I love old movies but I wasn't a huge fan of the musicals. I liked some but others, not so much.

Same here; I don't like when characters suddenly start singing and dancing whatever they're feeling at a given moment, especially when in a schmaltzy romantic moment.

Early and early-mid '30s musicals (Golddiggers of 1933, 42nd Street, Top Hat, and the such) are the ones I by far enjoy most, and usually are the only ones I ever sometimes watch. Of course, of much later vintage, such as Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Hairspray, and a few others are irresistible and highly entertaining.

I think it's because I didn't like a lot of the actors that were in them. Astaire, Kelly, Crosby, & Miller were not my favs.

Amazing. How about from the same movie Fred Astaire "I'm Drum Crazy"

Fred was a talented drummer and musician in real life, there are vids on youtube of him rockin a mean kit.

Musicals aren't everyone's cup of tea, like symphonies, theater and other performance arts, and that's fine but it's very sad when these art forms disappear entirely because the public prefers popcorn entertainment. Can you believe there was a time when movies were talent showcases, and people flocked to the cinema to see Fred & Ginger's next choreographed masterpiece, or Buster Keaton's next daredevil surprise, or hear Dean Martin's golden voice, or some other great human performance that required real skill?

Movies today may be good storytelling devices, but the performance (talent) aspect is completely gone. I prefer the classic performances that leave you thinking "I could never do that". When was the last time a movie gave you that feeling? Aside from Nicolas cage eating a live cockroach.

@rooprect said:

Amazing. How about from the same movie Fred Astaire "I'm Drum Crazy"

Fred was a talented drummer and musician in real life, there are vids on youtube of him rockin a mean kit.

Musicals aren't everyone's cup of tea, like symphonies, theater and other performance arts, and that's fine but it's very sad when these art forms disappear entirely because the public prefers popcorn entertainment. Can you believe there was a time when movies were talent showcases, and people flocked to the cinema to see Fred & Ginger's next choreographed masterpiece, or Buster Keaton's next daredevil surprise, or hear Dean Martin's golden voice, or some other great human performance that required real skill?

Movies today may be good storytelling devices, but the performance (talent) aspect is completely gone. I prefer the classic performances that leave you thinking "I could never do that". When was the last time a movie gave you that feeling? Aside from Nicolas cage eating a live cockroach.

"I could never do that" - Fred Astaire's Golf Dance

@wonder2wonder said:

"I could never do that" - Fred Astaire's Golf Dance

Mind. Blown. Did you notice it was basically 1 continuous take? There are 2 cuts near the middle when the camera gives us a different angle of the balls, but aside from that, it looks like he had to do the whole routine without any flubs. 🤯

@rooprect said:

@wonder2wonder said:

"I could never do that" - Fred Astaire's Golf Dance

Mind. Blown. Did you notice it was basically 1 continuous take? There are 2 cuts near the middle when the camera gives us a different angle of the balls, but aside from that, it looks like he had to do the whole routine without any flubs. 🤯

Yes, the whole dance sequence was filmed several times, but the director wasn't satisfied with any of them, so he took the best parts of the takes and put those together for the final scene in the movie. Those are the visible cuts.