Worst Movie Musical ever?
I can't think of a worse one.
Can anyone name one?
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You sir, are an idiot.
shareI would say Paint Your Wagon is probably the worst musical I have seen. Primarily because no one in the cast can sing AT ALL. And, the story isn't very involving. Plus, the original show wasn't even a big hit on stage, partially because the songs (aside from They Call the Wind Mariah) aren't very memorable.
Some of the other bad musicals mentioned at least have either cheery camp value, or beautiful production design. Camelot is physically luscious, and Vanessa Redgrave and Richard Harris are extraordinarily charismatic. My Fair Lady is okay as an entertainment if you've never seen it on stage.
I guess I would say that if I were at gunpoint I would watch Paint Your Wagon again, rather than Lost Horizon. So maybe it's a tie.
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You know what I think one of the problems is? (And I don't mean to bash anyone with this...it's just an observation.)
Despite it being directed by Joshua Logan, who was bi.....it's a musical made for straight men.
A Clint Eastwood musical??? Come on...that there's just something deeply wrong with that.
A Clint Eastwood musical??? Come on...that there's just something deeply wrong with that.
LoL, yeah that was my initial thought too.
I vote for Mamma Mia!(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795421/) being worse than this though. share
Harve Presnell is a Broadway singer. And Clint Eastwood CAN sing, as he has demonstrated on more than one occasion.
I wouldn't say NOBODY in Paint Your Wagon can sing.
"It's better to burn out than to fade away." Neil Young
Clint would be wonderful in M*A*S*H* The Musical.
It's not too late.
Or maybe a chamber opera version of his movie, The Beguiled.
I Talk to the Trees is also a beautiful song. The melody is gorgeous.
He carries illegal weapons, drives fast cars, and wears clothes obviously designed by a homosexual.
no one in the cast can sing AT ALL.Harve Presnell? The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band?
I think Eastwood got by. share
Certainly not! That distinction, in my opinion, would belong to either 'Can't Stop The Music', from '77, or 'Grease 2', from '82. 'Paint Your Wagon' was no 'Sound Of Music' by any stretch, but it was a very well-made, written, and acted movie, and quite enjoyable.
shareNo, it's not the worst. It may not be known for it's resounding musical numbers, but it has some wonderful comical moments. Maybe it should be re-classified as a Western comedy with some music. Lee Marvin was classical as Ben Rumson. The altercation between him and Pardner played by Eastwood over the love of Elizabeth was great. The story was written by Chayevski and adapted to a musical by Alan Lerner and his partner Loewe. It was a stage musical that was then adapted to film as many musicals were back in the 50s and 60s.
There is entertainment in this movie, but it is from a bygone era.
Oh yeah, how 'bout Xanadu. What a waste of celluloid. Gene Kelly should been ashamed about this being his last role. Both Grease movies too.
share Paint Your Wagon, though overlong and ultimately a let-down, has enough virtues (Presnell, the cinematography, a fun score) to make it mildly diverting. Those virtues are hardly noticeable, however, on a small screen. The real culprit is the man behind the camera, Josh Logan. When he was bad, which was often--he was AWFUL.
But ,apart from the others already noted above (I take strong exception to the inclusion of Finian's Rainbow as either botched or bad), it is vastly better than such other disappointing film adaptations of great Broadway hits as A Little Night Music, Man of La Mancha, & A Chorus Line.
But it is in no way as execrable as the worst movie musical ever made: Lost Horizon. Talk about a stinker!
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For me the major flaw in this film was the score-most of the songs were pleasant but not particularly memorable. A musical with weak songs would seem certain to be disastrous but-for me-not with this film. Lee Marvin was magnificent, Eastwood was saddled with a pretty boring role but did a fine job-his singing is also more than adequate. There was no way this was going to be a great film musical because the material wasn't strong enough, I've never seen the stage show but surely the plot had to have more going for it than the movie storyline?
A strange film for me, a musical where I don't think the songs are particularly good and a weak storyline stretched out for nearly 3 hours but somehow the film works.