davidh777

Rules

Back by popular (?) demand, the Romance, Music & Musicals Challenge occupies a space sometimes held by the Academy Award Movie Challenge. This year's long runaway for that challenge just gives us more opportunities for double-counting in February!

Eligible titles include romantic movies and TV shows, filmed concerts, music-themed movies, and musicals--they don't have to fit all three categories! So this is the time to catch up on AppleTV's CODA, Casablanca, TAR, Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, leftover Hallmark Christmas movies, Summer of Soul, and whatever else strikes your fancy. Use your best judgment on qualifying titles or ask in the discussion thread, but we tend to be pretty lenient. Live events (concerts, stage musicals, etc.) can also be listed, but sorry, not your Valentine's Day date with your sweetheart or streaming an album on Spotify.

Post your list here in the list thread. Be as creative or as basic with your list as you want.

You may number (or not number) the items on your list any way you like.

davidh777

• Watch a performance that was recorded/presented during COVID (virtual choir, isolated, distanced, or masked performance, etc.)
• Watch a rom-com
• Watch a concert film
• Watch an eligible title with an LGBTQ+ theme or elements
• Watch an eligible title that is a period piece or is based on a book or historical event
• Watch an eligible title that features dancing
• Watch an eligible title starring at least one POC
• Watch a melodrama
• Watch a an eligible title made for a TV channel or streaming service
• Watch an eligible title based on/recording of a Broadway show
• Watch a winner of an Oscar or the Grammy Award for Best Music Film
• Watch an eligible title set in Paris, London, or NYC
• Watch a film listed in AFI's 100 Years of Musicals
• Watch an eligible title featuring one of the following: Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn
• Watch an eligible title featuring one of the following: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Anne Hathaway, Rachel McAdams, Julia Roberts, Will Smith
• Watch an eligible title featuring one of the following: Julie Andrews, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Marilyn Monroe
• Watch an eligible title featuring one of the following: Anna Kendrick, Barbra Streisand, John Travolta, Renee Zellweger
• Watch an eligible title that includes music by one of the following: George Gershwin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim
• By decade:
• -1930s
• -1940s
• -1950s
• -1960s
• -1970s
• -1980s
• -1990s
• -2000s
• -2010s
• -2020s

davidh777

Reserved for my list

1/31
1. RRR*

2/1
2. Love in Glacier Park: A National Park Romance (Hallmark 2023)*
3. Love Under the Stars (Hallmark 2015)*

Cardsfan111

Challenge History: 2020 - 69; 2021 - 58; 2022 - 60

February 1
1. Beaches (1988)
2. That '70s Show - Parents Find Out
3. That '70s Show - Kiss of Death

jmsmath

2023 Romance, Music & Musicals Challenge

Blu-ray | DVD | Theater | TV/DVR | HD-DVD

☼ = First time viewing

January 31
01. Notorious (1946)☼

February 1
02. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)☼

shadokitty

February 1

1. Flowers And Trees - YouTube
2. Leaves' Eyes: Live At Wacken Open Air 2012 - YouTube
3. Stevie Nicks Live At The Greek Theater Los Angeles 2007 - YouTube

Trevor

Love

Indy24LA

2022's Challenge
2021's Challenge
2020's Challenge

* indicates first time viewing

February 1st
1. The Greatest Showman (2017)

HyperWeather

Maybe here

hbsvb

1. Forrest Gump (1994)

Travis McClain

Challenge History 2020 | 2021 | 2022

Objectives
Watch at least one movie from each of my paid subscription services |
Watch at least five un-logged movies from my digital library, including:
-Funny Girl
-Ghost
-Grease
Watch at least five un-logged movies from my disc library, including:
-Coming Home
Earn the silver trophy on iCheckMovies's AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions list (I need 19 at the start of the challenge)
Reach 75% on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions list on Letterboxd (due to discrepancies, I need 24 there)

List

1. 1/31 Gone with the Wind Audio Commentary by Film Historian Rudy Behlmer
2. 2/01 The Awful Truth

ororama

1. The Red Mill (1927) * 74 min.

*First time viewing

KaBluie

The Fourth Annual February Romance, Music & Musicals Challenge

2023-02-01
1.

bacigalup

Blu-ray / 4K UHD / DVD / Streaming

2-01-2023
1 - Love Me Tender (1956)