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Summary: IT'S GOOD, GRAND, GREAT, SWELL, AND FUN, ISN'T IT?
Review: Best movie I've ever seen, The casting was great, along with the music. They were all GREAT but the best songs would probably be:
1. We Both Reached For The Gun - Gere
2. When You're Good To Mama - Queen Latifa
3. Cell Block Tango - Catherine along with 5 others
and
4. All That Jazz - Catherine
If you haven't seen it I'd suggest you do, it's a movie with good music, grand, and a great story line.
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Summary: A Must See!
Review: Definitely the best musical I've ever seen. Maybe even the best movie, let alone musical. It's definitely a must see. I must say I never thought I'd see Gere, Zelwegger, and Zeta-Jones in a musical, especially all of them together yet the casting was perfect. Queen Latifa was great for her part too. All around it's a great movie, if you haven't seen it I'd recomend you do.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: This movie was tons of fun just to watch. I really enjoyed every second of it. I loved it so much, I ran to the store to buy the soundtrack. It's a definite must see if you like great acting, great music, and great costumes. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up!
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Summary: One of the most innovative and BEST movie musicals EVER
Review: Chicago: loud, brassy, poignant, fast-paced, innovative -- and I want to see it again and again. I reluctantly saw Chicago.Yes, I heard the great 'buzz' and love musicals but many movie musicals are'stagey,' talkie and cursed with big name miscasts (just think: Hello Dolly). They struggle to transform stage musicals to the screen in different (often flawed) ways...and wind up bloated and boring. I knew Bob Fosse's original play was a monster hit on Broadway nearly 30 years ago, but assumed the musical score would not be as great as Kander & Ebb's greatest hit score, Cabaret -- mainly, because I had never heard it. I was wrong, wrong WRONG. Chicago is anything but NOT boring or dumb. Generation X will enjoy it as much as old fogies (like me). It roars through its roughly two hours running time like the Chicago L, from opening seconds to climatic show stopper. This adult musical about how two women get literally get away with murder while tirelessly pursuing fame translates a 20th century musical package into a highly entertaining, compelling and solid form, as a realistic 21st century movie. It boasts wonderful, tuneful period-influenced musical numbers. Above all, Chicago is NOT a film that screeches 'THIS A STAGE MUSICAL FILMED ON A SOUND STAGE' . Rather than have main characters breaking into song (which I LIKE in most cases by the way), songs here are either musical numbers done on a stage in a theater or fantasies of musical numbers. The result: this movie that could stand alone as an admittedly short dramatic piece if all the musical numbers were cut out. Cabaret did this quite successfully too but then the concept disappeared. Although I fully understand the reaction of purists who want to see a filmed version of stage play, Chicago succeeds on so many levels I find very little to criticize here. A partial
list of superlatives would include such things as: --EDITING: There are countless cuts to reality and fantasy, quickly changing from fantasy sight and sound to reality sight and sound, cuts from scene to scene, from angle to angle Just imagine NYPD Blue's film editors on too much caffeine. The result: a more gripping film.
--MUSIC ORCHESTRATIONS: Most are done by the 'theater's' jazz orchestra, giving it a period sound, a musical flamboyance that honors (and I think helps popularize) that era's zippy musical style.
--CASTING: Hey, not one role miscast. A FIRST for a movie musical!!!
--QUALITY OF ACTING; All acting superb. Standout performance: Queen Latifah, in her role as the prison matron, Mama. Her natural, multi-layered acting and her charismatic song performance are highly satisfying. Second standout performance (and most recognized) John C. Reilly, as the throw-away husband. Richard Geer is topnotch in vaudeville fantasy songs and acting segments, as the sleazy lawyer. Catherine Zeta-Jones oozes sexuality and pizzazz as Renee, nearly walking away with the flick. She's supremely paired with Renee Zellweger, who displays incredibly versatile acting depth. The city of Chicago is known as the Second City but the movie Chicago will increasingly be considered among the top musicals ever filmed. It's stature -- and influence -- will increase as time goes on.
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Summary: BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Review: CHICAGO IS THE BEST MOVIE AND ONE OF THE GREATEST MUSICALS OF ALL TIME. CATHERINE ZETA JONES DOES A GREAT JOB PLAYING VELMA KELLEY, AND QUEEN LATIFAH WAS GREAT AS MATRON MAMA MARTON. THIS MOVIE REALLY IS ALL THAT JAZZ.
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Summary: It Razzle Dazzled me away
Review: I came to see this movie with some doubt, It had very good reviews and lots of nominations for the Golden Globe, I had seen the trailer and thought, well, it will be either very good or very dull. And since it was Rob Marshall's first movie, it was all a mystery, but then the film started and wow did it rocked, or should I say, it jazzed. I had seen very few musicals, only 3 if you skip Disney's musical/animated films, one good(The Sound of Music), the other also good but also the most depressing film ever(Dancer in the Dark) and one that it had it's moments but just wasn's enough(Moulin Rouge). But Chicago, it blew me away, everything in it was amazing.
First, the cast, all of them were magnificent, thank good they all got award-recognition in some award and in some capacity. I was shocked when Richard Gere was ignored completely by the Academy, it was one of the many, but many mistakes it made this year,and yeah sure, even though he would not have won, he should have at least gotten the nomination, I mean, he was great, and he was the one who had it the hardest, because he had 3 musical pieces that involved dancing and singing, and on top of that, a tap with virtually zero musical background, plus the acting in the rest of the film which was great.
Renée was the best, at least to me, and she deserved the Oscar, not Nicole, because both were great, but what made Renée better was that she carried out every possible human reaction in Chicago, she cried, she laughed, she sang, she danced, she was angry, she was lusty, she did everything and did it all very good, while Nicole did the same thing all the way through The Hours, she was sad and depressed, that's it, so here is mistake number 2 in the Oscars.
Catherine Zeta-Jones was also magnificent, and just as Renée, she looked both very sexy and acted wonderfully, thank God she did get the Oscar, I mean she even sang in the ceremony, pregnant and all, but she did it, and Queen Latifah, although she was surprisingly good, we all knew she had no chance, but anyway, in her case is really just an honor to be nominated, not because she was bad, but because she was against monsters(you know what I mean). And finaly, John C. Reilly, he was fantastic as Amos "Cellophane" Hart, and well, I can accept Chris Copper winning, but at least he got the nomination.
Then we have the director, in this category I also think the Academy made a huge mistake, not only did the failed to give the award to Scorsese, who was first in line, and before the name got read, I said, it will go either to him, or to Rob Marshall, the ones that really deserved it, but Polanski, come on, I mean, I love his work, Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, all great, and The Pianist was magnificent also, but come on, The Pianist was quite similar to Schindler's List, and that doesn't make The Pianist bad, but Chicago and Gangs of New York were movies we have not seen before, and those were the directors that deserved the gold, not a director mixed up in sex offences, but a director who managed to create a wonderful and fantastic world with lots of flash, dash, magnificent performances, dance numbers, and last but not least, all that jazz.
Some have complained that Chicago is boring and dumb, well, for those people I can only say one thing, stick to dumb and mass pleasing films like Daredevil, Scream and Just Married, films made to bring joy to numb masses.
Chicago is great and I think both people who know a lot about films can love it just as casual movie viewers, and that's good, isn't grand , isn't great, isn't swell. Anyway, I recomend this film a lot, personaly, it's not only good, it's very relaxing, you just sit back and enjoy good filmaking that has humour, sexy women in sexy dance numbers, plus a story with lot's of content and that is very enjoyable. Ofcourse, see it first before buying it, that's something you must do before buying any film, at least in an original release, why? To see if it's worthy of spending give or take [few] bucks on it, I think Chicago is very worthy, and most likely, after you see it, you will feel the same. Good night folks.
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Summary: one of the greatest movies ever
Review: this is one of the best movies ever .even if you dont like musicals you love this. the acting is great ,the soundtrack is asome , great dancing ,and an amazing director.i love how rob marshel directed ''they both reached for the gun '',''cellblock tango'', and ''i just move on''when roxie and velma sing it .the only bad thing is there is a little cleavige.there was one seen where roxie and aman are taking off there cloths but it cuts off before it shows anything bad
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Summary: It was Razzle-Dazzling
Review: This was an outstanding film with lots of pizazz and great performances by great actors. It truly was a worth-while experience to see this film as it was well-directed and I think of it as the best movie I've ever seen! I loved Chicago and I thought that the music was the best from any musical. I congratulate Rob Marshall for making a classic film.
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Summary: Chicago rocks as the best musical since Cabaret!!!
Review: This movie rocked!!! Absolutely the best movie of the year! Don't be surprised if you come out of the theater singing and dancing! ...
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Summary: Catherine....Absolutely Dazzling!!
Review: I have to say I had doubts going into this movie....musicals aren`t really my thing, and none of the actors really stood out for me, but Chicago was absolutely AMAZING!! It was the best movie I`ve seen in a LONG time! The music, the songs, the dancing, the acting were all something to be remembered. The fact that Zellweger, Jones and Gere did their own singing/dancing only shows how amazingly talented they all are.
Catherine Zeta Jones definitely steals the show in my opinion. Who can not love her as the beautiful, singing, dancing vixen. I applaude the casting...because no one else could have done it better. The Acedemy was right on in their decision to award her with that Oscar! She more then deserves it! Really, I just can`t say enough about her talent, beauty, and overall performance.
Richard Gere was completely adorable! Who knew he could sing like that? That tapdance blew me away, I couldn`t even believe it was really him doing that. Boy, does he age well or what? Again, this part was perfectly cast.
Renee Zellweger was great, not as amazing as some of the others, but great. She`s just naturally cute and that`s perfect for the role of Roxie, "the sweetest little lady accused of murder". Also, I gotta say I love her voice, its very jazzy and sweet.
And who can forget Queen Latifah! Wow! The only thing I could`ve hoped for was more of her on screen...(she only had one major number).
Anyway...ABSOLUTELY Amazing, beautifully made, and just plain fun. Even for those who don`t really get into the whole song and dance thing. Add to that the awesome soundtrack with the hilarious "Funny Honey", "Razzle Dazzle" and "We Both Reached for the Gun", sexy and fun "Cell Block Tango" (one of my favorite) and beautifully sung "Nowadays"...and you`ve got one great movie!
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