UK movie magazine EMPIRE had an article in this month's issue about the worst movie vanity projects ever made.

Apart from "Honest" (All Saints) and "Battlefield Earth" (John Travolta), the third worst of all time was "Under The Cherry Moon" for Prince.

They even criticise the soundtrack i.e. Parade (how dare they!??!)

Here's what they said:

"Two friends go to the south of France to become gigolos in the 20s/30s/40s/whenever and persuade rich women to part with their cash.

Sins: Prince's acting. A script where the only camera direction appears to consist of the words: "AND THEN A BIG CLOSE-UP OF ME." Prince directing.

Hopes of Salvation: Very slight. The soundtrack's not bad. From a distance."

DaveDare79 said:

I must not be a movie critic, because I love Under the Cherry Moon!

WRECKA-STOW!

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DaveDare79 said:

What do they know.....

tell us something we don't know.

DaveDare79 said:

So true.

I would have thought Purple Rain was his vanity project!

metalorange said:

Has he done a film that WASN'T a 'vanity project'?

FruitToAttractBears said:

Graffiti Bridge was a documentary on the everyday street-life in downtown downtrodden Minneaopolis... errr, wasn't it?

metalorange said:

metalorange said:

to date i have not seen any angels get hit by jeeps whilst living here, nor have i seen morris day posing by his porsche or pissing in houseplants.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

You need to get out more then

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Yeah, but you do ride into your own club on a motorbike and have dance-offs over ownership... right?...

metalorange said:

all that, and i throw my beloved Hohner through the window in anger every night!!

They say Prince originaly wanted Morris Day to play the leed roll.
But W.B rejected to make the movie unless Prince was the star in it.

FruitToAttractBears said:

Almost. More like "AND THEN A BIG CLOSE-UP OF MY LEFT SIDE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I GOT THIS BEAUTY MARK.

Adisa said:

"AND IF YOU FORGET TO THROW IN A CLOSE-UP PANORAMIC SHOT OF MY ASS, I SWEAR TO GAWD I WILL CUT YOU."

DaveDare79 said:

Doesn't sound like they've even bothered to watch it. It's quite obviously not set in the 20s/30s/40s.

poisonmouth said:

WTF are you talking about? That's not obvious at all!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

ROFL

These wouldn't be so funny to me if they weren't in all caps hahahaha...*whew* but they are, therefore:

FruitToAttractBears said:

It is obvious to anyone that knows music. If it was set in the 20's or 30's, then how could Mary Sharon be singing "Planet Rock" - a song that came out over 50 years later??

So that means that Moulin Rouge is not set in the 1900's because they keep
singing songs that were only written in the last 30 years?

[Edited 6/30/06 15:12pm]

under the cherry moon is not a good film but the "vanity project" bullshit that appears in every review is just that, bullshit. and very unfair. purple rain is far more of a vanity project, if anything. and anyone who knows anything about prince knows that the cherry moon era was probably his least narcissistic and most collaborative period ever; if he had put a fake name under "director" these complaints about it being a vanity project would be non existent

Militant said:

It's also obvious if you look at the date on the check.

FruitToAttractBears said:

Yes it is.

Yer mom.

I must admit, I watched UTCM again when it came out on DVD last year, and I had to stop it well before the end. Its sadly so very crap, Its one redeeming bit is Girls & Boys, but other than that, relying on Wreka Stow as its one gag wears a bit thin.

UTCM is the best Prince movie - but for all the wrong/right reasons.

I guess it's down to your tastes, but if you like watching good-bad movies, you'll get it, otherwise you'll hate it.

I dug it 4 the comedy that it was.