Originally posted by: wmgan

Now, the recent movie of The Producers -- that's the way a movie musical should be made (and I know I'm going to get lots of argument on this). Great singing, great acting. Those are the things that really count.

I'll side with you there. The movie has great singing and acting, but I think its strongest point was that it felt like a Broadway musical, not a movie based on a Broadway musical. The sets, the lighting, none of it really felt like a movie, but like a stage show. You can certainly tell this in "Betrayed" when all the other jail cell's inmates just sort of fade away and they do a lot of Broadway style lighting. Phantom of the Opera felt much more like a movie....inspired by the broadway show.

And this edit sounds really cool. It looks like a lot of work went into it.