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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1249
Total number of notes:16012

235.0. "What's Love Got To Do With It" by 25415::MAIEWSKI () Mon Jun 28 1993 19:13

  Over the weekend we saw "What's Love Got to Do With It" which is based on the
autobiography of Tina Turner. For the most part, the story covers the time in
her life when she was working with and married to Ike Turner. They performed as
the Ike and Tina Turner review. 

  I really liked this movie a lot, but I have to admit that I have always been
a big Tina Turner fan. Part of the interest was in seeing behind the scenes
stuff after following their careers since they first became famous. 

  The acting is 1st rate, the story is well written, and the direction is
really good. They really got Ike and Tina's moves down really well. I believe
that they used the real Ike and Tina Turner's recordings for the music but the
performances seemed really convincing.

  They did a good job of portraying the stormy nature of their relationship
describing how abusive Ike was and how Tina went along trying to maintain a
public facade of a happier relationship. 

  I believe that even if you are not a Tina Turner fan you will still like
the movie, it is very well done, but for us Tina Turner fans, it's a full
4 stars.

  ****,
  George
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235.1$15377::DEMON::COURTEverybody thought it was a dog.Tue Jun 29 1993 13:095
    "Jurrasic Park" and "WLGTDWI" premiered the saem weekend, on 2000+ and
    about 60 screens, respectively.  I read in "Entertainment Weekly" that
    "WLGTDWI" earned more money per screen than the dinosaurs.
    
    Mike
235.25235::J_TOMAOTue Jun 29 1993 13:347
    I'm looking forward to seeing this since I had read her book a few yeasr
    ago.  
    
    I just hope my attention goes to other areas of the screen besides
    Angela's biceps :^}
    
    Joyce
235.3Angela Bassett was excellent19280::JACOBSONTue Jun 29 1993 13:418
    I saw this movie this weekend; it was excellent. Angel Basset does
    a wonderful performance as Tina Turner. They paid attention to detail
    in this movie. The recreation of the period's cloths and furniture
    was very good. Even if you do not like Tina Turner's music you will
    enjoy this film. I sent my 70 year old parents to it(they hate rock)
    and they enjoyed.
    
    Not a film to bring children to as there were graphic violent scences.
235.4just who *did* do the music5468::D_WEISMANTue Jun 29 1993 18:2512
    
    I also got to see this movie over the weekend and loved it.  I was
    curious about who did the singing.  Its easy enough to dub in
    entire songs, but I wondered about some of the practice sessions
    where she sings parts of songs.  For instance, the scene where tina
    is singing in the studio booth at her house practicing a song she
    wrote (nutbridge(?) city).  She keeps starting and stopping and doing
    the song a little different each time so I can not see how they could
    dub the real tina in.  So I was wondering if anyone knew if they
    only used ike and tina or the actress sang, or maybe a combination?
    
    
235.512368::michaudJeff Michaud, DECnet/OSITue Jun 29 1993 19:213
	Siskel & Ebert said the actress lip synced the songs (they gave
	her praise for a good job of doing it).  Whether that applys
	to the whole movie or not ....
235.625415::MAIEWSKITue Jun 29 1993 20:074
  I went by the closing credits. Most of the songs were listed as "performed
by Tina Turner". I don't know about the short spots either.

  George
235.7she did some rerecording28237::GIBSONTue Jun 29 1993 20:135
    I saw an interview with Tina recently, and she said that she had done 
    some re-recording for the movie. All of the singing was undoubtedly 
    Tina herself. 
    
    Linda
235.8well now I get it5468::D_WEISMANWed Jun 30 1993 15:536
    
    ahh....well that explains it.  I was wondering if Tina might
    have done that.  The voice always sounded the same so I was
    really wondering how they achieved that.  Thank you very
    much for the information.
    
235.9She ain't dead, after all17655::LAYTONTue Jul 06 1993 12:457
    I found that last few repies confusing...you all talk like Tina were
    dead, and unable to lay down the tracks for the actress to lip sync
    to...
    
    Weird.
    
    Carl
235.107892::SLABOUNTYSomeoneLeftTheCakeOutInTheRainTue Jul 06 1993 14:003
    
    	Didn't she die last week after eating pop rocks?
    
235.1125415::MAIEWSKITue Jul 06 1993 17:1512
  No one's saying she's dead. The issues is that when doing a biography
of a living person, some times the subject cooperates and some times they
don't.

  If she didn't want to do the music herself and if she wouldn't allow them to
use her recordings then they would have had to recreate her sound themselves.
Most likely that would have involved legal issues.

  However it appears that she did cooperate and that she actually performed
some of her stuff for the film rather than using existing recordings. 

  George 
235.12VAXWRK::STHILAIREwandering spiritTue Jul 06 1993 20:154
    re .10, no, that was Mama Cass.
    
    Lorna
    
235.13Tina as Juliet 32779::LABUDDEDenial is not a river in EgyptWed Oct 20 1993 18:235
    re: .0
    
    Yeah... but "Romeo and Juliet" is better.
    
    
235.147361::MAIEWSKIWed Oct 20 1993 19:2411
RE     <<< Note 235.13 by 32779::LABUDDE "Denial is not a river in Egypt" >>>

>    Yeah... but "Romeo and Juliet" is better.
    
  Of course it is, I don't think anyone would argue that. ... Well, maybe some
would.

  Still it is a really good movie, I recommend it to all Tina fans and to others
as well for the reasons stated in .0.

  George
235.15VAXWRK::STHILAIREso why can't we?Thu Oct 21 1993 16:484
    re .13, .14, I preferred "Citizen Kane."
    
    Lorna
    
235.167361::MAIEWSKIThu Oct 21 1993 18:0611




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235.1712658::benceLife itself is the proper binge.Fri Oct 22 1993 11:496
    
    Serious nit/trivia alert!!!!   
    
    
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