I picked up the DVD in HMV yesterday for £4, i figured it couldnt be that bad seeing as i enjoyed both "Purple Rain" and "Under The Cherry Moon" loads...however...

When people say:

1) It has no storyline - THEYRE NOT LYING
2) Its just a bunch of music videos put together - THEYRE NOT LYING
3) Prince is an aweful director - THEYRE NOT LYING
4) Prince doesnt put on a very good performance - THEYRE NOT LYING
5) He shouldnt have done it - THEYRE NOT LYING

And another thing i dont understand is, The Time released a full album "Pandemonium", plus like 3 tracks on the "Graffiti Bridge" soundtrack, why couldnt Prince just do us a full album? Having to skip through tracks like "Round and Round" every time i listen to the album gets a bit irritating.

Any of you guys thought "hey it can be that bad" only to be unpleasantly suprised?

xxx

I never said it was bad and I saw it the day it came out in the movies over 20 years ago!

Dayclear said:

k soz

If you think that's bad, you should now watch the Gangster Glam video. Prince managed to outdo himself on every single cheesiness level possible for that one--and he did it in 1/20th of the time it took to watch Graffiti Bridge.

THEY"re NOT me. Maybe it didn't cost very much money for Prince and his friends that worked on this project to please some of us...I own about a hundred movies...That I consider worth keeping..."Grafitti Bridge," is one of them...but "Under the Cherry Moon," is not.

Dayclear said:

DITTO - man i can't believe its been that long!!
Its kinda campy- kind of "let's make our own home movie" but I love just looking at him and hearing his voice so that was good enuf. Plus any chance to see Jesse and JJ is worth a little bit O'change!

It was just around the corner!

Tame said:

tame if u don't want UTCM pass it my way!!

for us its a cross to carry, great music, great album.

I will refer you back to a topic from last year, one of my all time favourites on the org: http://prince.org/msg/7/256351?&pg=1

superspaceboy said:

i watched gb a couple of times
but why the hell can't I make
out what this thing means???
Somebody help me please!

Tame said:

Tame, although I usually just don't understand you (and that's okay!), I didn't know I don't understand you.

greyhoodiegirl said:

It's true!

Efan said:

WHAT???? Gangster Glam video was nice. Everyone was bumpin' that (song and vid)... To each its own but the Gett off maxi video was #1 on the charts and Graffiti Bridge...well you know where that went.

All that singing in the streets...it was a terrible musical..Man did that movie suck....

There was nothing bad about Diamond and Pearls era...maybe the beard and high hair but that year was it....JMO PEACE

Instead of watching this sad fiasco,I'd rather watch the excellent 'Sign O The Times' concert film.

though it did produce this gif



i dunno i dont mind the film that much though i always try to think of it as a seperate film to purple rain rather than a sequal as it doesnt make it seem quite as bad though it is a tad weird

prime said:

Aw, I was just making a really stupid joke. But many a truth is said in jest...I wouldn't hold the Gangsta Glam video up as a great thing. That bikini thing he's wearing is just so wrong.

On another note, I will say this: I LOVE the Tick, Tick, Bang performance in GB. I really do.

Well at least the soundtrack was good

Wow TAME. That surprised me.

I think GB suffers from being connected to PR in anyway. Beyond that there are some glaring movie editing, script ...etc. UTCM suffers the same plight, but has a more of a feeling of princes humor.

GB he mopes the whole movie that the world is against him...devoid of any reason to cheer for him.

Rev said:

Exactly.. I like the humour in UTCM. I also liked the songs.

Graffiti Bridge was OK. Ingrid Chavez was annoying..

pplrain said:

SHE WAS NOT ONLY ANNOYING BUT I DON'T EVEN THINK SHE WAS THAT FINE! HE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN JJ A BIGGER PART, LET HER BE THE LOVE INTEREST FOR A CHANGE!! HER AND KIM MOST UNDER APPRECIATED PRINCE GIRLFRIENDS!!

Ellie said:

And after all that, I never even got it. (It was GONE!)

b3xy said:

The performance of "Tick Tick Bang" was a real embarassment Seriously,did The Kid truly think that this was a cool way to "battle" Morris and The Time?!

Cinnamon234 said:

I wasn't even that thrilled with the soundtrack

One word for Graffiti Bridge the movie: SHIT

Ellie said:

ok that thread was Hilarious.. but now I almost want to see it (This and Planet earth are the two things I have managed to say NO to)

Q: How bad is it compared with Ed Wood's "Glen or Glenda"? because that is bad in a way that Love

Co to the fucking sign.

purplecam said:

DesireeNevermind said:

Thats because it wasnt over 20 years ago.
GB premiered in 1990 i think...?
[Edited 8/22/08 9:08am]

Soulstar77A said:

I thought he meant 20 dog years