I CALL RACISM. - Dreamgirls (2006) Discussion

[–] sakurafiend 15 years ago

WHAT? ARE YOU DIS'ING MAMMA MIA? I AM SO SHOCKED, I CALL RACISM!

Seriously, though, Dreamgirls is an average film. The singing is fantastic; no complaints there. The problem is that it relies _too much_ on the music, never fleshing out scenes, dialogues, characters in the way that I expect any decent film to.

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[–] nateba 15 years ago

ITS ONE OF THE BEST MUSICALS IN A WHILE, SO WHY THE LOW RATING AND THE HATERS? IM SO DISAPPOINTED AND SHOCKED. THATS JUST MY OPINION. MAMMA MIA HAS SIMILAR RATING AND THE MOVIE WAS PANNED! I DONT GET IT....OR DO I?

I call all-cap-ism.

cinefreak

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[–] fcherrelle 15 years ago

If this were a white film it would have been rated better!!! This movie was spectaular! How come Grease gets 5 star ratings???? This movie is MUCH better than some damn Grease!
MissC

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[–] Latinfilms 15 years ago

I aqree, Dreamgirls relies too much on the music, never fleshing out scenes, dialogues, characters in the way that it should in a good film.

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[–] sseankeating 14 years ago

OMG LOL! haha your post about 'Creamgirls' was funny. haha "the fat chick from hairspray"

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[–] worldofsnail 12 years ago

I lasted 30 mins before turning it off. Mediocre musical pastiche. I would have loved it if the dialogue and plot was more dominant as it had a superb cast. As it was it was a headache of a movie. Sorry.

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[–] CurtisTaylorJr 15 years ago

The overall rating isn't great, but the breakdown shows that the average votes are 7,8 and 10 respectively, so not everyone is rating it low, it's just how everything balances out.

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[–] jondoe888 14 years ago

I'm guessing it worked better on stage. It was too overblown for the screen.
I liked the Dreams singing, but the rest of the movie was flat and stereotypical. Nothing new here - not that there needed to be. But it didn't feel fresh.

But by all means, call it RACISM! Such an easy word to say, isn't it. Even easier in CAPS! (you capitalist!)

Sorry, but I relate more to some things more than others. Black girl groups were never my thing. I found it a very boring part of life, being a teen in the 60's. And I hate to admit, I probably relate more to Grease, even tho I hated that period of life! But then, you know... I'm a RACIST!

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[–] JackMorrissey-1 15 years ago

Your table at French Market Place is ready, Blanche!

J.

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[–] SkaterDave 15 years ago

The OP is correct. Everybody knows us whities will never give the darkies any credit. We're all a bunch of racists and we should just admit it.

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[–] Oohdelally 15 years ago

I couldn't care less about movies with only black people in it and I'm not a rasist for that. If there's a movie with only white people someone is immedietly shouting RASISM! In this movie even the audience at the show was 99% black. Black music has alot more white fans than black ones simply because there are ALOT more white people. That the director is white makes it even more stupid. I liked the music though, love Beyonce, but it reminded me nothing of the wonderful 60's motown.

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[–] JackMorrissey-1 14 years ago

Not half as "pretty awful" or "rediculous" as your ill-informed Wal*Mart opinion on one of the greatest, uniquely American art forms. Stick to that DRAGON BALL Z board, where your opinions may be on firmer ground and actual cultural knowledge.

J.

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[–] samsan_lee 12 years ago

The reality is that Dreamgirls is just a musical. It was developed by Condon, who had similar success in 2002's Chicago musical send up. The reality is that, motown's Berry Gordy never, ever developed a filmic bio of Michael Jackson or Diana Ross, which were two of the major influences in american pop music history.

Dreamgirls simply capitalized on that vacuum with 60s sounding musical-type performances, but could not deliver the real soul sound and shrouded allegory for what audiences really expected. The audiences yearned for a film, that fully detailed the ends on outs of stardom in 1960s motown era music, not a musical.

Not racism, just the sadly missing tribute to some of the greatest performers in history, that were likely short-changed in their legacy.

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[–] morgana-31 11 years ago

Here we go again. No way can a white person not like a black person for any reason other than their colour, can they? Ok, we're all racists. Whatever!

I found the moviw tedious, and was doing a sudoku throughout most of it, or I'd have fallen asleep.

On the other hand I just loved Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon with an all black cast.

Love is never having to say you're sober.

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[–] gribfritz2 7 years ago

It can't be racism because I've seen other films with an all-black cast that didn't race through their already razor-thin plots. And I've also seen other musicals that didn't sacrifice their plot to jam in as many useless songs that don't advance the plot.

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