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Saturday Night Fever
Posted on 7/22/16 at 1:12 am
Posted on 7/22/16 at 1:12 am
It's always portrayed as this fun disco dance movie, but if you actually watch all the way through its really pretty dark and gritty. Tony is really a piece of shite, especially to women, his friends are losers, his family is crazy and the movie ends with their buddy falling/jumping off a bridge.
This one of those movies that great marketing, a couple famous dance clips, and a fun soundtrack distort what the movie is really about and the true darker tone of the film. It really reminded me of a movie like Magic Mike which was marketed as some chic flick male stripper movie, but was actually a dark, gritty relationship movie where the main character is really kind of a sad.
This one of those movies that great marketing, a couple famous dance clips, and a fun soundtrack distort what the movie is really about and the true darker tone of the film. It really reminded me of a movie like Magic Mike which was marketed as some chic flick male stripper movie, but was actually a dark, gritty relationship movie where the main character is really kind of a sad.
This post was edited on 7/22/16 at 1:16 am
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Posted on 7/22/16 at 6:10 am to Jack Ruby
Yea, it was not full of good people. LOL. The story was kind of bla as well. But if you lived then, you loved it. The music, lights and occasional hot arse drew you in and sold it to you.
Everyone in that show was screwed up.
Everyone in that show was screwed up.
Posted on 7/22/16 at 8:17 am to LanierSpots
I blame disco for these people being screwed in the head
Posted on 7/22/16 at 9:09 am to nevilletiger79
...And blow...lots of it.
Posted on 7/22/16 at 3:44 pm to nevilletiger79
Disco was bad… but compared to some of the shite today give me Disco… lots and lots of Disco
Posted on 7/22/16 at 8:03 pm to Jack Ruby
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Disco was bad… but compared to some of the shite today give me Disco… lots and lots of Disco
It definitely brought people together. Everyone loved it
And while you are at it, bring back those clothes as well.
Posted on 7/22/16 at 10:25 pm to Jack Ruby
Posted on 7/23/16 at 5:22 am to LanierSpots
Travolta really had one of the most incredible runs. He was at the helm of the disco craze, then launched an entire new craze with Urban Cowboy (former discos literally converted to honky tonks), and added the most successful musical of all time with Grease. That's hard to top culturally.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 7:05 am to 911Moto
Agreed, his first run is so unbelievable. The cultural impact and lasting legacy of those 3 movies and as you said the real life phenomenons they created is probably unmatched. I always thought his second run was better from say 1994-2000ish, but when you look at really look at it...it's no contest...quality over quantity.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 8:27 am to Jack Ruby
I love the night life. I got to boogie.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 9:55 am to Jack Ruby
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Urban Cowboy
Awesome Movie
Loved it when it came out.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 10:31 am to Twenty 49
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I love the night life. I got to boogie.
Ya mothuhs spaghetti sauce don't drip, it don't taste, and it don't drip.
Let's go.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 1:03 pm to Jack Ruby
The way that movie sold the music to people was how it was juxtaposed as an escape from the harsh, unpleasant realities that the story presented.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 3:50 pm to LanierSpots
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Awesome Movie
Again though. Just like in the OP. All the people in that movie are fricked up.
Except the old uncle that dies. He's just a good ole Baw. But everybody else is shitty and fricked up. Drunk, degenerate, woman beaters.
Pasadena had to be an insufferable place to be at around 83-85. Lots of brand new Cowboys.
The movie did give rise to a term I've long used, "Houston Proper".
Like Pasadena and Downtown were that far?
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