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| Chicago - Porcupine (23/01/2003 2:04:29 AM) |
97.3FM yet again came through with preview tickets for the POP1 crew! Unfortunately, Penguin didn't think he wanted to see this one, and Penguin's life partner couldn't make it either, so I get to go with the person of my choice. Hurrah!
You will be all thankful to know that I have not seen the stage play and thus will make no comparisons between stage and film nor will I be able to mention the whoredomness of Rob Marshall.
First off, Renee Zellweger is a cutie and is very well cast as Roxie. Not sure if it was her actually singing, but the voice work was excellent. Much of the music is really well done, and they seem to take great pains to not bore you with any particular number for too long (I think they failed only a couple times). My favourite part is Richard Gere's tap dance, the way the dance suited the storyline was amazing. I'm no expert, but I would say that the dancing skill of the main actors in general was pretty average, there were lots of cuts which I usually take to mean that either they are hiding fluffs or someone let Baz Luhrmann into the editing room.
What put me off is the whole set of morals that the story is conveying. I'm not really into the glamourising of lieing, infidelity, betrayal, manipulation, bribery, murder or lawyers. I felt kinda bad that I was cheering for the morally bereft Roxie.
The movie has some quite good chuckles sprinkled throughout, with great use of symbols, music and dance to get across a point - well it is a musical. This movie definitely aint for everyone but was entertaining enough for me. And all that jazz. |
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Some thanks should be made to 97.3 then I think.
Maybe a logo/link or banner of some type would be ok.
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Just went and saw it.
Its a great movie, very well done. I just wish I had gone and seen the musical when it was here last year! Doh!
Well worth a look!
Oh, and all the singing and dancing is the actors - we stayed to the end (as usual) and in the credits they (Renee Z, Catherine Z-J and Richard G) are listed as the performers in the song lists, as well as having a statement saying "*insert actor name*'s signing and dancing routines were performed by *insert actor name*"
All very good!
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I saw Chicago and was pleasently suprised. I thought the director did a great job. It progressed smoothly from scene to scene and the casting was excellent. Not that I normally like Gere but he did a good job with his character even though he has played a "lawyer" many times.
Zellweger steals the show as far as i am concerned although the script kinda pushes the audience that way. Both Zellweger and Zeta-Jones did a great job and contrary to Porcupine's dislike of the "celebration of infidelity, betrayal etc" I thought it painted an accurate portrayal of today's society. Nice guys don't finish first in real life. And in many organisations including the Police Service I have seen evidence that if you want to succeed then you have be an arsehole etc. Mind you, organisations do stuff up occasionally and let a genuine person into the executive positions.
My two cents worth.
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| Sorry, just from the ads on TV, I had come to the conclusion it was "Sh1tcargo". My mistake, I guess.
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