Review of The Greatest Showman (2017) by Sei L — 15 Mar 2018

Terrible, no real animals were used!!!! Just kidding, but it's almost as ridiculous as most reviews on this movie are. THE MUSIC WAS GREAT, AND STORY DID FEEL A BIT RUSHED THROUGH OUT. hOWEVER, WHAT I ADORED ABSOLUTELY WAS HOW bARNUM WAS PORTRAYED AS A MERE HUMAN WHO MADE MISTAKES AND WHO LET HIS AMBITIONS CLOUD WHAT REALLY MATTERED TO HIM. wE COULD SEE HIM SLOWLY SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL WITH GREED FOR FAME, FORTUNE, AND TO PROVE HIMSELF AS A SOMEBODY TO PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T ACTUALLY MATTER TO HIM. yES, IT WASN'T HISTORICALLY ACCURATE, BUT THIS MOVIE ISN'T ABOUT THAT. iT'S ABOUT HOW A MAN LEARNS TO ACCEPT HIS FLAWS AND TO REALIZE WHAT HIS DREAMS WERE.

THE CINEMATOGRAPHY WAS ALSO FANTASTIC. wHILE SOME MAY FIND IT AN EYESORE, I FOUND IT UNIQUE AND CORRESPONDS TO THOSE SMALL DISTRACTIONS WE WOULD LOOK AT QUICKLY, THEN BACK AT THE MAIN FOCUS.

THIS WHOLE MOVIE WAS VERY REFRESHING FOR ME, AS I honestly don't like musicals. And plus Hugh Jackman looked genuinely happy to be in it. It was a good movie.