Great Balls of Fire!
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Movie Reviews of Great Balls of Fire!
Movie Review: Goodness, gracious...great music.
Summary: 4 Stars
To those who are enthralled by Jerry Lee Lewis's music (and I'm one), the music in this movie makes up for some flaws that might have been more detracting in another film. Specifically, the music is great because the soundtrack was performed by the Killer himself(as new recordings,I believe)...but the acting is overwrought with Dennis Quaid missing the mark, in my humble opinion, due primarily to his overly exuberant portrayal of Jerry Lee which obviously is intended to convey the Killer's over-the-top personality and on-stage antics but which, to my eye, comes off as more cartoonish than exuberant. Ryder's portrayal of his first cousin once removed and, ultimately, his wife is too pouty and babyish even for the thirteen year old she's supposed to be.Oddly enough, despite these criticisms the movie remains thoroughly enjoyable due in no small part to the genius of Lewis's musical performances which are rock and roll epitomized.
One final thought here is how this movie reveals how drastically we have changed as a society (and probably not for the better) in that the music industry and the public destroyed Lewis's career over the indiscretion of falling in love with and marrying his underage cousin. Yet, today, much more despicable behavior in the current generation of pop musicians, such as rape,violence,drugs,suicide,intollerance and sexual immorality is more likely to rocket them to superstardom then to oblivion. Goodness, gracious....C'est la vie! To sum up: The movie's worth the fourteen bucks, even if they have the nerve not to include a single word of liner notes. Enjoy.
Movie Review: WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON!!
Summary: 4 Stars
DENNIS QUAID, WINONA RYDER AND ALEC BALDWIN ALL GIVE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES IN THIS MOVIE MUSIC BIO. ABOUT THE MUSIC CAREER AND RELATIONSHIPS OF JERRY LEE LEWIS. THE MOVIE IS A WHOLE LOT OF FUN. I MUST ADMIT THE DVD IS EXTREMELY THIN. THERE ISN'T EVEN A SINGLE PAGE BOOKLET INSIDE. THE CHAPTERS ARE NOT LISTED INSIDE WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. THIS IS MOSTLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT ORION PICTURES DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. MGM TOOK ALL THEIR DECENT MOVIES UNDER THEIR WING, AND ISN'T SPENDING ALOT OF TIME OR MONEY IN PRODUCING THE MOVIES ON DVD AND VHS. THEY ARE JUST MAKING ALOT. ANYWAY "GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!" IS A MOVIE THAT IS SURE TO PLEASE A CROWD, WITH SOME MEMORABLE MOMENTS. JUST DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING MORE THAN A GOOD MOVIE.Movie Review: Fun and over the top biopic about Jerry Lee Lewis
Summary: 4 Stars
This comic book like biopic about singer Jerry Lee Lewis (Dennis Quaid) rise to fame and subsequent fall from grace after his marriage with his 13 years old cousin Myra (a very young and very good Winona Ryder) was discovered, is probably not terribly true to life, but it is still very entertaining. Quaid happily hams it up in an over the top performance that has to do more with caricature than with acting. Alec Baldwin adds to the fun in his cameo as Jerry Lee's cousin, preacher Jimmy Swaggart. There is a nifty, idealized pop reconstruction of small town America in the 1950s. And the music, of course, is great. Best scene: staid English journalists raising a scandal when the singer and his teen wife arrive.Movie Review: Recreating or Overacting?
Summary: 4 Stars
Dennis Quaid worked very hard to capture Jerry Lee Lewis' eccentric personality. I am uncomfortable with the results. Not knowing the real Jerry Lee Lewis, except from short newsreel coverage, it strikes me as a bit of overacting. In Quaid's defense, though, Jerry Lee was always "acting" it up in front of the public, and that comes through in this movie. What I find, as a rock history buff, most intriguing is that of all the early rock star tributes, this one has the sound track done by the actual subject of the film. Gives it some authenticity and energy that others could not and do not have. And that alone makes this a worthwhile addition to your library, in my opinion.Movie Review: Great balls of fire!
Summary: 4 Stars
Well if one likes Jerry Lee's music this one is OK. After all it is not Dennis who actually plays and sings. It is the killer himself who takes care of that. Dennis is well over the top in this flick but nevertheless it still is an item I love to see over and over - and it looks great on my 95 inch screen also.
Probably it is the music that makes it worthwhile but the impact of the big screen in my home cinema helps a great deal too. And young Wynona Ryder does look sweet and innocent and as some people would say - she is easy on the eye. Well I always liked her too, so....