The movie of Kiss Me, Kate has one sequence that is absolutely sublime--the dance for six to "From This Moment On"--but the rest is a mess. Cutting "Another Opening, Another Show," re-assigning "Too Darn Hot," taking the most dramatic song in the score ("So In Love") right out of its dramatic context and turning it into a who-cares audition song--yeesh. And I'm sorry, I just plain don't like Kathryn Grayson. With all that, I don't actually dislike the movie of Kiss Me, Kate. But it could be so much better.
The movie of Sweeney Todd is fine if all you want is a Johnny Depp movie. It isn't the musical. The musical is a grand Big Sing, for grand big voices.
I agree with you about Dolores Gray, but there could easily exist a better film version of Kismet than the one we have now. |
