ONTD Original: Top 5 Reasons The Greatest Showman is the Worst Original Movie Musical

[colossusx]

In honor of the release of Dear Evan Hansen, I guess.

Comments

[strawberrytatoo]

I hated every minute of this movie when I saw it and never understood what was supposed to be 'good' about it and why everybody seemed to love it.

[missmagic12]

One of my cousins told me that since I like musicals, I’d love this. I was “oh yeah? Maybe I’ll check it out.” But I won’t.

[kriskross]

I did the same thing to my mother-in-law lol.

[anthknee]

Same! It just doesn’t interest me.

[missjersey]

Tell me your friends were all theater kids lmao

[jazzl3t]

lmao. uhhh even the majority of theater kids did NOT like this shit.

[ponyboy]

i liked some songs but i didn't really engage with it

[missjersey]

It looked fine enough but I never got around to watching it.

I think my favorite original musical film is Once. All the music is great, the story is simple to follow along, and the chemistry between the leads is so tender and caring. Please watch if you haven't and you're welcome in advance :D

[angriest_girl]

I just randomly watched a clip of Glen Hansard singing Falling Slowly on YouTube last night because it occurred to me that I hadn’t heard the song for a while.

[missjersey]

Falling Slowly is by far and away one of my favorite songs period and I'm glad it won best original at the Oscars that year (and that Will Ferrel basically stopped the show so Markéta could finish her speech lol)

[yesmrtoad]

Jon Stewart brought her back on stage because they cut her off before she said a word!

[sandstorm]

'I’m not here to dunk on children but I will if I have to and I have to. ' lol

I liked the original version of The Other Side more tbh. I don't remember enough about this but I do remember being stymied that it took the world by storm.

[colossusx]

i was gonna put it's unexpected box office success on the list but got tired. it had pretty incredible legs, a real rarity in modern day box office.

[sjazzmreow]

I mentally catergorise this along with Frozen as "mediocre musicals that are inexplicably way more popular than they deserve."