When it comes to music biopics and movie musicals in Gral : do you care more for great music and musical numbers all around or story and plot ?
the ideal would be having a great balance of both. I think Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Wicked and the animated beauty and the Beast are the best examples of this case.
however if I have to choose one I prefer great music and musical numbers. that’s why I prefer Michael and Bohemian Rhapsody over Elvis, a Better Man and Rocketman.
the same with Musicals I prefer The Greatest Showman over LaLa Land. Or I prefer Frozen over tangled.
though Frozen still has a really solid plot or story. The soundtrack do overpower the story but too much. Otherwise the critics would have murmured that one.
people hate the critics when they don’t agree with their musical preferences but I’ve noticed they just favor story over music.
if Frozen had the awful paper thin story of the greatest showman it would have failed but the story was solid enough to not look too much as style over substance.
it’s not like in the Greatest Showman where the story I admit is paper thin like I barley remember what it’s about.
my mom on the other hand who also enjoys musicals she is more story driven. She prefers a good story