Dreamgirls

My daughter already blogged on this movie and I can’t hold a candle to her writing so I’ll reference her blog and add my comments.


http://daysleeperkaren.blogspot.com/2007/01/dreamgirls.html


For me this is the best musical I have seen. Except for a couple of places the songs and action meshed beautifully. Karen called Jennifer Hudson’s performance of "And I Am Telling You,” a showstopper. That it was. I have never felt the emotions of a character in a movie as strongly as I did with that performance. You feel her fear, desperation and vulnerability – and you forget she’s acting and want to do something to help.



Every time they played “white people’s” music in the movie it was soft and sweet and you just felt that there was nothing there. The “black people’s “music was filled with emotion and soul. It was like looking at the music world through black eyes and seeing that the popular music just didn’t get it.



I also felt myself in awe about what special power music has in drawing out emotions. When a musical is done right it is not only awesome but almost magical. I’d go see many more movies if they were done as well as this one.