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Purple Rain review by Siskel and Ebert WOW they loved Prince and the movie...the 80.s adverts are cool too
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And so the secret to Prince's obsession for Doritos and Burger King is revealed... | |
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wow, what a memory! Funny how they raved about PR and Prince never did much after that in terms of acting. But it was a little sad that they mentioned David Bowie too "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" |
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Find their review of Under The Cherry Moon. The said it looked like Prince was trying to "blend a Fred Astaire movie with a perfume commercial". I will never forget that. hahaha Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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TrivialPursuit said: Find their review of Under The Cherry Moon. The said it looked like Prince was trying to "blend a Fred Astaire movie with a perfume commercial". I will never forget that. hahaha That's kind of accurate though... | |
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I remember this! I was surprised that these super critical guys had so much praise... "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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I know ...I was surprised too ,besides the music ,I didn't think it was that great | |
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Can't agree with you there--I love everything about that movie--flaws and all. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Purple Rain will always be tha shit, no matter how down I am, the movie always makes me happy. | |
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Totally agree with you. I SOOOOOO wanted to see Prince and the Revolution live back then but I was too poor to travel and he didn't come to my town; so, instead, I saw Purple Rain over and over and over again! Good times! I even took a blind date to see it who didn't like Prince...and he walked out of the theater totally sold on Prince. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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And muffins! "if you can't clap on the one, then don't clap at all" | |
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That movie was a trip (Beyond The Valley) LOL ... I always appreciated Ebert's opinion whether I agreed with it or not. Siskel and Ebert on PBS started the whole popular movie review craze that followed. Two thumbs up! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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. They were pretty brutal toward 'Grafitti Bridge' (I think it made their "Worst of the Year" recap episode). . If you like Ebert and haven't seen the "Life Itself" documentary, by all means don't delay any longer. I cried like a baby. Beautiful film. I’ve been informed that my opinion is worth less than those expressed by others here. |
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1984...what a year! Van Halen, The Macintosh, Purple Rain, Terminator, Ghostbusters, Amadeus, Cindi Lauper, RUN-DMC, Borderline video the list goes on and on...
Peak Americana IMHO
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. Roger Ebert was a fan of film and appreciated what worked. He was not a snob. I met him in 2000 when I volunteered at Sundance. He walked around with a digital video, recording US. He talked to everyone and made us all feel important. He loved the films I loved. Welcome to "the org", laytonian… come bathe with me. |
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Will be sure to check it out. Def an Ebert fan. "if you can't clap on the one, then don't clap at all" | |
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This is hilarious. They are totally fanning out about Prince, Purple Rain and Ebert almost lost his marbles expressing about how "electrifying" Apollonia was. Love it! I used to love watching this show when I was little. Have U had your + today? | |
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I wonder what he wanted to say about Apples! The way he starts it seems he wanted to say something else... "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" |
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OH you know what he wanted to say....DEM TATAS THO.
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That would be my guess Have U had your + today? | |
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Ahh! Come on
Siskle and Ebert straight geeking out on this was hilarious though. Good stuff! Bob... Ain't dat a bitch? | |
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For a Prince movie, it's phenomonal, relatively, and for a rock movie, it's pretty great. Oddly enough, I'm not one to spin Purple Rain that much (the LP), or rank it that high among my favorite Prince albums. I like it and it's classic, but it always sounds a little harsh to my ears. Not his best imo. The movie though is a lot of fun.