JERSEY BOYS......A MOVIE REVIEW.
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| Being a "Jersey" girl I feel that I am Fully Qualified to Review this weekends movie for all People over the age of 60! "Jersey Boys" of course the story of the 60's group The Four Seasons.... Hearing for years how fabulous the Broadway Play is we were fortunate two weeks ago to see Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in person at The Cobb Energy Center here in Marietta.... For those who didn't see my comments on Facebook.. The show was Fantastic....No it was better then that. Frankie....who is now (according to everything online) Is 80 years old....the Boss swears that has to be a mistake... Sang his heart out for 2 full hours... Sounding the same as he did back in the 60's.... The entire audience....even high up in the balcony were on their Feet singing and dancing along.... So going to see the movie...was a hard act to follow.... |
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| First and foremost....me and the Boss disagreed about the directing....He thought Clint Eastwood did a great Job... I....on the other hand....thought Marty Scorsese would have done a little bit better.... He is...after all...the King of using the characters to talk right to the camera...something that was done throughout this movie... He also is the master of using song in movies....I thought Clint just fell a bit short... a little corny at times you will recognize Italian actors from the Sopranos....of course....and most recently Boardwalk Empire.... One of the Four Seasons is played by the actor who played Lucky Luciano in Boardwalk.... The movie is long and goes from his days as a teen when he first started singing with the other guys who went through more group names then you can imagine before finding a hit with the name The Four Seasons... Lot's of money troubles caused my "Tommy" or Lucky as I looked at him as.... It follows their lives right through till 1990 when they get back together after 20 some years to get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.... The actor who played Frankie was good but I didn't think he was great...I think that "voice" could only belong to Frankie.... Christopher Walkin fans will be disappointed that he was not in the movie more then a few short scenes.... My favorite part was the end credits....Not because the movie was over.....but if you go....stay until the credits roll... The entire cast sings and dances down a street singing their hit song... "Oh What a Night"..... One big thing I thought was not accurate and my Rahway Buds will have to let me know if they feel the same way about this... In the beginning of the movie two of the Four get sent away to Rahway State Prison.... They all pronounced it "Rah- Way".....like the cheer... Rah Rah.... We have always.... since childhood....and come on that's where we are from....pronounce it... "Raw-Way".... That was my only complaint.....You gotta have that right Raw-way accent....it's a Jersey thing.... I give the movie a B....the Boss would probably say an A+.....all it was missing was someone singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".... and every man who grew up during the 60's would make this their favorite movie ever.... here is a professional review of the movie.... one last thought...they could have used a better dialogue coach... http://www.npr.org/2014/06/19/323336574/youre-a-little-flat-boys |
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hugs,
Linda
Haven't seen the movie...
It's definitely Raw-Way.
I saw the 'Jersey Boys' musical only a few months after it opened how ever many years ago and it was the FIRST and ONLY time I've bought a CD of a musical AT the theatre... I absolutely loved it.
Saw the Four Seasons once in person about 20 years ago and yes, oh what a night it was. :)