glamslamkid said:

omg....you're absolutely right, they do look like that! i think it looks like a bunch of sheep brains glued together and spray-painted on.

I agree, i didn't like it much

Oooo, it's gone sticky! I'm honoured

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Is thats whats written on that heart-shaped piece of paper !
I could never make out what the hell it was on there

perhaps "just around the corner" is the future he never got around 2...i knew folk working on the project & he was serious yet no one N it could tell U what it was about...it validated 4B that those Dreams & strangeButTrue events were something we were sharing (i thought it was just B)...Aura's character was key:
really something he was trying 2 understand (he still doesn't get it) & it might B difficult 4 some 2 believe there is one N the flesh who can "move with agility & grace Btween visable & invisable time & space"...he let it slip in "tick, tick, bang, bang": "you're such a QueenB"=2 date Jerome is the only one who briefly figured it out~yo romierome it seemed 2 start a decade of releasing stuff folks found difficult 2 relate 2...& on we go....

wow very funny post Nouveau!
Makes me want to go get the DVD just
to wallow in the cheesiness

OH MAN!
It's going to take a whole group of orgers to top this one!

moonshine said:

The word being spelled out was 'mine'


Ummmm...just in case anyone was wondering

i remember watching this like " what the HELL did i miss in between Purple Rain and this shit??"

Amazing thread...

hott damn that was a kick ass thread! we should do this every month!

This thread is the best thing I've ever read on the internet.

Excellent job, NouveauDance. (and dead on it, I must say)

Okay, I have another question regarding yet another unanswered mystery. How did Morris have special powers to put a spell on Aura while she was passed out? I believe the spell was to make Aura fall in love with the first person she sees after she awakens. Did someone give Morris a magic wand? Where were his magic powers in Purple Rain?

Nominated for thread of the decade!!! ROFLMAO

BinaryJustin said:

ThankU so much 4 posting this review, even if u don't agree with it yourself, this is what have been saying 2 people 4 years. My first experience of Graffiti Bridge was at the age of 17 when bought it on video. knew nothing of the absolute distaste of Prince fams 2 this film so watched it with a completely open and untainted mind, and 2 me it appeared 2 be a sweet, and kinda silly fairytale. The creaky sets 2 me merely reinforced the idea that this was a fairytale land, or fantasy world if u will. got many positive messages from this film, and believe if u watch it with an open and positive mind, forgetting all the cynicism surrounding this film then u too will experience enjoyment and fun of a positive nature from this film. We all need 2 embrace the idea of play more, Prince is like a child in creating this film: having fun. If we all recognised this need 4 fun a little more the world might be a slightly more bearable place.

Many thanks 2 the creator of this thread, in a roundabout way u have enabled me 2 share my love of this film.

If anyone wishes 2 discuss further with me why love this film and genuinely cry at the sad moments(no not the acting!! ) then org me, am more than happy 2 sing the praises of this film forever.

Love 2 U all.

Appollonia (AKA Kat)

Kick-ass post Nouveau!

I saw the movie on vid over 10 years ago, cringed the whole time, and wiped it mostly from my memory.

It was a bit of a shocker, coz until then I had genuinely felt that P could not really go wrong - a mild misstep here and there, but nothing BAD. I mean I generally liked to some degree every song on every album, every vid, and every movie (UTCM was cute, not amazing...). I had even loved GB the album. Suddenly, I was watching one of the worst movies ever made - and it was entirely created by P. Had I been wrong about him all along?

It was certainly the first time I went off him for a bit. Couldn't really enjoy the album as much any more. Then came D&P. Well, actually, first came Gett Off, which totally restored my faith. But THEN came D&P. I mean, it still excited me at first, and I listened to it heaps - but the faith was gone. I don't mean religious-style faith, I mean belief in the near infallibility of his talent.

I think that's what the next ten years were about for most of us - getting used to seeing Prince fall off, or short of, the mark over and over, particularly when it seemed that he had never missed before. I mean, take Lovesexy. When most people didn't get it (and those WERE some weird and ugly duds he was wearing), I could be confident that they had the problem. After GB, it was hard to ever be REALLY sure again...

Appollonia said:

I can confirm the crying. I've witnessed it myself. I was the same as everyone else and sure I cringe at the acting but after having the message and feel of the film explained from a different point I can see what the idea should have been.

I still cringe at the time piece when Morris is trying to climb that damn bridge!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHH!!!!!

ehehehHAHAHAHAHHEHEHAHHAHHhahahahahehehehehahhahahAAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!!

But I liked Graffiti Bridge.

This is a desecration.

This is the funniest and best thread I have ever read. I have been a member for a while and this is the first thread I have ever posted on. This thread had me laughing so damn hard I had to say Thanks!

NWF said:

Awww...I like the movie too

But..dammit...this is funny!

Nikster said:

I liked the movie because of the music, but fuck it I don't even like the movie anymore, too many good points made here, also I always wondered why the movie was shot so dark?

Meloh9 said:

That was something I picked up on when I was doing the screen grabs, I really had to turn the brightness/contrast up A LOT on most of the images.

NouveauDance said:

I don't think Prince learned how to measure light properly, or since this was right after Batman I thought maybe he was going for a Dark Gotham City kind of vibe?

NouveauDance said:

let us not forget the part where Morris is trying to walk up the bridge, but it becomes impossible...?

i almost peed my pants

sexkitten04 said:

I liked that part; it was a moment of self awareness, like "Who the hell made this bridge you can't even walk over?!"

But do you need to walk over it at all?

Doesn't the Kid ride his motorcycle around the bridge, effectively riding on the "river?"

what about the hangman scene?

Snap said:

Prince is the man no question, but when I was in the 8th grade I made 6 of my friends go see this movie on opening night, 14 years later they are still pissed at me. Purple rain was respectable because no one in the movie for the most part had ever acted before. Under the cherry moon was hilarious, and Prince was an absoulute pimp in the movie, but Graffti Bridge, as much as I have tried to stick up for it over the years was terrible. Morris Day was the only good part of the movie. YESSSSS.

NouveauDance said:

Hey! I really liked that scene!! (It was the only one I liked, but....)