as a latina, seeing Encanto below Diana is heartbreaking lol. I think Lin did an amazing job working with Colombian sounds and the music is SO GOOD. but it makes sense you relating more with a musical about UK than Latin America.
Honestly, Encanto didn’t strike me as hard as I wanted either, but it was more because I thought the Bruno side story was so rushed. He was alienated from his family but HE was the one apologizing at the end? I did really enjoy the music though.
@@Rosebud_XD yes, totally. I just pointed Diana because the others I understand, but Diana is not good :X my top 3 is Encanto, In the Heights and Come From Away, but I haven't watch the new West Side Story yet.
@@Sharpe1502 They literally tell him he has nothing to apologize for though??? The whole point of that scene is that the family realized they were wrong about him and they welcome him back in the family with open arms.
I'm surprised to hear you didn't like the music in Encanto. Not all of them are hits but in my opinion Surface Pressure and We don't Talk Bruno are some of the best musical numbers I've seen from Disney in a long time.
Encanto emotionally destroyed me. It's amazing in my mind, and I cannot get We Don't Talk About Bruno out of my head. Also, Surface Pressure was is *chef's kiss*
I loved tick tick boom!! I didn't know anything about it going in except that Jonathan Larson wrote RENT, but it was so fun and moving and spectacular!!
Rhythm Nation and Somebody to Love were both used in Happy Feet 1/2. Honestly, it’s really bad when I’m watching a musical and think, “I prefer the penguin version.”
For me I think Encanto improved with more viewings. I did really like it in the cinema but the music didn't stick in my head and I think there were too many characters to properly take in, but now that I've watched it again (and consumed a lot of the memes lol) I looove it and I love all the music and characters more because I'm more familiar with them.
I can’t wait for Cyrano, Matilda, 13, Wicked, and Mean Girls when they come out and I hope they don’t screw them up. Lol. I’m also looking forward to The Little Mermaid live action, which I know is a sacrilegious statement for a lot of people so please don’t eat me. lol
In The Heights was my favourite movie musical of 2021 and it's not particularly close. It just came out at the perfect time for me and just brought me a lot of joy! I still need to watch Everyone's Talking about Jamie, tho
Before the movie Encanto, they released the ost so i listened to the songs before i saw the movie. And honestly I felt exactly like you the first time I listened to it. Nothing really sticked to me. BUT the more I listened, the more the songs grew on me, and after a few days I was obsessed with it. I really recommend you give the ost a few listens! I also recommend watching Vivo - in my opinion the songs are great, especially the opening number.
me currently trying to (nicely) bully my non-theatre-kid friends into watching tick tick boom 😂 also i haven't seen cinderella BUT enchanted by taylor swift would work really well with the story as a duet between her and the prince, especially if it started when they danced together at the ball then either finished or was reprised after she leaves
Omgggg this is literally what i was thinking the first time I was watching it I actually started singing it lmaooo they probably just wanted to shove in ed sheeran because because think he's trendy pfft
The only musical number I liked in Cinderella was “Whatta Man/Seven Nation Army” which I found on RUclips after giving up with the film because a friend told me about it. I don’t understand how you can have a movie that has Idina Menzel, Minnie Driver and Billy Porter among others and it’s this dull. Also why didn’t they advertise them being in it? I’m glad for them in one way because hopefully nobody will remember they were in it but it seems a bit of a snub to them to not advertise them.
Come From Away was so good. It and Tick Tick, Boom are easily my favourite musicals this year and I can't wait to watch them again, and again, and again.
When I heard Lin Manuel was directing, I thought, "he's already a genius writer and composer and actor and singer. He can't possibly a genius director too." Well, I'll be damned. Just, wow. lol
I just can't get behind Ansel Elgort being in WSS. It puts a sour taste in my mouth no matter how much i try to enjoy it. My favorite two musicals of the year were In The Heights and Tick tick boom and then Encanto, the latter because of that damn Bruno song lolol i didn't particularly care for the lack of characterization but I liked the visuals and songs.
There was also Annie Live in the US, though I don’t know if you could watch it in the UK, and it was surprisingly fantastic. I didn’t expect that since live musicals do not have the best track record, but this was definitely one of the best ones so far.
I thought encanto was so moving and brilliant it's my favorite movie i've seen in a while! And as for Tick... Tick... Boom! I love it very much as i'm a massive rent and andrew garfield fan but the directing made me feel removed from the story at times- i feel like it could have somehow been more moving than it was. that being said i did love it and andrew garfield, robin de jesús, and alexandra shipp are absolutely the moment
Definitely watch Vivo! Lin's songs are so much better in that one. The storyline is maybe less interesting than Encanto but it's worth it for the songs alone.
I finally caved and got tickets for WSS this Wednesday. I had no interest in it but since literally everyone says it's amazing I am now wanting to actually see it :D Tick tick boom and the CFA pro-shot are on another level, absolute perfection. I really liked Jamie and In the Heights as well! Didn't see Encanto, a week away and Cinderella yet. I did see DEH and I didn't think it was that bad, actually, I enjoyed it, but it wouldn't crack my top5, either, tbh.
I felt similarly meh about Encanto. Everyone is obsessed with it now and I'm just like "did we watch the same thing?" (I'm Brazilian so technically latina, but it didn't do much for me)
really? im also brazilian and encanto hit me so hard! i started crying at waiting for a miracle and the tears stayed for the rest of the movie. also, the album has been on repeat on my spotify ever since christmas 😅
@@NunesAAR ah man 🥲 that's great. I wish I got those feels too. I did love the look of the movie at least. I just felt like there were too many characters with not enough time for development/plot. Would have been better as a TV show.
@@pig3292 thats fair! i heard (saw on tik tok, so take it with a grain of salt) that the creators want to develop a series based on the movie, kind of like the tangled series, for disney+. so there is hope! and i agree that some characters were underdeveloped, but honestly, with a cast that big that was to be expected
my favourite was Encanto, followed *very* closely by Tick Tick Boom. i kind of see where you're coming from with the Encanto soundtrack because when i first saw the film i didn't love the songs (although i did think the Waiting on a Miracle sequence was stunning), but the more i listened to them the more they grew on me and now i think they're great! possibly a hot take but i think it's the best animated film Disney's made since Tangled. and Tick Tick Boom was just... ugh incredible. i wasn't super familiar with the show beforehand so i had zero expectations going in and was blown away! can't believe i hadn't heard any of the music before.
Maybe I'm one of the few that agrees with you on Encanto. The amount people hyped it up I just didn't love it. I will admit that We Don't Talk About Bruno is SO GOOD but none of the rest really stick out to me. Not even Surface Pressure either. It's catchy but there's just like one element of it that annoys me and I couldn't even place what it is
Props for including A Week Away! Now, I'll admit, this movie is my Diana. I know it's awful, but as I've seen it 3 times! It's unbelievably cheesy, the miming is terrible, but there's a strong dose of nostalgia that keeps my coming back for more. For context, I attended Christian summer camp as a kid. And I did genuinely enjoy the closing number. Also, I spent a solid 30 minutes my first time through the film trying to work out how they got Dave Koechner to be in it. Sherri Sheppard is a Christian so she made sense, and kids just starting in the biz will take any job they can get, but Dave Koechner is an established, secular comedian. How much did they pay him? Were they blackmailing him? That's what I want to know.
In the heights is one of my favourite movie musicals from this year but I’m the same, I watched it many times in the cinema and adored it but when I was at home I couldn’t focus😂😂.
Tik Tik Boom was my favorite!! It’s been one of my favorite shows for the past few years, so I was worried to see what the movie would be like and if I would love it. I ended up loving it more than I thought I would.
I saw couple days ago new proshot from last year Anything goes (BBC iplayer) and it's amazing too. It's version with Sutton Foster and she was fantastic. I'm waitting for next year proshot like Waitress and Prince of Egypt 🔥
It’s interesting how you like the everybody’s talking about Jamie movie more than the musical. I saw the movie first and I found the music kinda boring but when the west end cast came to LA I saw it and I found it more fun. I also prefer the cast album to the movie album
I really enjoyed a week away, and didn't notice the bad lip synching so I'll deffo go back and watch it to see if I can spot it!! I personally loved the soundtrack but that's because the songs are all ccm (contemporary Christian music) from the nineties onwards and I love their renditions of these classics! But I know it's not everyone's cup of tea!
Happy New Year Amy and lovely video! Agree with your top 5 - tick tick boom was brilliant. Not seen any in your bottom five yet and will probs give them a miss based on your review 🥰
1. Tick, tick, boom (Netflix) 2. West Side Story (HBO Max? Disney+?) 3. Come from away (AppleTV) 4. In the Heights (NowTV, Sky Movie, Prime) 5. Everybody Talking About Jamie (Prime) 6. Diana: The Musical (Netflix) 7. Encanto (Disney+) 8. Cinderella (I think I've seen it on Prime, but not sure) 9. A week away (Netflix) 10. Dear Evan Hansen Not seen: Respect, Vivo, Annette
i agree so much with what you say about Dear Evan Hansen, like if you had none nothing about the og show then it would have been a fine film to watch. However, i love the show and just parts of plots and certain characters saying different characters lines made me so frustrated when watching the film. Lets not even talk about the ending and the new songs because :(((
I agree with your assessment of Encanto. The story was decent and the characters were interesting, but the music added nothing. I think they should have gone the Pixar route and removed the songs.
Encanto was so bright and colourful, a great antidote to the cold and wet December. None of the songs were very memorable and the story was rushed, but I liked the setting, the characters and the animals.
My top 8 (haven’t seen WSS or everyone’s talking about Jamie yet) 1. Tick tick boom 2. DEH 3. Come from away 4. In the heights 5. Encanto 6. Vivo 7. Cinderella 8. Dianna
Yep Tick Tick Boom was my top movie musical of the year & defs one of my top films of the year. Hope Andrew wins an oscar(he should of already won an Oscar by now but hey hopefully it happens in March)
I also didn't feel as strongly about Enchanto. I love the diversity of the cast and it's obviously beautiful to look at, but I just... I didn't have much of a connection to the story or music. It was played EVERYWHERE as well, which meant it was drilled into my brain. I loved ETBJ and In the Heights
I'm pretty sure both Ella Enchanted and Happy Feet used Somebody to Love. I only watched Cinderella once but I felt like I'd already seen it. And there were such big names and none of it came together. Felt like a waste of talent. My fave is definitely Tick Tick Boom. It really moved me and I just felt that Andrew Garfield did a great job of playing a character who was so flawed and yet still kept him empathetic. I had the opposite problem with Encanto. I loved the music and the animation of the all the dancing was so detailed but the story didn't really hit for me. I felt like it never really got going and it was all so predictable. Really enjoyed seeing your list Amy and you other guys in the comments. I can't believe how much musical stuff has been out lately!
I think In the Heights was my favourite followed by Tick Tick Boom! Always loved the Everybody's Talking About Jamie soundtrack and I kinda feel if I wasn't as big of a fan of the original cast recording I would've preferred the film if that makes sense 😂 I just felt the vibe of soundtrack was quite different and preferred the original but still gutted it didn't get a proper cinema release!
Annette was really weird as it has an animatronic baby/child that I could not get used to! Respect is a biopic of a great musical legend-I knew nothing about Aretha Franklin’s life. West Side Story is amazing, I loved it! I felt each scene looked like a stage set, the costumes and singing were incredible. In The Heights was great, loved the clever songs and the reveal at the end. So feel-good and fun!
Tick Tick Boom & In The Heights are some of my fav movies at the moment. I also like West Side Story, Encanto (I actually watch it last night.) & unpopular opinion I actually like Dear Evan Hansen
i do hope you talk about the fact that they recast the throw-away character with a nonbinary character, in the sense that, the character is all about fitting in, but they keep throwing away the character. it was very heavy for me to watch as i saw my friend in that. and none of the reviewers have spoken about it ):
My rankings on the movie I’ve seen 1. West Side Story Ranking A 2. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Ranking B 3. Encanto Ranking A 4. Cinderella C I completely agree. This version of Cinderella was very underwhelming and the music was not very good. I could not make it past the scene when the Fairy Godmother entered. I think this movie had Idina Menzel’s weakest performance. 5. Dear Evan Hansen B I agree with everything you said.
Tick... Tick... Boom was my favorite. In the Heights would've been better if Lin had directed it and not John M. Chu. Not a fan of his directing. Sorry.
Okay, so I loved the music in Encanto but I felt that, story wise, it was pretty meh. As a latina, I understand and relate to the concept of a matriarch big house owner that gathers all the family, but I still felt that there wasn't many story to go about, and nothing really exciting happened
I really like the story! I love how it focuses on the individual characters and their insecurities and the way its so family orientated. They didn’t need to do a huge scale adventure like Raya - they kept it small scale and contained so they can focus on the details that make the movie so beautiful
Imo the new West Side Story fucks. I didn’t hate Ansel as much as I thought I would, though I would have preferred to have someone with more musical experience in the role. He just didn’t meld in like the others did. I could forget that Mike Faist was Mike Faist but he was still Ansel Elgort. Once I noticed what his throat was doing when he was singing, that’s the only thing I could focus on lol.
It just broke me seeing how terrible dear evan hansen is. There were some amazing actors in it but there were some pretty big flaws. I really really wish we had an actor playing evan who was of the age, it would make it so much better.
My ranking: West Side Story (10/10) If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (9) Come From Away (9) Annie Live (8) In the Heights (7) Jamie (6.5) Tick Tick Boom (6.5) Annette (6) Encanto (6) Cinderella (6) Respect (6) Music (4) Dear Evan Hansen (3) Diana The Musical (1)
So I have been watching the reviews for west side story and no one has brought up the relationship between the police and the sharks and the way Steven Spielberg completely wrote that out... Like for me, that was huge, I remember them teaching west side story in music appreciation class, and it was the only time I had ever heard my teachers discussing the racism of the police, I live in staten island and we are known for our conservative values, so for me that was big... its amazing how much more regressive the new one was, when compared to the one from 1961.... even though it was cast better, the story was made to be regressive... like I do like that they gave Riff a deeper back story, but by giving him a purpose to hate the Puerto Ricans, it kind of changes things... now the white Boys are actually being replaced by the Puerto Ricans rather than it being an imagined issue... and at one point it sounded like Tony was envious of the sharks having a community... these are all little things that they are trying to point out that both sides had it rough, and the original was very clear that the sharks were on their own in a strange city... its a weird thing to change. Then almost all of Tony's songs are suppose to be in his head... like they are monolougues... why is he singing to Rita Moreno??? Lmao. Like I get they were trying to utilize her as much as possible, but to see Tony singing to her she just felt extra... And then I never realized how important facial expressions were... and none of this new cast had it... old school actors just have more expressive faces... they cast it to pretty for me, so pretty infact that their faces lack character to make me feel anything... Otherwise I loved it. Lol.
Oh and they robbed Maria of her end monologue... omg... it was just torn apart and not even glued back together well... it was like he was trying to avoid what the original story was about... people who hated each other for no good reason... and they tried to hide that at every spot.
Lin Manuel Miranda didn't write "We don't talk about Bruno" for "Harry, my ginger-haired son" to rank higher than Encanto 😭😭
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We don't talk about Bruno!!!
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as a latina, seeing Encanto below Diana is heartbreaking lol. I think Lin did an amazing job working with Colombian sounds and the music is SO GOOD. but it makes sense you relating more with a musical about UK than Latin America.
I honestly would of wanted encanto way higher, We don’t talk about Bruno has been stuck in my head the whole week
Honestly, Encanto didn’t strike me as hard as I wanted either, but it was more because I thought the Bruno side story was so rushed. He was alienated from his family but HE was the one apologizing at the end? I did really enjoy the music though.
Encanto was literally my favorite movie this year🖐️
@@Rosebud_XD yes, totally. I just pointed Diana because the others I understand, but Diana is not good :X my top 3 is Encanto, In the Heights and Come From Away, but I haven't watch the new West Side Story yet.
@@Sharpe1502 They literally tell him he has nothing to apologize for though??? The whole point of that scene is that the family realized they were wrong about him and they welcome him back in the family with open arms.
I'm surprised to hear you didn't like the music in Encanto. Not all of them are hits but in my opinion Surface Pressure and We don't Talk Bruno are some of the best musical numbers I've seen from Disney in a long time.
We don't talk about Bruno!!!
We don't talk about Bruno won't leave my head...I watched the movie 2 weeks ago and I still haven't forgotten about it. Such a beautiful movie
I loved Surface Pressure!
And the singing in Waiting on a Miracle is just incredible
"I couldn't sing any of the songs to you."
What, not even We Don't Talk About Bruno-no-no-no?
That one was good! It's the only one I remember, though.
@@roxanebarbey1394 I personally love What Else Can I Do. It was basically the Spring version of Let It Go.
Encanto emotionally destroyed me. It's amazing in my mind, and I cannot get We Don't Talk About Bruno out of my head. Also, Surface Pressure was is *chef's kiss*
I agree!
I loved tick tick boom!! I didn't know anything about it going in except that Jonathan Larson wrote RENT, but it was so fun and moving and spectacular!!
Rhythm Nation and Somebody to Love were both used in Happy Feet 1/2. Honestly, it’s really bad when I’m watching a musical and think, “I prefer the penguin version.”
😂 so true
The penguin version of Somebody to Love is pretty brilliant though 😉
For me I think Encanto improved with more viewings. I did really like it in the cinema but the music didn't stick in my head and I think there were too many characters to properly take in, but now that I've watched it again (and consumed a lot of the memes lol) I looove it and I love all the music and characters more because I'm more familiar with them.
I can’t wait for Cyrano, Matilda, 13, Wicked, and Mean Girls when they come out and I hope they don’t screw them up. Lol. I’m also looking forward to The Little Mermaid live action, which I know is a sacrilegious statement for a lot of people so please don’t eat me. lol
They're adapting Matilda???
@@societycrumbles yes, into a movie musical. It should come out December 2022 and stars Emma Thompson and Andrea Risenborough.
@@societycrumbles I think they finished filming by now and are now editing the whole thing.
"Oh my god, Mike Faist". Honestly, same.
In The Heights was my favourite movie musical of 2021 and it's not particularly close. It just came out at the perfect time for me and just brought me a lot of joy! I still need to watch Everyone's Talking about Jamie, tho
You saying encanto didn’t move you makes me happy for your lack of family trauma 😩😘
Before the movie Encanto, they released the ost so i listened to the songs before i saw the movie. And honestly I felt exactly like you the first time I listened to it. Nothing really sticked to me. BUT the more I listened, the more the songs grew on me, and after a few days I was obsessed with it. I really recommend you give the ost a few listens! I also recommend watching Vivo - in my opinion the songs are great, especially the opening number.
me currently trying to (nicely) bully my non-theatre-kid friends into watching tick tick boom 😂
also i haven't seen cinderella BUT enchanted by taylor swift would work really well with the story as a duet between her and the prince, especially if it started when they danced together at the ball then either finished or was reprised after she leaves
Omgggg this is literally what i was thinking the first time I was watching it I actually started singing it lmaooo they probably just wanted to shove in ed sheeran because because think he's trendy pfft
tick...tick...BOOM and Encanto were two of my favourite movies period from the last the year, the music in both of them was amazing!
omg the heartstoppper profile pic!
@@letmebecharlie yesssss, i'm a hearstopper stan, i'm SO EXCITED for the tv show!!
I simply CAN NOT get “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” out of my head.
The only musical number I liked in Cinderella was “Whatta Man/Seven Nation Army” which I found on RUclips after giving up with the film because a friend told me about it. I don’t understand how you can have a movie that has Idina Menzel, Minnie Driver and Billy Porter among others and it’s this dull. Also why didn’t they advertise them being in it? I’m glad for them in one way because hopefully nobody will remember they were in it but it seems a bit of a snub to them to not advertise them.
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Come From Away was so good. It and Tick Tick, Boom are easily my favourite musicals this year and I can't wait to watch them again, and again, and again.
Have watched tick, tick… Boom! 2x in cinema, and at least 5 on Netflix. Love this movie, so glad they did a proshot of Come from Away!
When I heard Lin Manuel was directing, I thought, "he's already a genius writer and composer and actor and singer. He can't possibly a genius director too." Well, I'll be damned. Just, wow. lol
I just can't get behind Ansel Elgort being in WSS. It puts a sour taste in my mouth no matter how much i try to enjoy it. My favorite two musicals of the year were In The Heights and Tick tick boom and then Encanto, the latter because of that damn Bruno song lolol i didn't particularly care for the lack of characterization but I liked the visuals and songs.
But the absolute worst "movie" musical of the year was the absolute abelist piece of filth forced upon us by sia- music 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Good point, and true!
We Don't Talk About Sia
wait was that a movie musical??
@@heyjude6680 i dont know I didn't watch it but someone ranked it on their list so I assume it was
@@heyjude6680 It has music and dance sequences in it
There was also Annie Live in the US, though I don’t know if you could watch it in the UK, and it was surprisingly fantastic. I didn’t expect that since live musicals do not have the best track record, but this was definitely one of the best ones so far.
I thought encanto was so moving and brilliant it's my favorite movie i've seen in a while! And as for Tick... Tick... Boom! I love it very much as i'm a massive rent and andrew garfield fan but the directing made me feel removed from the story at times- i feel like it could have somehow been more moving than it was. that being said i did love it and andrew garfield, robin de jesús, and alexandra shipp are absolutely the moment
West Side Story was my favorite movie musical of 2021. I think it’s the best movie musical in decades.
Definitely watch Vivo! Lin's songs are so much better in that one. The storyline is maybe less interesting than Encanto but it's worth it for the songs alone.
Tick tick boom left me in tears.... ♥️
I finally caved and got tickets for WSS this Wednesday. I had no interest in it but since literally everyone says it's amazing I am now wanting to actually see it :D Tick tick boom and the CFA pro-shot are on another level, absolute perfection. I really liked Jamie and In the Heights as well! Didn't see Encanto, a week away and Cinderella yet. I did see DEH and I didn't think it was that bad, actually, I enjoyed it, but it wouldn't crack my top5, either, tbh.
Waiting for WSS to come to streaming, but loved Tick, tick…Boom. Enjoyed Encanto.
And Come From Away is such a great musical.
Tick Tick Boom was my favorite movie musical this year... probably my favorite movie of the year, period, if we're being honest. I adored it.
I felt similarly meh about Encanto. Everyone is obsessed with it now and I'm just like "did we watch the same thing?" (I'm Brazilian so technically latina, but it didn't do much for me)
really? im also brazilian and encanto hit me so hard! i started crying at waiting for a miracle and the tears stayed for the rest of the movie. also, the album has been on repeat on my spotify ever since christmas 😅
@@NunesAAR ah man 🥲 that's great. I wish I got those feels too. I did love the look of the movie at least. I just felt like there were too many characters with not enough time for development/plot. Would have been better as a TV show.
@@pig3292 thats fair! i heard (saw on tik tok, so take it with a grain of salt) that the creators want to develop a series based on the movie, kind of like the tangled series, for disney+. so there is hope! and i agree that some characters were underdeveloped, but honestly, with a cast that big that was to be expected
my favourite was Encanto, followed *very* closely by Tick Tick Boom. i kind of see where you're coming from with the Encanto soundtrack because when i first saw the film i didn't love the songs (although i did think the Waiting on a Miracle sequence was stunning), but the more i listened to them the more they grew on me and now i think they're great! possibly a hot take but i think it's the best animated film Disney's made since Tangled. and Tick Tick Boom was just... ugh incredible. i wasn't super familiar with the show beforehand so i had zero expectations going in and was blown away! can't believe i hadn't heard any of the music before.
You are such a joyful, comforting presence.
Maybe I'm one of the few that agrees with you on Encanto. The amount people hyped it up I just didn't love it. I will admit that We Don't Talk About Bruno is SO GOOD but none of the rest really stick out to me. Not even Surface Pressure either. It's catchy but there's just like one element of it that annoys me and I couldn't even place what it is
Omggggg! Last year was sooooo amaazing with all the movie musicals!!!!!!!
You should definitely watch Annette! It was by far my favorite movie of the year, and that's saying something because there were so many good ones!
Props for including A Week Away! Now, I'll admit, this movie is my Diana. I know it's awful, but as I've seen it 3 times! It's unbelievably cheesy, the miming is terrible, but there's a strong dose of nostalgia that keeps my coming back for more. For context, I attended Christian summer camp as a kid. And I did genuinely enjoy the closing number. Also, I spent a solid 30 minutes my first time through the film trying to work out how they got Dave Koechner to be in it. Sherri Sheppard is a Christian so she made sense, and kids just starting in the biz will take any job they can get, but Dave Koechner is an established, secular comedian. How much did they pay him? Were they blackmailing him? That's what I want to know.
In the heights is one of my favourite movie musicals from this year but I’m the same, I watched it many times in the cinema and adored it but when I was at home I couldn’t focus😂😂.
In the Heights is my #1 for sure. A work of absolute perfection!!!!
Tik Tik Boom was my favorite!! It’s been one of my favorite shows for the past few years, so I was worried to see what the movie would be like and if I would love it. I ended up loving it more than I thought I would.
Ouch, I loved Encanto
I don't think anything will ever beat Come From Away.
I loved, loved Come From Away. It was so good. It managed to go over a horrible situation and make a wonderfully heartwarming musical.
I saw couple days ago new proshot from last year Anything goes (BBC iplayer) and it's amazing too. It's version with Sutton Foster and she was fantastic. I'm waitting for next year proshot like Waitress and Prince of Egypt 🔥
It’s interesting how you like the everybody’s talking about Jamie movie more than the musical. I saw the movie first and I found the music kinda boring but when the west end cast came to LA I saw it and I found it more fun. I also prefer the cast album to the movie album
I really enjoyed a week away, and didn't notice the bad lip synching so I'll deffo go back and watch it to see if I can spot it!! I personally loved the soundtrack but that's because the songs are all ccm (contemporary Christian music) from the nineties onwards and I love their renditions of these classics! But I know it's not everyone's cup of tea!
Happy New Year Amy and lovely video! Agree with your top 5 - tick tick boom was brilliant. Not seen any in your bottom five yet and will probs give them a miss based on your review 🥰
The fact that you put West Side Story so high and Encanto so low is honestly shocking.
1. Tick, tick, boom (Netflix)
2. West Side Story (HBO Max? Disney+?)
3. Come from away (AppleTV)
4. In the Heights (NowTV, Sky Movie, Prime)
5. Everybody Talking About Jamie (Prime)
6. Diana: The Musical (Netflix)
7. Encanto (Disney+)
8. Cinderella (I think I've seen it on Prime, but not sure)
9. A week away (Netflix)
10. Dear Evan Hansen
Not seen: Respect, Vivo, Annette
i agree so much with what you say about Dear Evan Hansen, like if you had none nothing about the og show then it would have been a fine film to watch. However, i love the show and just parts of plots and certain characters saying different characters lines made me so frustrated when watching the film. Lets not even talk about the ending and the new songs because :(((
Diana higher than Encanto? Amy, did we watch the same movie? 😳
Your enthusiasm for musicals is a delight! Thank you! :-)
Eugene sighting 😻😻😻
Encanto below Diana? Controversial
I agree with your assessment of Encanto. The story was decent and the characters were interesting, but the music added nothing. I think they should have gone the Pixar route and removed the songs.
I loved Tick tick boom, Andrew was amazing
you are so adorable i love your videos
Encanto was so bright and colourful, a great antidote to the cold and wet December. None of the songs were very memorable and the story was rushed, but I liked the setting, the characters and the animals.
Vivo is so good! Deffo watch it
My top 8 (haven’t seen WSS or everyone’s talking about Jamie yet)
1. Tick tick boom
2. DEH
3. Come from away
4. In the heights
5. Encanto
6. Vivo
7. Cinderella
8. Dianna
Amy Lovatt is a joy.
Yep Tick Tick Boom was my top movie musical of the year & defs one of my top films of the year. Hope Andrew wins an oscar(he should of already won an Oscar by now but hey hopefully it happens in March)
Encanto would have been so much higher on my list. I related so hard to the characters because mental health... Issues...
'Oh my god, Mike Faist' - literally me every day for the last 4 weeks
One thing I can fault about West Side Story...*cough cough* Ansel Elgort...*cough cough*
I also didn't feel as strongly about Enchanto. I love the diversity of the cast and it's obviously beautiful to look at, but I just... I didn't have much of a connection to the story or music. It was played EVERYWHERE as well, which meant it was drilled into my brain. I loved ETBJ and In the Heights
I'm pretty sure both Ella Enchanted and Happy Feet used Somebody to Love. I only watched Cinderella once but I felt like I'd already seen it. And there were such big names and none of it came together. Felt like a waste of talent.
My fave is definitely Tick Tick Boom. It really moved me and I just felt that Andrew Garfield did a great job of playing a character who was so flawed and yet still kept him empathetic.
I had the opposite problem with Encanto. I loved the music and the animation of the all the dancing was so detailed but the story didn't really hit for me. I felt like it never really got going and it was all so predictable.
Really enjoyed seeing your list Amy and you other guys in the comments. I can't believe how much musical stuff has been out lately!
Fantastic top 4. Couldn’t agree more. ❤️
Somebody to Love was also in Happy Feet but I enjoyed that number in Cinderella
You can’t watch DEH on Amazon prime but you have to buy/rent it
My kids love Vivo! The movie has the best LMM plea to Sondheim regarding his death (in my head canon). "One More Song"
I watched In the Heights in the cinema 3 times as well 😂 I love it!
I think In the Heights was my favourite followed by Tick Tick Boom! Always loved the Everybody's Talking About Jamie soundtrack and I kinda feel if I wasn't as big of a fan of the original cast recording I would've preferred the film if that makes sense 😂 I just felt the vibe of soundtrack was quite different and preferred the original but still gutted it didn't get a proper cinema release!
Annette was really weird as it has an animatronic baby/child that I could not get used to! Respect is a biopic of a great musical legend-I knew nothing about Aretha Franklin’s life.
West Side Story is amazing, I loved it! I felt each scene looked like a stage set, the costumes and singing were incredible. In The Heights was great, loved the clever songs and the reveal at the end. So feel-good and fun!
Tick Tick Boom & In The Heights are some of my fav movies at the moment. I also like West Side Story, Encanto (I actually watch it last night.) & unpopular opinion I actually like Dear Evan Hansen
i do hope you talk about the fact that they recast the throw-away character with a nonbinary character, in the sense that, the character is all about fitting in, but they keep throwing away the character. it was very heavy for me to watch as i saw my friend in that. and none of the reviewers have spoken about it ):
Respect is devastating but an important watch
I think I can guess what your issue with 'West Side Story' was. Are their initials A.E.?
My rankings on the movie I’ve seen
1. West Side Story Ranking A
2. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Ranking B
3. Encanto Ranking A
4. Cinderella C I completely agree. This version of Cinderella was very underwhelming and the music was not very good. I could not make it past the scene when the Fairy Godmother entered. I think this movie had Idina Menzel’s weakest performance.
5. Dear Evan Hansen B I agree with everything you said.
Tick... Tick... Boom was my favorite. In the Heights would've been better if Lin had directed it and not John M. Chu. Not a fan of his directing. Sorry.
Completely disagree about Encanto, the music in it is incredible!
Happy new year!
I feel like people will come for me but my favourite movie musical was Dear Evan Hansen
I personally loved DEH yes there were faults but it was so much better then it was made out to be
How the f is Diana over Encanto? I guess girls that get it, get it, and girls that don’t, don’t!
Okay, so I loved the music in Encanto but I felt that, story wise, it was pretty meh. As a latina, I understand and relate to the concept of a matriarch big house owner that gathers all the family, but I still felt that there wasn't many story to go about, and nothing really exciting happened
I really like the story! I love how it focuses on the individual characters and their insecurities and the way its so family orientated. They didn’t need to do a huge scale adventure like Raya - they kept it small scale and contained so they can focus on the details that make the movie so beautiful
You can also watch dear Evan Hansen on a jet blue flight for free. Don’t ask how I know
A Week Away is also a jukebox musical. All of the songs are 90s/00s CCM songs. 🙃 So so bad.
ENCANTO BELOW DIANA (the horrible) MUSICAL. No just no
Imo the new West Side Story fucks. I didn’t hate Ansel as much as I thought I would, though I would have preferred to have someone with more musical experience in the role. He just didn’t meld in like the others did. I could forget that Mike Faist was Mike Faist but he was still Ansel Elgort. Once I noticed what his throat was doing when he was singing, that’s the only thing I could focus on lol.
It just broke me seeing how terrible dear evan hansen is. There were some amazing actors in it but there were some pretty big flaws. I really really wish we had an actor playing evan who was of the age, it would make it so much better.
your outfit is so cute!! i just had to click
Tick, Tick... Boom!, Encanto, West Side Story, In The Heights and Annette were all SO GOOD! Dear Evan Hansen, Cinderella and Diana did nothing for me.
“Maria, Maria, I just met a star named RACHEL”
Ariana DeBose!
Somebody to love SET ME OFF on Cinderella. If you're going to reuse a song you better do it better and Cinderella did not deliver.
I’m sorry in no world is Diana better than encanto 😭😭 and yes Ik it’s your opinion and I don’t hate the musical but encanto is amazing
My ranking:
West Side Story (10/10)
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (9)
Come From Away (9)
Annie Live (8)
In the Heights (7)
Jamie (6.5)
Tick Tick Boom (6.5)
Annette (6)
Encanto (6)
Cinderella (6)
Respect (6)
Music (4)
Dear Evan Hansen (3)
Diana The Musical (1)
So I have been watching the reviews for west side story and no one has brought up the relationship between the police and the sharks and the way Steven Spielberg completely wrote that out...
Like for me, that was huge, I remember them teaching west side story in music appreciation class, and it was the only time I had ever heard my teachers discussing the racism of the police, I live in staten island and we are known for our conservative values, so for me that was big... its amazing how much more regressive the new one was, when compared to the one from 1961.... even though it was cast better, the story was made to be regressive... like I do like that they gave Riff a deeper back story, but by giving him a purpose to hate the Puerto Ricans, it kind of changes things... now the white Boys are actually being replaced by the Puerto Ricans rather than it being an imagined issue... and at one point it sounded like Tony was envious of the sharks having a community... these are all little things that they are trying to point out that both sides had it rough, and the original was very clear that the sharks were on their own in a strange city... its a weird thing to change.
Then almost all of Tony's songs are suppose to be in his head... like they are monolougues... why is he singing to Rita Moreno??? Lmao. Like I get they were trying to utilize her as much as possible, but to see Tony singing to her she just felt extra...
And then I never realized how important facial expressions were... and none of this new cast had it... old school actors just have more expressive faces... they cast it to pretty for me, so pretty infact that their faces lack character to make me feel anything...
Otherwise I loved it. Lol.
Oh and they robbed Maria of her end monologue... omg... it was just torn apart and not even glued back together well... it was like he was trying to avoid what the original story was about... people who hated each other for no good reason... and they tried to hide that at every spot.
Was in the heights included or did I just miss it?
It was #4 :)
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yesss thank you for criticizing A week away, I found it terrible
Amy….listen, Diana deserves so much better. It’s incredible
WHAT?!?! DEH is such a good movie I loved the show my fav is muscaill and I saw it in Boston I loved it
She’s talking about the film version.