There seems to be some interest in starting a film group for us lovers of movie musicals. Here’s the idea: We’ll take turns picking a movie musical for the group to watch, and announce the title and the date of the start of the discussion (three weeks seems to be doable for people) in this thread. Everyone then scurries off and finds a copy of the movie and watches it. On the appointed date, the person who chose the film will start a thread and kick off the discussion with a brief plot summary/song-and-dance highlights list and a couple of comments or criticisms about the movie. Everyone can then chime in and post to the thread, well, the way we always post.
In order to pick a film, you have to state your intention to be a member of the group. If you want to watch the films, and even post, without joining, you’d obviously be welcome to – the only significance of declaring membership is to get in the queue of movie pickers. We will pick in the order of joining, and the lovely and talented ThatDuckIsEvil will be the official keeper of the list. (Thanks for volunteering!)
As I read the other thread, the current membership is:
twickster
supervenusfreak
Maureen
TheDuckIsEvil
cervaise
amarinth
Just to keep some momentum going, I suggest the on-deck picker announce his or her pick for the next film around the same time as the discussion starts on the previous film.
Note: Your pick is your pick, and you don’t have to justify it (though a couple of words about why you chose it would probably be interesting). Go for a classic – go for a personal fave that’s a bit on the obscure side – go for something you know sucks but might provide an opportunity for some quality snarkiness – whatever.
And with that, let me announce the first pick:
Neptune’s Daughter 1949
Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Keenan Wynn, Betty Garrett, Ricardo Montalban, Mel Blanc
The cast list provides an idea of the delights in store. The song highlight is Baby, It’s Cold Outside. I picked it because it’s a personal fave that I’m guessing not everyone has seen a billion times.
Discussion will commence Wednesday, July 14th.