TCP: Jesus Christ Superstar

TCP for this week is about Movie Musicals. My favorite movie genre! I can go on and on talking about my favorite movie musicals. I really like watching musical as I am very emotional person. I really enjoy how much each performance conveys the emotion of the character. Remember when the Phantom of the Opera sung The Music of the Night? You can feel how much he wants Christine and how obsessed and loving he can be. How about when they sing Dancing Queen in Mama Mia? Don’t you just want to dance and celebrate the joys of being a woman? See what I mean? In a musical movie the actors and the actresses not only sings but they also act. Before I present to you my most favorite musical, here is a preview:

The video was not from the musical but the song my Marce Seiko sung was from it. No idea? It’s the film Jesus Christ Superstar. That’s my favorite movie musical. I can watch it everyday without getting bored. Every scene is a must watch. Every song is a must hear. I so love this movie and it comes from my favorite era the seventies! I am not qite sure what comes first..is it my love for JCS or for 70′s. Do I love seventies because of Jesus Christ Superstar or do I love JCs because it comes from the 70′s.. maybe the latter.. Bob Marley comes from 70′s too.. OK I am confused again..

Jesus Christ Superstar (film) was based on the rock opera on the same name. This was created by the musical geniuses Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The rock opera is based on the last few days of Jesus and highlights the political conflict between him and Judas. It begun on the preparation of Jesus and his followers to enter Jerusalem and ends on his crucifixion. Although it is based on St John’s Gospel account of the last few weeks of Jesus it focuses more on politics and not religion. It also shows some human sides of Jesus and him favoring Mary Magdalene over the others.

I like this movie not because of its religious bearing but because the story is referencing from our usual Bible related stories of Jesus Christ. Aside from that, the entertaining value of this film is just overwhelming. You gotta watch it for you to know how it feels.. but please don’t watch it thinking the religious version because you will be very disappointed.