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Summary: Purple Rain 20 years later
Review: I remember when I recently saw Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back,Jay showed his affinity towards Morris Day and the Time.Then some teenagers called Purple Rain "a crappy 80's movie".Although most of Y generation view Purple Rain like the second coming of Grease 2,Purple Rain rocked back in '84 with people actually dancing in the isles.
This movie finally brought Prince into the mainstream and showed the genius that he was.Although he'd been making records since 1978,he made his mark with such albums as Dirty Mind, Controversy,and 1999(his breakout album with his first top ten hit Little Red Corvette)but only to a limited R&B and underground market.But once Purple Rain hit,things were never the same.The movie also brought Morris Day and The Time to the mainstream which unfortunately they would soon break up to never enjoy the fruits.
The movie is pretty much about a musician called The Kid (Prince) who dreams of making it despite his troubled homelife and a rival band, The Time.The movie has it's fair share of bad acting as well as misogyny ("That ain't Lake Minnitonka")it's the musical numbers as well as Morris Day's comic timing that steals the show.The music still sounds fresh, especially the minimalist When Doves Cry which could even be released today.
Hopefully Warner brothers will release a 20th anniversary edition DVD with loads of extras as well as deleted scenes which were featured in the trailer.And with Prince's comeback in 2004 including his Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction, Grammy performance and tour,it would really be the year of Prince.
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Summary: 5 stars for the film 1 star for the DVD
Review: Purple Rain is a classic film. It was an unexpected huge success. As a long time Prince fan I was happy when Purple Rain came out on DVD. While I'm happy to have Purple Rain on DVD, I was sorely disappointed with the lack of featurettes. I suppose this might have something to do with Prince's escape from Warner Brothers...
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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS DVD
Review: This DVD was released when DVDs first started coming out. There are no extras and it is full screen,etc. a SPECIAL EDITION version is due to be released sometime this year(along with "Goodfellas"....FINALLY!). Don't buy this old piece of crud...wait for the newer version. The movie is great, but this DVD is worthless no matter what the price of it is.
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Summary: One of the great movies of the eighties.
Review: Prince had a way of doing everything right during this period of the 80s. Purple Rain represented teenage angst, father/son rivalry at a time that was important to a generation. The fusion of rock and funk with a emphasis on rock was and is the sound most of us would love to hear the purple one return to. The movie would be an easy 5 star rating if Warners would get a clue and release this DVD in a widescreen format with some unseen footage, remastered sound. Perhaps a extended version with the full performance of Modernaire by former Revolution Guitarist Dez Dickerson.
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Summary: Great artist, amazing movie
Review: We all know that Prince rocks.. most of us are ashamed to openly admit how good he is, but come on - he's good. His music in this movie is simply genius, and the movie itself is just like a long Prince video. The storyline seemed to be pretty much a movie of his life. Even if you don't like the movie ( but you probably will), you can't ignore how incredible the music is... 'lets go crazy' will make you... well... go crazy... 'purple rain' will make you sad, and 'the beautiful ones' will make you want to sway! Enjoy the movie!
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Summary: Warner skimps on DVD treatment
Review: Great film, as everybody already knows, but the DVD is very disappointing. Maybe Warner can use the upcoming "20th aniversary" of the film as an excuse to put out a new and improved "special edition." There have to been many deleted scenes, because if you check out the trailer, there are a few clips in it that were not in the movie. Aside from that discovery, you should just keep your VHS copy for now.
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Summary: Great Story
Review: Purple Rain is one of Prince's best! If you are REALLY a Prince friend, you NEED this one in your collection. No question. The DVD quality is perfect. I don't know what the other people's reviews are talking about. Its an awsome movie, no exeptions!
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Summary: Lovely film. DVD could be better.
Review: ...The sound and picture quality on the DVD are great but Warner Bros. should have came correct on the special features. If anyone has watched the trailer, you could see that it contained scenes that were omitted from the final film. Why was that not an added bonus?...The movie was almost two hours long and the scenes that were not used were mainly dialogue and would have been considered as filler. But if what I read in the script was actually filmed (and a lot of it was), we could have viewed more background on The Kid's parents, the relationship between Apollonia and Morris (which was more intense), a suicide attempt by The Kid, and more of that beautiful love scene between Prince and Appolonia...It is one of my favorite movies of all time...
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Summary: dvd is a 2 movie is a 4
Review: again I didn't read the box before buying this one, in it goes to the dvd player and WOW!...it'll stay in the collection until a non-modified from its original version is released...
when will people learn, widescreen is the way the director intended the movie to be seen?!?
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Summary: Seen this film more times than Prince, well nearly.
Review: what a great film, i know the dialog of each character in the film i've seen it that many times, watched it first in 1985 on video coz i wasn't older enough to see it at the pictures have been a fan ever since. I own two copys on dvd one from the U.S.A. (pan and scan) and one from the U.K. Widescreen 16.9, Oh it's so good in widescreen you got to buy it, Anyway i'm off to watch it again so goodbye!
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