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Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018)
Legend played a legend superbly
I think people forget the movie version came out 45 years ago. So many other things have been remade 5 times in that span.
I am not sure why folks complain about not hearing over the audience. I am guessing they are on TV's that came out 45 years ago. You can change the sound setting on the new TV's to play quality music. I had no trouble. I enjoyed seeing Legend interact with the audience. The "Hosanna" song where he got them all clapping was amazing. That is what theater is all about.
As far as people saying he was miscast as Christ, well we all know those are veiled prejudicial statements.
Legend is a classically trained musician. He was excepted into Harvard and Georgetown on his music merits. He was a child prodigy on the piano and vocals. He was a music director by his junior year. He never missed a single note or word in any song. He has an Oscar, a Tony and multiple Grammy's. Rice and Webber worked with him on every song. His tone and pitch were perfect. He is an amazing talent. If he earns an Emmy with this performance, he will be a very select few to earn an EGOT.
As far as the perception of being miscast, Jesus (A name he never heard once during his time on earth) was born Jewish, died Jewish, and was resurrected Jewish. He will return Jewish as well. All of those "J" words and not one J in the Hebrew alphabet. His name was actually Yeshua or Immanuel.
The Bible does not give many descriptions of his appearance, but it does give several key ones. His skin was bronze, and his hair was like wool. It also said he looked like a son of Judah. He looked Jewish. He would have had a long beard, sideburns, and probably dark skin and hair. The Nazarene's came over from Greece. He would have probably worn a yamika as well. He also warned against preachers wearing white robes. His robes were probably natural linens or wool. Bleaching was only for the very wealthy.
Legend stepped into some big shoes. He comes from a preacher family in the Mid West in a country Jesus never heard of or stepped foot in. But I think he would have smiled at this performance. It was beautifully done and moved people.
Christmas Magic (2011)
Refreshing NOT!
This is a blatant rip off of Just Like Heaven with Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. They just threw a kid and Christmas into the mix. All of the folks calling it refreshing must not have seen that. I'm surprised they haven't sued.
If someone is on life support, they have a ventilator, IV's, heart monitors etc. The mask they had on her wasn't even for O2.
Ick!
The Christmas Note (2015)
Pretty bad
When I watched this a few years ago, I thought it was hokey. I honestly didn't remember some of it.
Spoiler::!!!! I honestly thought for a minute the two girls were going to be in a relationship. It honestly would have been a better story. But then I remembered it was Hallmark. You don't lie to your audience. They did lie with the dad. Honestly, the one sister looked 10 years younger than the other. So that didn't fit for me. Why did she keep the one and not the other? Where were the bio dads?
The only redeemable part was the kid. This just needs to go in the Hallmark vaults. It's just poorly done and not a good story.