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Summary: This movie was entertaining.........NOT
Review: ...Read the book first, then watch the movie, then look at [Tina's] present life. this movie was hysterically entertaining, I laughed through half the scenes the fight scenes were as almost as good as the Rocky series. Fisburne and Bassett were great in their roles and acted their faces off.But the movie played up themes that were lies at best slander toward Ike Turner. Tina was no innocent in that marriage, she had a kid from the drummer in his band that the movie ignores and so many lies to play off the fact that he was more abusive than he actually was making him the second coming of Ted Bundy than a fully fleshed person, add to the fact she has only seen him twice in the past 30 years and the scene with the gun at the end and playing her off as a loving mother to her sons when she all but abandoned them to Ike and moved to Europe and got over and became a multi- millionare and married her white saviour. Black folks who gave this movie a five - star review ,Tina is no longer the black female icon you admire but a liar a person who played on your pity, like O.J. Simpson she is no longer black but colorless and she has said that in many interviews to that effect. And most of you are gonna think i approve of domestic violence but I DO NOT, but read the book first, look at her behaviour the last 30 years towards her black audience and judge for yourselves.
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Summary: Bassett and Fishbourne in a riveting tour de force
Review: Adapted from pop-rock-blues dynamo Tina Turner's autobiographical "I, Tina" and bearing the same title as the solo smash that sent her solo career through the stratosphere, "What's Love Got to Do With It" features Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishbourne in astounding performances that garnered both lead acting Oscar nominations. The film takes us from Tina and husband Ike Turner's beginnings as a struggling singing duo in the 1950's and through the disintegration of their marriage to drug and domestic abuse and Tina's ultimate triumph of coming into her own both as a person and astronomical singing talent. Bassett is nothing less than a force of nature as the professionally and physically battered Tina who progressively finds the anger and self-respect to put an end to husband Ike's total domination of her. Fishburne is no less overpowering as bad guy Ike, and Fishburne's convincing portrayal of Ike's gradual decent into drug oblivion and increasing violence against his wife is devastating. Together, he and Bassett manage to make us feel the violence and desperation of two people clearly headed for total ruin. The film's numerous episodes of spousal battery are explicit, and we can't help but wonder how much suffering other couples endure in private. For Ike and Tina, their suffering (especially Tina's) was laid out on the public stage. So convincing are Bassett and Fishburne that we actually pain for the real lady and thirst for revenge against the real man, and their ability to evoke those emotions is a tribute to both Bassett's and Fishburne's talents. When Tina finally delves deeply enough inside herself to raise up and cry enough to the violence, we have both a sense of admiration for the lady's courage and the security of knowning that this lady will be okay. The latter is validated in the final scene when Tina takes to the stage as a solo artist. And, as they say, the rest is history. Director Brian Gibson gives us a riveting production, and Bassett and Fishburne are numbing in their respective roles as victim and victimizer. "What's Love Got to Do With It" is a bravado film on two counts: we get to feel the desperation and eventual redemption of someone as a victim of violence, and we get a magnificent sense of respect for the real woman whose life this film is.
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Summary: Excellent!!!
Review: Add this to your movie collection and you won't be sorry! Angela Bassett's portrayal of one of the hardest working women in rock-Tina Turner is PERFECT! She has the look and the mannerisms down pat,and Lawrence Fishburne as hubby Ike Turner is so angry and violent as to be scary. Their story is mesmerizing and you can't take your eyes off either of them. Miss Bassett was nominated for an Academy Award for this film and how I wish she had won it, she definitely deserved it! END
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Summary: She's come a long way fron Nutbush
Review: An excellent film,and one hell of a publicity stunt. Tina's pain is well documented while Ike's is ignored. But then this film is entirely her point of view.
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Summary: The (not always pretty) Tina Turner Story
Review: Angela Basset shines as Tina Turner, from her early days up to the height of her career in the 80s. The film focuses on Tina's struggle with the dominant and abusive Ike. For Years the submissive Tina blamed herself for Ike's behavior, but in the end she triumphs when she discovers that Tina, NOT Ike made Tina! -- The final scene, a clip from a recent concert is a beautiful climax. Tina Turner waves to her fans as though saying "...I'm ok now...I love you all!"
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Summary: "Ike...is that all you got".....
Review: Angela...we bow down to you for such a stunning portrayal of a woman on the verge comin down to rise again......Those workouts in the gym paid off..because this was a physical role....and you stood up to the task.....Thanks
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Summary: Great music, not so great movie
Review: Based on Tina Turner's autobiography "I, Tina" which she wrote in 1986.
The movie is however quite different from the book and some scenes in the movie actually never happened. In interviews Tina often stated that she never saw Ike Turner after they were divorced. Him showing up with a gun at the Ritz concert in the movie is all made up !!! It's a shame that they didn't tell the story like it happened. If you want to see a more "true" life story of Tina Turner, buy "The girl from Nutbush" released in the early nineties on VHS and laserdisc.
3 stars because of the great performances of Bassett and Fishburne and Tina's music. And please Disney, Widescreen, Dolby Digital and a trailer can hardly be called "EXTRAS" !!!!
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Summary: Intense and Extremely Well Performed
Review: Celebrity bio-pics are very hit or miss, but once in a great while a really good one comes along--and WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT is one of them. Based on the autobiography of Tina Turner, the film offers a glossy but intense portrait of her rapid rise to stardom under the sponsorship of husband-manager Ike Turner--a relationship that quickly turned dark and became increasingly abusive as Tina's fame began to outstrip Ike's own. Although the film is a bit on the obvious side, it is well-crafted and the two leads offer powerhouse performances. Angela Bassett is simply astonishing as Tina Turner; where most other actresses might have simply imitated, Bassett accomplishes the impossible: she makes you believe that she is Tina Turner, capturing both Tina's famous on-stage performing style (the concert scenes are really exciting) and giving a completely believable interpretation of her off-stage personality as well. The script offers Laurence Fishburne little more than a one-dimensional role, but he plays it brilliantly from start to finish, and both are well supported by the overall cast. There is certainly a great deal more to the lives of both Ike and Tina Turner than this film conveys--but what it does show it presents with considerable power and conviction, and by the time Tina finally hits back at Ike you'll be roaring for her to hit him again--and again--and again--and eager to see her finally triumph entirely on her own. Recommended.
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Summary: ANGELA IS WONDERFUL !
Review: Even though Dorothy Dandridge & Whoopi Goldberg have the most incredible performances by any actresses Angela's personification as Tina made me forget that she wasnt Tina. I was enchanted so much that even though Angela has no resemblance to Tina my mind couldnt tell otherwise. Angela is definitely my Queen. She has made such an impact and has widened the doors for the African American actresses. Even though the Academy failed to properly recognize her, we the fans would forever cherish her amazing performance as PROUD MARY. You go GIRL.
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Summary: What did Tina think?
Review: Firstly, I really enjoyed this movie. I didn't think that Angela Bassett looked like Tina at all, but her performance was so convincing that this aspect became irrelevant that you could overlook this. The movie is only BASED ON the book "I, Tina" so could be why some of the scenes seem far-fetched. This made me ask "Was Tina consulted at all?". The legend herself does make a cameo at the very end of the film. I, like others, would like to know what Tina really thought of the movie. I do not believe she has ever commented. Anyone know? Janet Jackson was originally tipped to play Tina. Don't think that would have worked. DVD REVIEW:
Why are film companies still releasing titles in non-anamorphic widescreen in 2003? A big no no! This film is 1:85 non-anamorphic and lacks any real sharpness. Features wise, the DVD comes with the trailer and some other film recommendations. A lost chance to include audio commentary from Tina Turner, or Angela Basset. What about other extras like a documentary on Tina Turner. No, you dont get that either. An overall disappointing DVD release, saved by a great film.
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