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Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Meat Loaf, Charles Gray, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Jonathan Adams, Peter Hinwood (mehr)Streaming (5)
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Let's do the Time Warp again: Zwei Jahre nach der Bühnenpremiere wurde Richard O'Briens Musical 1975 verfilmt und ist längst Kult. In Mieder und Strapsen feiert Tim Curry als bisexueller, außerirdischer Wissenschaftler Dr. Frank N. Furter mit Anhängern seine neueste Schöpfung. Er hat einen göttergleichen jungen Mann geschaffen: Rocky. Doch als das prüde Liebespaar Brad und Janet zufällig in die skurrile Veranstaltung platzt, bricht in Franks sündigem Schloss der Teufel los. (kabel eins)
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Ein wirklich ungewöhnlicher und kurioser Musikfilm, bei dem der Transvestit Tim Curry der herausragendste Schauspieler ist. Die gesamte Handlung des Films schien verrückt und abwegig zu sein, was nicht immer etwas Schlechtes ist. Was ich wirklich loben muss, sind die Lieder, die zusammen mit den farbenfrohen Kulissen und Kostümen eine tolle audiovisuelle Atmosphäre geschaffen haben. Auch die junge Susan Sarandon hat mich begeistert. Kurzum, ein origineller Film, der vielleicht nicht jedem gefällt, aber ich fand ihn überdurchschnittlich gut.
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OK, another film whose cult status I can’t understand. The ear-shattering, awful 1970s music does highlight the depravity on screen, but it also made the film almost unwatchable. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is perverted in the exact awfully perverted fashion that I can’t understand, let alone like. On top of that, Tim Curry is almost unpleasantly convincing in the role of a sweet transvestite from the transsexual planet Transylvania… Overall, it was one of the least imitable film experiences I’ve ever had, and I’m giving it two stars for that, but my tastes are elsewhere.
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It is perhaps bizarre but original. Unfortunately, it's also a somewhat uncoordinated affair, which after a rousing opening starts to rehash the stereotypical system of musicals without any further innovation or invention. Sharman earns points with promising hints, but he could have pushed a little harder. That’s quite unfortunate because this madness stands on its own two feet only thanks to the divine Tim Curry, whose tranny creation is unparalleled on screen. All in all, it’s as entertaining as De Palma's (sadly underrated) Phantom of the Paradise.
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Even in an ordinary screening, without high heels, rattles and rubber gloves, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is endlessly entertaining and, during the existential songs, it is a touching defence of eccentricity and a tribute to the sci-fi and horror B-movies of Val Lewton and William Castle. Thanks to the tastelessness, affectedness and consciousness of its own decadence, every gesture, every prop and every deviant costume screams “camp”. The film dares us to despise it and dance with it. Both surprisingly happen at the same time, inviting us to experience it again and again, just like repeatedly listening to the soundtrack (I’ve had “Touch-a, touch-a, touch-a, touch me” stuck in my head for a few weeks). 90%
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What more can I say about the presumed musical legend, than that its humor, as well as the individual songs, were just not my cup of tea. And I respect the British humor as well as I respect a similar sounding music. Nevertheless, since I’ve heard endless stories of how people are dedicated to this movie, I will refrain from a more in-depth review. It will be for the better.
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