# What are your favorite movie musicals? Multiple Choice. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773 "2011-03-15T12:37:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/61 "2011-03-16T14:02:45Z")
_South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut_ ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/62 "2011-03-16T14:24:01Z")
Add 1776, Kiss Me Kate, Godspell, Hair, Gypsy, Kismet. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/63 "2011-03-16T14:30:57Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > More votes for the missing **Across the Universe** and **Hair**. This, here. From the list, I voted Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop, Rocky Horror, and Tommy. Should have voted Fiddler and Mary Poppins, but somehow glossed over them. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/64 "2011-03-16T14:41:21Z")
I chose Jesus Christ Super Star, which I have seen quite a few times on stage, but I also like Seven Brides, and many of the Fred Astaire movies. Apples and Oranges I know, but GOD I’m so complex! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/65 "2011-03-16T14:42:37Z")
I’ve actually had people ask me in all seriousness “Well, what’s the difference between a stage show and a movie?”:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/66 "2011-03-16T14:44:06Z")
1776, Gypsy & Godspell are a great ones missing from the list. I would’ve voted for Hair if it was listed. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/67 "2011-03-16T15:03:45Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’ve actually had people ask me in all seriousness “Well, what’s the difference between a stage show and a movie?”:rolleyes: Among other things, about $150… ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/68 "2011-03-16T15:22:40Z")
_The Blues Brothers_ It’s the musical for Manly Men who don’t like musicals. It has an epic car chase, gratuitous violence, Illinois Nazis… all manner of Manly features. So many that we hardly notice that it’s a musical when (for instance) Aretha breaks out into “Think” and the staff and customers at the diner join in with the singing and the dancing and the friVOLityyyyy! [/Frink] ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/69 "2011-03-16T16:22:55Z")
Oh, hell yeah! I forgot about _The Blues Brothers_. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/70 "2011-03-16T17:27:15Z")
I voted for _A Chorus Line_, _Grease_, and _Rocky Horror_. Plus, “Let us not forget…”, because my three favorites were all left off the list–_ **Camelot** , **Man of La Mancha** , and **The Music Man** _. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/71 "2011-03-16T17:46:42Z")
I’ll jump on the Blues Brothers wagon or retired police car if you will. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/72 "2011-03-16T18:05:41Z")
Hmmmm…I consider a musical to have new songs written for it. The only exception is a jukebox musical, featuring the songs of one group/singer and a separate story. Furthermore, I consider movie musicals to be musical movies based on stage musicals. I love The Blues Brothers, but do not think of it as a movie musical. And I don’t think it has ever been staged. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/73 "2011-03-16T18:20:52Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Hmmmm…I consider a musical to have new songs written for it. The only exception is a jukebox musical, featuring the songs of one group/singer and a separate story. Furthermore, I consider movie musicals to be musical movies based on stage musicals. > > I love The Blues Brothers, but do not think of it as a movie musical. And I don’t think it has ever been staged. Why would it have to be staged first? _Singing in the Rain_ was not as a golden example. Nor _Rocky Horror_ for that matter. Also \*Singing in the Rain \*only used a few new songs. Yet it is generally considered the greatest Hollywood Musical. I believe AFI picked it as such. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/74 "2011-03-16T18:28:46Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Nor _Rocky Horror_ for that matter. Yes, actually…_The Rocky Horror Show_ predates _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_ by 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/75 "2011-03-16T18:54:11Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Yes, actually…_The Rocky Horror Show_ predates _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_ by 2 years. Well what do you know? OK, well I still stand by _Singing in the Rain_ as a Hollywood first and very little original music example. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/76 "2011-03-16T18:56:35Z")
Aren’t most of the songs in _Hedwig & the Angry Inch_ done as on-screen performance, thus being disqualified by the terms of the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/77 "2011-03-16T23:41:15Z")
I expect I’m almost unique in utterly despising _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_. Everyone in that film except for Gene Wilder should be beaten with clubs until they understand what they did was unforgivable, and fed alive to rats. The actor who played Charlie’s should have this down twice. I liked _Charlie & the Chocolate Factory_, though. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/78 "2011-03-16T23:44:47Z")
How about “Once?” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/79 "2011-03-17T01:14:44Z")
How could I have forgotten Camelot? :eek: Does The Pirates of Penzance (with Linda Ronstadt) count? It isn’t as good as a stage version, but the music never grows old. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773/80 "2011-03-17T01:56:13Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > How about “Once?” Ooooooh…I didn’t even consider ‘Once’. I love this movie. And its soundtrack. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movie-musicals-multiple-choice/574773.md?page=5)