The Producers

One of the greatest films of the year opened this weekend. It was the musical version of Mel Brooks' The Producers. Contrary to all of the negative reviews that this movie has recieved, the film is extremely likeable and very, VERY fun. It makes me sad to think that todays critics don't have the ability or mind to appreciate something good. Of course you have to go into this movie with a certain mindset to understand it anyway, especially if you're critiquing it. But what the closed minded reviewers didn't take into account was how much the audience still loves slap stick comedy. Slap stick hasn't been seen on screen for quite some time now, but The Producers has changed this. Slap stick is trademark of a Mel Brooks film, and, judging by the audience reactions I've seen, is still in high demand. I've seen this movie twice already, and both times I saw it the audience laughed OUT LOUD and hard consistently throughout the film. It has been a long, long time since I've seen an audience react so well to a movie. This is a good thing. And the movie itself is wonderful! With todays crappy stage to screen musicals (i.e. The Phantom of the Opera, Rent) I am happy to see something worthwhile come along. The Producers obviously had clear direction and made sense all the time, which highly depends on the style in which it is made. So I commend both Stroman and Brooks on this. Very wonderful. As for Broderick and Lane, I felt that their performances were always top notch and never did I get the feeling that they were in autopilot from having done the roles so many times, as reviewers have said. One must understand that both Lane and Broderick were creating their own versions of their characters while keeping in mind the originals from Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. And one other actor to be mentioned would be Gary Beach who was utterly AMAZING! The whole cast was amazing and perfectly cast. So anyone who has anything bad to say about this movie obviously doesn't know what they're talking about and will be proven wrong when it does well at the box office. So that's all I have to say about that.

Anyway, my holidays have been great and I'm looking forward to leaving in January for Disneyworld. Expect many posts from my experiences there! But I must be off for now, so until next time! GO SEE THE PRODUCERS: THE MOVIE MUSICAL!