I have been a Prince fan since i was knee high to a grasshopper and not yet seen this flick, is it worth buying as ive heard from many folk that this movie is a hunk of shit

4 me,it's all about the way Prince looks in the movie.That along makes it all worth buying!

save your money and spend it on something more worthwhile, like a pack of chewing gum.

Watch it on fast forward untill the songs.

It's awful. A pile of self-indulgent twaddle. I love the album, but I've seen the film twice in my life and that's at least one time too many.

sean2003 said:

It's just around the corner...

"PURPLE RAIN" was the only Prince movie worth while...I have watched this flick several times over many years and love it more each time I see it....

I find a lot of the scenes totally cringe-worthy (especially the bit where Aura wakes up in the Kid's bed and he indulges her in a game of hangman ), but if you enjoyed watching Morris and Jerome's double act in Purple Rain (which I did), then I think Graffiti Bridge is worth a wee swatch, cuz they get a lot more dialogue and screen time
The best thing you can do is try not to compare it to PR (because its not even close) and just enjoy it as a bit of nonsense!

I like it,if you're a fan you should get it for yourself and make up your own mind, these guys did!

no. i'd rather have the swatch.

throw holy water on yourself...get a crucifix and say 300 Hail Mary's before watching

scandalousalan said:

If they were handing this movie out free i still would not want it.
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Just watch to see the Tick Tick Bang performance and how Aura gets killed by that toy truck.

The Time is much more reliable on the swatch.

Unuterrable bad! you will waste precious moments of your life watching this

If you're a member of Netflix, both Graffiti Bridge and Under the Cherry Moon are available as part of their "Watch Now" feature where you can watch full-length movies instantly on your PC.

December1984 said:

Cool, thanx for that.

December1984 said:

they must not want to waste the postage

Raze said:

You beat me to it!

Just get the album (CD) it you don't already have it. All the songs on the CD are featured in the movie...but this way you won't have to suffer through all the worthless dialog. He almost tried to make it a Purple Rain part 2...but this movie fell WAY short!!!

Watch UtCM instead. That film's at least watchable.

Prince didn't end that movie with "Still Would Stand All Time" for no reason...



...everyone kept looking at their watches in the theatre, just begging for it to be over.

As optimistic as I was before watching this flick for the 1st time last year, and as much as I like to brush off Prince's more indulgent endeavors... this movie is unwatchable.

PR and UTCM are at least fun times and don't try to be profound. Just keep watching those and avoid GB as best you can!

Raze said:

Welllll, Prince does look HOTT in GB so watch it on mute, then turn on the sound during the musical numbers (well maybe not all of them-just for Prince and the Time's numbers). But for goodness sake, do not listen to the dialog!!!
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For the hardcore fan, I would say see it...only for the fact you get to see Prince. For me his speaking voice is enough to make me melt. It is the cheesiest movie ever made besides Ishtar. I was embarrassed when my nieces who are not fans, but were interested enough to go take a peek..saw it. I wanted to hide in a box like this.

I love that movie

thekidsgirl said:

Me too. I get the message.Though I would'nt call it a masterpiece or classic, I don't regret buying it.Actually I bought it twice, once on vhs then on dvd.

You might enjoy it if you get high first...Seriously

its really really bad. it took me about five attempts to get through it, and it's not even that long. it has some great ideas (its far more original than his previous two films) and i get totally what he was trying to do but he's not a scriptwriter, director or an actor. even the musical sequences suck; the joy in repetition part is an enormous letdown. having ingrid chavez say "love me" all the way through the lyrics completely ruins the climax of your song, prince, you goddamn idiot. that said, the elephants & flowers performance is extremely cool.