It's a shit sandwich...the cinematography is outstanding, but the script is a joke.

My boy and his cousin came back from Sylvester Stallone's 'Cobra' and they had shown UTCM as the trailer. Baaaaad matchup. They came back clownin.

What was WB thinking?

unique said:

SoulAlive said:

Making UTCM in black and white was a huge mistake.In 1986,not too many people were interested in seeing a "romantic comedy" in black and white If it had been in color,it might have attracted more people.

but it inspired steven speilberg to make swindlers fist in black and white a few years later, as well as the movie the artist (which is obviously named after prince with it's subtle reference to "the artist" formally known as...)

I seriously doubt that those movies were "inspired" by UTCM

unique said:

UTCM is like godfather part 2 compared to graffiti bridge though

i also think prince was far ahead of time in creating a black and white movie over 25 years before that movie the artist that's going to win all the oscars

Um, yeah - Raging Bull, The Elephant Man, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Manhattan...there are no other examples of better movies that pre-date this piece of crap.

SoulAlive said:

unique said:

but it inspired steven speilberg to make swindlers fist in black and white a few years later, as well as the movie the artist (which is obviously named after prince with it's subtle reference to "the artist" formally known as...)

I seriously doubt that those movies were "inspired" by UTCM

of course they were. why do you think the dog in the artist was called prince? or the japanese bombers in speilbergs movie shouting tora tora? blatant prince references. they even use big subtitle cards during the artists just like in the video for "the one"

rdhull said:

even Prince hated it:

DMSR The First Decade-the books greatest hits

From the book DMSR The First Decade,..these passages trip me out a bit hehe:

Pg195-
Later in April, Prince and Susannah separated after living together for only a few months. Some insiders blames pressures brought on by problems with the new movie. “Prince had a lot of things going on, but he wasn’t happy with his life at that time”, says Susan Rogers. “He knew he had made some serious judgement errors in making UTCM. I came to the house one morning and Susannah said, ‘Oh, we had a terrible night last night. He was lying on the floor, face down, all night, repeating repeatedly that he hated the movie’. He was miserable. It was after the film was done, but it hadn’t been released yet. He knew it just wasn’t happening”

I think what happened is....after Purple Rain,Prince began thinking that he could do anything and the fans would be there to support it.It's the classic case of celebrity ego going out of control...lol...he fired the director of UTCM and directed it himself,despite the fact that he had no real experience in directing (he had only directed the "Raspberry Beret" video).He made the same mistake in 'Graffiti Bridge'....biting off more than he could chew.He never figured out that the main reason why 'Purple Rain' was so successful is because someone else wrote it,and someone else directed it.Nobody can do everything on their own.

UTCM --> style, sexy, and very humorous.

Nevermind it doesn't work as a "real" movie,

I still love UTCM a lot...

unique said:

SoulAlive said:

I seriously doubt that those movies were "inspired" by UTCM

of course they were. why do you think the dog in the artist was called prince? or the japanese bombers in speilbergs movie shouting tora tora? blatant prince references. they even use big subtitle cards during the artists just like in the video for "the one"

Speilberg had the japanese bombers shout "tora tora" as an homage to Prince? Really?!?

You must be joking, you can't believe that...

[Edited 2/27/12 7:20am]

It should be a silent movie (we do keep the music , of course)

djThunderfunk said:

unique said:

of course they were. why do you think the dog in the artist was called prince? or the japanese bombers in speilbergs movie shouting tora tora? blatant prince references. they even use big subtitle cards during the artists just like in the video for "the one"

Speilberg had the japanese bombers shout "tora tora" as an homage to Prince? Really?!?

You must be joking, you can't believe that...

speilberg is a massive fan. i mean, colour of purple, hello?

unique said:

djThunderfunk said:

Speilberg had the japanese bombers shout "tora tora" as an homage to Prince? Really?!?

You must be joking, you can't believe that...

speilberg is a massive fan. i mean, colour of purple, hello?

Hello...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora!_Tora!_Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora! is a 1970 American-Japanese war film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. [...] The title is the Japanese code-word used to indicate that complete surprise was achieved. It literally means "Tiger, tiger, tiger".

I don't know anything about the movie "The Artist", but, Prince did not come up with the concept of Tora Tora, nor did Speilberg borrow it from him.

[Edited 2/27/12 7:35am]

Geezus..cant some of you tell Unique is takling the piss?

rdhull said:

Geezus..cant some of you tell Unique is takling the piss?

Well, I did say: You must be joking, you can't believe that...

But, it was just followed by more "taking the piss", so, there ya go.

djThunderfunk said:

rdhull said:

Geezus..cant some of you tell Unique is takling the piss?

Well, I did say: You must be joking, you can't believe that...

But, it was just followed by more "taking the piss", so, there ya go.

and you keep falling for it though trying to explain and shit lol...

rdhull said:

Geezus..cant some of you tell Unique is takling the piss?

what???????

If you accept it as the campy bit of fluff that it is, Under The Cherry Moon is entertaining. Basically, it's a vanity piece - nothing more.

As a major studio release, it's horribly embarrassing. And it's a huge testament to how Warner Brothers felt about Prince that they gave him the money for this - and Graffiti Bridge after this was such a disaster.

He never had any right to bitch about their treatment of him after they put up the money for this dreck.

rdhull said:

djThunderfunk said:

Well, I did say: You must be joking, you can't believe that...

But, it was just followed by more "taking the piss", so, there ya go.

and you keep falling for it though trying to explain and shit lol...

Whatever gets you through....

djThunderfunk said:

rdhull said:

and you keep falling for it though trying to explain and shit lol...

Whatever gets you through....

lol whaa? ..Im just trying to tell you that Uni is joking around with you and you are being lead to think he is serious. Thats all, sheesh lol. And that is not what would get me through the night..unless it had warm...nevermind lol.

unique said:

rdhull said:

Geezus..cant some of you tell Unique is takling the piss?

what???????

"you look nice tonight"-Morris

rdhull said:

unique said:

what???????

"you look nice tonight"-Morris

it's rare that i put my cards on the table when it comes to meeting young ladies, but i'm going to make you love me

unique said:

rdhull said:

"you look nice tonight"-Morris

it's rare that i put my cards on the table when it comes to meeting young ladies, but i'm going to make you love me

:tink:<--glass falling over on table

Good or bad, it's a movie I reach for when I feel like feelin' good!

I don't think Prince should be making movies for mass audiences any more than I feel like Martin Scorcese should be making records for mass audiences.

eyewishuheaven said:

Good or bad, it's a movie I reach for when I feel like feelin' good!

You be putting in Prince videos? lol..in an effort to change your mood? lawd some of yall make me feel like a low level fan..

UTCM is a great movie. I much prefer it over "Purple Rain".

With that said, I can see why it got slammed by critics. The acting is indeed cheesy at times but I don't think Prince was trying to win an Oscar here. It's just silly yet fun and entertaining movie. I love it.

2freaky4church1 said:

I will present these and you all can riff on them. Tell the critics why they are wrong. I am board with loving the movie, mostly because Prince asks so much like a fool in it. He actually does direct it really well--it's funny, goofy, a decent b-movie.

http://movies.nytimes.com...A960948260

http://www.slantmagazine....erry-moon/

http://www.film.com/movie...3CNmT-C1vh

It's a terrible movie. Only entertaining if you're a prince fan.

And the movie goer is not obligated to be a Prince fan.

So, they're well deserved criticisms.