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Are You All Deaf + Blind? This Film Was Brilliant!

posted 11 years ago by PRiiCEY
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I'm losing faith on imdb with the amount of really good films that aren't getting the rating it deserves.

The snide reviews this film has are completely wrong in every way possible. I felt like I was watching a documentary of David Chase's younger years. The film perfectly captured the essence of the era in which it's set. I felt like I was falling in love with The Stones alongside the film's characters.

It took me crashing back to that overwhelming confusing sorrow and pain of my first heartbreak. I can't praise the film enough I was completely immersed in their world and it confirmed my fears that I was born in the wrong era. Music will never be as good as it was in those days.

David Chase has proved he can make a perfect beautiful film as well as a groundbreaking seminal TV series.

The end scene gives me goosepimples of pure euphoric joy. When Jonathan Richmond and the Modern Lover's "Roadrunner (Twice)" kicks in and that beautiful, sexy, gorgeous, sweet and unbelievably cool girl dances on the middle of the road I knew I had just watched a film I'll love for the rest of my life.

I felt like I was hearing Mick Jagger's, Keith Richards' and Brian Jones' hypnotically cool music for the very first time. I could smell the marijuana smoke. I was there and I was a part of David Chase's adolescence and transition towards adulthood because of this film.

If you didn't enjoy it please give it a second chance because as far as I'm concerned this deserves a much higher rating.

[–] leighsturgeon0 11 years ago

I really could not have said it any better. I am never suprised to hear that people don't like a film I loved. But 5.9? Seriously? Is there an inferior cut floating around that I haven't seen? It's hard to imagine that people are that dense.

[–] thunders-1 11 years ago

I also like that scene at the end with that girl go go dancing. She is so perfectly cute and sexy:)

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[–] MisterNick 11 years ago

I wont say this film is brilliant but I liked it very much. NFA had a great attention to detail and wasn't as cartoony as a lot of films are regarding the youth movement in the 1960's.
I'm not sure why I see so many negative comments on this board, I guess IMDB attracts all kinds.
Wasn't the girl dancing at the end his sister?

[–] Pequod88 11 years ago

There were some quality elements to this misfire, but brilliant? I disagree. The most compelling moments were the clips of Bo Diddly and The Stones. The great Gandolfini was so powerful, especially in the restaurant scene, that I longed for the father/son story to be better developed. The mother was nothing more than a stereotype; heaven forbid she express any disappointments or regrets. The "first love" story was also weak, imo, as chemistry was sorely lacking between the actors. She was presented as opportunistic and shallow; another familiar stereotype. The counter-culture was reduced to the sad, acid-casualty sister. Further, the hungry young band on the rise story didn't really work. They played a few parties, but there was little sense of hard work and struggle. Still, the film had a good look, capturing vital elements of '64-'69 era. Steven Van Zandt has a very keen, educated ear for music, so the soundtrack is absolutely stellar. I certainly didn't hate it, but NFA was a disappointment.

[–] zolazona 11 years ago

I agree almost entirely with your review.
Great Gandolfini and great sound track.

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[–] zolazona 11 years ago

This is the only reason I say I like this film but don't think it is "brilliant". The mood and music were right on, bringing me back to those days which hasn't been matched by any other movie I have viewed.

When it *floated* it worked, but when it maneuvered itself clunkily back to the plot it sank.

[–] timlin-4 11 years ago

If the majority of movies were rated accurately at around 2-4 stars, 6 for this would be about right

[–] jondoe888 11 years ago

I was swept away by this movie. I was ~14 when the Beatles hit, and this movie spoke to me greatly. Excellent writing and soundtrack. I ached for the couple to be together, but knew it would never work. The music was so good, and often buried in the background, almost subliminal. Like the Moby Grape song. And any movie that prominently features Tracy Nelson's 'down so low' gets bonus points from me!
I was fine with the ending. He's looking in the window at the drum kit, as he was in the beginning. And WTF - the sister comes out of no where, dancing. So cool! Guess it's just something you have to go with.
And what is a movie ending? It's a tidy wrap up. When the guy gets the girl - we may be emotionally satisfied, but what happens after that? Do they really stay together, forever n'ever???
I was always a Beatle fan - the romantic dreamer, more than the downbeat Stone's fan. But in the 90's, someone gave me a tape of all the early Stones songs. Some German collection of their bluesy stuff. It's like I'd never heard it before! (and their early albums were always crap, because half the songs would be from the last album...)
I thought the movie was realistic. It pained me the way he treated his father, even tho I did no better with mine. Glad my children didn't do me like that!
And how sweet, the train scene in the beginning with Mick and Keith.

[–] jondoe888 11 years ago

And I gotta say - Deaf + Blind? You're confusing this 'Stones' movie with Pinball Wizard! (I know - kinda Dumb...)

[–] bguy1967 11 years ago

The end scene gives me goosepimples of pure euphoric joy. When Jonathan Richmond and the Modern Lover's "Roadrunner (Twice)" kicks in and that beautiful, sexy, gorgeous, sweet and unbelievably cool girl dances on the middle of the road I knew I had just watched a film I'll love for the rest of my life.

Sorry to disappoint you, that was The Sex Pistols, not Jonathan Richmond and the Modern Lovers. It's from "The Great Rock & Swindle."