sad excuse for a musical-movie

Rating: 1/10 (27 February 2007)

I am a huge musical nerd, i live and breath in my show tunes. when ever i visit NYC i always go see a show, and i love preforming in shows full of dancing and singing. i also love seeing movies like RENT, Chicago, or the Producers, which were fantastic musical movies. Dreamgirls on the other hand was a huge thumbs down in my book as far as musical movies go. i was very exited to see it, due to the fact that i am a theater nerd, and that there was so much talk about how great of a movie it was. it was all i could do to keep my eyes open, or for laughing at some parts that were supposed to be serous. it was like one long really bad music video that was totally predictable. Jennifer Hudson is a singer, not and actress, i think that fact that she won the Oscar is a shame because she was terrible (i've studied acting for a very long time, so i think i would know) i didn't believe a word that she said, her singing was great i will give her that, but god she needs some more training before her next movie. i will go as far as to say this may be her the last movie she will ever do. i am a huge Beyonce fan, however her performance was a let down for me, because i felt like she played herself in the movie, however playing oneself might be the biggest acting challenge any actor will ever do. i also didn't believe her performance. all in all i want my $8 and 3 hrs of my life back from having to sit through that, there were points when i wanted to get up and leave. i have never seen the show its self, however the movie does not make me wish i could go see it, or do it ever in my life as an actress. i think Jennifer Hudson's Oscar should be taken away and given to little miss sunshine, because the girl is 10 years old and i have watched her movie about 5 times because she is amazing!