Roller Boogie

Rating:
Summary: Fantastic
Review: This is a fantastic movie and more movie should be made like this FAMILY MOVIE not what is out there.
and you should get this back out on Rental so people can see it.

Rating:
Summary: A bunch of dumb fun
Review: This is one of those movies that I would totally dismiss if it weren't for the nostalga factor.

I saw this film 2 times in the mall theater back in 1979. Linda Blair was hot and the short lived "roller disco" craze was something I was invested in.

Then I could (and did) always catch the movie on cable. Then it all but disapeared until the VHS was released in the 90's. When I rented it and was old enough to see how completely ridiculous it was it only added to it's charm (and Linda Blair was still hot).

What sticks out when I watched the film a few years ago is that the "gang" wants the boogie contest, no matter what.

The owner of the club gets threatened by the "evil businessmen" that if he doesn't sell the rink to them (so they can build a shopping mall) they will burn down the rink with the everyone inside.

Once the gang finds this out, they are not as interested in saving thier lives as they are making sure the roller boogie contest will go on.


You gotta love it.

Now, in a couple weeks from now, "Roller Boogie" will come out on DVD. It will have an anamorphic widescreen transfer (great! MGM has dragged out thier old pan and scan transfers for some lesser library titles being put out on DVD. A new Anamorphic transfer on this film remembered by only a few is really appreciated) and a theatrical trailer (Great! After all, it coming out on DVD in 16:9 is almost a miracle, I didn't expect that they would spend too much money on supliments. But I still would've gotten a kick out of a Jim Bray and Linda Blair commentary). Guess who will be looking for it on that "new movie Tuesday"?

Yup! Me!

This movie came at the right age for me to innocently fall for it and now it will get to come home.



Rating:
Summary: Roller Boogie.... Rolling back for another generation!
Review: This movie brings back nostolgic times for me as a kid growing up in the late 70's and early 80's and all I can say is that I really liked it and enjoyed the great soundtrack that came along with the movie. If you like Nostolga and Camp this is the real deal and it is all good. I would say this is one of those movies that has a great Cult factor and is right up there with 80's films like Skatetown USA also in 1979, Breakin, Breakin 2 "Electric Boogaloo", Beat Street. They were all campy, great dance sequences and great music.
It will be good to see this movie in "WideScreen" for the 1st time and I am looking forward to that. See you on August 24th, 2004 to get my copy.

Peace!
Austin, Texas