You know, given that Mariah was married to a music exec who claimed responsibility for her rise to fame and she described their divorce as a way of reclaiming her "freedom", that makes the undertones of her and Dice's relationship a little uncomfortable.
Becky Hopkins Mariah married Tommy Matola because she thought he loved her. He used her vocal capabilities for his and Sony's own gain. And worked her like slave EVERYDAY during the marriage. All she did was record,tour, and promote. She even remained a virgin until the age of 28. This another personal reason why I hate Sony. Glitter was conceited and written in late '97.
"Hey, Arnold!" did the "broken-up songwriting team is actually writing the same song" bit, but they were at least in the same building and could have subconsciously overheard each other. And it was a cartoon.
As far as I remember that episode, one of them was writing wonderful lyrics but couldn't come up with a melody, and the other was writing a great melody but couldn't come up with lyrics. When Arnold combined the lyrics and melody into a great song it was believable that two people who had a long history together could have written separate elements that came together perfectly. It wasn't as ridiculous as people actually writing the same thing.
What really pisses me off about "Glitter" is that it's trying (and failing) to be "A Star is Born". What makes "A Star is Born" work (namely the 1954 version) is that Norman Maine (the-ugh-"Dice" character), while deeply flawed, he is ultimately very human, sympathetic, and tragic. On top of that, he was a legitimate star before he discovered his protege/love interest. Dice is just some low-rent DJ who puts most male characters in Lifetime movies to shame in terms of nasty, abusive, and just plain dick-ish behavior. Look, I'm no writer by a mile-long shot, but if they insisted on having the "don't take people you love for granted" moral, why not frame this story this way: Billie (who, in this iteration, is a harder, more complex character) takes Dice (who is a genuinely good person this time) for granted, be it because of her early experiences, or being corrupted/blinded/distracted by fame and fortune. Dice then tragically dies, Billie realizes too late the error of her ways, sings the sad, Oscar-bait song, the end (sorry, but I choose to excise that contrived reunion with her deadbeat mom, because it rings so hollow to me). Yeah, that's not a masterpiece, either, but I maintain it would have held up better than this dreck!
Originally the movie was not supposed to be so similar to A Star Is Born, but those aspects were added in near the end to make the movie more palatable. Had the movie gone as you suggested, it would've lost even more of the original premise and concept of the movie. Either way, it would've been pretty awful.
you know I would probably write lilian as a successful r&b star who fell from grace due to bullies father being straight up abusive and nearly killing her. Lilian sends Billie to a foster home to protect her and purposefully falls off the map to protect Billie. sure it's not quite oscar worthy, but it's definitely better than what we got.
Oh my lord of darkness - I just realized why Mariah Carey suffered a meltdown when she was performing at Times Square on New Year's Eve: she heard a stage manager offhandedly say the word "glitter" in preparation for the ball drop and her psyche broke down in self-defense. That's why she couldn't sing and wandered around the stage aimlessly. Mystery solved!
9:10 I'd like to know the story behind this scene. Director: Okay, we need you to show your sensitive artistic side in this scene, so can you sing? Max Beesley: No Director: Can you play piano? Max Beesley: No Director: Guitar? Max Beesley: No Director: Drums? Max Beesley: No Director: Well, what can you do? Max Beesley: Well, I was in Band in high school. I played the Marimba, like that one over there. Director: ...Good enough, I guess.
@@edienandy Neither. While it does have inspiration from singers for Motown. The characters, while having similarities to both real life singers, Ross and Ballard, are only intended to be inspired by them. It also gives perspectives to both of them.
That "taking your abuser for granted" bullshit reminds me of how my family tried to gaslight me into feeling guilty about publicly writing about my father's emotional abuse (which started when I was a child, got worse when I was in my teens and early 20s, and has only lessened now because he's older and doesn't have as much energy). Sad, to say...it worked. So this movie glorifying it is the icing on the shitcake.
@@thedarkcreoleI’m a victim of extreme gaslighting and verbal abuse with some physical and my abuser was actually taking my money to fuel her alcoholism. I finally escaped from her after she attacked me for quickly spending $100 my mom had given me and I subconsciously didn’t want my mom’s money to also be used to buy more wine.
1.) Why did Timothy kill Dice? How is he going to get his 100K if Dice is dead? He was having a hard enough time doing it while he was alive--he certainly isn't going to get it now! 2.) "8 Mile" does have its problems, but at least Eminem was human enough to get pissed and frustrated at his mother fucking up and making life harder for him. Here, Billy's mother could be the Zodiac Killer, and I still think she would idolize her. There's just no range of emotion. 3.) The 3rd act break-up is probably one of the most annoying cliches out there, and yet they find a way to make it *more* painful by making them psychic! Which makes me wonder how she didn't know Dice had been killed. She can feel him writing a song but not dying? 4.) Fantastic review as always! I laughed so hard at your reaction to the psychic bullshit!
@@jojol.2630 Though judging by the way Timothy was pointing the gun at Dice's chest (probably between the ribs and collarbone), the gunshot would be non fatal. Unless, Timothy shot Dice multiple times, but is never shown.
"This comes close to being the worst movie I've ever passed judgement on, and I do not use that term lightly." I bet that is going to change after you review Music (2021)
You wanna know what I just noticed? The whole ending with the "Appreciate those you have before they're gone" especially for Dice makes me think of the bulls--- the Family Guy writers did with killing off Brian Griffin and reviving him three weeks later by saying he made the episode so "people would appreciate those around them." If only both of these things could show those messages with characters who actually had some redeeming qualities.
I was a fan of Family Guy in its first few seasons, when Peter Griffin was a moron but had some decent qualities and Brian was still the voice of reason in a family that needed one. Now, Peter is a total ass to everyone, especially his family and Brian is a pompous twit.
At 18:19, when the movie tried to make Dice seem all sweet and heartwarming by giving Billie that note and the single rose kinda reminded me of that episode of that _Batman The Animated Series_ episode "Mad Love" when Harley Quinn got pushed out the window by The Joker and was about to call it quits with him until he sent her a rose and a note that read: "Feel better soon, J" and she called him, in her own words, an "angel.". Granted Dice isn't as evil as Joker, but it just gave me that vibe, anyone else? And if I wanted to see a musical set in the 1980's about appreciating those around you, I'd watch _Rent._
"Mad Love" was originally a one-shot comic written by Paul Dini. The comic ended with Harley in the hospital ward at Arkham as her old mentor asks her, "How did it feel to give all of you for the Joker, only to get nothing in return?" Harley starts, "If felt..." before seeing the rose and the note from Mr. J., then she says, "It felt like a kiss." Much as I enjoyed Batman the Animated Series and, later, The New Batman Adventures, I am glad that Harley (one of my favorite anti heroines) finally break away from Mr. J. and be her own person.
17:26-17:57 I fucking hate this trope, you put It into words perfectly. I feel like women are emotionally blackmailed into feeling like they should reciprocate their abuser's feelings. That is why I don't really like POTO for example. Many people say Christine is a bitch because she didnt stay with Erik, while she did what any sane woman would do in that position.
I've never fully believed either camp. I agree that Christine loves Raoul, and clearly is going to be much happier with him. But calling him the hero of the piece is a huge stretch. Phantom has no heroes or villains, just compelling and flawed characters, who we can't help but root for at all times. Also, to say that Christine has NO attraction to Erik is intellectually dishonest. Yes, she does kiss him more out of pity than anything, but she was clearly intrigued and interested, wanting to get to know him. If Christine had been in an environment where polyamory was encouraged, she would've eagerly gone for it, I guarantee you. The sayig is, after all, "there's three stories: yours, mine and the truth." But yes, the ending is so powerful, and LND, while it had intriguing ideas and really strong songs, negates that ending in a very uneasy manner that doesn't sit well.
As far as story continuity, yes. I think there was great potential for a Phantom sequel, and the songs, while not one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece scores, are quite strong and beautiful. But this was the wrong way to go about it, pandering the the phan-service.
Wow...This is actually worse than what I have heard and you're right, Billie needs psychiatric help from dealing with Dice! As for your next review, it's more on the annoyingly cheesy category and the movie makes Ariel seem wiser, because the main character is just a bimbo
This movie was trying to be a Purple Rain and A Star is Born mesh with Mariah Carey's biography sprinkled in, but it failed so hard in its execution that you can't even tell what they were going for.
with the foster care backstory, they clearly didn't do their research three unrelated girls and a cat managed to stay together for what 8 years, not how the system works especially in a big city. Its clearly just using an actual horrible injustice(the more research you do the worse it get its horrible) as a cheap sympathy grab. Especially because, as far as I could tell, the movie never mentions it again
Of the three "Singer breaks down in front of entire world" scenes I have seen, this has to be the absolute shittiest. Coal Miner's Daughter and Nashville are now fucking ashamed to even have scenes in them that even resemble that moment from Glitter.
Thinking about how “Amphibia” actually took so much time showing Sasha striving to become a better person and stop being so hurtful, while Dice in this here movie…
On the Dice being overly controlling bit, it came across as worse than you implied to me: Even if we're meant to be buying into the abuse-justifying 'oh, it's so romantic, he's overly-protective of her he's obviously really in love with her' bollocks that crops up way too frequently in media, he's a producer who's seems to be primarily collaborating with a single artist at this point in his career (actually based on what you showed he seemed to be acting as more of her manager than her producer, seemingly deciding what songs to take, what gigs to play, who to collaborate with, what cuts of her music videos should be used...), said artist being a rising starlet who's just been offered a coproduction with an established star. The movie depicts him as incompetent! I don't care how good you are, . And given how much he's working with her at this point, things that are good for her career are going to be good for his. She picks up some fans of the established checking out her latest album? THey're being exposed to a work you've done the production of; that's boosting your profile even if the established star is . Trying to ban her from working with him is bad for both of your careers in an extremely fickle industry. Most artists are lucky to get 5 years; Madonna, Kylie, Pet Shop Boys and the like are the exceptions, not the rule. The acts Todd features on One Hit Wonderland are your more typical success stories, and since a lot of them are still able to tour on the back of their brief successes, did remarkably well off of it. I don't care if you're jealous that someone more successful than you is working with the woman you're allegedly in love with, if we're meant to buy that you're not deliberately sabotaging her career to keep control of her which given the rest of the movie is probably not the reading we're meant to take from it, your behavior in that scene is just pure incompetence.
I mean that's not incompetence, necessarily. That was based off Tommy Mottola's real behavior, and we can say all we want about him, but incompetent is something he surely isn't.
It has been long overdue for Musical Hell to tackle the infamous Glitter and you did it justice. What a terrible POS. Should have won more than one Razzie award (Got Worst Actress for Mariah Carey, but Freddy Got Fingered took it all home). Just like you predicted long ago in an earlier review (can't remember which episode though), it's about time Thumbelina faced the Musical Hell court. Yes, I did grow up with Thumbelina when I was a kid, but I am not afraid of seeing its flaws, to put it mildly.
@@guillermodebaskerville7117 It's not an A Star Is Born remake. Part of what makes the film so awful is that you can't even tell what it's trying to be.
@@briannab4037 not a complete remake, but some of the scenes are really blatant, specially the ending, with the whole "I'm gonna sing this song for the man I love who died and help me be where I am now", and that have been a staple for A Star is Born since Judy Garland's version.
Am I the only one who was surprised when he found out the guy who played Dice, Max Beesley, is not only a pretty successful actor (and ironically appeared in another project where Terrence Howard is playing a sleazy music impresario, 'Empire' as a recurring), but a talented musician?
Getting to ten sins is...a special accomplishment (for certain values of the term). While sin count isn't necessarily a reflection of relative quality, is does kind of gauge how I react to a movie. Getting to ten sins means the movie isn't just bad, it actually angered me on some level.
Diva, once again, magnificent! This film made my wife ANGRY (the apologizing for the feelings of an abuser). I apologize but I will plead again for a review of Velvet Goldmine -- the (1997) Todd Haynes fantasy vision of 1970s glam rock (many people have said that it is a heavily fictionalised version of Bowie's life -- Bowie did not want to license his music for use in the film). It is a beautiful film, filled with beautiful people (young Christian Bale! young JRM! young Ewan McGregor! My goddess Toni Collette!), language (Oscar Wilde quotes!), costumes, and music (except for the bad cover versions), but it definitely has its flaws, and I would love, love, love, love to hear your assessment of its hits and misses. I think it is a very provocative exploration of a "musical" film.
I don't think Billie's friends are tokens, especially since the black girl (Da Brat) is a real life friend of Mariah. But aside from that, everything about this review is spot-on.
Hm. If Billie and Dice _do_ have a subconscious psychic link, even if it only works on music-related stuff, that could explain why they keep getting drawn together no matter how terrible they are for each other. It's not that they feel some kind of unseen connection, or that Dice is a possessive asshole and Billie is a naive doormat (or at least, not _just_ that), but a psychic force that tells them they are connected, that they _belong_ together. And if that was intentional, it could be a _fascinating_ deconstruction of true love, soulmates, and similar romantic shortcuts.
The opening really caught me off guard, then again...I don't think the Glitter soundtrack was as tragic as one of the most horrific events of modern times; not matter how hard it tried. But yeah, Mariah Carey is a fantastic singer but even she can't create gold out of a turd, especially when the overall framing of Glitter is just....horrible around, Glitter earned its spot as one of the worst films of all time. As for the next case, I think it's turn is not too far. As for me, I'm waiting for the moment Descendants get it's turn.
incidentally, I'm a budding author who focuses on fantasy and have a fairly well thought out demonology...but do you mind if I steal your name for the Heavenly Host? I just like the thought of them referring to Hell as "The Lowerarchy" (from Screwtape Letters) and the Host as "The Opposition."
18:41 "Seriously movie, FUCK THAT SHIT!!!!!" It already did, shit and this movie came together to reproduce. From Justin to Kelly and Burlesque was the offspring
This movie ould have worked a lot better if the characters had more dimension, Dice got his ass kicked by someone(s) for being an abusive manipulative douchebag preferable by at least one person in the industry. Before getting dumped by Billie because she finally got tired of the way he treated her and is never seen again. The Sylk thing was either dropped or was made into a good singer. And people weren't constantly singing Billie's praises all the time and she was allowed to have a few flaws. Not just terrible choices in boyfriends. Allowing Billie and her mother to stay in contact with each other, so their reunion could actually be heartwarming. Not romanticizing abuse that shit is WAY overdone. And a whole lot of other crap. Also did Dice walk into the scene with his shirt totally unbuttoned before bitching at Billie for "everything hanging out!". Does her dress have a slit all the up to her the side of her chest?
Belated comment I know but have only recently found the channel. Loved the Perdita X Nitt reference and that Diva seems to be a Pratchett fan. Guessing Maskerade would be her favourite
i actually own this on DVD and watch it fairly regularly.... don't fucking judge me I like bad musicals! BUT SERIOUSLY WHAT IS THE SILVER STREAK?! Me and my mother have been talking about it for years and we still have no fucking clue.
Thumbelina as the 50th review! Well, that movie's gonna hurt! BTW, Diva, now that you're about to make your 50th episode (as well as your 4th, I believe it is, anniversary in Musical Hell) I'm a little curious, if you've got time: If you were to rank all the cases you dealt with on a star scale, which scores would you give each of them? (1 star meaning "sort-of" tolerable, 2 stars meaning moderately bad, 5 stars meaning just horrible, and 6 stars meaning fucking abominable)
Omg, yes! I want Diva to do that so much. She should also say her least favorite movie she reviewed (obviously this one or Justin to Kelly) and her favorite
13:09 this scene reminds me of how my dad would act with me, I thought it was a normal parent thing but as when I got older, I realised that it was a way of insulting me, so yeah, I hate dice even more now
Watching this review again in honor of the 15th anniversary of 9/11. A small tragedy in the film industry combined with the infamous tragedy of America.
You really hit the nail on the head with Glitter's fault, especially the 'nuclear holocaust' transitions and the 'personal irritant' PA team (as defined by this movie's rifftrax).
Diva, oh great and hilarious one, I too have pondered about the silver make up on her arm. I h ave also pondered why in Mame her hair color changes from dark to light in every other scene. Do you know why Diva? Also as the 50th Musical Hell Review, you should do another video special and say your favorite reviews that you did as your best work, and with the movies that you review which is your favorite movie! Or your favorite movie musicals not the ones you reviewed. After thumbelina, you should do man of La Mancha, descendants (or any disney tv shit fest), or jersey boys ( it was good but far too depressing). Answer my call oh mighty Diva!
The guy Billie collaborates with not only has better chemistry with her, but I'mma just say it, he's just WAY better looking than Dice. He'd have made for a far superior love interest with a half-decent script. It's just so disgusting that whoever wrote this movie wants us to believe that men like Dice are oh so special that they're even worth grieving over.
The saddest part is, I was a Mariah Carey fan in the mid-90s. I loved her vocal power and range, I fell for the pure schmaltz that was "One Sweet Day", her energetic numbers like "Fantasy" and "Emotion" were two of my favorite songs as an early adolescent (and yet it still took me till I was 19 to realize I was gay, go figure)... ...but this movie. Yikes. I'd even be able to forgive her acting if not for the utterly trite story and deeply disturbing relationship.
I've been binging and thoroughly enjoying your videos all day but when you said Perdita X Nitt that turned me into an official fan! Kindest regards, Esme W. :D
Thank you for the review. Would you ever consider reviewing Pocahontas? I know people like it, but even as a kid, I felt it was one of Disney's weaker films, and the weakest film of the Disney Renaissance (one of my favorite eras of Disney film history).
Me too. I really don't like It And I hate pocahontas as a character but The music is amazing And I just don't think It is that bad to earn a musical hell review
***** I'll admit I love the animation adn some of the songs on the soundtrack are good (like Colors Of The Wind and Just Around The Riverbed). But some of the songs are either forgettable or awful (like Savages, which I never liked as a song, even as a kid), the characters aren't interesting (tough the actors are doing their best, which I'll give them credit for) and the story's been done to death and dome better in other movies.
12345 Nltsaaegcj I don't hate Pocahontas as a character. I just find her to be kinda forgettable (Merida is more interesting than Pocahontas). Though she does have the two best songs in the movie (Colors Of The Wind and Just Around The Riverbed).
The heroine's mum falling asleep with a cigarette in her hand makes me think of Absolutely Fabulous when Saffy calls the fire department after hers and Edina's kitchen has burnt. She and Edina look for Patsy and she's face down in the kitchen, and wakes up. Yes, she has a cigarette in her hand.
Well, it actually has kind of a surprising plot. Halfway through the movie, I was like: Ugh this plot is so predictable, Billie gets famous because of Dice. He turns out to be an asshole, while the singer guy is nice and they have a budding relationship, while she has to fight to get out of some sort of deal/contract she had with Dice. That didn't happen. Apparently Dice wasn't (? I know right?) the antagonist of this movie.
Although your re-telling allowed me to see the loose connection to Mariah's story they attempted to make, this one takes itself too seriously to forgive. Signed, ex-MC fan
Glitter has 6 Razzie nominations to its name with its only win being Worst Actress for Mariah Carey. The other 5 it lost were: Worst Picture Lost against Freddy Got Fingered Worst Director for Vondie Curtis-Hall Lost against Tom Green for Freddy Got Fingered Worst Supporting Actor for Max Beesley (Dice) Lost against Charlton Heston for the Planet of the Apes remake, Town & Country and Cats & Dogs Worst Screen Couple for Mariah Carey’s Cleavage Lost against Tom Green and any animal he abuses in Freddy Got Fingered Worst Screenplay for Kate Lanier and Cheryl L. West Lost against Tom Green and Derek Harvie for Freddy Got Fingered
I love how the first 8 sins you find are the standard complaints about the movie and why it's bad, and then you get to sins 9 and 10 and you just completely flip, INCLUDING the text, which is something I've never seen from you since you're generally very calm and collected in this series. It's not even comedic, it feels like genuine rage and hatred. Guess this movie got to you on a personal level, huh? Is there actually something you've reviewed worse? Wouldn't be surprised if this was the lowest of the low. Also, THAT shot killed Dice? That was a shot to the shoulder! That's not an insta-kill! That would just send him to the ground, if even that! Was it really that hard to point it at the chest?
To be fair where sin #9 is concerned, distant duets aren't uncommon in musicals and they're not that much more unbelievable than people randomly bursting into song in the first place. It doesn't necessarily mean they have a psychic link.
But all the music in this movie is diegetic--people sing because they are in situations when they would normally sing in real life. There's nothing anywhere else in the film to indicate this is a true "musical" universe where the songs are a convention of the storytelling.
Yay, you're doing Thumbelina! (You could do SEVERAL late-period Don Bluth movies, even if the Nostalgia Critic has already done them. Then again, he already did Titanic: The Legend Goes On.) I'd love to see you tackle Tom And Jerry The Movie. Especially since somehow or other, Henry Mancini, one of the greatest film composers of ALL TIME, wrote the crappy songs for it!
I’ve decided, if I ever have a semi-fictitious movie based in my life, I am NOT going to just have everyone praise my drawings as genius all the time. I’m going to have some characters actually criticise my drawings and sometimes my character is going to improve the drawing based on their suggestions.
The “psychic connection” thing was done way back in Jane Eyre. Jane stared into a candle and Rochester happened to be staring at the moon, and each “mesmerized” themselves and they briefly called out to each other and could “communicate”. But this was done when “animal magnetism” was a new craze and people genuinely believed it might be a thing. This could not be an intentional nod to that scene, but rather a tattered, diluted version passed down and turned ridiculous. Just like the entire movie being a rehash turned to flavorless mush. But it did make me think of it. And I honestly don’t even like it in Jane Eyre. I can’t help but prescribe to the reading where Rochester is as possessive and controlling as Dice, and it is not a good love story. (Neither is Wuthering Heights, speaking of Brontës; Heathcliff is truly evil.) Very random sidetrack, I know.
You know, given that Mariah was married to a music exec who claimed responsibility for her rise to fame and she described their divorce as a way of reclaiming her "freedom", that makes the undertones of her and Dice's relationship a little uncomfortable.
Becky Hopkins Mariah married Tommy Matola because she thought he loved her. He used her vocal capabilities for his and Sony's own gain. And worked her like slave EVERYDAY during the marriage. All she did was record,tour, and promote. She even remained a virgin until the age of 28.
This another personal reason why I hate Sony.
Glitter was conceited and written in late '97.
she was a virgin until she was 23 actually
This makes me want to punch someone in the face. With a fork. I hope she's doing better :(
28. Tommy never touched her.
@@xRaiofSunshine She recently admitted to have bipolar desorder.
“Never take anyone for granted”
Bro, he was emotionally abusive.
In other words, don't be like Dice.
Very nice words.
You were lucky he wasn’t the kind of guy who would starve you and keep you from sleeping to be more obedient.
Taming of the Shrew, anyone?
EXTRA PUNISHMENT
“For trying to glorify such a terrible and abusive romance, we condemn the screenwriters to be beheaded by Henry VIII”.
That’s so appropriate, given what Henry did to his wives. Even that made a better musical than this.
The jury has spoken...
"Hey, Arnold!" did the "broken-up songwriting team is actually writing the same song" bit, but they were at least in the same building and could have subconsciously overheard each other. And it was a cartoon.
And yet I still feel the show respected the audience more than this movie does.
You know it's messed up when a kid's show did it better than this garbage
As far as I remember that episode, one of them was writing wonderful lyrics but couldn't come up with a melody, and the other was writing a great melody but couldn't come up with lyrics. When Arnold combined the lyrics and melody into a great song it was believable that two people who had a long history together could have written separate elements that came together perfectly. It wasn't as ridiculous as people actually writing the same thing.
Ah yes, the 80s period piece musical that barely feels like a period piece.
What really pisses me off about "Glitter" is that it's trying (and failing) to be "A Star is Born". What makes "A Star is Born" work (namely the 1954 version) is that Norman Maine (the-ugh-"Dice" character), while deeply flawed, he is ultimately very human, sympathetic, and tragic. On top of that, he was a legitimate star before he discovered his protege/love interest. Dice is just some low-rent DJ who puts most male characters in Lifetime movies to shame in terms of nasty, abusive, and just plain dick-ish behavior.
Look, I'm no writer by a mile-long shot, but if they insisted on having the "don't take people you love for granted" moral, why not frame this story this way: Billie (who, in this iteration, is a harder, more complex character) takes Dice (who is a genuinely good person this time) for granted, be it because of her early experiences, or being corrupted/blinded/distracted by fame and fortune. Dice then tragically dies, Billie realizes too late the error of her ways, sings the sad, Oscar-bait song, the end (sorry, but I choose to excise that contrived reunion with her deadbeat mom, because it rings so hollow to me).
Yeah, that's not a masterpiece, either, but I maintain it would have held up better than this dreck!
Laura Dietrich I agree. I would see that!
Originally the movie was not supposed to be so similar to A Star Is Born, but those aspects were added in near the end to make the movie more palatable. Had the movie gone as you suggested, it would've lost even more of the original premise and concept of the movie. Either way, it would've been pretty awful.
you know I would probably write lilian as a successful r&b star who fell from grace due to bullies father being straight up abusive and nearly killing her. Lilian sends Billie to a foster home to protect her and purposefully falls off the map to protect Billie.
sure it's not quite oscar worthy, but it's definitely better than what we got.
Diva: “Glitter comes close to being the worst movie I've ever passed judgement on, and I do NOT use that term lightly!”
Music: Hold my beer
I guess you could say for this movie is that all that glitters is not gold.
Jeremy C I guess shitty movies break the mold?
*whistles tune of All Star by Smash Mouth*
That was supposed to be the original name of the movie. The irony lol.
Oh crap I just unintentionally made it 70 likes
Oh my lord of darkness - I just realized why Mariah Carey suffered a meltdown when she was performing at Times Square on New Year's Eve: she heard a stage manager offhandedly say the word "glitter" in preparation for the ball drop and her psyche broke down in self-defense. That's why she couldn't sing and wandered around the stage aimlessly. Mystery solved!
That'll explain a lot.
This is actually pretty mean.
@@briannab4037 how?
@@inkystars19 If you can't tell how already then I don't think I'll be able to explain it to you.
@@briannab4037 Why are you being rude? I only asked how
9:10 I'd like to know the story behind this scene.
Director: Okay, we need you to show your sensitive artistic side in this scene, so can you sing?
Max Beesley: No
Director: Can you play piano?
Max Beesley: No
Director: Guitar?
Max Beesley: No
Director: Drums?
Max Beesley: No
Director: Well, what can you do?
Max Beesley: Well, I was in Band in high school. I played the Marimba, like that one over there.
Director: ...Good enough, I guess.
funnily enough, it seems to be his only redeeming quality
Even Mariah is like "am I taking him serious with this?" It's being good at something too random to really appreciate. It just feels ridiculous.
Lol
Dreamgirls? West Side Story? Singin' in the Rain? quit making me think of better musical films!
Mattteus I’ve never seen DreamGirls. Is that the one that shits all over Diana Ross or the one that shits all over Florence Ballard?
@@edienandy Neither. While it does have inspiration from singers for Motown. The characters, while having similarities to both real life singers, Ross and Ballard, are only intended to be inspired by them. It also gives perspectives to both of them.
This movie is about as empty as Kim Kardashian who hasn't eaten in weeks playing the Elegy of Emptiness on a clear plastic ocarina.
TheHeroOfTomorrow That has to be the best reference ever. XD
Best. Metaphor. Ever.
Hahahaha
That "taking your abuser for granted" bullshit reminds me of how my family tried to gaslight me into feeling guilty about publicly writing about my father's emotional abuse (which started when I was a child, got worse when I was in my teens and early 20s, and has only lessened now because he's older and doesn't have as much energy). Sad, to say...it worked. So this movie glorifying it is the icing on the shitcake.
Victim of maternal narcissism here, and I can relate too well. I’m so sorry you went through that.
I'm so sorry you had to go through that...
@@thedarkcreoleI’m a victim of extreme gaslighting and verbal abuse with some physical and my abuser was actually taking my money to fuel her alcoholism. I finally escaped from her after she attacked me for quickly spending $100 my mom had given me and I subconsciously didn’t want my mom’s money to also be used to buy more wine.
1.) Why did Timothy kill Dice? How is he going to get his 100K if Dice is dead? He was having a hard enough time doing it while he was alive--he certainly isn't going to get it now! 2.) "8 Mile" does have its problems, but at least Eminem was human enough to get pissed and frustrated at his mother fucking up and making life harder for him. Here, Billy's mother could be the Zodiac Killer, and I still think she would idolize her. There's just no range of emotion. 3.) The 3rd act break-up is probably one of the most annoying cliches out there, and yet they find a way to make it *more* painful by making them psychic! Which makes me wonder how she didn't know Dice had been killed. She can feel him writing a song but not dying? 4.) Fantastic review as always! I laughed so hard at your reaction to the psychic bullshit!
I think Timothy killed Dice because he knew Dice would never pay up.
@@jojol.2630 Though judging by the way Timothy was pointing the gun at Dice's chest (probably between the ribs and collarbone), the gunshot would be non fatal.
Unless, Timothy shot Dice multiple times, but is never shown.
I hope to see you review that Lifetime made-for-TV movie of Aaliyah one day.
"This comes close to being the worst movie I've ever passed judgement on, and I do not use that term lightly." I bet that is going to change after you review Music (2021)
It did.
It really did. I think Music broke Diva
@@zooemperor3954 she hit 11 sins. seriously that's a first.
@@frankieseward8667 And she even said “if there was a place worse than here I would damn you to it!”
@@MovieFan1912 which just shows how poorly made it was.
Oh they are NOT...
Diva: Movie, you'd better not be implying what I think you're implying.
Great minds think alike
You wanna know what I just noticed? The whole ending with the "Appreciate those you have before they're gone" especially for Dice makes me think of the bulls--- the Family Guy writers did with killing off Brian Griffin and reviving him three weeks later by saying he made the episode so "people would appreciate those around them." If only both of these things could show those messages with characters who actually had some redeeming qualities.
I was a fan of Family Guy in its first few seasons, when Peter Griffin was a moron but had some decent qualities and Brian was still the voice of reason in a family that needed one. Now, Peter is a total ass to everyone, especially his family and Brian is a pompous twit.
At 18:19, when the movie tried to make Dice seem all sweet and heartwarming by giving Billie that note and the single rose kinda reminded me of that episode of that _Batman The Animated Series_ episode "Mad Love" when Harley Quinn got pushed out the window by The Joker and was about to call it quits with him until he sent her a rose and a note that read: "Feel better soon, J" and she called him, in her own words, an "angel.". Granted Dice isn't as evil as Joker, but it just gave me that vibe, anyone else? And if I wanted to see a musical set in the 1980's about appreciating those around you, I'd watch _Rent._
"Mad Love" was originally a one-shot comic written by Paul Dini. The comic ended with Harley in the hospital ward at Arkham as her old mentor asks her, "How did it feel to give all of you for the Joker, only to get nothing in return?" Harley starts, "If felt..." before seeing the rose and the note from Mr. J., then she says, "It felt like a kiss." Much as I enjoyed Batman the Animated Series and, later, The New Batman Adventures, I am glad that Harley (one of my favorite anti heroines) finally break away from Mr. J. and be her own person.
17:26-17:57
I fucking hate this trope, you put It into words perfectly. I feel like women are emotionally blackmailed into feeling like they should reciprocate their abuser's feelings. That is why I don't really like POTO for example. Many people say Christine is a bitch because she didnt stay with Erik, while she did what any sane woman would do in that position.
***** True. It's the phandom that shames Christine, not the material.
I've never fully believed either camp. I agree that Christine loves Raoul, and clearly is going to be much happier with him. But calling him the hero of the piece is a huge stretch. Phantom has no heroes or villains, just compelling and flawed characters, who we can't help but root for at all times. Also, to say that Christine has NO attraction to Erik is intellectually dishonest. Yes, she does kiss him more out of pity than anything, but she was clearly intrigued and interested, wanting to get to know him. If Christine had been in an environment where polyamory was encouraged, she would've eagerly gone for it, I guarantee you. The sayig is, after all, "there's three stories: yours, mine and the truth." But yes, the ending is so powerful, and LND, while it had intriguing ideas and really strong songs, negates that ending in a very uneasy manner that doesn't sit well.
You pretend Love Never Dies doesn't exist too?
As far as story continuity, yes. I think there was great potential for a Phantom sequel, and the songs, while not one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece scores, are quite strong and beautiful. But this was the wrong way to go about it, pandering the the phan-service.
That's some of the fans' problem in my opinion. And Love Never Dies, which in my opinion, never actually happened
Will you ever do a "Jem and the Holograms (2015)" review?
ultraofrahfan1 and what does that mean???
That it might happen?
She finally has.🙂
Wow...This is actually worse than what I have heard and you're right, Billie needs psychiatric help from dealing with Dice!
As for your next review, it's more on the annoyingly cheesy category and the movie makes Ariel seem wiser, because the main character is just a bimbo
I saw that psychic composing link plot point on Hey Arnold, but it wasn't nearly as bad as this. This movie can't even out-perform a Nicktoon.
TB Tabby even..............modern nickelodeon? *gasp*
Nickelodeon made Avatar: The Last Airbender. Most things can't compete with that.
Thank you for introducing me to 'BIG RED FLAGS!'
"Droid Tales" is the best thing to come out of the prequels, period.
+Musical Hell Absolutely. I haven't laughed so much in ages.
This movie was trying to be a Purple Rain and A Star is Born mesh with Mariah Carey's biography sprinkled in, but it failed so hard in its execution that you can't even tell what they were going for.
with the foster care backstory, they clearly didn't do their research three unrelated girls and a cat managed to stay together for what 8 years, not how the system works especially in a big city. Its clearly just using an actual horrible injustice(the more research you do the worse it get its horrible) as a cheap sympathy grab. Especially because, as far as I could tell, the movie never mentions it again
Of the three "Singer breaks down in front of entire world" scenes I have seen, this has to be the absolute shittiest. Coal Miner's Daughter and Nashville are now fucking ashamed to even have scenes in them that even resemble that moment from Glitter.
Mariah, What Do You Think Of The Razzies?
Mariah: I Don't Know Her
Look on the bright side-at least with Dice being dead he’ll never be in her life again
Thinking about how “Amphibia” actually took so much time showing Sasha striving to become a better person and stop being so hurtful, while Dice in this here movie…
On the Dice being overly controlling bit, it came across as worse than you implied to me:
Even if we're meant to be buying into the abuse-justifying 'oh, it's so romantic, he's overly-protective of her he's obviously really in love with her' bollocks that crops up way too frequently in media, he's a producer who's seems to be primarily collaborating with a single artist at this point in his career (actually based on what you showed he seemed to be acting as more of her manager than her producer, seemingly deciding what songs to take, what gigs to play, who to collaborate with, what cuts of her music videos should be used...), said artist being a rising starlet who's just been offered a coproduction with an established star.
The movie depicts him as incompetent! I don't care how good you are, . And given how much he's working with her at this point, things that are good for her career are going to be good for his. She picks up some fans of the established checking out her latest album? THey're being exposed to a work you've done the production of; that's boosting your profile even if the established star is . Trying to ban her from working with him is bad for both of your careers in an extremely fickle industry. Most artists are lucky to get 5 years; Madonna, Kylie, Pet Shop Boys and the like are the exceptions, not the rule. The acts Todd features on One Hit Wonderland are your more typical success stories, and since a lot of them are still able to tour on the back of their brief successes, did remarkably well off of it.
I don't care if you're jealous that someone more successful than you is working with the woman you're allegedly in love with, if we're meant to buy that you're not deliberately sabotaging her career to keep control of her which given the rest of the movie is probably not the reading we're meant to take from it, your behavior in that scene is just pure incompetence.
I mean that's not incompetence, necessarily. That was based off Tommy Mottola's real behavior, and we can say all we want about him, but incompetent is something he surely isn't.
10:42 Says the guy without a shirt!
It has been long overdue for Musical Hell to tackle the infamous Glitter and you did it justice. What a terrible POS. Should have won more than one Razzie award (Got Worst Actress for Mariah Carey, but Freddy Got Fingered took it all home). Just like you predicted long ago in an earlier review (can't remember which episode though), it's about time Thumbelina faced the Musical Hell court. Yes, I did grow up with Thumbelina when I was a kid, but I am not afraid of seeing its flaws, to put it mildly.
I Think It Could Be Better If Freddy Got Fingered & Glitter Were A Tie For Worst Picture
Is this a prequel to 50 Shades of Grey, because Dice and Billie are a little too similar to Christian and Anastasia, bizarre non-names included!
Brandy Loutherback Billie is an actual name though
No, this is the worst A Star is Born remake ever made.
As are Christian and Anastasia
@@guillermodebaskerville7117 It's not an A Star Is Born remake. Part of what makes the film so awful is that you can't even tell what it's trying to be.
@@briannab4037 not a complete remake, but some of the scenes are really blatant, specially the ending, with the whole "I'm gonna sing this song for the man I love who died and help me be where I am now", and that have been a staple for A Star is Born since Judy Garland's version.
I genuinely feel pity for any movie or book or song that was released September 2001. Not even on that specific day, but the month in general.
You know you've screwed up your movie when a demon of hell understands healthy relationships better than the actual writers of the movie!
Am I the only one who was surprised when he found out the guy who played Dice, Max Beesley, is not only a pretty successful actor (and ironically appeared in another project where Terrence Howard is playing a sleazy music impresario, 'Empire' as a recurring), but a talented musician?
Gregory House He is???
The Mariah ego stroking is as bad as Madonna in "The Next Best Thing" where EVERY character tells her how beautiful she is (even the other women)!
I wonder how many of your reviews consist of movies with the "music industry is TEH EVULZ" cliche? Also, wow, what a message to send, movie.
The Apple and Sgt. Pepper's come immediately to mind; there may be others.
happy 4th diva
nice
Was the Spice Girls movie another one? I can't remember.
yeep
Wow, Diva. Not since Spice World have you ever given 10 sins to a film, and that's quite an accomplishment for one to do so.
Getting to ten sins is...a special accomplishment (for certain values of the term). While sin count isn't necessarily a reflection of relative quality, is does kind of gauge how I react to a movie. Getting to ten sins means the movie isn't just bad, it actually angered me on some level.
@@MusicalHell And keep in mind, Diva, you sat through From Justin To Kelly
@@MusicalHell then Music came and changed that
Diva, once again, magnificent! This film made my wife ANGRY (the apologizing for the feelings of an abuser). I apologize but I will plead again for a review of Velvet Goldmine -- the (1997) Todd Haynes fantasy vision of 1970s glam rock (many people have said that it is a heavily fictionalised version of Bowie's life -- Bowie did not want to license his music for use in the film). It is a beautiful film, filled with beautiful people (young Christian Bale! young JRM! young Ewan McGregor! My goddess Toni Collette!), language (Oscar Wilde quotes!), costumes, and music (except for the bad cover versions), but it definitely has its flaws, and I would love, love, love, love to hear your assessment of its hits and misses. I think it is a very provocative exploration of a "musical" film.
I’d be scared I adore velvet goldmine! ♥️
I don't think Billie's friends are tokens, especially since the black girl (Da Brat) is a real life friend of Mariah. But aside from that, everything about this review is spot-on.
Oh my gosh, Todd in the shadows did a review of this! That’s so cool!
Hm. If Billie and Dice _do_ have a subconscious psychic link, even if it only works on music-related stuff, that could explain why they keep getting drawn together no matter how terrible they are for each other. It's not that they feel some kind of unseen connection, or that Dice is a possessive asshole and Billie is a naive doormat (or at least, not _just_ that), but a psychic force that tells them they are connected, that they _belong_ together.
And if that was intentional, it could be a _fascinating_ deconstruction of true love, soulmates, and similar romantic shortcuts.
5:18-5:23 Exactly!
That’s why in the song “Tonight”, Maria sings:
🎶I saw you and the world went away🎶
The 2007 flashback from Fant4stic looks more 80's than this movie
Very True
You should've sentenced Dice to go on a date with Jodi Arias.
Oh my God! 🤣
70 billion points for the 'Perdita X. Nitt' reference!
"Ass-holery"? Is that a word now? I love it! Ann Magnuson was in this? An excellent actress!
The opening really caught me off guard, then again...I don't think the Glitter soundtrack was as tragic as one of the most horrific events of modern times; not matter how hard it tried.
But yeah, Mariah Carey is a fantastic singer but even she can't create gold out of a turd, especially when the overall framing of Glitter is just....horrible around, Glitter earned its spot as one of the worst films of all time.
As for the next case, I think it's turn is not too far. As for me, I'm waiting for the moment Descendants get it's turn.
That deserves it. the Be our Guest rap cover deserves 5 sins alone!
This movie should've been called, Mariah's Ego Boost, it's just so self-indulgent.
incidentally, I'm a budding author who focuses on fantasy and have a fairly well thought out demonology...but do you mind if I steal your name for the Heavenly Host? I just like the thought of them referring to Hell as "The Lowerarchy" (from Screwtape Letters) and the Host as "The Opposition."
Go for it!
Musical Hell sweet, thanks.
18:41 "Seriously movie, FUCK THAT SHIT!!!!!" It already did, shit and this movie came together to reproduce. From Justin to Kelly and Burlesque was the offspring
And Dancin' it's On was the inbred grandchild.
I'm surprised you left out the "blowing Sylk's cover" scene. It was actually pretty funny.
Why am I getting a bad ABC family Cinderella movie vibe here?
I think the marimba can almost make a saving grace. My little bad geek heart was so touched.
if it pleases the court, I call Peter O'Toole and Sofia Loren to answer for their crimes against Man of Lamancha
This movie ould have worked a lot better if the characters had more dimension, Dice got his ass kicked by someone(s) for being an abusive manipulative douchebag preferable by at least one person in the industry. Before getting dumped by Billie because she finally got tired of the way he treated her and is never seen again. The Sylk thing was either dropped or was made into a good singer. And people weren't constantly singing Billie's praises all the time and she was allowed to have a few flaws. Not just terrible choices in boyfriends. Allowing Billie and her mother to stay in contact with each other, so their reunion could actually be heartwarming. Not romanticizing abuse that shit is WAY overdone. And a whole lot of other crap.
Also did Dice walk into the scene with his shirt totally unbuttoned before bitching at Billie for "everything hanging out!". Does her dress have a slit all the up to her the side of her chest?
Belated comment I know but have only recently found the channel. Loved the Perdita X Nitt reference and that Diva seems to be a Pratchett fan. Guessing Maskerade would be her favourite
i actually own this on DVD and watch it fairly regularly.... don't fucking judge me I like bad musicals!
BUT SERIOUSLY WHAT IS THE SILVER STREAK?! Me and my mother have been talking about it for years and we still have no fucking clue.
Thumbelina as the 50th review! Well, that movie's gonna hurt!
BTW, Diva, now that you're about to make your 50th episode (as well as your 4th, I believe it is, anniversary in Musical Hell) I'm a little curious, if you've got time:
If you were to rank all the cases you dealt with on a star scale, which scores would you give each of them? (1 star meaning "sort-of" tolerable, 2 stars meaning moderately bad, 5 stars meaning just horrible, and 6 stars meaning fucking abominable)
Omg, yes! I want Diva to do that so much. She should also say her least favorite movie she reviewed (obviously this one or Justin to Kelly) and her favorite
+Jimmy Weinstein My favorite Musical Hell reviews were Burlesque, Annie 2014, Swan Princess Christmas and... Stage Fright.
Or do something fun like an art contest to celebrate the milestone.
+homesponge my favorite review is Mame, full disclosure it made me almost pee my pants it was so funny, the wiz and the music man
So that's why she's been putting off Thumbelina until now--she's been saving it for the 50th episode! I hope it's true.
A new Musical Hell review on the same day as a 24 hour Twilight Zone marathon ? My cup runneth over! Dreams really do come true.
Did nobody else see the sliver streak on Billy? I saw it.
13:09 this scene reminds me of how my dad would act with me, I thought it was a normal parent thing but as when I got older, I realised that it was a way of insulting me, so yeah, I hate dice even more now
Watching this review again in honor of the 15th anniversary of 9/11. A small tragedy in the film industry combined with the infamous tragedy of America.
You really hit the nail on the head with Glitter's fault, especially the 'nuclear holocaust' transitions and the 'personal irritant' PA team (as defined by this movie's rifftrax).
Diva, oh great and hilarious one, I too have pondered about the silver make up on her arm. I h ave also pondered why in Mame her hair color changes from dark to light in every other scene. Do you know why Diva? Also as the 50th Musical Hell Review, you should do another video special and say your favorite reviews that you did as your best work, and with the movies that you review which is your favorite movie! Or your favorite movie musicals not the ones you reviewed. After thumbelina, you should do man of La Mancha, descendants (or any disney tv shit fest), or jersey boys ( it was good but far too depressing). Answer my call oh mighty Diva!
Yeah, Sin 10 had me almost pulling out my hair in anger. >:(
The guy Billie collaborates with not only has better chemistry with her, but I'mma just say it, he's just WAY better looking than Dice. He'd have made for a far superior love interest with a half-decent script.
It's just so disgusting that whoever wrote this movie wants us to believe that men like Dice are oh so special that they're even worth grieving over.
The saddest part is, I was a Mariah Carey fan in the mid-90s. I loved her vocal power and range, I fell for the pure schmaltz that was "One Sweet Day", her energetic numbers like "Fantasy" and "Emotion" were two of my favorite songs as an early adolescent (and yet it still took me till I was 19 to realize I was gay, go figure)...
...but this movie. Yikes. I'd even be able to forgive her acting if not for the utterly trite story and deeply disturbing relationship.
The deeply disturbing relationship is based off her real life. Which only makes it more bizarre how much they glorify Dice in this movie.
What's sad about being a "Mariah Carey fan"?
"Perdita X. Nitt gambit"; what an unexpected place for a Discworld reference.
6:30 MARY SUE DETECTED BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Don't ever take anybody for granted."
Wha...I...huh... YOU DIDN'T! HE DID!
How Did This Get Made dubbed the two back-up singer friends "Da Brat and Da Other One", and as far as I'm concerned that's their canon names.
I've been binging and thoroughly enjoying your videos all day but when you said Perdita X Nitt that turned me into an official fan! Kindest regards, Esme W. :D
The worst thing in this movie to me was that they kept putting her hair in a side ponytail and someone actually thought that looked good on her.
This somehow got lost in my subs.
This is one of those movies that you can't watch without Rifftrax...
Only a Rifftrax of this is more tolerable than the actual movie.
A great amusing review. However, the highlight for me was a passing reference, Perdita X. Nitt. That made it for me.
Thank you for the review. Would you ever consider reviewing Pocahontas? I know people like it, but even as a kid, I felt it was one of Disney's weaker films, and the weakest film of the Disney Renaissance (one of my favorite eras of Disney film history).
Me too. I really don't like It And I hate pocahontas as a character but The music is amazing And I just don't think It is that bad to earn a musical hell review
I'd love to see a Musical Hell review of Pocahontas
***** I'll admit I love the animation adn some of the songs on the soundtrack are good (like Colors Of The Wind and Just Around The Riverbed). But some of the songs are either forgettable or awful (like Savages, which I never liked as a song, even as a kid), the characters aren't interesting (tough the actors are doing their best, which I'll give them credit for) and the story's been done to death and dome better in other movies.
12345 Nltsaaegcj I don't hate Pocahontas as a character. I just find her to be kinda forgettable (Merida is more interesting than Pocahontas). Though she does have the two best songs in the movie (Colors Of The Wind and Just Around The Riverbed).
Stefan Filipovits Same here.
The heroine's mum falling asleep with a cigarette in her hand makes me think of Absolutely Fabulous when Saffy calls the fire department after hers and Edina's kitchen has burnt. She and Edina look for Patsy and she's face down in the kitchen, and wakes up. Yes, she has a cigarette in her hand.
Well, it actually has kind of a surprising plot. Halfway through the movie, I was like: Ugh this plot is so predictable, Billie gets famous because of Dice. He turns out to be an asshole, while the singer guy is nice and they have a budding relationship, while she has to fight to get out of some sort of deal/contract she had with Dice. That didn't happen. Apparently Dice wasn't (? I know right?) the antagonist of this movie.
1:18 is that a Hamilton reference I hear XD
Although your re-telling allowed me to see the loose connection to Mariah's story they attempted to make, this one takes itself too seriously to forgive. Signed, ex-MC fan
Why are you an ex-MC fan, if I may ask? Was Glitter just too grave of a mistake to forgive?
Glitter has 6 Razzie nominations to its name with its only win being Worst Actress for Mariah Carey.
The other 5 it lost were:
Worst Picture
Lost against Freddy Got Fingered
Worst Director for Vondie Curtis-Hall
Lost against Tom Green for Freddy Got Fingered
Worst Supporting Actor for Max Beesley (Dice)
Lost against Charlton Heston for the Planet of the Apes remake, Town & Country and Cats & Dogs
Worst Screen Couple for Mariah Carey’s Cleavage
Lost against Tom Green and any animal he abuses in Freddy Got Fingered
Worst Screenplay for Kate Lanier and Cheryl L. West
Lost against Tom Green and Derek Harvie for Freddy Got Fingered
Dice's punishment should be a date with Lorena Bobbitt.
Kitty Grimm He looks like a tall, ugly version of Bud Bundy.
I love how the first 8 sins you find are the standard complaints about the movie and why it's bad, and then you get to sins 9 and 10 and you just completely flip, INCLUDING the text, which is something I've never seen from you since you're generally very calm and collected in this series. It's not even comedic, it feels like genuine rage and hatred. Guess this movie got to you on a personal level, huh? Is there actually something you've reviewed worse? Wouldn't be surprised if this was the lowest of the low.
Also, THAT shot killed Dice? That was a shot to the shoulder! That's not an insta-kill! That would just send him to the ground, if even that! Was it really that hard to point it at the chest?
Anybody else think Dice and Billie's dad look like brothers?
What would Dice's Infernal Court Of Musical Hell-issued punishment be?
To be fair where sin #9 is concerned, distant duets aren't uncommon in musicals and they're not that much more unbelievable than people randomly bursting into song in the first place. It doesn't necessarily mean they have a psychic link.
But all the music in this movie is diegetic--people sing because they are in situations when they would normally sing in real life. There's nothing anywhere else in the film to indicate this is a true "musical" universe where the songs are a convention of the storytelling.
Ah, I didn't realize that, having not actually seen the musical. Never mind.
Just to be clear, this movie’s Billy/Dice ship…is not fit to eat from out of Catradora’s litter box.
Soooooooooo......"A Star is Born", but semi-autobiographical and Self-aggrandizing, Got it
Is her friend really a token black girl when Mariah is already black?
***** Ah, I wasn't aware of her personality
***** the friend
shes biracial.
Mariah is black/latina, so she needs a token black friend AND a token latina friend
She's Irish, black, and Hispanic, like Soledad O'Brien.
Yay, you're doing Thumbelina! (You could do SEVERAL late-period Don Bluth movies, even if the Nostalgia Critic has already done them. Then again, he already did Titanic: The Legend Goes On.)
I'd love to see you tackle Tom And Jerry The Movie. Especially since somehow or other, Henry Mancini, one of the greatest film composers of ALL TIME, wrote the crappy songs for it!
In January she will.
I’ve decided, if I ever have a semi-fictitious movie based in my life, I am NOT going to just have everyone praise my drawings as genius all the time. I’m going to have some characters actually criticise my drawings and sometimes my character is going to improve the drawing based on their suggestions.
You’ve reviewed From Justin to Kelly, Spice World and Glitter. You should review the Britney Spears movie, Crossroads (2002) for a Musical Hell .
The “psychic connection” thing was done way back in Jane Eyre. Jane stared into a candle and Rochester happened to be staring at the moon, and each “mesmerized” themselves and they briefly called out to each other and could “communicate”. But this was done when “animal magnetism” was a new craze and people genuinely believed it might be a thing. This could not be an intentional nod to that scene, but rather a tattered, diluted version passed down and turned ridiculous. Just like the entire movie being a rehash turned to flavorless mush. But it did make me think of it. And I honestly don’t even like it in Jane Eyre. I can’t help but prescribe to the reading where Rochester is as possessive and controlling as Dice, and it is not a good love story. (Neither is Wuthering Heights, speaking of Brontës; Heathcliff is truly evil.)
Very random sidetrack, I know.
what do i love more? The fact that you know who Perdita X Nitt is, or that an abusive douchebag got iced by the great Terrence Howard?
The only thing I remember about this movie was the tacky self promotion it got during the infamous United We Stand tribute concert in DC.
I came back here for one reason: somehow, someway, the soundtrack to Glitter is now #1.
Happy 4th, and thank you Diva! I hope your 4th of July is awesome!