IDAD is a MOMENT but my fave song from Les Mis is probs Aaron Tveit and his gang doing Do You Hear The People Sing?

Actually anything that he sings in tbh

 

Urgh. So gutted that Little Shop is out and angry with myself for missing this vote!! There's not a bad song in it, it's impeccable. And Ellen's performance is wonderful.

 

Not much to say about Les Mis other than it is indeed very impressive. I do feel like the big numbers lack some of the bombast from the stage version, like At The End of The Day. On stage, it's absolutely thunderous but I don't recall the movie version giving me the same feels. Anne does indeed take it all the way home for I Dreamed a Dream though. That is how that song should be sung. It's not a pop ballad, it's heartbreaking and agonising. She absolutely nailed it.

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06. The Wizard of Oz
| 1939 | 194 pts | Biggest lover: 2nd (Chez Wombat) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (performed by Billie Burke & The Munchkins)



If I'm not mistaken, I believe that The Wizard of Oz is the oldest film to make the countdown here. It's just one of those films that completely stands the test of time and pretty much everyone I know has seen it because it's such a classic. It tells the story of a young girl who kept swept up in a tornado to a magical faraway land, accidentally landing on and killing off an evil witch with her house.

It has gone down in history as one of the greatest films in cinema history (unlike a certain High School Musical which is still yet to come... ONLY ON BUZZJACK!!) known for its use of technicolour and memorable characters. Every can remember the likes of Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Glinda, Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz himself from their childhoods and it's just crazy to think how many iconic characters this film has in it.

I haven't seen this in a long, long time now but it was one of my favourites during childhood so I really should re-watch it some time soon. It always seems to be on TV around Christmas so I've probably missed my window of opportunity now so maybe next year :P

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is obviously a lovely song and Judy Garland absolutely nails it despite being a teenager at the time of filming but my favourite song has to go "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead". I always used to find it rather morbidly fun as a child and of course The Munchkins were my favourites when I was younger too :lol: :wub:

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05. Pitch Perfect
| 2012 | 198 pts | Biggest lover: 3rd (Theo) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Cups" (performed by Anna Kendrick)



I might be over-using this phrase a little bit now but ONLY ON BUZZJACK would Pitch Perfect be ranked as the FIFTH best musical movie of all-time?!?! Sure, it's a fantastic comedy, has some really cool sounding covers and even a lovely original song with its own dance routine but it really doesn't compare to some classics like Annie and Oliver that couldn't even make the top 10.

I haven't seen this in a couple of years now but I'm a big fan of the Pitch Perfect franchise and this is obviously the film that introduced us to the amazing character that is Fat Amy. I've found all three films so far pretty much on par with each other quality wise so I'm a bit shocked this has ranked so much higher than the sequel but I guess it did feel slightly fresher the first time around.

"Cups" is the obvious song highlight for me. The covers are cute and I like hearing the a cappella versions but Cups is a really good original song and I remember spending many hours trying to learn how to do the hand movements so I could sing along. I never mastered it but at least the song was lodged in my head for many months :heehee: :wub:

04. Hairspray
| 2007 | 215 pts | Biggest lover: 2nd (HarryEzra) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Welcome to the 60's" (performed by Nikki Blonsky & John Travolta)



Hairspray first debuted as a Broadway musical in 2002 and was adapted into a film in 2007 starring A-listers such as John Travolta, Michelle Pfieffer & Christopher Walken. The film was a financial success making over $200 million worldwide at the box office and there were even talks for a sequel which unfortunately never came to fruition.

I do like Hairspray quite a bit and know it is absolutely heaps of fun but I'm not sure I'd rank it quite THIS high on my own countdown. John Travolta is a big highlight especially and it has plenty of laughs but I'm not sure it compares to some of the classics that have dropped out before this.

"You Can't Stop the Beat" is the easy choice for song highlight but my own personal favourite is definitely "Welcome to the 60s" - I've always just found it super catchy and it was stuck in my brain for ages after first watching the film.

Pitch Perfect??? Good lord.

 

It's fun and enjoyable, but the 5th best ever? No, no, no.

Go Chicago! :o An excellent soundtrack although it's not a film that I've gone back to.

 

I really dislike the plot of Mamma Mia! although obviously the soundtrack is incredible :wub: The stage production wasn't much better but I will give the sequel a go :P

 

I think I preferred the musical of Les Misérables to the film but Anne Hathaway is obviously insanely good in the film *.*

 

The Wizard of Oz is such a childhood classic and I still enjoy watching it now (even though the resolution with the Wizard is rather disappointing) and it obviously spawned the incredible Wicked so even more reason for *.*

 

I think the original Pitch Perfect is so much better than the second and third because the concept was original and the mixing of the songs (particularly the use of "Bulletproof" and "Titanium") is a lot better. Not that I dislike the sequels though :P

 

Hairspray is a really great modern classic, such a great cast and the choreography for the Corny Collins Club is great! Queen Latifah obviously also slays.

I have a good mind to delete this thread and forget all about Mamma Mia finishing as low as ninth?!?!?

La la land, the lion king, frozen and mamma mia :wub: :wub: all classics and up there with my favourite films ever! Yassssat the Let It Go mention *.* les mis also slays so much *.*

 

Yassss at pitch perfect and hairspray top 5 as well, both all times faves <3

Hairspray top 5 YESSSS <3

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03. High School Musical
| 2006 | 220 pts | Biggest lover: 3rd (Jahq) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Breaking Free" (performed by Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens)



You heard it here on Buzzjack first!! - High School Musical is the THIRD best musical of all-time of course :lol: High School Musical tells the story of two people who try out for the leads in a high school musical (:lol:) and a romance blossoms between the two.

It's an OK film but hardly top three musicals of all-time for me. I think it's heaps of fun but it doesn't even have the best songs from the trilogy to be honest and is a bit too light to really compare to the classics in my rankings.

It has a few nice tracks though so I've gone for Breaking Free as my song highlight. Of course, as I child, I knew all the words like most people and it's still fun when people play it nowadays. Shout out to "Stick to the Status Quo" too!

ROCKY HORROR VS. GREASE!!

Either winner would be worthy and I expect it to be Grease but it's Rocky Horror all the way for me

02. Rocky Horror Picture Show
| 1975 | 272 pts | Biggest lover: 1st (Severin) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me" (performed by Susan Sarandon)





01. Grease
| 1978 | 314 pts | Biggest lover: 1st (Harry, Jade, Jahq & Theo) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" (performed by Stockard Channing)



Whilst I may not have agreed with some other films coming so high in the countdown, these two are really undeniable classics and they make a brilliant runaway top two. For about half of the results, Rocky Horror was actually a little in front but the Grease fans really came out in full force and it scored a massive four top scores!

My song highlights here may bit a controversial as I imagine Time Warp & either Summer Loving or You're the One That I Want would be most people's choices but these two have always been my favourites from those and I find them both super-underrated. I love the cheekiness of Rizzo in Grease and Janet is one of my favourite Susan Sarandon roles too - my school friendship always used to go mad for a bit of "Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me" at pre-drinks :lol:

Thanks for joining me on this countdown !! I hope you enjoyed reading :D x

Thanks to those of you who have read and commented !! :cheer:



FULL RESULT
01. Grease (314 pts)
02. Rocky Horror Picture Show (272 pts)
03. High School Musical (220 pts)
04. Hairspray (215 pts)
05. Pitch Perfect (198 pts)
06. The Wizard of Oz (194 pts)
07. Les Miserables (186 pts)
08. Little Shop of Horrors (173 pts)
09. Mamma Mia (167 pts)
10. Chicago (152 pts)
11. Frozen (145 pts)
12. Annie (141 pts)
13. The Lion King (139 pts)
14. Oliver! (133 pts)
15. La La Land (131 pts)
16. West Side Story (130 pts)
17. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (125 pts)
18. Beauty and the Beast (1991) (120 pts)
19. Pitch Perfect 2 (118 pts)
20. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (117 pts)
21. Bugsy Malone (110 pts)
22. Enchanted (91 pts)
23. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (87 pts)
24. Mary Poppins (85 pts)
25. Into the Woods (85 pts)
26. High School Musical 2 (83 pts)
27. The Muppets (80 pts)
28. Moana (75 pts)
29. The Bodyguard (73 pts)
30. Dirty Dancing (69 pts)
31. Muppets Christmas Carol (68 pts)
32. Trolls (61 pts)
33. Blues Brothers (60 pts)
34. Sing (54 pts)
35. Jersey Boys (54 pts)
37. Sister Act (51 pts)
37. Sing Street (51 pts)
38. Evita (51 pts)
39. Dreamgirls (48 pts)
40. Beauty and the Beast (2017) (48 pts)

I have never seen the original Grease but loved the live version from a while back.

 

 

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Would anyone be interested in more genre countdowns here in Movies? Any suggestions welcome!!

 

Thinking of some more things to get running aside from personal countdowns of mine... :cheer:

Would anyone be interested in more genre countdowns here in Movies? Any suggestions welcome!!

 

Thinking of some more things to get running aside from personal countdowns of mine... :cheer:

Did the Horror countdown get finished ? Or did I miss it?

Did the Horror countdown get finished ? Or did I miss it?

Those results are in the hands of Sam! I've seen about three horror films in my entire lifetime so I'd be useless at counting those down :lol: Was just seeing if there were any suggestions for another genre countdown that I could host myself like this one as I quite enjoyed doing it ~~

Superhero movies?

Like the aforementioned Superheroes, Sci-Fi might be popular

 

I doubt there'd be much call for War or Westerns even if I'd quite like the former. Rom Coms and Comedies in general maybe.

 

Or you could narrow it down to things like Best Picture Oscar winners, Bond films, Spielberg films (for example) or do best directors or something.