin Chenoweth, however, was a better Marion than Shirley Jones. Kristin has as good a voice as Jones but she has a natural midwest accent that fits River City well, and she LOOKS like a small town librarian.
The music was great - at least those songs which were left in from the Broadway-Chicago-1962 versions (All of which I saw many times) The songs added later were not up to the standard of Meredith Willson's original score.
However, the ending was more in keeping with the original - the '62 sudden switch to the "Band of America" rather than a bunch of kids. And the "Marion" sequence was a bit more enjoyable than the highly polished "62 version.
All in all, a good remake but not up to the original.
I remember reading the original Balzac story in college French.
I remember Ken Nordine of WGN-TV in Chicago reading it as one of his late night shows.
Always loved the story but never believe they could or would make a movie of it. To my surprise they did and did it VERY well.
Few of any Balzac stories lend themselves to dramatization, which is unfortunate, and -cat lover that I am, I was always hoping it WOULD be filmed without a lot of Hollywood sexing up. This is as close to perfect conversion as could be done.
The theater of the mind is always better than what the eye can see, but this is as close as I think it can come to letting the imagination of reading meet the reality of seeing.
I remember Ken Nordine of WGN-TV in Chicago reading it as one of his late night shows.
Always loved the story but never believe they could or would make a movie of it. To my surprise they did and did it VERY well.
Few of any Balzac stories lend themselves to dramatization, which is unfortunate, and -cat lover that I am, I was always hoping it WOULD be filmed without a lot of Hollywood sexing up. This is as close to perfect conversion as could be done.
The theater of the mind is always better than what the eye can see, but this is as close as I think it can come to letting the imagination of reading meet the reality of seeing.