Michael_Elliott
Graffiti Bridge (1990)1/2 (out of 4) This section is where I normally write a plot description but GRAFFITI BRIDGE doesn't have any sort of story so we will just say that Prince goes up against Morris Day.GRAFFITI BRIDGE is considered by some to be a semi-sequel to PURPLE RAIN but considering how awful this movie is I'd rather just pretend there's no connection. If anything this film proves that even a genius can have off moments because you've got to wonder what Prince was even trying to do here. The movie has no story. The movie has no acting. The movie has boring love interest in Ingrid Chavez. This is pretty much an extended music video but sadly even the music is bad.I think even the biggest Prince fan would have a hard time defending this one because there's just one bad scene after another and I'd argue that they're all quite pointless as well. Even worse is that all of the scenes appear to just be Prince showing off his wild costumes. The lack of any real story means you really don't care about the characters, their situations or anything that happens to them. It's easy to see why Prince stayed away from movies after this one.
john galenec
Thanks again Prince. still a timeless classic. still would stand all time. sexy cast and if you look closely there us comedy as well. Ingrid Chavez is strange, but yet, you can't look away from her. i'm spellbound! Great opening, great ending, and great songs in between also. Loved all the songs, and loved all the love/hate and good vs. evil. (so to speak). Soundtrack CD is ok, but even better in the movie since it's a great visual to "see" the songs come to life. and it's not just another "video montage" they all have a place in the story. I dare you to find another movie (besides purple rain) that has as many "hits" in it as well as a great supporting cast (morris day and others).
Vigilante-407
That's the question I was asking myself as I watched it. Now, I know that it is a pseudo-sequel to the much-better and more coherent Purple Rain and it showed, especially with all the motorcycle trips out to the "graffiti bridge" (very similar in appearance to some of the lake sequences in the previous movie). And Morris Day and the Time are around again. That's really where any comparision ends.Prince's character is hyped-up on spirituality (which of course, isn't popular with the club crowds in the film). But ever other spiritually-themed song is followed by one that is much more sexually-charged and with little if no connection to the theme the character is trying to get past. The phrase "in the Temple" is used way too often in way too many of the songs, and is often the only religious link in any of the tunes. This movie seems to reflect the quagmire that was inside Prince himself at the time...He was trying new things but very disjointedly. The New Power Generation had replaced the Revolution, and there are many occurences of the symbol that would become his name (at least early forms of it).
The highlights of the film for me were the performances of Morris Day and the Time, Mavis Staples, George Clinton (even though he seemed to be performing a Prince tune instead of his own work) and the short dance number by Tevin Campbell.If you like Prince, take a gander at the film...just don't expect Purple Rain. If you don't like Prince, don't bother.
2freaky4church-2
A mumbling, pandering piece of fluff. Touched by an angel before it was sheik. Great music wasted in bad plot about a spiritual rivalry. A spiritual movie is hard to make without being preachy, but this movie doesn't say a thing. Prince sleeps and mumbles. His acting is like he was reading from a teleprompter in his crotch. The stage bits are all right but the idea that people are all turned off by Princes' wonderful music is laughable at best. Morris Day is good as usual, but he doesn't have much of a script to work with. The angel plot point would make more sense if we actually knew why she was there in the first damn place. Was she trying to save Morris or Prince? Also, didn't realize that a wanton jeep could kill an angel, I thought they didn't die. The sets look like a game show backdrop and you don't feel like this is a movie with much brains. Prince gloated in an interview that the film didn't have sex or violence. Guess what Prince, it doesn't have brains either. A glam, throw away. Great music wasted..Once again, "why was this movie made"?
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