What's Love Got To Do With It?
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Movie Review: What a GREAT Movie !
Summary: 5 Stars
Tina Turner's life is quite interesting to say the least. Prior to watching this movie I wasn't that much of a fan, however NOW I totally think she is awesome, the movie showed great strength within her. I completely recommend this movie! Movie Review: Rougher!
Summary: 5 Stars
Most of us agree that this was a great film. However, it's the acting of Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett that keep me coming back to watch it over and over again. Although Tina Turner's life proves of interest, it is of more interest to me to see how the actors bring their versions of Ike & Tina to life. Clearly Bassett had the easier role because Tina's the one everyone is rooting for. Fishburne on the other hand didn't want this role. He thought it was too one dimensional. Isn't the job of every good actor to find the other dimensions of a character though? Once he found out that Bassett was in he signed on. Fishburne's performance digs deep and lets us see a few glimpses into the mind of a man that treats women the way Ike treated Tina. Fishburne's Ike Turner shows us an inner rage, jealousy and insecurity that another actor might not have thought to expose to us. Just after a performance of Proud Mary the audience begins to scream, applaud and call out Tina, Tina, virtually ignoring Ike. Fishburne shines as he interprets what Ike's reaction to that might have been (all done by facial expression). Bewilderment, confusion, anger and jealousy. The audience pours out love and affection for Tina but Ike stands in the shadows. He is ignored again. He's well known but not famous in his own right. His fame is nonexistent without Tina. He knows this deep down and it fuels his ever increasing hostility towards her. Fisburne is particularly brilliant here. Right after that scene comes the rape scene. I don't know if that's when it actually happend but for continuity's sake it makes for a great transition from one film scene to the next. Aside from all of that going on inside of the man, is the drug use which of course, makes everything ten times worse. Fishburne is also responsible for some comedy relief as well. Some of his lines are very funny. Ike to Tina in the ambulance after Tina tries to commit suicide; "If you don't make it I'll kill you, you hear me b***h, I'll kill you".
Ike to Tina after she comes home from the hospital (by herself) "Oh hey Ann, feelin alright? Listen, next time you want to take some time off, give a n****r some notice..."
Angela Bassett is divine. She works hard to give accurate perfomances. She had Tina's moves down pat. Although she can sing, her singing was dubbed with Tina's voice for obvious reasons. Tina's voice is just too distinctive to be copied. Laurence on the other hand did do his own singing) Bassett and Fishburne work very well together and I hope to see them in film together more in the years to come ( she probably would have been great in The Matrix). Bassett never gives us anything less than extraordinary.
The rape scene in the film is so well done that I can't watch it. It's too disturbing for me but it's brilliant. It's full of rage and anger and it had absolutely nothing to do with sexual gratification. There is another sex scene in the film just so that you're forewarned. Bassett and Fishburne do not object to sex scenes but neither of them do nude scenes I'm happy to say. I could do without the sex scenes altogehter but that's just my personal preference.
The timeline in the film is not accurate. You have to read I Tina to realize that though. And of course, the film takes liberties with things and tends to spin in some things that did not happen the way you see them on screen. The first child that Tina gave birth to was fathered by a member of the band, not Ike. Also, Tina states that she thought Ike was kind of ugly when she first saw him but the film turns that around to make a better film I suppose. The film is acccurate in terms of the fashions as the decades go by. Fishburne goes from processed hair to Beatle cut to afro and finally a natural style much as you would see him today. Much attention was paid to the costumes as well. Bell bottoms, miniskirts and platform shoes,etc.
I suppose we must give Ike credit for recognizing Tina's talent even if he did try to parlay that into a career for himself. In the end though he did not reap the benefits of all that. You can't gain talent by osmosis. It has to be inside you to start with. While it is true that without Ike there wouldn't be a Tina Turner, it is also true that no one would know who Ike Turner is if there had been no Tina!
My pet peeve with this film is it's ending. During the last concert scene, the scene cuts from Bassett to Tina singing What's Love Got to do With It. This is a diservice to Bassett and I find it insulting for Bassett not to have been allowed to follow through. In fact, it annoys me so much that I stop the movie right after Fishburne's last scene cuts.
I find the flaws in this film forgivable due to the quality of the project as a whole. All being said and done this film is powerful and I reccomend it to you highly.
Movie Review: excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a very good movie. The characters were very real and phenomenal. I love this movieMovie Review: Fabulous!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love Tina Turner and this was one of my favorite movies. I have been looking for it on DVD for a long time and was very happy to finally find it. Movie Review: What's a Review Got to Say About It?
Summary: 5 Stars
"What's Love Got to do with It?" hit movie theatres in 1993. The movie stars Angela Bassett (the best actress in Hollywood, in my opinion), and Laurence Fishburne. This movie is a biography of singer Tina Turner. It shows just how dramatic her life has been. It also shows how she overcame the triumph that tried to stand in her way.
I read all of the reviews on this website for this movie and I totally agree with those who said that Angela's performance is stellar. It's true, she does not look like Tina Turner, but because she played her role so well, one is easily able to see the similarities in the two women. Laurence did a great job as Ike Turner. Tina Turner wrote an autobiography entitled "I, Tina." This movie does not go into the detail that the book does, but what movie does? What movie can? A movie that attempts to cover everything a book does would be way too long and drawn out. But this movie definitely covers enough for those who view it to see how much this woman went through. It should also be noted that I have never seen someone perform someone else's music as well as Angela did. She had the lip syncing down really well, and those dance moves Angela did were just the way Tina does them! She will have you in awe!
The movie begins with Tina Turner as a young girl singing in her church choir. She is depicted as a defiant child. It also shows that Tina's father left her at an early age. As the movie progresses, Tina gets older and still has an interest in singing. She goes to clubs and sees artists and wishes she could sing with them. One day her sister forces her upon the stage and she sings and Ike Turner is impressed and wants her to sing with his band, The Kings of Rhythm. She obliges to singing with his band. From the beginning, Ike is very controlling and works Tina especially hard, wanting her to get every singing note correct. After spending time together, they become attracted to each other. They then become a couple, and eventually get married. At first, Ike is fairly nice to her, but as they begin to tour and things get harder, Ike starts getting involved in drugs and begins to physically abuse Tina. He even beats their children. Ike and Tina Turner had much success as a duo. But after awhile they aren't quite as successful as when they started. Music producers show an interest in working with Tina and Ike gets jealous. He becomes even more violent and begins to cheat on her with other women. In Tina's book, she said that throughout the course of their relationship, Ike had over 100 girlfriends.
Tina eventually leaves Ike and he goes to jail for drug abuse. Tina becomes very successful on her own with hits like "What's Love Got to do With It?" , "Private Dancer", "I Don't Wanna Fight No More" and "Simply the Best". I strongly recommend this movie to someone looking for some true entertainment. But, someone who does not like violence has no business watching this movie. This is one of my favorite movies of all time.