Reaction to Singing in the Rain

I personally hate any kind of musical with a passion.  But somehow and for some reason I liked Singing in the Rain.  If it were on Broadway, I'd probably go see it.  I like how they incorperated a lot of songs that weren't written for the film into it.  I think only one of the songs was actually written for the film.  I enjoyed the story behind it and it kept my attention through the movies entirety.  I think the Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Renyolds must have practiced their dances for months.  Everything was so in sync  and so perfect that it must have taken multiple takes for every dance scene.  The "make em laugh" number was the most memorable part of the movie for me.  That had to be so well thought out and planned to make that as perfect as they did.   I think a lot of this movie is so corny, such as the little love part to it, that it makes it such a great film.