MantuaPharoah said:

Zoolander? But then again I actually enjoyed some scenes in that movie. Maybe "The Happening"? The floor is open.

How lame is it to keep bringing up this movie.

ANSWER: There are many American movies that are far, far lesser than 'Graffiti Bridge'.

Other than the treatment of 'Tick, Tick, Bang', I actually like the movie. I do have very high and diverse taste in film, but I simply view it as it is intended. It was Prince's art, representing where he was at the time.

~G

Prince would hate this comparison,but Graffiti Bridge is alot like Xanadu,that 1980 musical fantasy film that also bombed at the box office.Both of these films are basically just long-form music videos.Lots of music,but not much substance.I actually like Xanadu,though

I was literally going to make a thread just like this one!

I actually really like the movie GB, I was watching it just today.

Yeah, its not as good as Purple Rain or Under The Cherry Moon but it's still okay.

Its funny in parts, like the bit with Morris and Jerome when the kid comes and steals Aura, and when he randomly screams and Morris comes over like "What is yo' main problem?".

The ending was rushed and the plot with Aura wasnt exactly solid, I mean was she meant to be an angel or something?

Also, I totally noticed Aura kept saying stuff to The Kid like "Oh I gotta go soon, don't get too close to me!"

Bro, she WARNED YOU.

But yes, for those who havent seen GB, this is it, in a nutshell:

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There are literally hundreds of films worse than Graffiti Bridge. It is still a bad movie. It reminds me of a kids movie with its humour such as the pepper scene or the money duel with The Time which is light and whimsical. The problem is it also wants to be profound and spiritual (thus coming out as pretentious. Ingrid Chavez is no leading lady. With my purple shades on I can still enjoy this movie but would not want to expose the uninitiated to this film as they would not feel it at all.

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To paraphrase Paul McCartney's defense of The Magical Mystery Tour, Graffiti Bridge gives you the chance to see a performances of Question of U, Joy in Repetition and many other tracks. In fact Magical Mystery Tour is another maligned film that I do not mind (it beats GB) and shows the limitation of Prince as an auteur and one stop entertainment industry. Purple Rain was raw, Cherry Moon had charm, Sign o the times was a concert, Graffiti Bridge had all of the weaknesses and none of the strengths. " />

It could have been so much better. Thieves in the temple was a music video I always remembered. The discussions between Prince and Aura not so much. . " />

naffi said:

YES!!! At least GB has a good soundtrack, unlike Watchmen, Castaway, Battlefield Earth, which have no redeeming qualities at all. Although Steven Spielberg did get the Wi Fi put in the eastern Islands of Fiji, that still does not improve the movie Castaway!

Really, Graffitti Bridge is better than Watchmen or Castaway? Actually I enjoyed even Battlefield Earth more.

Outside of some of the music numbers, the actual scenes in Graffiti Bridge just don't work and are unwatchable for me.

I do think Under the Cherry Moon is much much much better.

MIRvmn said:

GB is not bad, I have always enjoyed watching it:-P

me too

Despite Garffiti Bridge being a truly horrible film the answer is absolutely yes. The list is vast starting with the last one I saw, last night. The remake of Total Rekall!

laurarichardson said:

MantuaPharoah said:

Zoolander? But then again I actually enjoyed some scenes in that movie. Maybe "The Happening"? The floor is open.

How lame is it to keep bringing up this movie.

Laura, you actually just helped me make my point. Thank you.

Graffiti Bridge sucked balls. But Space Jam, Best Defence, The Last Dragon, Sharknado, and Pacific

Rim(rather watch old Voltron cartoons) are all far worse. How awful was Shaq's Kazaam? C'mon Man!

dseann said:

Graffiti Bridge sucked balls. But Space Jam, Best Defence, The Last Dragon, Sharknado, and Pacific

Rim(rather watch old Voltron cartoons) are all far worse. How awful was Shaq's Kazaam? C'mon Man!

Please, Pacific Rim was great. It is a legit movie.

ufoclub said:

dseann said:

Graffiti Bridge sucked balls. But Space Jam, Best Defence, The Last Dragon, Sharknado, and Pacific

Rim(rather watch old Voltron cartoons) are all far worse. How awful was Shaq's Kazaam? C'mon Man!

Please, Pacific Rim was great. It is a legit movie.

I actually thought Pacific Rim was half decent. I'd watch that again over Graffiti Bridge in a heartbeat! lol

And dseann... The Last Dragon is a CLASSIC! lol

I forgot about Sharknado though.

MantuaPharoah said:

ufoclub said:

Please, Pacific Rim was great. It is a legit movie.

I actually thought Pacific Rim was half decent. I'd watch that again over Graffiti Bridge in a heartbeat! lol

And dseann... The Last Dragon is a CLASSIC! lol

I forgot about Sharknado though.

The Last Dragon was a classic what??????

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cbarnes3121 said:

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Do you say this kind of statements to the people surrounding you in your life or only in the internet?

Giovanni777 said:

ANSWER: There are many American movies that are far, far lesser than 'Graffiti Bridge'.

Other than the treatment of 'Tick, Tick, Bang', I actually like the movie. I do have very high and diverse taste in film, but I simply view it as it is intended. It was Prince's art, representing where he was at the time.

~G

I agree. I don't get the hate for this film. Also, I'd add that Prince has his finest look and that Ingrid Chavez is as beautiful as a woman can be on it.

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If someone made the opposite claim about a black person you'd go fucking mental. What a retarded racist

A couple of other lovely examples of your mindset.

i love prince 4 his honesty white america always feel they can do whatever and throw judgement on blacks 4 what we do and decide when we start and finish something like a jesus complex.

madonna better take her odl wkinkled ass coochie on somewhere and continue 2 steal off the ideas of talented blacks and leave me the hell alone.

yes

if u cant appreciate what it is then go f.. yourself to hell

luvsexy4all said:

if u cant appreciate what it is then go f.. yourself to hell

charming!

GB as a cinema released movie = massive dud

GB as a long form video going straight to VHS = great fun

I agree jaypotton - he should have realized the film was doomed and just released it as a video companion and put the focus on the album, which was really quite good and got some excellent reviews at the time. (an A+ from Entertainment Weekly).

MantuaPharoah said:

Zoolander? But then again I actually enjoyed some scenes in that movie. Maybe "The Happening"? The floor is open.

U musn't have seen too many movies in ur life if u think Zoolander and The Happening are among the worse... I've watched several hundred films that were worse than these two... Not that they're great, but there's MUCH MUCH worse

Zoolander is hilarious and I won't hear another word about it. GB is really very, very bad. I can think of worse films but, as a Prince fan, none that bother me quite so much. It came out when Prince's popularity really started to fade and made it that much harder to defend him. I like some of the music in it but Jesus Christ is the film corny.