Opus 80|A Musical Opus from the 1980s

I love watching movies that have plenty of music in them.  They don’t have to be musicals per say, although I don’t mind musicals, but I like it when music is a strong component of the movie.  Movies like Fame would fit into that criteria.  It’s definitely not a musical, but because of the story line, there is plenty of great music in there.  I’m talking about the original movie Fame of course.  I’m not sure how they went wrong with the remake that just came out, as they had some incredibly great footage shot, it just never jelled as a move.  It was like a bunch of really cool musical performances taped together with a bit of dialog in between.  A good musical movie, still needs to incorporate the building blocks of being a good move.

One of my favorite music movies, had to be Moulin Rouge.  Even though, it wasn’t entirely music from the eighties, there was enough to keep me interested.  And, how they incorporated all the lines and phrases from different songs was nothing short of genius.  Let’s also not forget how incredible the movie looked.  There’s were some pretty impressive sets here (elephant), and some even more impressive production numbers.  I was quite surprised to discover just how talented a singer and dancer both Nichole Kidman, and Ewan McGregor were.  Nichole was never one of my favorite actresses, but in this role, she did win me over.

If you’ve never seen either of these movies, and like to watch movies online, your in for a bit of a treat.   Another move that has some great music in it, would be the movie Dirty Dancing.  Here’s one I enjoy watching over and over.  While the movie is great, the story and characters are what really hold everything together.  From the starting roles, down to the smallest bit roles, this is a move that obviously enjoyed some great direction and production.  The fact that the music soundtrack went on to being on of the biggest movie soundtrack sellers of all time says something for how good the music is as well.  While it’s not a musical type movie, the Tooth Fairy (2010) movie just stuck in my head.  It’s kind of random I know, maybe because I was thinking of one of Julie Andrews famous musicals that it just jumped out.

And, here’s one more oldie but goldie movie to check out.  All That Jazz by Bob Fossee from back in 1979.  I know, just prior to the eighties, but I must confess to it being one of the movies that got me going with the musical movie genre.