i had been meaning to watch the producers for so long finally it popped up on amazon
prime perfect chance to watch it i kind of adored it this is the 2005 version
i have also watched the 1960s version after this one so i will do a kind of comparison in my review
for the other one but i will just say i definitely prefer this better want to know why check out my
other review this i mean the pull factor for me aside from the fact that i love musicals
i love anything that's poking fun at world war ii in in the best possible way of course and i love
matthew broderick so for me this kind of ticked all of those boxes so glad it delivered this
version is directed by susan strowman and when the casting is absolutely amazing matthew broderick
leopold bloom nathan lane as max uma thurman is in it will ferrell um john barrowman is in it not
as much as i would have liked but he is in it and he is brilliant and in case you're unaware of what
this is about this focuses on broadway producer max who has become convinced that if he puts on a
flop he will make potentially millions because he won't have to pay the investors if the show fails
and he and leo bloom set about trying to find a screenplay or a script that will be a disaster
and they fall upon this one called springtime for hitler it does sound like a disaster and the
film is all about them trying to put this together casting it um and getting it to
opening night with the hope that it will be a mega disaster and they will make millions i'm
not going to say what happens with it i will say i was quite surprised with how much time is taken up
getting to the point where they begin to discuss the play itself
the whole thing's about two hours and i think it takes well over an hour i thought the
majority of the film would have been about them staging the play but having said that
the original 60s version takes even it's a shorter film but it's still it takes even
longer to get to that point so the pacing with this one's definitely a lot better
i think it's a kind of a pleasing length two hour long films i don't usually care for
but because it's based on a stage play i kind of get the impression they haven't cut out too much
i haven't seen the stage play i'd love to that for me is the litmus test of how much i've enjoyed
in movie musical if i want to then go and see it on stage afterwards and i absolutely do
the acting is brilliant the staging is great the costumes are fabulous we need to discuss
the music because it is a musical for me the songs were good they were well choreographed they were
pretty catchy but none really stood out for me apart from springtime for hitler the titular song
of their play and i find that so catchy and so incredibly well choreographed
that it makes up for the fact that the rest of the music kind of feels a bit more mediocre
not that the songs aren't good they just would never be my favorite but springtime for hitler
i absolutely adored i think it's fantastic and it's so addictive and you will go away singing
this john barman utterly fabulous really brilliant thoroughly enjoyed this it's a
brilliant musical if you haven't seen this version definitely watch it it ticks all of the boxes
i genuinely think you will love it i'm glad i watched this before the 60s version because as
i will discuss more in that review i didn't mind the 60s version but i feel like there's a lot that
could have been improved upon that this version has done i feel like this interpretation is
much better and that's got nothing to do with the passing of time or the quality of the lighting or
of the directing i just feel like certain things could have been changed the pacing could have
been different some of the choreography in the 60s versions just kind of flat
but this one brilliant one of my one of my favorite musicals of the 21st century
i think it's safe to say and we have some good contenders definitely want to see it on stage
if you've seen this version let me know what you think of it i absolutely adored it