Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-11-22 (Friday)

On 11/23/24 9:24 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

I watched:
 Tommy (TCM) 1975 musical directed by Ken Russell based on The Who's concept album.  I know I saw this movie on TV once before a long time ago, but I'm not sure if I actually watched it all the way through from beginning to end.  I do remember except for "Pinball Wizard," not liking it.  Anyway, I really wanted to give the movie a second chance.  And as it turns out, I actually kind of liked this time.  I think the better presentation helped a lot.  This is not a movie meant to be watched full frame on a tiny TV screen.  But one plot point I was shocked by was the character Tommy, was not actually deaf and blind.  The song "Pinball Wizard" has been lying to me all these years!  I thought the character was born blind or had an accident or something and it turns out he just decided one day he wasn't going to see, hear or talk anymore until another day when he decided he would again. 

Yeah, that's not it!  :p

I kept thinking couldn't any half competent doctor tell he was faking, then Jack Nicholson pops up playing a doctor who says all the tests show he can clearly see and hear.  It took to or more years to figure that out?!?  I'm also not entirely convinced Tina Turner's character was just a drug dealer. Sure, that's what the lyrics claim, but if you watch what's happening on screen, she was selling more than just drugs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBN7nG8RDlw

Ian  (Who's been listening to the "Tommy" album since I was a kid!)