After probability 30 years or so, I seen Purple Rain again for the second time in theaters at a midnight screening to honor the Purple ones life after his untimely recent death.
I thought it would feel like the first time but I saw myself remembering all the imagery going on in the film, that's because I went into the theater expecting the movie to be dated, and something that would make me laugh out loud do to the cheesiness of the 1980s style. Instead I found a movie that was surprisingly timeless.
This has a lot to do with the timelessness of Prince's music. There is a story in the movie. Prince plays The Kid, the front man of the band called the revolution, who is so into his own thing that he's isolating everyone including his band mates, which is bad for the business of the 7th street club they play at, cause he's not packing them in, but good for Rival band, The Time lead by Morris Day who uses this as part of his plan to become the one and only headliner at the club and to steel the Kid's love interest, Apollonia form him on both a romantic and professional level.
The Story is well played out, but the real draw and what makes the movie great is that it's basally a long music video for the entire Purple Rain soundtrack. It maybe a disservice to call the album a soundtrack as listening to this music play as the movie progress it what gives the film a quality that still makes it worth checking out after 32 years (That and watching Morris Day and the time perform never gets old, ever!)
So, it is pure 80s nostalgia, at it's best, but it's not as corny as you'd think, thanks to the wonderful contribution of music Prince as brought to the universe.
A great experience watching the music
I thought it would feel like the first time but I saw myself remembering all the imagery going on in the film, that's because I went into the theater expecting the movie to be dated, and something that would make me laugh out loud do to the cheesiness of the 1980s style. Instead I found a movie that was surprisingly timeless.
This has a lot to do with the timelessness of Prince's music. There is a story in the movie. Prince plays The Kid, the front man of the band called the revolution, who is so into his own thing that he's isolating everyone including his band mates, which is bad for the business of the 7th street club they play at, cause he's not packing them in, but good for Rival band, The Time lead by Morris Day who uses this as part of his plan to become the one and only headliner at the club and to steel the Kid's love interest, Apollonia form him on both a romantic and professional level.
The Story is well played out, but the real draw and what makes the movie great is that it's basally a long music video for the entire Purple Rain soundtrack. It maybe a disservice to call the album a soundtrack as listening to this music play as the movie progress it what gives the film a quality that still makes it worth checking out after 32 years (That and watching Morris Day and the time perform never gets old, ever!)
So, it is pure 80s nostalgia, at it's best, but it's not as corny as you'd think, thanks to the wonderful contribution of music Prince as brought to the universe.
A great experience watching the music