The Greatest Showman #2

In May 2020, I watched The Greatest Showman on DVD. The movie is my most favorite musical ever. It was released in 2017. I had already watched it four times at theaters but I felt happy to do it even on a TV screen. Then I was moved to tears as well as at the theaters, though I hope that I will watch it at theaters next time.

The story describes half the life of P. T. Barnum, an American showman, who was active in the nineteenth century. Hugh Jackman acted the showman.

The songs were especially wonderful. "A Million Dreams" is full of dreams and hopes. Some people tends to deny someone's dream. Every time I see them, I feel like telling them to let the person alone and shut up. I also want to tell them that we do not want to become like them. When "Come Alive" was played, I naturally smiled at the tall Hugh Jackman who was lightly dancing on the stage of the theater. He was at age 49 in 2017. What an energetic middle-aged man! Then Barnum's two daughters were adorably dancing on the auditorium to the song. "Never Enough" was fantastic. The bewitching Rebecca Ferguson was singing it with deep emotion. The song was dubbed, but all the same I was really moved. The next song, "This Is Me," made me cry again. That was fifth times. My most favorite song ever. "We are warriors! This is me!" After that, good songs were continuously played until the end. The musical has no crappy songs, which is amazing.  

I watched Zac Efron for the first time in the movie. Although he had been regarded as handsome, yet I did not think of him that way. It might be because I did not know how cool and popular he had been when he was younger.

The subtitles "The noblest art is that of making others happy" at the end always made me feel that it matters only whether the movie is intriguing and exciting. I will stop finding fault unless I cannot possibly overlook the fault.