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depressing?

posted 15 years ago by louster6
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i think this is at the bottom on my list of musicals that i like--i usually love musicals but this one was so slow and depressing...i'm wondering if i should still rent oklahoma??????????

[–] DryToast 15 years ago

You will surely find Oklahoma! less depressing but way slower!

"Please! You're not at home!"

[–] rorysa 15 years ago

If the OP is only interested in cheery movies with happy endings, that is the OP's business, but he or she is failing to appreciate some of the most wonderful films ever made, including musicals like "West Side Story" and "Fiddler on the Roof" and dramas like "Forbidden Games" and "The Diary of Anne Frank," to name but a few!

I for one enjoy movies packed with heartfelt emotion, and that emotion does NOT necessarily have to be happiness.

[–] shulma2002 14 years ago

While "Oklahoma" has a few classic songs and is far less depressing, it has a weak storyline. It is a very slow film in my opinion.

[–] kkbp 15 years ago

I like the word "tragic" much more than "depressing". Let's call Carousel tragic. It definitely has its moments of tragedy (I just sob every time I watch it), but it absolutely ends on a hopeful, beautiful note. If the movie were actually depressing, I could not come back to it time and time again.

But yes, Oklahoma! is very different. It, too, has a serious plot line, but it plays it up with a lot of comedy. Oklahoma is probably the only one of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 5 biggest musicals (Carousel, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, The King and I, and South Pacific) where I don't cry at all.

[–] lordhack_99 14 years ago

It struck me as dreary and boring.

[–] BethH24 14 years ago

it is, but there are also some humourous moments in " Carousel " too, such as the scenes with Mr Snow, the scene during the treasure hunt with Carrie and Jigger, and certain other lines in it.

[–] liscarkat (16966) 7 years ago

Ooooh, ooooh! When my stupid boorish criminal thug of a husband/father beats me it feels like love! WTF? Amazingly, that's excitingly profound to some viewers, who congratulate themselves on being deeply perceptive and intelligent.