Hey folks,
i think "under the cherry moon" is a very underestimated
movie. In my opinion its far better than "purple rain".

What is your favourite-scene from "under the cherry moon"??
Mine is the girls&boys scene...

peace & be wild
cbvictor

The credits. It's a shame that if the movie had been released in color back in '86, it wouldn't have gotten shitted on so much. People thought he was trying to be too artsy-fartsy for doing a black and white film
[This message was edited Tue Feb 25 10:31:28 PST 2003 by chickengrease]

chickengrease said:

owch!

c'mon, sexy chick-ennn, u gotta admit....utcm is a lot mo' betta than the crappy crap-fest that wuz "graffiti bridge"....


garcon!!! u forgot one...
[This message was edited Tue Feb 25 10:31:33 PST 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

chickengrease said:

When he is in the bathtub, surrounded by rose petals.

When Kiss plays, the bums cheer & P gives them a little hand signal - that shit is SWEET

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

No see I wasn't finished typing. I love the credits because of the Mountains video UTCM was light years better than Graffiti Bridge. At the least the movie takes place in Paris instead of behind an alley.

dang, forgot one of my fave parts:

"oh, isaac...i can no longer be passive...take me now...darling..."

chickengrease said:

ahhh, o-tay...and yep, the "mountains" video is the bomb-diggity, indeed...

actually, mine is the credits too, cause the mountains vid ROCKS... better than the whole movie

"wrecka stow" is also very funny!!!

Or when Christopher says "head salad"...

I think this is far and away Prince's best movie -- with so many great scenes!

One of my personal favorite scenes/parts is right before the Alexa De Paris scene where Mary comes in and says that line to which Christopher replies "I'd bet you've been working on that all day". Hysterical stuff. Then the Alexa de Paris scene with Christopher and Mary dancing and trading quips. The "who's buiying" and "Cabbage head" lines are fantastic!

Oh, and who could forget Jerome's bit about stupid people, "...follow a stupid person home and see if somebody stupid don't answer the door." I still like using that one!

I think my favorite scene is when Christopher take Mary in the car, jumps in the back seat and puts those black Raybans on.

"I love U."

Oh and the mountains video.

To me this is one of Prince's best attempts at film. He's funny, seems more natural and less like he's trying to act.

I black/white videotography matches the film perfectly. Although I'd love to see the colors of some of the costumes.


OH my fav non-Prince seen is the "Who needs money when you have youth bit."

If you can't tell by my name: Under the Cherry Moon is my favorite film and definitely one of my top 5 fav CDs.

My favorite part is when he goes to meet Mary Sharon at the racetrack and Life Can Be So Nice comes on. The way he looks at himself in the rearvie mirror kills me.

i only saw this film 4 1st time on sat and i really enjoyed it i liked the girls and boys bit best but i was strangly ammused when he talks on the phone with sumthin in his mush

CherryMoon said:

...this is what I was gonna say!
AND one of my favorite lines are You did it to Mary's MOOOM, You did it to Mary MOOOM!
The other is Prince reciting the poem in the bathtub...
MY FAVORITE PART: When Prince rips Mary's panties in the telephone booth EEE YA!

Cracks me up when he's outside Mrs. Wellingtons home and Mary's dad is already there and he shouts out "shove a pillow up her ass, she like that. Issac's in the mood for drawers..."

Prince can be a funny twat.

ConsciousContact said:

Actually, he says "put it to her up her ass".

stymie said:

Oh, actually.

ConsciousContact said:

stymie said:

Are you sure? Is he talking about the pillow when he says this. For years I've thought that he said shove a pillow.

ConsciousContact said:

I know I am probably insane because I have seen this movie at least a hundred times. My family can't watch it with me cuz I know a lot of the lines by heart. I may be wrong but P yells out: Hey Isaac, stroke her a couple of times for me cousin and put it to her up her ass, she likes that!

stymie said:

Whatever he said it's funny. He sure can be a camp custard sometimes.

ConsciousContact said:

Camp custard!

Every scene that each of you before me mentioned... all those are my favorite scenes!!!

I love this movie! It shows the humorous side of the man! I also agree that it's very underrated and it got dogged for no real reason other than a lot of critics were just expecting a Purple Rain Pt II.

Some don't like the filming in Black & White but I think it adds to the character of the movie. If it were in color it would take on a totally different perspective, although I admit I wouldn't mind seeing a version in color... just to compare the two!

okay, i haven't watched it it YEARS -- so I'm a little rusty

i like the opening credit scene with the narration over his piano playing. that headdress cracks me up!

i like when Christopher and Mary see each other for the first time -- i remember a drum thing going on???

i like the "Alexa de Paris" scene a lot!

i like the recitation of "an honest man" in the cave

and of course, the Mountains video.

DAMN -- I meant 2 grab Parade 2day 2 listen 2 at work!!!

cbvictor said:

I do think it's gotten more flak than it deserves. It was beautifully shot and is genuinely funny in spots.

My favorite scene is when Jerome says, "Honey, don't you know I'll slap the WAVES out yo'head?!!??"

I believe what he says is " Yo Issac, stoke it a couple o' times for me cousin, and make sure you put a pillow up under her ass she liked that one."

btw i agree it is a great movie.

cbvictor said:

...NOT!!

the creadits...and the part when christopher and tricky get thrown out of mary's party