Was there a "best" movie musical of the 2000s?

I presume the consensus around here for the '90s was South Park: BLU. I mean an old-fashioned 'book' musical, whether adapted from the stage or not (ie, not a concert/performance film or documentary, a la This Is It or Neil Young: Heart of Gold).

I'm also guessing most ppl would agree Chicago and Moulin Rouge! were mediocre or worse.

Once, maybe? Dancer in the Dark? There was a French one I never saw.

i enjoyed chicago, even if anorexia zellweger gave me nightmares.

http://www.hotmoviesale.com/dvds/9061/1/S-Club-Seeing-Double.jpg

http://gallery.sendbad.net/data/media/62/From%20Justin%20To%20Kelly.jpg

actually, there's goodness in both Sweeney Todd and Across the Universe, but I'd hesitate to use the word 'best' anywhere near them.

Christophe Honoré's Les chansons d'amour (2007) is easily the best movie musical of the decade.

oh yeah, Sweeney Todd!

haven't seen that Honore yet.

Team America?

(its funny but I have serious problems - as usual - with the racism/politics)

Haven't seen Passing Strange but maybe that?

Not sure how much of a movie it is though...

yeah I'd put Passing Strange in the 'performance' genre (it was fab tho).

Christophe Honoré's Les chansons d'amour (2007) is easily the best movie musical of the decade.

This was the French one I couldn't remember the name of it. Was desperate to see it at the time, but forgot about it. Does 8 Women count? I'm not a big fan of it, but somebody will probably rep for it.

Was Hedwig this decade?

yes. 2001

Oh Brother Where Art Thou was good and even had broad cultural impact. I like Hedwig at least as much, though.

O Brother Where Art Thou has a lot of music in it, and is not a musical.

ie, we need characters singing their thoughts/emotions

honoré? wtf...

i can't remember.. i like sweeney todd and pas sur la bouche (alain resnais)

I would seriously put the 3 High School Musicals high up on a list here. I wouldn't rep for any of them as musicals against Sondheim, but I still think Sweeney Todd is a missed opportunity as a movie whereas HSM realises its own ambitions pretty well.

how many HSMs originated on TV? at least the first.

we are talking CINEMA

First two on TV, third in theaters.

The first 2 iirc but I think that's an invalid distinction in this day and age, Disney simply chooses to distribute via TV first. They're at least proper musicals and the songs and choreography are well done, occasionally very well done. Rather them than something like Across the Universe any day.

"I think that's an invalid distinction in this day and age"

I won't start, mmmmmkay?

"I think that's an invalid distinction in this day and age"

So the Buffy musical episode wins.

xpost

Okay truce. Hairspray counts then yes?

I am not gonna derail this thread by contesting inaccurate analogies.

how about 'lagaan'?

So the Buffy musical episode wins.

― moron oil (Gukbe), Monday, December 21, 2009 1:51 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

I was gonna say this except it's definitely a tv musical and not a movie musical. How about Cannibal the Musical, which was produced in the 90's but pretty much no one saw until the 00s?

yes, Lagaan!

Best cricket movie of the decade.

actually, there's goodness in both Sweeney Todd and Across the Universe, but I'd hesitate to use the word 'best' anywhere near them.

― moron oil (Gukbe), Monday, December 21, 2009 12:37 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Sugges

i'd hesitate to use the word goodness.

From imdb's Top 50 Musical movies by average vote

note: for these charts, only votes from regular voters are considered.
Rank Title
8 Dasvidaniya (2008) 8.1/10 (1257 votes)
11 Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) 8.0/10 (10843 votes)
20 The Princess and the Frog (2009) 7.8/10 (2906 votes)
24 Dancer in the Dark (2000) 7.8/10 (34083 votes)
28 Kiraware Matsuko no isshô (2006) 7.8/10 (1309 votes)
41 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) 7.7/10 (95730 votes)
45 Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) 7.7/10 (4746 votes)

No irregular voters makes me sad.

This has your name all over it Alex!

Plot Summary for
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Shou's father Norio finds his son in a rather meaningless existence in Tokyo dominated by alcohol and porn videos. Having left home two years earlier to pursue life as a musician, Shou has left his band and his girlfriend has left him. His father asks a favor, that Shou clean out the apartment of his aunt Matsuko, who he says led a meaningless life until her murder at the age of 53. The apartment is filled with garbage bags and is even more unkempt than his apartment has become, and he becomes intrigued with his aunt as details of her life are supplied by a tattooed neighbor and others. Her feelings of neglect by her father Tsunehiro, who favored her chronically ill younger sister, Kumi, translated into becoming a dutiful junior high school teacher devoted to her students until being forced to resign after being blamed for the theft of some money by one of them. Leaving her family due to the disgrace, she had a series of affairs with lovers who physically abused her and did a stint as a massage parlor girl due to her beauty. After her pimp lover dumped her and gave her share of earnings to his new lover, they argued and after killing him she left by train and contemplated suicide. Dissuaded by a lonely barber, she happily set out to build a quiet life with him until the police came to charge her with murder. Upon her release from prison she silently slipped away after finding that the barber had started a new family. Becoming a "Yakusa Girl" she rationalized that it was better to be on the run with a mobster than be alone. However, her mobster lover rejected her after being released from a term in prison and she became an eccentric recluse. Shou concludes that his aunt fulfilled his ex-girlfriend's parting comment about it being better to give to others rather than expecting to receive. Summary by Brian Greenhalgh

honoré? wtf...

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xpost to gukbe, 8 Women absolutely counts. I loved it - Far From Heaven's cracked mirror image.

And kudos to Noodle for being, well, brave enough to big up the HSM series. Quite a few lovely moments spread across all three, esp. the first.

well i just think honoré is a horrible filmmaker

Whatever it is, it's not this. This should only be watched with the volume off.

http://www.impawards.com/2008/posters/repo_the_genetic_opera.jpg

(It does have some really cool visual elements though.)