 Ah, there's the flavor we've all been looking for the yearly Christmas musical Hey guys, this is my review for the greatest showman a new film by huge Jackman huge Jackman It's a film about P.T. Barnum and the birth of his circus and just what he did how he took in The more oddity of people in some forms. They were freaks and others They were unique talents unique people and he brought them together and a happy merry-go-fun time musical now the thing that I kept on Now there was two movies I had kept on having in my mind while watching this film the main one was bars Lazarums Mulan Rouge because this from the trailers they show that this was gonna be a period piece But clearly not taking itself seriously in the sense of being a period piece with a lot of more updated music with tones and some kind of crazy outlandish sort of ideas and Then la la land now that was because of how good that movie was for me last year And it was one of my favorite movies of the year last year I heard that a few people involved with la la land were involved with this movie as well And it was interesting to see what they would do taking on a period piece Back in the late the earth the birth of the 20th century and this is definitely a feel-good sort of movie It's definitely very upbeat very happy and whatnot However, I looked up the history of PT Barnum before I went and saw this movie and I just feel it's a little souring that a guy who was such a piece of shit to animals is Hurified as being this great and awesome dude who also used while in this film He says that he's attracting the unique and very odd people For to show them as they truly are to have them be loved But we also know that he was using them as apologies for the term freak show Attractions and the fact this movie just makes him such a nice guy Even when things fail that are clearly his fault even when he oppresses his own people He basically they just welcome him with open arms. Hugh Jackman does a great job Both in the singing department and the acting department Hugh Jackman is a very Very well certified actor. I like him. He proved himself Magnificently with Logan earlier this year. However, just his portrayal of PT Barnum is so Disney-fied if I can say that it's nothing different from what we've seen from other films And it's just a very rudimentary by the number story like you can literally place how the story is gonna go By the first ten minutes and I did and that literally Happened the whole movie is by the numbers and that's one of the things that was kind of a little bit of a draw for me Cuz I was sitting there waiting. Okay, if I know how the movie is gonna proceed at least the songs couldn't be good, right? For the most part they are the songs are very good There's two songs in particular one done by the stage group Hugh Jackman doesn't have anything to fall of it It's mainly about them kind of being accepted who they are and like being proud of who they are and Showing off their talents and everything that was a really good song and then Zac Efron with I Think he was Mary Jane in the new homecoming movie They have a very good song and not only is it a good song, but the choreography for it is fantastic Leaving this rope work in this trapeze art. I thought that was really well done And the choreography throughout the film is all right. However Mulan Rouge kept on coming into mind and that the idea that I was fabbling with this movie is it's not Going all the way with its theme. It's not being balls out crazy. It's like literally dipping its like little finger in They're playing pop-like songs. They're not songs that are from the age. They are very updated They are very almost modern in terms of how they are constructed how they're orchestrated and just how they sound So if you're gonna do that, why don't you go all the way now? I'm admitting I really wish that bars Lazzarum had directed this movie because at least that would have been a consistent over-the-top very stylistic sort of idea because we weren't gonna get a story. That's very Very deep if no, we're not gonna get that at least we can get a very stylized movie The movie is very meh like there's nothing that's really standing out about it And in the end my final problem with this movie is its message at the end is It's almost grease in its form of ignorance Spend all of your money recklessly for your own gains If you screw up someone's gonna probably bail you out even if you would press and Subjugate and neglect the people who you took in from the cold and treat them exactly like everyone else does They'll forget that whole thing and just be like yeah, you're a bro, bro And your wife is gonna stand beside you while you do everything for your own means Now I'm not saying that this movie was going to be Oscar worthy in terms of its death But I think there's just a few parts of this movie that are quite ignorant But on the positive it is a fun movie. It's a very good feel-good movie to end the year It's been a really up-and-down year. So if you want to watch a movie and have some really cool music I would suggest this the music in this film is pretty good It's kind of a little bit offsetting in terms of what it is, but it is still a fun musical movie It's just not a musical movie for me, but my mom enjoyed it I know some other people have enjoyed it and you probably will too just When you sit down just be prepared to literally be able to guess the entire movie within the first ten minutes Anyways guys, I'm gonna give the greatest showman a three out of seven. It's an enjoyable time It's definitely not the most memorable of musicals and to be honest I would have much rather seen a much more in-depth look into P.T. Barnum as the person he was instead of this very very Disnified character. I was hoping for something like Steve Jobs That was great. That's all for me I hope you enjoyed this review if you guys like this review leave a like down below and if you want maybe subscribe and My top ten movies of 2017 will be coming out later today, so make sure to stay tuned for that. Anyways guys Thank you for watching. Let's see y'all next time