by phil curtolo " madonna - antonio banderas - jonathan price - in an alan parker film - with music from andrew lloyd weber - and lyrics by tim rice - evita .
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now i have to admit , the trailer for this rock - opera - turned - major motion picture is almost breath - taking for some .
the soundtrack is wonderful to listen to .
so why would n't the movie be wonderful to see .
simple , a little over 2 hours of constant singing can almost drive you insane .
the story of eva duarte ( madonna ) , evita is full of drama that 's trapped inside by all the notes and chords .
she was an orphaned child who ends up becoming a hooker , then goes into the field of acting , and finally meets juan peron ( price ) , the soon - to - be first president of argentina .
they fall in love and eventually marry .
sounds pretty good , does n't it .
well the story gets better , as eva goes on the " rainbow tour " across europe , trying to win respect .
eva duarte was a wonderful lady .
however , all of the drama - packed moments above were never understood because the actors and actresses sang to fast to be understood .
i went into theater 4 at magic cinemas with the attitude that evita was going to be terribly boring
and i left with happy , because i was right .
they only thing that kept me awake during the movie was the loud bangs of the drums and strums of the guitar .
although it did come off as dull , the beautiful cinematography is eye - catching , as was madonna 's performance .
as the " spiritual leader of argentina , " madonna would have definitely been an oscar - contender had she spoken a single line .
but her chance was taken away with the stubbornness of making an exact replica of the broadway musical a film .
do n't get me wrong and do n't look at my grade .
i am not a big fan of musicals on the big screen .
if you 're going to pay to see a movie , you want to see a movie .
now i have to admit , it 's a lot cheaper to pay $ 5 than $ 200 plus to see the play , but that 's what did me in .
all this review contains is my opinion and my grade was set before i even saw the movie .
now you may be saying , " what kind of critic is he ? , " and you 're right .
as a critic , i should have given the movie a chance .
but as a 17-year old quentin tarantino fan , it was way too hard . ,
dull her chance was taken away with the stubbornness can almost drive you insane terribly boring