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Adam_S
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Re: AFI 100 Years Series Discussion & Challenges, vol. 2
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Originally Posted by Lew Crippen
Something that bothers me a lot about any of the Rogers/Astaire movies is when the start to sing. As magical dancers as they are, once they move to singing—well both need to keep their day jobs.
One of the things that I find lacking in most of these films is cohesion. As much as I might like some individual scenes, numbers and so on, I find it hard to love the move as a whole.
But something that more modern movies could emulate would be the long takes in the dance numbers (are you listening Chicago).
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Oh I agree, Astaire has a weak voice and you're spot on with the cohesion problem, I haven't absolutely loved any of them, though many of the dance numbers are breathtaking and some of the songs, such as the one in Shall we Dance, have such clever lyrics and are sold so well by the on screen business that it makes up somewhat for the weaknesses of the plot and the leads' voices, but I don't think any of them count amongst the greatest musicals.
And I couldn't agree more on the long takes of the dance numbers
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