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Blinded by the Light (2019) - Greg - 12-23-2019
A Pakistani boy in Lutton, England transforms his life when he hears Bruce Springsteen for the first time in 1980s Britain.
After the disappointment of the movie 'Yesterday' and it's adoration of Beatles songs, I hoped this would be the transformative movie musical of the year (Still looking at you Rocketman) and it's not. The movie tries to be a lot of things and kind of comes up short on all the threads. It's a love story across cultures between Pakistani and English. It's a story of a boy becoming a young man in the face of disapproval of his father. It's life as a person of color in in Thatcher's Britain. It's the battle between New Wave Music and Bruce Springsteen.
And there are weird break into musical dance numbers that seem awkwardly done in a gritty drama.
It's also depressing to see Jahved struggle to be accepted and chase his dream of being a writer. Everything in his life is pretty bleak. He fights with his father. He gets hazed by the White Nationalists. He can't get work at the school paper. And his father loses his job at the Vauxhall factory.
At the end, the stories seem disparate rather than meshing into one nice whole. There's also Bruce Springsteen popping in with helpful lyrics for every rough situation Jahved faces.
Not Doom recommended or anybody recommended.
RE: Blinded by the Light (2019) - cranefly - 12-23-2019
(12-23-2019, 09:41 AM)Greg Wrote: ...I hoped this would be the transformative movie musical of the year...Looks like it's all coming down to Cats.
Or should I be posting this on the Cats of DOOM thread?
RE: Blinded by the Light (2019) - Greg - 12-23-2019
That's tough one.
I want to see Cats to see what everyone is flipping out about. Plus, I want to see the version where they didn't get the effects done and you can see Judi Dench's actual hand.
RE: Blinded by the Light (2019) - Drunk Monk - 12-23-2019
the only reason for me to see cats is t-swizzle.
and that's actually a good enough reason for me.
i know, i know. being a tay-tay fanboy is messed up. did i tell you about the x-file letter i got because i quoted her in my publisher's corner? the whiner thought i was being racist against whites and accused me of being a swifty hater. wth?
RE: Blinded by the Light (2019) - Drunk Monk - 06-13-2020
We rather enjoyed that. It was sweet. The Pakistani racism in UK was interesting. Maybe I identify with interracial couples and writer stories better. I could relate to the laid-off dad.
What's wrong with you Greg? Doncha like the Boss?
the thing that bothered me was that the lead actor was a Pakistani Harry Potter but instead of magic, he had the Boss. His accent, eyebrows, and expressions all came straight out of the Radcliff school of acting. Even the first dance with the gf used the same swaying steps that Harry and Hermione did when on the run and Ron was away.
Based on a book, based on a true story.
No sword fights. DOOM recommended if you're into the Boss.