Discuss: What Movie Would Make the Worst Musical?
Filed under: Music & Musicals, Remakes and Sequels
Let's face it -- whether we like it or not, almost every beloved film from our past is going to get, at the very least, an attempt to morph it into a musical, whether that be on stage or screen. Heathers. Footloose. Hairspray. Evil Dead. The Breakfast Club. Legally Blonde. Bubble Boy. (Hit the jump for a clip of Pushpop singing "It's an elk." No joke.) Practically every film seems to be on its way towards song and dance; if there's at least a small handful of fans who love a film, the spotlight will inevitably find it. It can be horror, comedy, or hell, even drama since we've now got a musical for The Color Purple. No genre is safe.And the latest in this musical rush -- Groundhog Day. MTV talked with Harold Ramis recently, and he said the gossip surrounding a possible musical remake is true, and "Danny Rubin, who wrote the original script, has been working on a book for a musical." It's an idea that even Stephen Sondheim seems to have liked (according to Ramis), so who are we to judge? Although it might get annoying if they have to sing the same song every time the clock sets back...
I've ranted about musical remakes before, but I wanted to change things up this time. We can't stop them -- Hollywood loves them too much. In fact, I'm now of the mind that no matter what wild idea we can come up with, it's already been schemed up somewhere, or someone will get to it quite soon. But it can still be fun to muse.
Can you imagine Indiana Jones flicking his whip whilst singing and dancing? Chariots of Fire running right down the theater aisle and onto stage? The House of Yes channeling the Kennedys in song? A Clerksian talk about oral sex set to music?
What's the most ridiculous movie you can think of for the musical treatment?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
4-01-2009 @ 1:08PM
Eric said...
"Irreversible", hands down, Then "El Topo".
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4-01-2009 @ 1:25PM
Andy said...
"Schindler's List"
"Short Circuit"
"Grizzly Man"
Pretty much anything really...musicals are brutal. And movies based off of musicals are maximum punishment.
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4-01-2009 @ 1:36PM
Ben said...
Zodiac and Aguirre: The Wrath Of God
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4-01-2009 @ 1:37PM
Eric said...
Don't know about the worst. But Ghostbusters would make the best musical. I can already here the Doo, Ray, Egon song in my head.
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4-01-2009 @ 2:00PM
Branden said...
"No Country for Old Men", Seven Pounds, A Clockwork Orange
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4-01-2009 @ 1:52PM
Wexler said...
I'm thinking Requiem for a Dream would be pretty bad.
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4-01-2009 @ 1:54PM
brian said...
Deliverance
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4-01-2009 @ 2:14PM
smartone said...
Taxi Driver
then again that could also become the greatest musical ever
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4-01-2009 @ 2:11PM
MCW said...
I think "Friday the 13th", a musical based off of the entire series would be so bad it was good :)
JASON: "I've been electrocuted, drowned and burieeeeed, but the only thing that can hurt me isssssSSSS... DAIRY."
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4-01-2009 @ 2:11PM
phil.dixon said...
Battlefield Earth
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4-01-2009 @ 2:22PM
Eric D. Snider said...
"Mamma Mia!" would be a terrible musical.
Wait, did I misunderstand the question?
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4-03-2009 @ 11:46PM
MCW said...
Good one. I was actually with that movie until I realized I was in hour 4 of 13 watching the movie. I couldn't subject myself to it anymore. How was Peter Sarsgaard not at all ashamed to be in this?!
4-01-2009 @ 2:31PM
Anthony said...
An Inconvenient Truth
Who wants to hear Al Gore sing!
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4-01-2009 @ 2:36PM
Astin said...
I'm still waiting for Red Dawn: The Musical.
Bowling for Columbine
Waterworld
Lord of the Rings
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4-01-2009 @ 2:39PM
Brian said...
I'll go with "Fargo"
you may be familiar with some of the more famous songs alreadry:
"The Prowler Needs a Jump"
"See Here, This is My Deal"
and of course...
"We'll Get the Hookers First, and then some *ucking Pancakes"
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4-01-2009 @ 3:59PM
Batzarro said...
Hancock?
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4-01-2009 @ 6:17PM
Philip said...
My Dinner with Andre
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4-01-2009 @ 6:19PM
Monika said...
That would be terrible, but at the same time, it would be a train crash I wouldn't be able to look away from.
4-01-2009 @ 10:46PM
TerenceR said...
Bad Boys 2, Terminator 2
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4-02-2009 @ 4:06AM
royce said...
Happiness, Towelhead and Maria Full of Grace.
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