Absolute garbage
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Picnic10 — 10 years ago(December 27, 2015 01:49 AM)
You said 'social degenerate' which implies a moral judgement. What is so badly made about it? The songs are catchy, Tim Curry's expressions are great, there are all sorts of references or suggestions of other things in cinematic and mythological history. It's hardly a Russ Meyer film. It was made by 20th Century Fox.
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TheLittleSongbird — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 03:10 AM)
Evcannon123 is not calling the OP a bigot because the OP hates the film. What Evcannon123 took issue with, quite rightly too, was the absolutely disgusting comment, that a lot of people would understandably find offensive, the OP made insulting those who find any kind of appeal to the film. Calling anybody a "straight beep social degenerate", whether anybody likes it or not, is bigoted and extremely prejudicial, and the OP absolutely deserved to be called out on it and should have been called out much more than he/she has done.
To be perfectly honest, it was actually very clear that it was that comment and the nature of it and not that the OP hates the film that evoked that reaction. If anybody dislikes 'Rocky Horror', there is no problem with that, we all have different tastes and it is a very acquired taste film (was at the time, still is). Most people however on this site really need to learn to be respectful of opinions different to them, and the OP's post just reeks of a condescending holier than thou attitude and the maturity of a badly out of date curry.
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oknar1977 — 10 years ago(December 30, 2015 08:36 PM)
I knew about Rocky Horror since I was a kid because there was a Commodore 64 game.
I didn't understand why 2 characters should be stripped and go with an elevator, it elluded me.
I also believe I heard that it was play in which audience interact with the film - as shown in other movies.
It never interested me - all until I payed attention to the lyrics of "There's a light over at the Frankenstein Place
There's a light burning in the fireplace
There's a light, light in the darkness of everybody's life."
Now it is a tradition for me to watch it on Silvester morning.
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TheBeardedWonder — 9 years ago(October 12, 2016 06:36 PM)
I dunno if I would say garbage, but it didn't do anything for me either. It was trying too hard to be weird, and had the opposite effect because of it. I was bored by the whole thing, and even the songs didn't hold my interest. It was just all so expected and pedestrian.
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rdpepper210 — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 02:51 PM)
I don't get people that have to come on and take the time to trash the movie. It's not for everyone, and the fact that it's low budget and badly made with tons of continuity errors is part of the appeal (the amazing rebuttoning shirt). So go watch Rugrats or whatever you watch and have fun!
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j_w_pepper — 9 years ago(December 18, 2016 01:15 PM)
the amazing rebuttoning shirt
I've seen TRHPS five times in movie theatres within a year (albeit over thirty years ago) and several times from disc, both DVD and later on Blu-ray. I can quote most of the dialogue by heart and certainly sing along every single song that is on the soundtrack.
Yet I never took notice of an amazing rebuttoning shirt. I must have missed something important.NOOOOOOOOOT!!!
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Picnic10 — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 03:52 AM)
It was more the high end of low budget anyway - 1.2 to 1.4 million dollars at the time which is over 5 million dollars in today's money. This is the studio that made The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure - not corny movies. The Rocky Horror Show was already a cult stage hit when the movie came out. It was responding to interest that was already there, not trying to subvert every suburban teenager.