His feet actually touch the ground. There's a huge amount of theme going on from the spousal abuse to the racism. What an amazing movie... and Prince, well... he plays a part so 'earthed' it's insane. I honestly can't imagine him opening doors now, but pushing play on a tape recorder? Knowing to close the screen before you close the front door? Flicking a light switch? It doesn't seem real anymore.

Fav movie of all time Check out Prince eating those Doritoes(spelling ) To real

THAT is MY Prince..... When I saw him at the O2 that's ALL I could think about for about the first 15 minutes of the show, Purple Rain....and 'It's really HIM'
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I caught the last 20-ish minutes of PR the other evening.



What always strikes me when I watch PR is just how much Prince has changed in the past 20+ years (like we all have ). It's like watching a completely different person (who I love and think is unbelievably sexy )

Nothinbutjoy said:

ditto

There are several eras that seem very "genuine" to me -- i.e., Prince is authentic as "himself".

Standouts would be 1999/Purple Rain, SOTT/TBA, Lovesexy/Nude, and TRC/ONA.

A lot of the other eras seem like playacting or experimenting, such as ATWIAD, Parade, and D&P/Symbol.

nurseV said:

Eating Doritos in a wifebeater living in his parents' basement! There is hope for us all!

Totally... I love street-level Prince. Like, let's expand some of these scenes hypothetically:

"Hey Kid - the boss wants to see you."

"Tell him I'm rehearsing."

"Uh-uh. Now."

"Screw off, Big Chick! You're not the boss o' me!"

*WHACK*

"Alright, I'm comin'..."

nurseV said:

LOL i was sooo laughing during that scene when he was eating Doritos, i was like heck naw lol

Dont let the 'new' Prince fool you, he remembers where he came from.

Damn man.

I loved that movie. Everytime I watch it I get shivers. For 2 hours, I'm in a different, purple world with the raunchiest, kick assiest music in the universe.

Damn man.

Se7en said:

Prince really does seem real in Purple Rain. You would have never known he was computer generated.

Could you elaborate on the theme of racism?

Shawnt25 said:

Se7en said:

yes, he does seem like the boy next door the one who started playing guitar with his garage band and then gets a chance to play at da club.

This is a fun thread...
I think I have thought about this several time since the movie first came out a million years ago...
I love all those little real things already mentioned...but what I love most in terms of PR, is that moment where he is crying after freaking out about his Dad having shot himself and the sheets of music a flying around in there air and he is reaching for them...trying to grab one....tears streaming down....that felt like pretty good acting for an amateur. Very emotional and dramatic, why I love that man.

diana7777 said:

I love that scene as well

BoySimon said:

Sorry disagree some of the worst acting ive ever seen, only the songs are good

1. Wasn't talking about the acting.
2. Racism: Look at the clientele in First Avenue and look at the clientele of Taste.

Don't you? There's nothing explicit, no, but the implied idea of the lives being led is quite succinct. do you think it's merely an oversight that there are few white people in Taste and few non-symbolic black people in First Avenue?

BoySimon said:

I don't think there's anything there with that.. I was more concerned with how women were treated in the film and @ one point I had issue with Prince about it..

Oh god, yes. The mysogeny is frightening, too. but, honestly. look again. and think where Prince was in his career and whom he was trying to appeal to. There's an issue here too.

Shit, yeah, the mysogeny is magnificent in its bravado. Very, very wrong... and then, you have Wendy and Lisa and how they stand up and how they are strong, etc.... and right... mixed messages indeed.

is that how you speel mysogeny? misogeny? miscogeny? I should look it up.

misogyny. there.

I know a lot of people don't reckon on Prince's acting in Purple Rain but I thought it was really quite stunning - I thought he did a really good job, my only disappointment was the kissing - he just didn't seem that at it which just defies logic, but hey there you go.

I still think its a great film and is definitely one of my all time favs.

I think he acting was really good but I also think he was pretty "real" there have to be some of the those scenes that may not have "happened" but could easiliy have and I think he was still close to those scene's that "could" have happened and played it really well.

I think for me one of the most poignent scenes is where his dad is playing piana and he turns and asks Prince if he has a girl friend and just says "don't ever get married" - I think that has been quite a prophetic statement - sorry don't like to touch on his private life as it should be that private.

BoySimon said:

No, not misogynistic (that's more of hating women)... but just the disrespect toward women in the film..... that scene with Jerome dumping that chick in the dumpster and how Jerome treated the waitress... just made me think that they didn't think highly of women..

Ah, not gonna go there. I enjoyed the movie when I saw it when I was little, still do.
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