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Summary: Gotta Dance!
Review: "Singin' in the Rain" has the now infamous scene with Gene Kelly himself, dancer extraordinaire, splashing through puddles and singing about the bubbly feeling that love brings you. Everyone knows that scene, and many have imitated it since. I wonder how many people have sat down and truly had a good looksee at this extraordinary picture.First, what's amazing is that this film was written just to string together a set of songs. The story of Hollywood's transition from silent films to talkies is showcased simply but brilliantly with grand comic overtones. The comedy works, the songs add to the story, and it is seemless. Oddly, even the "Broadway number", a ballet added to the middle of the film, seems out of place but wonderfully innovative and compelling. Gene Kelly pulls off a tour de force performance as Don Lockwood, smitten star who shined brightly on a young Debbie Reynolds in her first starring role. Equally impressive, Donald O'Connor in an invisible but wonderfully played role of Cosmo, and Jean Hagen as the horrible Lena Lamont. The transfer to DVD is impressive. The movie's never looked better and comes loaded with extras. The commentary track was interesting to listen to, but ultimately disappointing. If you watch the "Making of..." documentary on disk 2, you end up hearing many of the same comments, so it seems they just took comments and stuck them through the movie. Why not put Donald O'Conner and Debbie Reynolds in front of the movie and have them comment throughout? The winner of disk 2 is an hour and a half documentary on Arthur Freed and his impact on movies, which had me mesmerized. Also, film clips of the orginial songs as they were first performed was delightful. Overall, this is a great buy. I love being able to jump to my favorite scenes (Good Morning and Moses Supposes get played the most!), and never tire of this classic. Voted the 10th best movie ever made, watch "Singin' in the Rain" and see why!
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Summary: Great for kids, too!
Review: Everyone knows this is a one of the most entertaining films. The DVD and special features enhance the experience and, quite frankly, and simply, put a smile on your face. But, instead of putting in that Cinderella video for the umpteenth time, try this out. The tunes are catchy, there's lots of dancing, and it's funny. My 4-year old daughter, who's addicted to "Barbie as Rapunzel," watches this flick in awe, and prances around "singin' and dancin' in the rain." It's a wonderful alternative, and one that adults and children can watch and enjoy.
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Summary: THE most famous musical and it deserves it.
Review: "Singin' In The Rain" was one of the oldest musical films I first saw, and I'm glad one of them was this. I first saw it when I was 6 and watched dozens of times since. If you have to pick one single MGM musical, let it be this one. You won't regret it at all, and it is far beyond execellently made! Neatly crafted scenery, great songs and score, super-star cast, great storyline which is like a parody storyline that shows you the days of the first talking pictures and every studio's difficulty with that new technology since this film is set then. The whole movie is very colorful, and the two best secnes in the picture are probably in full agreement with every other amatuer and advanced movie review. They are: Gene Kelly walking down a street lit with streetlights in the pouring rain, not having a care singing the title song, and doing a classic song-and-dance routine that is matched at #1 on my list with the end dancing sequence in "An American In Paris". The other best scene in "Singin' In The Rain" is the extravagant, exuberant, spectacular "Broadway Melody". Full of nothing but music, music, MUSIC throughout with a lot of great songs sung by Gene Kelly and extras throughout. That sequence itself has a little story built on to the plot of "Singin' In The Rain" itself making it complex. There are many adjectives to describe this picture. I have 8: excellent, exuberant, joyful, carefree, spectacular, smashing, perfect, and fabulous! "Gotta dance!"
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Summary: The Gratest Musical EVER!...
Review: Singing in the rain is the greatest musical of all time and is one of the best films ever made. It has great songs and dance numbers and it has a good plot. When I heard that this movie was only 90 minutes long I thought it seemed to short and couldn't possibly have a good plot but the films running time is perfect and it gets the story across. This movie also has great performances from gene kelly,donald O'conner and debbie reynolds. The movie is bright colorful and its the feel good movie of all time. The Special edition DVD is amazing it features documentarys excerps and a commentary. The movie is bigger and better than ever. I would reccomend this movie to anyone who likes great movies.
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Summary: A Bright, Shining Star In The Cinema Firmament...
Review: What can I say? This special edition is simply fabulous! Wonderful audio and color! It was fun to see the scene with Debbie Reynolds that they removed from the movie (although I can see why they deleted it!) The documentaries about the Freed unit were great. The sound scoring extras were great, too. Buy this -- you won't be sorry!
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Summary: Hooray for Hollywood!
Review: Singin' in the Rain has been my favorite movie since I first saw Gene Kelly do his fancy footwork when I was five. I bought it a couple of years ago on video and have been waiting for a Special Edition DVD to be released. The picture and sound quality are by far the best version that I've seen the movie presented. But what puts the DVD over the top is the extras on both discs. I love the documentaries and it's fun to watch the movie with the "Reel" extras. From someone who loves this movie, this was definitely a loving treatment!
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Summary: Singin' in the milk with a fever of 101*!
Review: Singin' In the Rain is a wonderful film with magical dance sequences choreographed by the wonderful Gene Kelly. I've been watching this film since I was a child, when I accidentally grabbed this movie instead of another MGM film All Dogs Go To Heaven (the print on the video confused me.) I instantly fell in love with this movie. Gene Kelly and Donald O'Conner ooze charm and talent all over the screen and you can't help but fall in love with every character. There is a reason why this movie is classic. Bring it into your home and share it with the family, don't let another day go by without letting them know about this magical movie watching experience.
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Summary: "There has never been anything between us. Just air."
Review: Don Lockwood: Cosmo, call me a cab. Cosmo Brown: OK, you're a cab. So what's the greatest movie musical of all time? Well, The Wizard of Oz is good. The songs from The Sound of Music are still being hummed to this day. Credit must also be given to the demented but widly entertaining South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. But the granddaddy of the genre has to be Singin' in the Rain. Seeing Gene Kelly dancing drenched down the street has become one of the most iconic of movie images. Never has there been a better leading man for the Hollywood musical. The movie chronicles the transition period when silent films evolved into talkies by showing all the amusing growing pains producers, directors, and actors experienced. You can't help but smile when you see microphones being hidden wherever there was room or shudder when you hear the shrill voice of a silent film star who's career will come to an abrupt end with the advent of the voice track. Mix brilliant supporting turns by Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds into the equation and the result is classic cinema. The Good Morning number and the Make 'em Laugh number still amaze but what can top the Singin' in the Rain number? It's timeless and a fitting legacy to the great Gene Kelly.
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Summary: Still Singin'
Review: Possibly one of the best movies I've ever seen. Tounge and Cheek humor spread throughout the entire film. Best movie to cheer you up when you're down. I've only had the DVD for a month or so, but I can't stop watching it. Best purchase ever.
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Summary: ON DVD.. What a Glorious Feeling, I'm Happy Again !!!
Review: One of the greatest movie musicals of all time, is also an affectionate spoof of show business and a very enjoyable old fashioned romantic comedy. It's got a greatest hits of Freed/Brown songs throughout (with the almost plageristic Make
'Em Laugh turned into a classic with Donald O'Connor's tour de force performance). Kelly's great but O'Connor and Hagen are even better and then there's Cyd Charisse. c. The color, choreography, performances, pacing, were all as good as some real masters of musical film (Donen/Kelly/MGM) could do in 1952. The DVD is probably as good as it possibly could be for 2002 in terms of restoration, image and sound presentation. The extras are more than generous with newly recorded commentaries from several surviving contributors to the film, a 35 minute love-fest of a new documentary letting you see how those still with us look today. There is also the 90 minute PBS doc from a few years back that is a keeper featuring some archive footage, out-takes and more. And yes there's more !!! A classic treat. What are you waiting for? ----Christopher J. Jarmick is the author of the mystery suspense thriller, The Glass Cocoon (with Serena F. Holder).
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