Am I supposed to take Purple Rain (the movie) seriously?

wait, Great Balls of Fire is fucking awesome!!!! serrrious love it!

slocki has the best take on this movie... "awesomely bad".

that's all i have to say on the subject.

This movie is a classic. End of story. It's a Prince thing--you might not understand.

I rented the video. Oh my god.

I mean, oh my fucking god. I'm not much of a Prince fan, but oh my gucking fod. Why didn't I just buy the thing? It was only $24. I'm ashamed.

His career was spotty, that's how I feel about it. But here he was in his element. He was godlike.

purple rain is a movie

Excellent album. Pointless movie. And the fact that it may be Prince's best movie says more about the rest of them.

The whole "Take Me With U" sequence. Oh my god. I'm an anglophile, but even I have to admit you'd probably have to be American to even do that.

I ordered two CD's by the Time, just so you know.

That fucking Lisa girl is so hot.

Look I can't stand it. I really can't stand it. I can't even find this damn thing for downlaod, soundtrack wise. I'm going to have to buy the DVD I think. Why does God hate me right now that I can't find the fucking soundtrack for download?

It's 8 bucks on iTunes.

Oh god, thank you so much. I can't stand it. Don't you know in the novie when those girls come in you know Wendy & Lisa. I can't stand it. I must have the goddamn soundtrack. I must have it now. I really can't stand it. I'm going to buy the DVD I swear but the store isn't open tomorrow. I used to have it all on vinyl 18 billion years ago.

But they don't have the whole thing on iTunes.

Fuck it, I'm just going to go back to the movie.

It's all about the Wendy & Lisa man. I only wish their "solo" album had been successful.

I waited so long for this song. This title track Purple Rain I waited so very long. God.

I would Die 4 U

Really I bought that damn Wendy & Lisa LP it wasn't very good.

The movie almost ruined the album for me. I love the album, but the movie had my sides splitting at times with how bad it was.

Appolonia's tits almost saved it. Morris Day stole every scene he was in.

I once ate a pot brownie and went to a Purple Rain screening. Then I laughed uncontrollably during the whole sequence where Prince is being beaten by his Dad.

great great movie. Prince shooting his wad at the end = one of the most brilliant moments in all of cinema.

I can't stop playing the title track for this. And the whole thing he goes into with "I Would Die 4 You/Baby I'm A Star" after that is almost as brilliant.

I wanted to see Lisa's tits, though! We never get to see that in the movie. This film was kindof a sexual coming-of-age for me, though.

Like I said, the title track...and that moment where he kisses Wendy in the middle of it. Jesus H. That just kills me.

Bimble = my mom in 1984

I once ate a pot brownie and went to a Purple Rain screening. Then I laughed uncontrollably during the whole sequence where Prince is being beaten by his Dad.

^^^^

LOL

This film is perfect while drinking Stone IPA late into the night, home alone. Very comforting. And yes, the acting is bad and the music is great. It's a fucking classic, get the fuck over it.

"Don't get my seat all wet."

LOL, Amen to that.

Bimble, at least we can agree on this movie. Stone cold classic.

Yes, and I did actually put a tape recorder up to the TV last year so I could record the piano piece his father plays.

I think when this is over it's time for 24 Hour Party People. But I'm not yet certain.

Heheheheh. Oh christ, now don't get me on a roll! I've played New Order videos all day already.

why don't we chat, ilxor? You got AIM or what?

Bimble, I'm on my BlackBerry right now. I apologize.

This is stephen, by the way. New anonymous ilx name.

yeah I mean it doesn't get much more anon than that!

Why are you apologizing for being on your Blackberry?
I guess you don't have any instant messaging program?

I have BlackBerry messenger. Which I think is useless to non BlackBerry users. I could be wrong though. Oh well, I toast to you Bimble. Someday we will chat.

Yeah, I can't see how that BlackBerry shit would work. I have sent you an email through the ILXor email system, though. Look for it in spam folder if necessary, etc.

I watched it a couple years back fully expecting to hate it. I'd hated it when I last saw it, back in the 80s, as a teen. But no. I loved it. Each image and line is perfect (and, yes, perfectly terrible). People are often at their funniest when they're trying to be something else.

I'm assuming the people itt saying Purple Rain is awful haven't watched Under the Cherry Moon (etc).

Yeah, I'm not getting where this is so bad/funny/fucked up/whatever that its good. It's basically a severely underwritten melodrama that has some fantastic songs in it.

Pretty sure Magnoli thinks its a great work

Well, he would, wouldn't he

I'm assuming the people itt saying Purple Rain is awful haven't watched Under the Cherry Moon (etc)

which both pale in comparison to Graffiti Bridge, it should be noted

(in terms of failing-as-films)

contenderizer's description applies more readily to under the cherry moon. still there's a charming haphazardness to purple rain imo

i saw under the cherry moon on 35 mm a few weeks ago and imo it's baffling and wonderful

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typically stupid simpsons joke. it's not funny, and what's more, SotT is his /best/ movie.

that seems to be what the joke is saying?

the subtext is that the film is so marginal/obscure that even prince hasn't seen it

which is dumb

i'm being literal-minded, maybe, but that simpsons joke is made up of 100% low-grade recycled humor so we're even.

depends on what the meaning of "it" is

i think you mean "that"

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its a bad film in every way. nothing is explained. conflicts arrive without any context for them. resolutions happen without actually being resolved. its never clear if the kid is failing or if he is packing them in at first avenue. tbh i cant remember all the problems i thought of when i saw it, but there were many. it has next to no redeeming features, except some performances. and even those, arent what he was capable of. they are reduced to having to fit the terrible narrative.

the beautiful ones is among the greatest music performances ever committed to film, worth the price of admission alone, fuiud

^^^^^

was so gratified to see that someone had written a standalone piece about that, i think it was in rolling stone. as a raw expression of sexual longing it really has few peers.

that's not quite right, it's not just raw, it's massively performative, which is maybe part of what makes it so great, that it's this almost ludicrously demonstrative and detailed set of codes/moves telling the story of the most basic pop drama - wanting, not having. and prince just melts your face with it.