I saw "Dreamgirls" recently and was pretty underwhelmed. Can't say I'm not surprised it didn't get a best film oscar nomination - not that it means much anyway these days.
Jennifer Hudson, who plays Effie and has been nominated for best supporting actress, is good but only great in one scene when her friends and colleagues dump her. I have a soft spot for Jennifer, way back when she was in American Idol. She was unceremoniously evicted from the show, when the bottom 3 idol contestants were all, controversially, black american women and the show at that point stunk of racism. It's pretty amazing that she can come from that show and now be oscar-nominated. I'm not holding my breath for Guy Sebastian or Casey Donovan....
I've been reading quite a bit of stuff online about how popular "Dreamgirls" has become for gay audiences, who wax lyrical over the songs, costumes and storylines but I just don't get it. Ho-hum.
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I went to see Dreamgirls on Sat night. I thought it was good actually. Heaps better than I was expecting, I usually don't like musicals but I thought Jennifer Hudson was great. Weird that she was not nominated for best actress as it is all about her...maybe couldn't upset Beyonce?? I'm sure there's a story there.
yes, there's a biatch rivalry there i'm sure!
I really didn't get into it. I can see why it wasn't nominated for best film or director. I felt it was pretty emotionally empty - even the Effie storyline wasn't satisfying....it was good, but "not great".
I think it would have been more successful as a film if it had focussed only on Effie's story, rather than kind of share it with the other characters...
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