He's seen "Dreamgirls"

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Reader Mike Sells claims to have seen Dreamgirls and says "it delivers on the level of razzle-dazzle movie-movie spectacle more than anything else this year, with lots of emotional peaks and valleys and a big tearjerking moment at the very end. The story is definitely less contained than the one in Chicago, but works very well on the level of an ensemble saga. Loved it overall." Chicago 's story was "contained" in what way? Because it was mainly about shallow greedy hustlers? Is that what he means?

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 12, 2006 at 2:34 PM

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erniesouchak says ...

No, he's trying to find a complimentary way of saying "D'girls" is all over the place in terms of narrative. Basically, there isn't one, as I've posted elsewhere ...

Posted by erniesouchak at November 12, 2006 3:01 PM

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MikeSells says ...

No, sorry, I just meant that the story in Chicago took place over the course of a few weeks and tracked just a few principal characters, where Dreamgirls' narrative covers more than a decade and follows a much larger group of characters. Make sense?

Posted by MikeSells at November 12, 2006 3:03 PM

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The Hoyk says ...

CHICAGO is one of the most soulless, contemptuous, empty vessels to ever make it to a movie screen, let alone win Best Picture.

Please, don't start telling me that there's a chance Scorsese could lose to a musical AGAIN!

I'll give DREAMGIRLS a fair viewing, because Bill Condon is a much better director than Rob Marshall, this does look like the best role Eddie Murphy has gotten in years, and the trailer looked entertaining, but honestly, I fail to see how everyone thinks this is automatic award season material.

Not to use a bad pun, but Don't Sing It, BRING IT!

Posted by The Hoyk at November 12, 2006 3:52 PM

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bipedalist says ...

I'm getting a bit tired of hearing a story is "all over the place." Have people become unable to juggle many different ideas all in one film? Many of the best films of the '70s could be described that way - god, imagine what today's blogger/critics would make of Annie Hall or The French Connection or Five Easy Pieces.

Posted by bipedalist at November 13, 2006 9:38 AM

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