This episode is so good.
Joss Whedon is a true genius. Having an episode completely silent and now a musical? And we're still captivated! As I was watching it I could see high shoolers doing this. The songs are fantastic, funny and cheesy, especially Xander and Anya's song about their fears and insecurities about their wedding, could have been taken directly out of a Stephen Sondheim musical. But the songs are not all funny. Buffy's grand soliloqy about her being taken out of heaven is really painful. Willow hopefully learns something from this, even though the damage is probably done. If the songs are truly how they feel, Tara has had enough of her wicca overload.
A definite 10/10. I really liked that it was the cast's own voices, it wasn't meant to pretty, but none of them directly sucked. Xander was probably the weakest voice, but it had it's charm. At least he was better than Russel Crowe in Les Mis. Oh and a final note: Michelle Trachtenberg showed some really sexy moves...and it's OK to say that as she's no longer 15.
Joss Whedon is a true genius. Having an episode completely silent and now a musical? And we're still captivated! As I was watching it I could see high shoolers doing this. The songs are fantastic, funny and cheesy, especially Xander and Anya's song about their fears and insecurities about their wedding, could have been taken directly out of a Stephen Sondheim musical. But the songs are not all funny. Buffy's grand soliloqy about her being taken out of heaven is really painful. Willow hopefully learns something from this, even though the damage is probably done. If the songs are truly how they feel, Tara has had enough of her wicca overload.
A definite 10/10. I really liked that it was the cast's own voices, it wasn't meant to pretty, but none of them directly sucked. Xander was probably the weakest voice, but it had it's charm. At least he was better than Russel Crowe in Les Mis. Oh and a final note: Michelle Trachtenberg showed some really sexy moves...and it's OK to say that as she's no longer 15.