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The crunching sound effect as Gigi chewed on those little birds was horrific. Cam's not wrong about the monstrosity. See here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/11101187/Ortolans-could-Frances-cruellest-food-be-back-on-the-menu.html

I couldn't quite figure out what they achieved by all of their on-location filming in Paris - they didn't really make the most of the locations in the Tulieries Gardens and the Luxembourg Gardens that didn't look vaguely like green-screen. A lot of the stuff that was shot on location was so often so tightly framed that the impact was lost. There were few moments where the majesty of Paris was immaterial, because they were clearly in a studio (like where Gaston rides his buggy right underneath the Eiffel Tower!!), so the much-feted on-location shots were wasted.

Yes, the quantity of Oscars is a misleading list, for sure. Those behind the scenes ones add up fast.

Arguably not, but it was a pretty incredible visual achievement (with lots of practical effects). It hasn't aged well but when you watch it you go 'yep, I see why they swept the awards'. THIS one? Whoo boy.

I brought this up on letterboxd too but it's worth reposting here: This POS won nine Oscars. That's only two fewer than 'Ben-Hur' and 'Titanic'.

Absolutely agreed. I just don't get why this movie digs itself such a giant hole right off the bat: start out with the pedophile's anthem and then smash straight into our 'hero' brattily saying everything is a 'bore', as though we're supposed to be cheering for his recovery and redemption. Seriously, that 'bore' song made me say FUCK YOU to Gaston for the rest of the movie. AND SERIOUSLY GUYS WHAT IS WITH THAT MOMENT WHERE EVERYONE CONGRATULATES GASTON ON GETTING EVA GABOR TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE

Yeah, I might actually be motivated to watch the Garbage Pail Kids Movie if I knew we were group watching on Thursday night or something.

Seconded. Ivan Drago does not care for this statement.

I remember the first M-rated movie I saw was when I was 8 or 9, when Crocodile Dundee came out. Now, growing up in Australia, that movie was the national birthright: I'm pretty sure there are still pictures of Paul Hogan on the front of our passports. So, even though my parents were always very strict about not seeing M-rated movies, the national jingoism that Croc Dundee elicited made all arguments moot, and I'm pretty sure that I (along with every other man, woman and child) saw that thing at least twice in the cinema.

I've gone full-on June and almost entirely forgotten all details of the movie already.

Oh! OH! Oh oh oh! That explains so much. I kept waiting for the singing, and then I thought that Christopher Walken or Al Pacino might do a little soft-shoe but instead Al just shot that guy in the face. Justin Bartha could have sung a whole number about The Baywatch. Missed opportunity. Time to watch the one about... child... prostitution...?

Hey look, I watched Gigi today and I'm a bit confused. I mean, for a Musical Monday pick it seemed a bit out of place. I mean, there just wasn't much music to speak of. And the Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopez chemistry was pretty unremarkable. No wonder this killed Martin Brest's career. I can definitely see why this was considered one of the worst movies ever, but still puzzled about the pick.

Even worse, it's a remake of a French movie from only three years earlier that Depardieu WAS ALSO IN. He learned nothing first time around.

I'll never be able to hear that song again without thinking of the terrible 'My Father the Hero' in which Katherine Heigl pretends her father is her lover to impress some kids on a cruise ship and then he sings this song...

Gee! Gigi, g!

i thought I remembered the cop at the wedding? Or am I being Polish-blind?

My list: 1. Cabaret 2. High School Musical 3. Phantom of the Paradise 4. The Fantasticks 5. JC Superstar 6. Rent 7. Across the Universe (but #1 in my heart) 8. Pete's Dragon 9. American Tail 99. Tommy 100. Repo! I didn't watch (or rewatch) the following: Hedwig Krush Groove Beauty and the Beast That Thing You Do Hairspray

Hey, here's something I meant to do at the end of the last thread: not sure if anyone's interested in doing this, or if it will hurt people's feelings (probably not....)... Since we're now into round 2 of MM, I thought we might like to rank, based on our own personal enjoyment, all of the MM films in the first round. Here's the chronological list. Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hairspray Tommy Beauty and the Beast Across the Universe Jesus Christ Superstar Cabaret! Rent Pete's Dragon High School Musical Repo! The Genetic Opera An American Tail That Thing You Do! The Phantom of the Paradise The Fantasticks Krush Groove Aside from the blanket truth that Across the Universe is everyone's number 1, how do you rank them? (you can obviously exclude ones you didn't get to see).

Yes, I was puzzled by the finginaTM as well - when Silver hits on the guy in the bar she says something along the lines of "I'm going to get a pussy" (sic) - so she doesn't consider the hole in her leg a vagina. But when the creepy club owner guy puts his hand in there she seems to show pleasure (maybe just for his edification?), and she does invite Bobo Peter Dinklage to put his dick in there, doesn't she? In all of these cases, it seems like that is definitely a mermaid vagina, but Silver seems fixated on getting a human vagina. Is this because Bobo Peter Dinklage is only attracted to humans? AND ALSO. If she gets her tail cut off and gets a human vagina, to pretend she's not an animal, she still grows those nasty mermaid teeth and communicates by sonar. She's still totally an animal, dude.

I caught zero names over the course of the movie except for Golden and Silver (which I mix up every time), so I'm just taking everyone's word for it when they use names. In my head, their names are blonde dude, singer lady, drum guy, club owner, and surprise wife.

Yeah, I listened to the Burlesque episode (mostly because it was #1 and I was interested in going back) but I quickly got tired of rehashing an episode I'd already heard. In future I'm not going to revisit the episode even if it's in front of the paywall. For me it's more about the movie than the podcast episode. We could always watch The Phantom and I can point out all of the adaptive inaccuracies in the lore based on my long tenure as a card-carrying teenage member of the Phantom fan club (and owner of a crate of 400 Phantom comics in my parents' shed)...

Easier, yeah, but going through those early ones there's not many that are fun-bad like Burlesque was. I'd hate for this to be a chore if we're slogging through horrible stuff! I'll stop being difficult now. Whatever you guys want to do.

Here's my list of the first 13 films from the canon that I haven't seen, just to start us off. Season of the Witch Last Airbender Drive Angry Backup Plan Skyline Wicker Man I Know Who Killed Me Leprechaun in the Hood Breaking Dawn Trespass 88 Minutes Abduction Tiptoes Or, should we go through and nominate a couple that we're actually looking forward to watching, rather than just slogging through stuff we know is going to suck? Were that the case, I might add No Holds Barred Staying Alive Gymkata Road House (I know!) Lake Placid Deep Blue Sea Hercules in NY I mean, we could run it like Musical Mondays, and nominate someone to pick for everyone, or maybe even pick three options that we vote on?