The Rocky Horror Picture Show was one of my favorite movies growing up. Those kids in the audience singing along, chanting and throwing things, yeah, I was one of them. Been there, done that too many times to count. So, I was excited to watch this movie for my critique. But that excitement quickly disappeared when the movie started.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again tips its hat to those roots with an usherette (Ivy Levan) welcoming costumed fans into a midnight screening of the new movie. The show occasionally cuts back to the audience during the production to see those on-screen audience members reacting to what they're seeing. Instead of replicating the wild joy of the actual crowds who still flock to midnight showings to shout at the screen, myself included, it only serves to heighten the artifice of the whole ordeal. The charm that went along with the original was wiped out and replaced with Fox’s Glee-ified style.
We’re introduced to Brad and Janet played by Ryan McCartan and Victoria Justice. While they don’t embody that joyful square-ness of the original cast, they still have an innocence to them. Laverne Cox stars as Dr. Franke-n-furter and while I usually love her, the performance was sub par. The whole production had a very vanilla, High School Musical vibe (possibly because the director Kenny Ortega directed
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You can tell Kenny Ortega was trying to liven it up and bring it into the 21st century, but once again it had the cheesy flash of a Disney production. Ortega was focused on capturing the weirdness of the original movie but either forgot, or unsuccessfully acknowledged the campiness that was such a huge part of the originals success. Despite the flashy and athletic performances of the high kicking cast, something was clearly lost in transition. The energy level of the performance was about 4 notches down from what I was expecting and at least 2 from the rest of the
It put me right in the mood and I felt like I was watching a sitcom such as “That 70s Show.” Whenever they switched scenes, they’d turn off the lights and the set management will come out and set the next scene while they played funny acts on the small tv. The lightening was good and the sound was great as well. The costumes were ideal for the 90s and the set design caught my attention the moment I walked in. For example, the high waisted pants and the old fashioned dresses that Florence wore were specifically designed in the 90s. The whole stage design reminded me of a 90s show that I used to watch with my family. Since I was sitting in the front row whenever the actors threw something it always came by my feet and they would pick it up and apologize. This actually made me laugh and it made me feel like I was involved in the
Although there were just the slightest things that could be changed and that is that when Molly's part to sing came her voice was barely heard from the middle seats and also the half time food could have been better but aside from that it was great, amazing, astonishing, expectations met! For the first show attending this year it was great that is why I definitely recommend people should go and have an amazing time like I
My final rating of the movie is three out of five stars because the sound effects were pretty good. The camera movements were good. The fight scenes were realistic and the characters didn’t fit their description but played their part
Overall High School Musical is a great film, with many great aspects. There are many
Firstly, I would like to say that overall the film by all standards was not at all bad. When one thinks of a foreign film you might think of a really bad, poorly edited, or low funded film. With the major reason for it being foreign, the obvious reason being that it was not made in Hollywood. However, this movie takes all of the preconceptions about foreign films and turns it upside down. With a budget of nearly 5 million dollars (Instructions), and only being filmed in two locations in Mexico the movies overall quality is actually quite astounding. Furthermore, I would like to commend the directors and editors on doing Hollywood level job, creating and making the final product as it is better then something you might see in a low budget jaws knock off made here in the United States.
Everything looked like what you would expect of the late 1800’s. Horse drawn carriages, suspenders, paved streets, it all really added to the movie and helped the story along instead of getting in the way. Something that I think genuinely worked in their favor was the contrast between the wealthy and the poor. Take David’s family for example, a family of five living in what looks to be a studio apartment, maybe a one bedroom and contrast that with Joseph Pulitzer’s office at the top of a tall, domed building finished off with a gold coat. Also, the music used in the background was nice to help create suspense, I specifically liked how in spots during the second half you could hear pieces of “Santa Fe” float around. Along with that, this is a musical, songs are a large part of the plot and how the story is told and I believe that the songs were quite effectful. Songs where all of the boys sing together, like “The World Will Know” and “Seize the Day”, were really strong and gave you this feeling of power, determination, and readiness for what lies
Rocky Horror Picture Show was and still is one of the most beloved cult play there is. It is a quirky, enduring show from its time with transsexual transvestites and home wrecking alien doctors. It was so painstaking colorful and lively that I could not help but enjoy the show without much complaint. I even had fun call Brad an asshole and Janet a slut every time it allowed me to. Although I can see where all the praise is going to, I have to say it was, just like The Irene Ryan Show, was a little too intense for me. I only got more comfortable with the play during the second act when I knew what was going to happen from my mother who loves the oldie but goodie show. I was most uncomfortable with the soft-core adult activities stuff. Notwithstanding the creative shear curtains conceal the details of the activities, it was still painfully clear what they were doing in front of strangers. It just did not sit well with me. However, that did not mean I did not enjoy it. Restating what I said before, it was too flashy and colorful to not like
If you are familiar with the British musical comedy horror film from the 70s, then you should know about the upcoming Rocky Horror Picture Show. The original 70’s film features a couple stranded after their car breaks down. They find themselves near a castle with a mad scientist.
Many people attend the theatre to take a break from their lives and get taken away to a fantastic land where anything is possible. Many people want to leave the theatre happy with themselves and the state of the world. However, The Rocky Horror Show is not for those people. The Rocky Horror Show grabs its audience, turns them on their head, spins them around, and then straightens them back out again. With dedicated acting, out of this world costumes, and simple sets, The Rocky Horror Show forces the audience to open their minds to new experiences, and let themselves get a little freaky in the process.
Permit me to begin by sharing the two main reasons I was initially enthusiastic about this film. First of all, the concept of time travel has always fascinated me. In fact, time travel stories were the earliest kinds of science fiction tales I appreciated. Add in a bit of Yuletide magic, and I'm sold.
The film Rocky the first convention would be the setting. In the film it is set in 1976 in the low income part of Philadelphia. This shows the Rocky and Adrian started out
Rock of Ages is a movie based in Los Angeles in the 1980’s. It is based off of the Broadway musical “Rock of Ages”. The plot of the movie is a small town girl (played by Julianne Hough) who travels to LA, with hopes to become a big rockstar. She meets a boy (played by Diego Boneta), who also traveled to LA in hopes of becoming a rockstar. The biggest rockstar at that time is Stacee Jaxx (played by Tom Cruise), who everyone aspires to be. But of course, the Mayor of Los Angeles (played by Bryan Cranston), despises rock and roll. Him and his wife (played by Catherine Zeta-Jones) try everything they can to get rid of rock and roll for good. And they start by trying to close down the most famous rock and roll club in all of LA, The Bourbon Room.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show , directed by Jim Chapman, is a campy comedy musical set in a horror and science fiction themed castle in which sexuality and hilarity run rampant. The film, closely based on a stage production, hit theaters in 1975 and continued to rule the midnight film scene, becoming a cult-classic. By using homage and allusion to science fiction and horror B-films, lambasting sexual identity and gender normality, and employing a self-referential universe, The Rocky Horror Picture Show stands as a strong representation of 1970 's postmodernism in film.
To start with, Rocky Horror Picture Show is a cult classic film. This production is an unbelievable parody blend of science fiction, horror movie, comedy, and musical all rolled into one storyline. To sum up, the storyline, a newly engaged couple break down and find themselves thrown into an annual alien transvestite celebration taking place in a castle, in which a mad scientist unveils his special creation to his acquaintances just before things go terribly wrong. Of course, the costumes are
Have you ever been so engrossed in a movie that you felt like you were one of the characters? Star Wars fans are a prime example of this phenomenon. Many fans flock to the theater wearing costumes. Another example that may help identify transportation is the audience participation in the movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Fans would not only dress as one of the characters, but they would interact with props while the moving was being played. Being so engaged in a movie makes one feel as if they have been transported into the place they are watching. According to the article, Transportation Across Media: Repeated Exposure to Print and Film, "Transportation has three main components: cognitive engagement, emotional engagement, and mental imagery. The self-report transportation scale includes items tapping each of these dimensions, but prior research with the scale suggests that all three aspects combine to produce transportation effects (Green & Brock, 2000)." (Media Psychology, 2008) The idea of one being able to feel as if they are transported into another world may seem absurd to some, but the reality is we all enjoy movies because it somehow sends our minds to another world for a short time. It helps us temporarily forget our daily stressors. "Need for cognition is the tendency to enjoy and engage in effortful cognitive activity (Cacioppo & Petty, 1982)." (Media Psychology, 2008) The effect of transportation is apparent in watching someone play video games. The