Alice Walker's story returns to the screen as a musical in this reimagining of the classic novel and Steven Spielberg film, starring Fantasia Barrino.
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This is why I fuck with Dan. A lot of other white reviewers act like they can’t review “black” films
The women in my family all constantly quote the original movie. I used to hate it. Then I sat down as an adult to watch it and had to rank it among one of the best dramas out there. I think they can have my money for this one. Don't want to be left out this time 🤔🙄🤷🏿♂️
Hope that the Woman King gets a revisit from those who hated it and will appreciate it for what it is: A fantasy epic.
I kept hearing older women say “harpo, who dis woman?” my whole life. 😂
@@LoneWulf278 I used to get the, "All my life I had to fight..." Monologue the most
@@comicfiend1988 Lol 😂
@@suezcontours6653 Color Purple not fantasy!!
Side note, but Whoopie Goldberg was robbed of her Oscar for the original film.
Everyone knows that. It's old news now
Just saw the movie today. My goodness, Fantasia was fantastic as Celie and absolutely deserves an Oscar nomination. As does Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson. They are Oscar worthy as well.
Love the original Spielberg movie & can’t wait to see this. Rooting for Fantasia & Danielle.
Songs in the Jaws musical: “You’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat” “June the 25th, 1945” “Spanish Ladies” and the 11 O’Clock number: “Ah WHAAAT?”
Yay! A bunch of my dancer friends are in this one.
Dan smiling in the title card makes me smile.
It's interesting how we can predict movie critics' score on KZhead by looking at the thumbnail😂😂 Whether he was smiling, surprised or just thinking, it seems like the movie works lol
I was very confused why someone remade “the color purple”. Now that I know it’s a music it makes more sense. I don’t get this whole hidden musical marketing. I remember watching the “mean girls” trailer and it looked like a shot for shot remake. The marketing should give us a reason to care about these remakes. If they should the songs then the audience will get why this stands out from the original.
It’s exciting and surprising to see the initial reactions for this movie are positive! The trailers were really not selling it well. Love the original, love musicals.
It's going to be hard to get the 1985 movie out of my head but I like that this movie is doing something different.
Same
We saw the movie this morning. You have to see it for yourself. It stands its own ground to the original film. @@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl
Just left the movie, it was GREAT! I laughed, cried and applauded loudly. It awakened every emotion within me. The cast was brilliant, the singing phenomenal, the dancing sick, in a good way. Taraji P Henson you were breathtaking, the entire cast was outstanding, Fantasia and Danielle OMG, but Taraji every time you appeared the screen lit up! Hats off to everyone responsible for this movie. We had a group of 12 and I am going back again. Thank you, thank you, thank you
It was so fantastic. Extremely moving in a way I didn't expect.
I knew in my bones this movie was going to be good, but I wasn't ready for this glowing review from Dan. I will be there on Christmas day.
It's a movie about black people.. in 2023.. you think any critic is going to talk bad about it??
@@RobertXPhotography well I saw it on Christmas and loved it and so did a lot of other people according to the box office numbers. So you can bury your cynicism.
You go Fantasia !!!!!❤️💕🥰😺
I remember our teacher reading us the book in the fifth grade... Intense couldn't even describe it. Love the 1985 film and I was able to see the musical too. I am so so excited for this cast and to hear the amazing music again.
Did the teacher censor out the more sexual parts? Then again, I guess that you would have needed to read the book yourself afterwards to even know that those parts existed in that case.
That’s a heavy book for young kids.
The Color Purple.. in the 5th grade?? Yeah.. I don't think that happened.
I didn’t even read it till high school
I'm a huge fan of musical movies and although i'm not from America, The Color Purple musical movie that will be released in my country next January will be my introduction to the Broadway show and it's songs so it's going to be interesting how i will enjoy this movie since this movie is going to be the first time me hearing the songs as i haven't seen the Broadway show so it should be a lot of fun 🤗
Sorry I seem to have missed your musical opener for Jaws. Your title card with music drowned it out 😅
Dan, you better sing that Jaws song.. 😂😂
I feel like it was very clear The Color Purple was a musical. They literally hired almost all sinegers or actors who can sing
I loved, loved, loved the original. Not so much, 2023. The actors are good, but the new film being a musical canned it for me.
The stage musical is amazing. One of my favorites.
I love musicals! So happy there are so many musicals this holiday season🎉
The making of Jaws became a musical called Bruce and a play called The Shark is Broken 😀. The stage show of Colour Purple is great, shame they have cut so many songs.
I can't be the only one that was excited about the Jaws musical. "do you hear what I hear, screech, screech, screech" (go the violins)
I didn't even realise this was a movie of the musical, I thought it was a pure remake. Thanks for the video Dan!
Was nervous about this one but I’ve been seeing all of the cast getting rave reviews and you look and sound genuinely happy with what you saw lol.
Hairspray proved that movies based on musical plays which the musical play itself was based on a movie can be successful at the box office so it'll be interesting to see how The Color Purple turned out aswell as the new Mean Girls musical movie coming next month. Seems like Warner Bros is going to win big for Christmas with Wonka, The Color Purple, and god knows if Aquaman 2 will be DCEU's last hope for a success at the box office 😂
disagree with trailers hiding the fact that its a musical. there are scenes in in the trailer with them singing. while its subtle it is no where like the recent Mean Girls trailer that recently came out
This part!!!
That's the point I was making - it's subtle. If you know it's a musical, it's obvious. But especially with the first trailer, it wasn't very forthcoming about being a musical.
@@DanMurrellMoviesDon't worry. They won't make that mistake with Jaws: The Musical. Even the shark will sing in the trailer.
Another great review! Don't want to crush Dan's dreams by telling him they actually already made a Jaws musical 😂
I thought it was just a play?
I've been waiting all year for this movie to come out I was afraid that idiot Zaslav was going to delay it's release because he wanted to horde the money and not pay anyone!
😂😂😂
Thanks for having your sponsor at the END of your video. I appreciate that as well.
I hate remakes of classic movies. I hate musicals. I loved this movie. It really is that good.
Hollywood is creatively bankrupt. Instead of new stuff they’re rehashing old stuff. Next up - Mean Girls rebooted
Next up, "Auschwitz, The Musical."
The shark jump scare really got me this time.
Just came back from watching it and i cried so many times! The screen musical is it's own thing. That is to say, it is distinct from the book, the screen adoption as well as the Broadway adoption but none the less, it was spectacular! I loved every moment of it. I wish they would have kept in the song "Say Our Prayer" from thw Broadway adoptation but thats just mu own preference. The movie is definitely worth a second and third watch but, i agree with you that the 1 and second act felt just a hair rushed. ❤
Me too, I cried 😢😢😢😢
Daaaaaan! We wanted to hear your Jaws The Musical rendition! 🥺😆
I fell in love with the book when I was 14, saw the original movie shortly after. I didn’t see the Broadway’s production and was worried about the film. I’ve never been so happy to be wrong. The musical to me most matched the source material of the book. For me this version had much more soul that I felt was missing from the original. Great movie.
Based on the Broadway Show and Music I LOVED it!!! Fantasia was so amazing and every supporting actor on point. I haven't cried that much in ages. In my Top 5 of 2023. My only wish is they give 3 Best Actress Oscars this year to Fantasia, Emma Stone and Carrie Mulligan. I will see again. And Spielberg's still classic but this is a different genre' so room for both to be revered. And I recommend seeing with a crowd. Applause and "Amens" are necessary.
Danielle Brooks is awesome.
Thanks for the review, Dan. Hope you have a great holiday!
We purchased our tickets 3 weeks ago. The Cinemark Valley View is selling out pretty much on Christmas Day. We will see it in XD. Loved the book, loved the first movie, not so much the stage musical, but looking forward to this cast doing their thing! Merry Christmas!
Read the book when you get a chance. Amazing. The film version by Speilberg is once of my favorite films.
So glad you like it, I was waiting for this review
I saw a trailer for this movie at the cinema and it looked incredible! I'm truly looking forward watching it.
They've made a musical already on the making of Jaws. I think it's called Bruce.
The Color Purple Is Back
I missed the original since I was 3 when it came out and have never really found it on TV. Glad to see Dan so excited about this new version, though.
Hope it has a chance both at the Box Office & during Awards Season🤞
I pray that Wonka and The Color Purple could put musicals back on track at the theaters with the box office as they have been struggling lately
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With Wonka doing well at the box office so far and now The Color Purple, i hope this could put the musical genre back on track at the box office after several flops that the genre has faced. I'm a huge fan of this genre so if there's any good ones, i'm definitely hoping to succeed in theaters. It was a shame that Spielberg's West Side Story and In The Heights flopped as those two were pretty damn good musical movies. I honestly blame Cats and Dear Evan Hansen for ruining people's expectations with musicals nowadays, sorry about that 😂😂
@@AhamedMohammed507I already mentioned it bruh 🤦
"CATS" will haunt me for decades ...lol.
@Targaryen24601 I'm still waiting for the butthole version. I think that could redeem it!
It came out Christmas Day and now it's literally January and I already could rent it. 😅
I was lucky to The Color Purple on Broadway with Cynthia Erivo in the lead role. She brought the house down so I was really hoping she'd be in the film adaptation. But I'm looking forward to it nonetheless!
Super looking forward to this one!
0:16 I forget: was your theme song written specifically for this show or was it a stock song? Either way, my week isn't complete until I've heard it
I really hope you review The Iron Claw. Hands down my favorite movie of this year! Zac Efron gives an incredible performance!
I agree, great movie. Took me about 15 minutes to get into it and stop feeling concerned about Zac Efron apparent steroid use. Hope he doesn’t continue that too long
In my opinion Da'Vine Joy Randolph is the frontrunner for Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Danielle Brooks is equally great, but Randolph's performance is the performance of all performances this year in that particular category. I am predicting both will be nominated for an Oscar.
Good review! Yes, I can't wait in checking it out!
This films just released in the UK and loved it. I’m enjoying this resurgence of the musics
Great movie! Danielle Brooks stole the show. I didn’t realize that Taraji P. Henson actually sang in this movie. Great performances all around.
Dan has not seen the Holdovers. Davine Joy Randolph, is winning best supporting and its not even close honestly. She is amazing in that movie.
I have seen The Holdovers and she’s fantastic. Danielle Brooks is also great. Have you seen this movie?
The Color Purple is my favorite Spielberg movie
Excellent review, Dan. Cheers.
I respect the fact that you buss only in the end❤
There were 6 people in the theater, my son and I included. 5 black and 1 autistic white guy. I noticed that he had strong reactions at the sad parts, the white guy. I wish more white people watched such films. Start small, easy does it.
If you listen to the soundtrack of the Broadway musical I don’t think it’s the musical numbers that are making the plot feel so rushed but I’m not sure what it is. The stage musical develops Celie and Shug and their relationship so much more
My friends and I read the novel in high school (because we were not interested in reading The Scarlet Letter). Its an engrossing read and I highly recommend. The original film closely follows the book. I'm looking forward to seeing the new musical film.
Taraji may be the big star or the movie but I'd bet younger people are more familiar with Danielle Brooks these days due to Orange is the New Black
Went to see it on Christmas day. Loved it! Going back to see it again.
I like musicals too.
An excellent emotional musical movie everyone should see. I, personally, think it will exceed the original movie. It's a piece of art everyone has in their journey of life experience through families and or friends n d
Give Fantasia the Oscar!
Dang! Now I really, really want to hear "Jaws: The Musical"!! (BTW, some movie titles sound much worse if you pronounce the punctuation, like "Jaws colon The Musical")
Go Oprah!!!! NOW you are truly The Queen of All Media ❤️😺
I saw it and it was amazing … very touching… The singing is more gospel/soul, which I prefer over traditional broadway singing.
LOVED IT!
I just watched an old Movie Fights in which Ed Greer fought for a high school production of Jaws! Ha!
just seen this movie at it has just arrived in cinema here in NZ a very musical. movie with so much drama in a world of black women. worth watching.
I think the new Shug cannot catch a fish with those legs
I was fine until you said Christmas is this coming Monday 😮
Great Review But I gotta know. Are you actually writing a Jaws musical!? That sounds awesome. lol
Later this afternoon on the east coast or the west coast?
good review cant wait to see Fantasia love her
Great review
A+ intro lmao
Hiding a basic aspect of your movie is probably a bad sign.
It’s a sign that audiences react poorly to musicals. Hopefully that changes
It’s not hiding. The trailers had singing throughout. I will say that it’s not clearly stated as a musical.
@@DanMurrellMoviesWhy is this movie getting so much good reception? I don't like watching movies about black female trauma which is why I was happy to watch empowering movies like Wakanda Forever and The Woman King where they're not victims. I understand ehy Lottle Mermaid was disappointing but Halle Bailey being portrayed as a love interest and not tragic characters is better.
I could see this movie being incredibly empowering, though there is the trauma element that you mentioned. I guess it comes down to personal preference.
@@suezcontours6653I will say that this version puts a bigger emphasis on joy, growth, and healing. There is quite a bit less suffering shown in this compared to the original
The first thing I think of in Jaws is the music.
Dan!!!! Please review Renaissance!! You watched The Eras tour it’s only fair you do Beyonce as well!!!!
It came out just as I was getting back from my honeymoon, I had two dozen awards movies to watch, and it only plays on weekends. Unfortunately, things just didn't line up.
In his defense, the movie had very sporadic showtimes in a lot of places after the first weekend It was pretty difficult to find screens in my area after the first week.
@@DanMurrellMovies I completely understand!!! Would still love to see that review down the line maybe. Thank you so much for your content and for replying :) You’re truly a highlight to my week!
I'm guilty of not liking musicals. I had a bad spell of depression over a decade ago, and most music just sounds like noise ever since. I can't tell if it's that, or I just can't imagine The Color Purple as a musical.
I am more interested in seeing it than I'm not interested in seeing it!
The original movie was phenomenal. The 0 for 11 wasn't a fault of it's own.
Also, I look forward to viewing this incredible looking film.
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I saw it a month ago and thought it was pretty good but felt the ending was rushed.
Felt both rushed and too long
It received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $58 million against a $100 million budget. so a flop
JAWS musical?😂
Great movie. I seen it on Christmas day. The thing about the musical is that it's closer to book than the 1985 version. A lot of things couldn't be shown then, like today. The flip is where the drama version expanded the molestation and the musical showcase not only that but who Cellie really is... either way.. both are great movies for their genre. If you have Barbie over this, than i know you are lost, and realize why you took it out of your top 10 because there is no reason why it shouldn't be a part of it. Especially with the garbage that came out this year. However, racist things and people change the outcome of both films. 🤷♀️🤦♀️
If that Jaws musical doesn't come out, we riot.
Better really late than never?
WHY do we need another remake?????? The original was epic.
everything done to me ...allready done too you !
Thanks Dan this is the closest I will ever come to seeing it. Just not my jam
🗣 TOO MUCH SINGING! 🤷🏽♀️ it’s musical tho! I give it a 7 out of 10 ! Not as good at the book or the original movie
Absolutely no one is talking about this film. It made $18 million over Christmas weekend on a $100 million budget.
And yet you are on here talking about it. Also, it made 18 Million in ONE DAY (Christmas) not over the 3 day weekend genius.