This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry.
Tommy
Ok this movie is just ridiculous. I'm not sure if I would have liked it more if I had been more familiar with all of the music first, but something just feel uncomfortable about it. Maybe I'd like it more if I was stoned. Although I usually don't like being stoned, but I mean if I did.
I did watch the Pinball Wizard section over a few more times before I returned the DVD. I'm not sure if it's because it's the most familiar song in the movie, or because the sequence is just plain awesome, or because Elton John brings something extra, but that part seems to exceed the rest of the movie. Except for maybe Fiddle About! Keith Moon is a real creep!
The mom and dad were just plain annoying. Tina Turner I have always found extremely frightening and disturbing. And that scene where they are basically wallowing around in chocolate or shit or whatever just seems pretentious.
Rating: 5/10