so as you might recall i'm not a big fan
of people randomly breaking out into
song and I say randomly because from the
trailers for this movie it seem like it
didn't have much of a storyline you know
what I'm saying like this diplomacy
storyline was only there to justify
musical number after musical number
after musical number which is not to say
i felt the movie would be horrible but I
felt you know it really wasn't made for
me I'm not the target audience for
saying so imagine my surprise when I
discovered that saying is the voice in
some ways but it's also the producers
and I loved every toe-tapping
head-bobbing I popping minute of it
ah so god I can't believe how good this
movie is and I'm serious about comparing
it to the producers and Matthew
McConaughey's Buster moon is I think you
could argue an adorable little version
of gene wilder's character in that film
he certainly has the heart of the
Calcutta gene wilder brought to all of
his roles there's a lot of heart in this
movie now there isn't a zero mostel
character and the closest it comes to a
melon is i would say Seth MacFarlane's
are you know little of Frank Sinatra
mouse
although that Mouse some points was so
cruel that people at my press screening
spoke out and like you know I would want
to be that Mouse after the movie because
i think some people will be waiting for
him outside the theater haha but anyway
while the movie doesn't have you know
that kind of edge of the producers does
about the underbelly of show business
it's still it's a realistic surprisingly
realistic even for an all-ages movie for
instance mostly when people talk to are
you know kids about show biz they're
like all that matters is you love it and
that's not true that's important that's
not true and I really respect saying for
not perpetuating that myth Singh says
that you have to have talent and some of
the singers during the audition process
from Matthew McConaughey's Buster moon
were biting and hilarious i was like wow
with shades of inside llewyn davis
therefrom
do but what it says is that you have to
have talent but where the love comes in
is that it's that it's the love what
you're doing and the people you work
with the people in your personal life we
support you who will sustain you as you
hold that talent and try to get it
discovered i mean it's a marathon not a
sprint and sometimes talent doesn't get
recognized simply because the
opportunity doesn't present itself very
very sophisticated movie too i can't
believe it
also speaking of trying to make it in
show biz while the producers took place
in on New York City this takes place in
Los Angeles you know if they don't say
los angeles but you know as someone
who's been to Los Angeles it's totally
los angeles and that was really cool
because Los Angeles is of course the
capital of people try to make a baby
with big dreams sometimes big talent but
also big hurdles and you know often they
depict Los Angeles is either the glitz
or like you know where dreams go to die
this is like a happy middle ground where
it's like yeah you're living your life
you'd like to be part of showbiz but you
find yourself just right on the edge of
it and it's both it's very very cruel in
some ways but it's also very tantalizing
and but still I can't believe this movie
still manages to be a beat it's amazing
so yes it's a very deep movie and this
is where the voice comes in even beyond
the singing so every time they do are
you know singing competition I'll like
let's meet our contestants what is their
actual with their home life like and
this movie does that to some degree you
know within the narrative it doesn't
have like Evan you know doesn't have
backstage interviews or something like
that so but I thought that was really
great and it also has I think the
elements of the voice that's why I
picked that singing competition because
they have coaches that try to encourage
the talent and work with them and it's
kind of a Buster moon does here he
notices things that note weeks he's a
good director producer that would help
his singers and so I like to meeting
each of the characters and I think
that's the genius of that from a
business point of view is that there's a
character that will speak to everybody
which is going to make I think this
movie have a very broad appeal because
there's different genders different age
ranges it's all very very good i also
implied different ethnicities because
you know they're all animals but
you know I like seeing what was holding
these people back in their personal
lives both in terms of pursuing a
singing career and also just personally
was just holding them back and as people
so that was great really really honest
and truthful film and wanted great
messages i don't want some message
there's just so many messages you can
like throw up a porcupine quill that's a
great gag in the movie at it and you'll
hit a message but my favorite messages
without giving anything away in the
movie there are a lot of great twists
and turns and even though sometimes you
see him coming the way they come
it's just so well done that you're like
oh that was I can't believe you did it
you actually did it well but my favorite
messages without ruining anything are
one being an entertainer isn't about
being famous but about the joy of
creating a shared experience
wow so such a healthy message about show
biz to the importance of how our parents
CS and trying to truly become that
person but the the joy of potentially
doing that and the horror of maybe not
oh so good and then three how important
it is to be positive and supportive not
just of one another people you know in
life but just people you come across you
know we have a thing today with the
internet a lot of haters people like
tear people down for entertainment and i
love that this movie showed the
importance of building people up and
that that's something that we should try
and do as a society so I love that i'm
also blown away by the talented writer
director Garth Jennings like storks with
Nick Stoller this is an established well
semi establish live-action talent going
to animation I'm telling you this is the
future of animation about the jon
favreau basically made it animated movie
with the jungle book I was really
impressed with nicholas stoller
accomplished with storks and now I'm
equally impressed with Garth Jennings is
accomplished here with sing and what
happens is when you bring these are live
action people in they tell you
streamlined honest stories with real
stakes and I'm beginning to see the
difference between animated movies and
live-action movies and that animated
movies because you know there are
famously told by storyboard that they
have this told by committee feel and
that there are these gags and vignettes
that are put together like to build a
larger story
they do seem a little disjointed
sometimes you know that's why they work
so well as clips right but what this
like singing feels like like a real
movie and that I was really impressed
with that also Garth Jennings is the
voice of miss Crowley ah mr. Crowley is
such a unique inventive and funny
character and the fact that a guy does
the voice I would say that mr. Crawley's
right up there with raws a totally
different kind of character like a
different vibe but with Ross from
monsters inc love to miss Crawley I also
that just like the script was very
honest I thought that led to very honest
performances as well
the acting in this movie oh my goodness
so good my favorites everybody did a
good job not a bad voice performer in
the group but my favorites my three
standouts are Matthew McConaughey not a
paycheck he throws himself into the role
of Buster moon heart and soul you can
feel it all you can hear it i guess is
what you could say in the by the way the
animators back up these performances
with really good
I you know animation you know the
character not only is the voice
performance good but when i'm watching
on screen has like I see animals with
great little more subtle moments like
wow also a Buster moon has one of the
best sight gags I've ever seen
it's just absolutely i was laughing so
hard when you see it you'll know what
I'm talking about it comes out of
nowhere also scarlett johansson she did
the voice in her but she was just so
good here she has a fabulous voice for
animation if I were another animation
studio I'd be like we got together and I
also think that her she has a deep voice
and that created the angst that was
necessary for her character this teenage
girl but Scarlett Johansson didn't go
overboard with that she gave her
character a lot of heart and made her
very likable and very relatable and then
tear Edgerton has the voice of an angel
he could totally have a singing career
he I just was like wow there's nothing
you can do teryn I'm such a big taron
egerton van and this just made me even
more of one but everybody's a great
singer you know and they kept building
up the show they're like we're gonna put
on a show and I was like man this show
can't be good there's no way it's gonna
live up to the hype
I don't think you should respect your
holding movie building up to this
because there's no way you can deliver
and then they
did they totally delivered I was shocked
and I thought it was so great that these
characters were struggling so hard but
you can see they really did genuinely
have talent that was just so you were
really rooting for them all the more you
like you deserve to succeed years not
only talented but you're a great person
you're kind person
oh wow this is amazing and i think that
the movie highlights and so I have a
checklist here that it while it's
important to have talent to be genuinely
talented it's also important to realize
that success with your talent doesn't
happen overnight it takes time to hone
it and you have to have advice and
support from other people you need
inspiration and sometimes you need
desperation to push you to give you a
final push and that's all that's all
part of the magic the hot magic show biz
but that spark of talent does need to be
there that buster moon he also has one
idea to plus the stage that I don't want
to give away but everyone in the
audience was like that is an amazing
idea
it's just such a good movie it's the
best movie I think Illumination
Entertainment has ever made and I'm
counting the despicable Me movies and I
think it's you know it caps off with
just been absolutely fabulous year for
animation like wow there's exciting
things happening animation and I wish
thing we're stronger competitor during
award season because it deserves to be
especially because it's about show
business and usually entertainment
industry loves to congratulate itself
you know like Argo and all those you
know the producers and like all these
movies and so what they supporting
saying so I loved it
definitely a top pick for the holiday
season you should see it as we're seeing
in 3d the press screening wasn't 3d I
thought it crowded tremendous depth of
field really made me feel like I was a
part of the movie but I could see you
seeing it in 2d and it not being a
problem so you could go either way but
if you have a couple extra dollars go
for the 3d experience it's a special
movie
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