Cyanna wrote:
Chibzter wrote:
Heres wht i think. Musicians should stay in music and actors should stay in ating. I really thought lindsay was cool but now i just think she's dumb. And i think its really duumb that people actually reallly reallly like the song.
So what does that say for musical movies like Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Grease etc where both acting AND singing are a requirement?
I think the difference here is... we don't see Nicole Kidman and Richard Gere and the rest of them releasing pop albums.
Grease aside, John Travolta tried so hard to be a singer, but everyone wanted to see him acting instead. And Olivia Newton-John did have a singing career.
Some musical movies with big name stars don't have the stars singing at all, rather they're lipsynching prerecorded tracks by professional singers. Which is fine.
Not every good actor is going to be a good singer. And vice versa. Madonna's one of my favourite singers, but she's not a very good actress. Luckily she doesn't try to be very often. She did wonderfully in Evita, but then again, it was really just a two and a half hour long music video. Antonio Banderas did great as a singer for that movie, but I would rather not see him with a singing career. I wouldn't mind seeing him in more musicals though.
I think it's fine for people to act and sing both... when it's called for. It bothers me when these people that are great actors suddenly decide that they can sing. Even if they're no good at it, they still make money because they already have a following.
vkceankraz wrote:
I suppose I'm still stuck in the "The Parent Trap" days.
That was her?! **memory clicks** Ohhhh O_O