The '70s
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Movie Reviews of The '70s
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Summary: 5 Stars
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Summary: 4 Stars
There was no more turbulent era, except for the late 60s, than the free wheeling, drug drenched disco 70's. The decade started with the Kent State incident, and the Lt. Calley Mai Lai Massacre and ended with Jimmy Carter's reign of mismanaged government.
The 70's mini series is fun to watch if you lived through the era, as I did. The dialogue is straight out of SNL and the wardrobes reminded me of my mis-spent youth.
However, it does not, no fictionized series could, capture the the heart and heartbreak of those times. Although I am a veteran, I protested the war in its later years, because I believed that it was wrong and because it was "the social thing to do." Fueled by drugs rock music and a sense of being lost in a futile future, the early to mid 70's was a tough time to think responsiblity. However there was an overiding galvanizing effect for youth groups, pro-establishment or anti-establishment, and a polarizing effect against the status quo.
By the late 70's Disco music and Saturday Night Fever became the mantra, the search for love and peace a distant memory.
This mini series is worth watching because it tries to cover the 70's by focusing on a group of friends and wathching the transitions occur as the social events unfold around them. They became the conduits for the events.
The acting is okay, given the hokey plot lines and dialogue. The thrill to this series is reliving an era that started with the we generation and ended with the me generation. You had to have been there.
Movie Review: Actually pretty good......
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a much better movie than I expected. After the tepid reviews it recieved while on NBC I didn't expect much and was pleasantly surprised. This miniseries follows 4 young Kent State students throughout the '70s decade as their lives change and they grow apart and eventually back toward one another. While the four characters are cliches, it would be difficult for this movie to show all apsects of the decade otherwise. We follow all four- there is Dexter, the African-American who deserts the National Guard after Kent State and moves to urban LA, where he becomes a part of urban renewal and opens a theater playing popular "Blacksploitation" films like Shaft and Cleopatra Jones. Elieen is the Barnard grad who moves to NY to follow a boy but has her heart broken and becomes involved in her own career and the feminist movement. There is Byron, Eileen's boyfriend, who goes from young Republican involved in Watergate to environmentalist and Alaskan pipeline oil worker. And finally there is Christie, Byron's sister and Eileen's best friend, a college drop-out who parties on the disco scene, dabbles in modeling and winds up in a San Francisco cult.
This miniseries is a good bet if you want to learn a bit more about the decade and seeing it sans commercials is great! I was a little bit disappointed nothing was said about the beginning of punk rock, but I guess you can't have it all! Enjoy!
Movie Review: Not quite as good as the precursor
Summary: 4 Stars
One shouldn't expect too much from what was a made-for-tv miniseries, with no real big names, but altogether it was a very good involving story. It followed the course of the decade from start to finish very nicely, encorporating in music and actual footage of the historic events together with the respective storylines of the four main characters. Still, it just doesn't seem quite as gripping and involving as the prior movie 'The '60s,' where there seemed to be more character development instead of, like this movie, seeming to focus a bit more on a lot of historic happenings and making as many of them a part of their lives as possible, instead of just choosing ones that would have naturally fit with whom the characters were. The plot seems to suffer a little because of this. There also seemed like there were more gaps of time than in 'The '60s,' with a few years passing between events a couple of times without letting the viewer know what year it was now supposed to be or how much time had passed.Movie Review: The '70s
Summary: 4 Stars
This isn't a bad movie. There is not much of a plot, but it does highlight many historical points as you travel through the decade. One of it's misgivings is that it trys to incorporate too many historical events of the 70's directly in to the lives of the 4 main characters. This loses the plot and makes the storyline somewhat unrealistic. It also lacks any well known cast members. One big plus are the great music hits performed throughout the movie. The black and white actual news footage is also a nice touch and adds realism. Aside from being a bit long (170 minutes); this movie is an enjoyable stroll through a decade that brought us war, peace, tragedy, and wonderful music.