If it's serious and if it's a movie (and not about, like, opera singers), sometimes I need a reason too. Like old musicals-as-movies are fine. Anything on stage is always fine. Anything played with muscial convention is fine. (I'm thinking Jesus Christ Superstar - clearly serious, but also clearly a musical). Come to think of it, the only thing that ever gave me pause was Rent the movie. I love Rent, and I've seen it on stage several times. I like the movie well enough too, but it was so gritty that it seemed sort of . . . not in keeping with the genre. I love Les Mis too, but the musical version as a movie probably wouldn't work as well for me as the stage production did.

*love* "Selfless." I just like OMWF because it has more singing. And because it depresses me less. *sniff*

I love B/A, but yeah, I don't know if I'd call myself die hard. *g* I don't know that I really see Buffy as innocent though. In the beginning she is and compared to Angel she absolutely is, but there's that darkness in her as well and I think I'd like the ship less if there wasn't. Eh, I don't know. Sometimes it does work for me just fine. I do like Erik and Christine and you're right, POTO ends the only way it can - which is why they should not be forcing me to watch this sequel. *g*