On Friday night, I finally got around to watching the Roger Daltrey backed epic road movie
Quadrophenia. Based on a Daltrey stage show, the film shows the struggle for independence and control, as the lead tries their best to counter the paradox of being both unique while fitting in.
The film is punctuated with fantastic little Daltrey songs:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8gUcpPDO1M&feature=related[/youtube]
These add an extra element to the dirty, dark feel of the film and it's main protagonists:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrJ9oQWRvl4&feature=related[/youtube]
Some of Daltrey's finest work is contained in this film.
I did struggle though finding myself getting mixed up with one of Daltrey's other classic road films Maxi-Minor_Furie put on constant repeat when he was 18 months old. I think it may have tarred my opinion of the film a little
Okay, it's a "cult classic". Based around a group of Mods in London, gearing up for a trip on their mopeds to Brighton to riot with "the rockers". As a film, it's nothing too special, but now, as a piece of historic nostalgia and a "snapshot", it's actually really good. The film never really gets out of second gear (it's certainly a Lambretta and not a Harley), but it's still great to watch.
I loved spotting places in Brighton I saw when visiting Nic six months back.
It's one of those films that "you should watch", just to say you have :lol: My problem was seriously the issue above. Every time a musical piece crept in, I kept thinking of Daltrey, dressed as a giant green dragon singing "the wheels on the bus". It may have destroyed some of the atmosphere for me :lol:
8/10 anyway
I'll leave you with the original trailer!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtQnkfUIjro&feature=related[/youtube]
Then yesterday, Maxi-Minor_Furie forced me to watch
Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 It's really very, very bad, but nobody is surprised by that I take it? Avoid like a plague of rabid, irritating rodents!