Still not as good a singing voice as Shirley Jones, but quite good. The thing that gets me, though, is her quacking duck speaking voice, a curse of modern women who grow up talking the way they hear others speak....how do we ever get back to when women cultivated nicely modulated speaking voices with sparkling, bell like laughter as well.
Say what you will about Mathew's Hill, but I adore Kristin's Marian. She plays her a lot stronger and less uptight than most versions - she doesn't need Harold Hill to bring her out of her shell, she'll come out on her own when he shows he's worthy. Case in point - 1:09 - the way she says "Good" so casually instead of shouting it while glaring the way Shirley Jones did? Makes it a much sicker burn.
Kinda amazing someone like Kristin, who people normally refer to only for her assets (if you know what i mean), being shown in such a fantastic light. people often overlook real talent for these reasons, and this is a solid reminder that looks really aren't everything.
It's not easy - acting with children, too. She does have a good chemistry with the youngsters. She has incredible relative pitch and near- perfect pitch.
they didn't use the same script as the first movie... they used the same script as the musical... if they were to be "original", as you say, then a bunch of other people would be upset that they weren't faithful to the Meredith Willson's book
and this is why i love her i was just listening to her "my new philosophy" and laughing my butt off, and then she can sing this too, AND play Cunegonde she is spectacular
well, I've been forced to sit through a high school version of the music man for the past two days (and once more tomorrow), I have to say they do a better job at portraying the characters. Then again Live performances are generally somewhere above video I guess : P
Amber Alice is so mean! She has no reasoning in what she says. She laughs at poor winthrop and calls her nice piano teacher an old maid! Then HUGS her!!!
i have to say, i like the 1962 version of "Goodnight, My Someone" a bit better than this one, simply because I like the moment between Marion and Amaryllis better than Kristen Chenoweth's somewhat pining attitude at the end of this version. She still put over the number beautifully though!
OMG!!! Its Kristen Chenoweth!!!!WICKED IS THE BEST!!! She sings great with enthusiasm but her facial expressin is like Matthew Broderick's singing. -.-
I love Kristin, she's my hero! I like her more then Shirley Jones, just because i don't like constant vibrato in a voice like shirley has. But i like them both as actresses, for sure.
we live in different times now.. lol. actresses were a little different back then than they are now.. i actually think she doesn't have the face of a star.. (don't know how t describe it so don't ask lol) but she has an incredible voice. she should do disney voice overs. or has she already?
I've seen both this version and the one with Robert Preston. (I like both) I've noticed quite a difference in the script between both. Which one follows the original 1957 script, or does neither? The lyrics of the songs appear to be the same, except for "Rock Island".
I still like the 1962 big-screen version (Warner Bros. filmed it) better than the 2003 TV-movie remake (Disney cooked it up). Even so, I thought the remake beat the original in only one place: I liked Megan Moniz' portrayal of Amaryllis better than the one Monique Vermont did in '62. (And I agree that they should've let Moniz sing alongside Kristin Chenoweth.)
