Blinded by the Light
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It's not a great film.....but.....if you were in your early teens in 1987 and got introduced to Sprinsteen around then* it's a very nice way to spend an evening.
It ain't an 9/10 but hey it's alright.
It ain't an 9/10 but hey it's alright.
- As a 14 year old lifeguard on my first day the 20 something showing me the ropes gave me an EStreet band live album with a monolgue before The River about Bruce and his Dad that hit home so much I still can't listen to without goosebumps. Was something very different to Bross and Mel and Kim, etc!
You'll like it....I'm just hesitant of sending people to it that are not Boss fans, in their 40's, etc !!!
That said - my other half (30) liked it a lot and so did my 12 year old (BIG Springsteen fan!)
There's a couple of cheesy bits including a musical bit that is done more Breakfast Club than Rocket Man.....but it stays the right side of bad.
Will have you humming Thunder Road the next day!
Oh, and there's a pivotal scene around the storm of '87......neither my partner nor kid where alive then but have been bored silly by my tales of doing my paperound with fallen trees everywhere! so knew how big a deal it was and felt better conected with the story as a result - as such, prep your kids with details of what that storm was, Poll tax, the National Front, Zammo says no, chopper bikes, walkmen and Debbie Gibson!
That said - my other half (30) liked it a lot and so did my 12 year old (BIG Springsteen fan!)
There's a couple of cheesy bits including a musical bit that is done more Breakfast Club than Rocket Man.....but it stays the right side of bad.
Will have you humming Thunder Road the next day!
Oh, and there's a pivotal scene around the storm of '87......neither my partner nor kid where alive then but have been bored silly by my tales of doing my paperound with fallen trees everywhere! so knew how big a deal it was and felt better conected with the story as a result - as such, prep your kids with details of what that storm was, Poll tax, the National Front, Zammo says no, chopper bikes, walkmen and Debbie Gibson!
Tiggsy said:
It's not a great film.....but.....if you were in your early teens in 1987 and got introduced to Sprinsteen around then* it's a very nice way to spend an evening.
It ain't an 9/10 but hey it's alright.
Thunderously good work.It ain't an 9/10 but hey it's alright.
- As a 14 year old lifeguard on my first day the 20 something showing me the ropes gave me an EStreet band live album with a monolgue before The River about Bruce and his Dad that hit home so much I still can't listen to without goosebumps. Was something very different to Bross and Mel and Kim, etc!
272BHP said:
Looking forward to this!
I am a huge Springsteen fan, about the same age as Sarfraz and I also grew up in Hertfordshire and discovered Bruce about the same kind of time.
I found out he's actually 2 weeks younger than me, and was at Uni the same time as me, studying the same subject (about 3 miles away from where i was)...small world!!I am a huge Springsteen fan, about the same age as Sarfraz and I also grew up in Hertfordshire and discovered Bruce about the same kind of time.
Anyway a quick update...saw the film with my kids and thought it was great
. However I think part of that might have been due to sharing a very similar background with Sarfraz. However my kids also enjoyed it even though they had a different upbringing - I think they saw a lot of the similarities with their parents/grandparents. The music was brilliant, there were lots of great 80's "choonz", the dance scenes were a bit cringe and not a patch on mamma Mia, and there were lots of 80's references (hairstyles, mobile phones the size of a housebrick).Car references - I found it odd that Sarfraz's dad drove a Vauxhall (given that most asians I knew drove a Datsun, Toyota, or a Merc). The SD1 his girlfriend's parents drove was (IME) your typical middle class car.
Countdown said:
Car references - I found it odd that Sarfraz's dad drove a Vauxhall (given that most asians I knew drove a Datsun, Toyota, or a Merc). The SD1 his girlfriend's parents drove was (IME) your typical middle class car.
Quite understandable that his Dad drove a Vauxhall, this was Luton after all.272BHP said:
Countdown said:
Car references - I found it odd that Sarfraz's dad drove a Vauxhall (given that most asians I knew drove a Datsun, Toyota, or a Merc). The SD1 his girlfriend's parents drove was (IME) your typical middle class car.
Quite understandable that his Dad drove a Vauxhall, this was Luton after all.
thole I recognise.Saw it last night. I was around 25 when it was set. Funny to see the lad turning up in the funny modern looking Transit at the end. I had a new one in in 1988 and looked so futuristic back then.
My kids came with me and they'd already seen it with their mum. They are 16 and 13. They really liked it despite having no connection with the era.
I thought it OK. I'm no Bruce fan but I enjoyed and cringed at seeing an era from my younger days.
My kids came with me and they'd already seen it with their mum. They are 16 and 13. They really liked it despite having no connection with the era.
I thought it OK. I'm no Bruce fan but I enjoyed and cringed at seeing an era from my younger days.
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