Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Hairspray

Tonight I saw the best movie ever! I saw Hairspray. If you have been saying to yourself "that movie isn't for me" then I dare you to see it and not have a silly grin on your face the whole time. I absolutely loved it. I will see it again and again. I'm not sure what it is about musicals that I love. Ever since I was a little girl and saw The Sound of Music for the first time, I was in love. In fact, this past weekend it was on TV and I made unsuspecting Emma sit and watch it with me in hopes that she would love it as much as I. She may not be singing to the soundtrack daily like I did at her age but she did like it. I'll take what I can get. Then there was Grease. I loved that and still do. Although it's a little weird that my mother let me watch a movie that sent the message that wearing tight leather pants, off the shoulder shirt, and smoking a cigarette was the cool thing to do. In more recent years there has been Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Dream Girls, Phantom of the Opera and yes, even High School Musical. I love all of these. Why is that? There is something about everyone singing and dancing that just makes me happy. Another reason I wanted to see Hairspray besides it being a musical is because Queen Latifah is in it. I love her. I love her movies. If you haven't seen Beauty Shop, it's a must see. As well as Last Holiday. Plus she was in Chicago. I just love watching her movies. Well enough of my jabber about musicals. If you haven't seen Hairspray then check it out. Playing not too much longer at a theater near you!

7 comments:

Nyree said...

I watched the trailer of 'Hairspray' the other day. Looks brilliant! The children converted me to High School Musical (1). I secretly bought the soundtrack and was listening to it on my iPod for a few days before I let them know. Hee Hee!

Bridget said...

thanks for the review. i love musicals too and have not see hairspray. i loved moulin rouge and i remember being so surprised to hear it had been my mom's favorite movie.

Darilyn said...

Nyree, that cracks me up about you secretly listening to high school musical on your ipod!

Bridget- You often mention finding out little things about your mom (like her favorite movie). How did you hear these things? From a sibling or your dad or what?

Krista Lou Cook said...

Isn't Zac Efron just too cute?

Melissa said...

I'll have to check it out when I get a chance. I love musicals too! We were able to see Cats while it was still on Broadway and to see Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat while Donny Osmond was playing Joseph. It was fantastic!

Scrapbooks by Amanda said...

I LOVED Hairspray! It is so fun. I have seen it twice. And, I blast the soundtrack all the time annoying my husband the whole time! Glad you liked it!

Jodi said...

I, too, LOVE musicals but have yet to see Hairspray. I just watched Grease on TV the other day and was singing like a rock star! I have seen that one way too many times to count :)