the greatest showman, musical film better then i expect

 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (2017)

The American entertainer, Phineas Taylor Barnum, will always be remembered as the man with the gift to blur the line between reality and fiction. Thirsty for innovation and hungry for success, the son of a tailor manages to open a wax museum; however, he soon shifts focus to the unique and the peculiar, introducing extraordinary, never-seen-before live acts on the circus stage. Now, some people call Barnum's rich collection of oddities, an outright freak show; but, when Phineas, obsessed for cheers and respectability, gambles everything on the opera singer, Jenny Lind, to appeal to a high-brow audience, he will lose sight of the most crucial aspect of his life: his family. 

The genre of The Greatest Showman is drama musical. In this film, 70-80% have been told by songs. This film is started by Barnum, is showing his action in the circus with singing also in the end of the film. Those songs are catchy and easy listening. It will make the watcher enjoys the film and want to sing together. There are many songs that will be played in the film.

The lead role of the movie is played by Hugh Jackman, who brings all of his natural charisma to this performance. P.T. Barnum certainly has his flaws, often being too work obsessive and at times suffering from being selfish, which hurts his family and his performers. Zendaya brought a beautiful performance to this movie, helping to make Anne Wheeler one of the most popular Greatest Showman characters in the process. She's one of the lead performers and in the circus, her acrobat skills was cerntainly very imprensive

Bad part : I don't really like the scene where the opera singer approaches pt barnum, who is married, by inviting him to join the tour.

Favorite part :

1. REWRITE THE STARS with Zac Efron and Zendaya...

2. The opening songtage Is "songtage" a thing? A song montage? I'm making it a thing, in honour of brave Hugh Jackman, pioneer of the songtage. The opening 20 minutes of The Greatest Showman are basically one overlong montage set to music, starting with a young actor fantasising about how he might possibly turn into Hugh Jackman in later life. Wouldn't you know it: he does! Hilariously, the songtage expertly portrays the passing of time by abruptly cutting from a 12-year-old kid to 49-year-old Hugh Jackman with slightly shaggier hair. Dreams can come true! Maybe you too will turn into Hugh Jackman mid-song!

3. The freaks do some dance-fighting Everything in The Greatest Showman is a dance-something. Lot of hyphenated action in this movie. Characters don't walk, they dance-walk. They don't talk, they dance-talk. So it stands to reason when Barnum's menagerie of freaks is set upon by an angry mob, they don't just fight, they dance-fight with a 5-6-7-8 and a song in their angry blood. There is an alternate cut of this scene, where the mostly effete and physically ailing circus performers get battered into freakpaste by the mob, but not in this movie, not in The Greatest Showman, where everything must be done in perfect 4-4 rhythm. You can't even take a dump in Barnum's toilet unless you do it while tapping your feet. One of my favorite sonf is "THIS IS ME"

4. One section of the movie sees Barnum become besotted with Rebecca Ferguson's character Jenny Lind, billed as world's greatest opera singer, who doesn't sing opera and isn't that great. I enjoyed these scenes because I thought the film was good with this scenes and the singer has the power voice

Overall opinion :

The Greatest Musical, I absolutely loved this movie. The soundtrack is amazing, the songs are gripping and beautifully performed. The actors were all well chosen for their rolls. The dance numbers were very well choreographed.

Score : 9.5/10