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Movies of Aida and Footloose...
#50re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 1/27/08 at 4:36pmI don't know if it would be the opening credits. They might have to make the beginning sequence longer, or if they had an overture in the show, return it to the front of the film because it would be hard to have the actors and actresses faces covered with irritating writing. I guess maybe if it was super indiscrete. I think the father songs would need to be seriously cut down, but it would kind of be a shame not to have any of them in there. I think that if there's ever a way to do a song, they should just do it and avoid the musical fans bitching out that they cut it. Like in Sweeney Todd, even if they cut it for the better they still got bitched at by those who call themselves "die-hard" fans. There's always a way to keep a song in a movie, but too many directors are afraid to ever have the film version seem a bit like the theatre version, which it was at one point.
SporkGoddess
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#51re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 1/27/08 at 5:15pmI don't think that "A Step Too Far" is necessary. It just sums up what you already knew.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#52re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 1/27/08 at 5:51pmAlso, there is almost no plot in Aida, so that would definitely have to be beefed up.
#53re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 1/27/08 at 6:01pm
I'd love to write the screenplay for AIDA.
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Updated On: 1/27/08 at 06:01 PM
#54re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 1/27/08 at 11:08pm
It has a plot, it's just super cliche and predictable. The only reason I say every song should be left in is just because most movies could actually make it work pretty well if they just thought more about it. Theatre fans would love that they left it all in, and the film fans who usually don't know when a song is cut or added wouldn't know otherwise, so it could work.
Like most Hairspray movie fans don't know New Girl in Town or Ladies Choice was added, or that Big Doll House and Mama I'm a Big Girl Now was removed.
Elphaba43
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/06
#55re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 1/28/08 at 6:12pmI hope they were kidding about the Paris Hilton in Aida. That would be disastrous!!!! I think Sherie kicked so much butt in that role! She brought so much power and finesse to the part.
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#56re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 1/28/08 at 8:57pmHe he, I'm pretty sure it was a joke.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#57re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 1/28/08 at 9:12pmYou think that Aida's plot is predictable? If I hadn't known the opera, I wouldn't have foreseen the two of them buried alive at the end.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#58re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 1/28/08 at 10:26pm
I would love to see Patrick Wilson as Radames with Anika Noni Rose as Aida.
If Disney did it I can see it as an ABC tv/movie like they did Annie and Cinderella.
Updated On: 1/28/08 at 10:26 PM
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#59re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:48pmYay! I can't wait for Aida! i hope they end up casting the OBC! I mean, Beyonce? No! She'll be riffing her way through "Easy As Life!" But 2010's a long way ahead. So, maybe Disney'll come to its senses and cast Heather Headley.
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#60re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:53pmI think that vocally, Jennifer Hudson would be astounding as Aida.
You're that little girl with her wings unfurled, flying again.
Back in your backyard dancing...I found a way back to then. - [title of show]
MungoGypsy8232
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/07
#61re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:53pm
Aida - Tracie Thoms
Amneris - Christina Aguilera
#62re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:58pm
I think Christina Aguilera would be wonderful as Amneris...a little too much "Pop diva" but still good
Beyonce i don't see as Aida...and i don't think they would get Hudson to do it. Although, she did win many awards for dreamgirls...
umm...whoever said Johnny Depp as Radimes...no
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#64re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/17/08 at 12:15am
Beyonce has verbally agreed to sign on, when the movie begins production
there was a huge article about it in some magazine last year. anyone remember?
Christina is in negotiations .
both Justin Timberlake and Nick Lachey have been named as possibles for Radames.
#65re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/17/08 at 1:56amAida...the Pop Star-Search Musical Movie
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#66re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/17/08 at 2:23amI think that Beyonce would be great solely based on listening and watching her passion during Listen in Dreamgirls. With proper direction, I think she'll do fine. I also think Jake Gyllenhall<--sp? would be good for Radames.
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#67re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/17/08 at 6:07amThe Aida movie listed on IMDB for 2010 is not a film version of the Broadway Musical. It is an animated version of the opera instead.
StateOfJade
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/03
#68re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/17/08 at 9:35am
We've established that, Jimmy.
And way to spoil the ending, Sporkgodess :-p.
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#69re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/17/08 at 12:39pm
Way to spoil the ending...
I would love to see Patrick Wilson as Radames with Anika Noni Rose as Aida
YES! But I'm not against Beyonce, either.
Kate-Monster
Swing Joined: 7/17/08
#70re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/17/08 at 1:07pm
Footloose remake? Seriously? Holy Movie Musical, Zac Efron! I call shenanigans on the brilliant minds that came up with that one.
Kevin Bacon is the. only. one.
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#71re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/17/08 at 1:31pmthe footloose movie is just a re-make...not the musical turned movie, right?
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#72re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/17/08 at 5:59pm
"If no Adam Pascal for Radames, then they should get Chris Daughtry."
Hmm...Here's my version of the film's song list:
* Every Story Is a Love Story
* The Past Is Another Land
* How I Know You
* My Strongest Suit
* Enchantment Passing Through
* The Dance of the Robe
* Not Me
* Elaborate Lives
* The Gods Love Nubia
* A Step Too Far
* Easy As Life
* Written in the Stars
* I Know the Truth
* Wedding Procession
* Elaborate Lives (Reprise)
* Every Story Is a Love Story (Reprise)
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#73re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/17/08 at 6:09pm
Since the Broadway production not only flopped, but did nothing to improve on the original material, I find the idea of a new Footloose film based on the musical to be as laughably unnecessary as a remake.
I do hope a screen adaptation of Aida greatly improves on the Broadway production, which seemed a well-intended ill-conceived mess. I hope its collaborators find a way to may it all work this time. Great potential, but poor execution.
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SporkGoddess
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#74re: Movies of Aida and Footloose...
Posted: 7/17/08 at 6:35pmStateOfJade: Sorry, but the opera's been around since the 19th century--I think by now people should know how it ends.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
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