Purple Rain

Pros: The music and stage performances are strong
Cons: It's often unpleasant off stage, with musicians who are uncomfortable with acting

"Purple Rain" is the film portrait of an artist at the height of his popularity. Prince, in his film debut, stars as a musician known simply as The Kid. He and his band, The Revolution, are a fixture on the Minneapolis music scene, looking for their big ...

Pros: Some great songs and fervent musical performances
Cons: There are "dramatic" and "romantic" interludes between songs

I thought that I remembered the 1980s fairly well. I certainly remembered some songs -- not least the title track from the Prince extravaganza "Purple Rain," but had not watched the movie for about a quarter of a century years. I had forgotten that at ...

Pros: It's all about the music
Cons: violence, rape, sexist - to those that base the story on this

….**Dig if u will the picture
Of u and I engaged in a kiss
The sweat of your body covers me
Can u my darling
Can u picture this?

Dream if u can a courtyard
An ocean of violets in bloom
Animals strike...

Pros: Great movie, fantastic soundtrack, and Apollonia's topless
Cons: This BluRay offers little difference from DVD. May not play in all BluRay players.

The Plot Amicable rivalry does not exist at a Minneapolis hot-spot called First Avenue. Here at this popular club, there are three house bands that entertain the public, The Time, the other band and The Revolution. The Time hates ...

Pros: The music
Cons: The rest

[I po pped my write-off cherry with Lynus's original "Let's See U Review This" W/O. Looking 2 cash in on the boffo box office of the first installment, our host brought back the original ...

Pros: An extended pop video of Prince and Morris Day and the Time
Cons: It's 18 years old, what do you expect?

Once he was Prince, then the artist formerly known as Prince; then a symbol; then part of the New Power Generation; or was it the other way around? Either way, the start was Prince and the Revolution, or the man with a distinct affinity for the color...

Pros: Prince's energy.
Cons: the abusive nature of his father.

You know how a name can take the form of many things. Like a white diamond can be a beautiful gem that a man can use to propose to his wife. But it can also be the name of Elizabeth Taylor's beautiful fragrant perfume. Chocolate strawberries can be the ...

Pros: Great music
Cons: Weak plot, amature acting,

I have not seen the movie Purple Rain in years, which is odd because it was one of the first movies my wife bought when we first got a DVD player, as this was one a favorite movie of hers back in the 80's. This was a movie that I enjoyed at the time as ...

Pros: Somewhat autobiographical but completely entertaining.
Cons: I feel like yelling, "Cut!" during certain scenes!

I saw Purple Rain for the first time in 1985. I was 16, even though I didn't get some of the more adult matter in the movie until years later, I was still mesmerized by this powerhouse rock-n-roll movie.

Purple Rain is praiseworthy for many...

Pros: The soundtrack is my favorite album of all time
Cons: One of the great unintentionally funny movies

It seems that today, whenever someone becomes successful enough in the music business, what they really want to do is act. But this leap from music videos to full-length movies is rarely worth watching, from Madonna in Who's That Girl and Janet Jackson...

Pros: Excellent music and Prince's electrifying energy is conveyed throughout the film.
Cons: Corny storyline and over-acting at times.

This is definitely one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard but I was never allowed to see the movie until I was over 16. My parents had seen it at the movie theater and they were very aware of how sexual it was and how the language wasn't exactly ...

Pros: get songs, good acting
Cons: not long enough

I watched "Purple Rain" again last night and was once again amazed by the movie.This was a film the was made during one of the many high points of Prince's career and he acts well in this film.

While in most films which claim to...

Pros: reflection of a time period
Cons: none

Prince was bold in 1984 with "Purple Rain a film was the coolest route to go.it meant a lot then&now for a African-American Artist to be featured in films.Prince made a bold leap.this film was like a big video in many ways but it held your...

Pros: None
Cons: The entire movie

Oh, poor, poor Artist Formerly Known as Prince. However does he cope? "Purple Rain" is both self-pitying and self-aggrandizing, if it is indeed supposed to be autobiographical. Back in the 80's, when I was a big Prince fan as well as an...

Pros: The music, The Morris, The Cheese Factor
Cons: It's really bad.

Purple Rain is a terrible, terrible movie full of great music. Actually, I'm not really sure that "movie" is the correct term. It's more like a series music videos with poorly-thought out scenes stuck here and there. The acting, for the most part, is ...