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Taltarzac725 06-19-2014 07:26 AM

Jersey Boys?
 
BRIANORNDORF.COM: Film Review - Jersey Boys

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jersey_boys/

This movie does not seem to be getting very good reviews. I would be really interested in what TOTVers think of it. I have not seen the play of the same name.

Tom Hannon 06-19-2014 08:03 AM

Being the big fan of The Four Season I was, I was disappointed in the singing voice of the guy who played Frankie Valli. I am only going by the trailers I've seen but there must be someone else who could have been a better choice. I saw Jersey Boys on Broadway and was happy with the play and I assume the movie is a takeoff of that play. Just wish the singing voice was better. But I shouldn't complain until I see the movie. To be continued....

George Bieniaszek 06-19-2014 09:24 AM

My wife and I saw Jersey Boys on stage in Hartford CT 1.5 years ago and loved it. Singing and acting was excellent.

Haven't seen the movie version.

We did see Frankie Vallie and the 4 Seasons in Concert back in the mid-70's. One of our favorite concerts we attended :)

Buckeyephan 06-19-2014 01:29 PM

John Lloyd Young plays Frankie Valli in the film. He won the Tony Award for this role in the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys. So glad that Clint Eastwood had the good sense to choose someone actually qualified to sing this difficult role. Hollywood has a bad habit of going for a "Name" instead of a "Talent." I still cringe when I think about what Gerard Butler did to the Phantom of the Opera.

applesoffh 06-19-2014 02:05 PM

Movie opens tonight in L.A. Loved the Broadway production (saw the original) and look forward to the movie. Don't really care what RottenTomatoes thinks - I'm going with a friend on Monday if it's playing here.

Taltarzac725 06-19-2014 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by applesoffh (Post 895528)
Movie opens tonight in L.A. Loved the Broadway production (saw the original) and look forward to the movie. Don't really care what RottenTomatoes thinks - I'm going with a friend on Monday if it's playing here.

RottenTomatoes has an audience poll too of what they thought of the picture. I know I have found some movies that the critics really loved but the audiences hated.

ivanhoe 06-19-2014 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Hannon (Post 895328)
Being the big fan of The Four Season I was, I was disappointed in the singing voice of the guy who played Frankie Valli. I am only going by the trailers I've seen but there must be someone else who could have been a better choice. I saw Jersey Boys on Broadway and was happy with the play and I assume the movie is a takeoff of that play. Just wish the singing voice was better. But I shouldn't complain until I see the movie. To be continued....

Spot on!

I noticed the voice quality during a trailer at the theater and mentioned it to my wife. We had just seen the Broadway play a year and a half ago and were very excited about an Eastwood movie version.

Full disclosure- I have not seen the film- but those song trailers are weak!

jdsl1998 06-19-2014 07:29 PM

Rotten Tomatoes ratings will be interesting to watch when it comes out tomorrow. I bet it moves up....hopefully a lot. I really WANT it to be good.

2BNTV 06-20-2014 03:20 AM

Haven't seen the movie yet but I think this will be an audience darling, and the critics doing their usual thing, when a movie doesn't meet their standards.

I will see it with when it get to TV as I love Clint Eastwood as a director, and actor, and he doesn't put out junk. I also love the Four Seasons music.

I love movie where you don't have to strain, to understand was is going on, as far as a plot. Not enjoyable. Give me a popcorn movie anytime. :smiley:

senior citizen 06-20-2014 04:59 AM

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons were always playing on our car radio
 
Definitely looking forward to seeing the movie.........


When we still lived in New Jersey.....................
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons were always playing on our car radio........


(1962) SHERRY
(1962) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
(1964) DAWN (GO AWAY)
(1964) RAG DOLL
(1966) WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU
(1966) DON'T YOU WORRY BOUT ME
(1967) CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
(1969) SOUL OF A WOMAN

(1975) OH WHAT A NIGHT
(1974) MY EYES ADORED YOU

('70s) GREASE




Biography
Newark, New Jersey, USA (1952 – present)

Frankie Valli (born 3 May 1934 in the Italian First Ward of Newark, New Jersey, USA as Francis Stephen Castelluccio) is best known as lead singer of The Four Seasons, one of the biggest music acts of the 1960s, which continued from then to the 1970s disco scene to the present day.

Valli scored over 25 Top-40 hits with The Four Seasons, a handful of Top-40 hits dubbed as a solo act in the late 1960s, one dubbed as The Wonder Who? in 1965, and again in the mid to late 1970s. His best known “solo” single is Can’t Take My Eyes Off You. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with The Four Seasons in 1990.

Tom Hannon 06-20-2014 07:11 AM

People tend to forget what a great song writer keyboard player Bob Gaudio was. Not sure if Gaudio is in the Song Writing Hall Of Fame, but if not, he belongs. The Seasons would have not gotten too far with Gaudio and in the early days, producer bob Crew's writing abilities.

Taltarzac725 06-20-2014 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom Hannon (Post 895807)
People tend to forget what a great song writer keyboard player Bob Gaudio was. Not sure if Gaudio is in the Song Writing Hall Of Fame, but if not, he belongs. The Seasons would have not gotten too far with Gaudio and in the early days, producer bob Crew's writing abilities.

Bob Gaudio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bob Gaudio is in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. http://songwritershalloffame.com/exhibits/C141

Chi-Town 06-20-2014 08:41 AM

Bob Gaudio came up with the term and co-wrote and played the piano in Short Shorts by the Royal Teens. He is in the video.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOTr04YTwE

gatherer47 06-20-2014 07:07 PM

see my post in General Discussion thread

villagerjack 06-20-2014 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckeyephan (Post 895505)
John Lloyd Young plays Frankie Valli in the film. He won the Tony Award for this role in the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys. So glad that Clint Eastwood had the good sense to choose someone actually qualified to sing this difficult role. Hollywood has a bad habit of going for a "Name" instead of a "Talent." I still cringe when I think about what Gerard Butler did to the Phantom of the Opera.


Shhhh...his mother and a Aunt live in TV. Ee played golf with them. Very very nice ladies.

boomerbaby 06-21-2014 08:29 PM

Jersey Boys
 
We just saw this movie this afternoon It was so good. I saw the show on broadway and the movie holds up great. You cant help but sing as you are leaving.

ljarnold 06-22-2014 12:13 AM

We saw the movie tonight and really enjoyed it. I felt that John Lloyd Young was excellent in the part. I saw it on Broadway and in Chicago. You leave the theater singing the songs. Very we'll done.

laceylady 06-22-2014 07:31 AM

The critics got this one wrong. Saw the Broadway show. Saw Frankie Valli live in PA a few years ago. Saw the movie. It was different than the play but equally as good. I wonder about the age of most of these critics? 30? 40? They would not have a clue. I also lived in Jersey and Brooklyn. It took me home.

mr and mrs bike 06-22-2014 07:25 PM

We just got home from seeing the movie. We both really liked it. At first I wasn't sure about Frankie's voice but I think it was part of the role of finding himself. I thought the part when they showed the credits was fun and people left the movie with a bounce in their steps. I would go again.

Taltarzac725 06-22-2014 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mr and mrs bike (Post 897028)
We just got home from seeing the movie. We both really liked it. At first I wasn't sure about Frankie's voice but I think it was part of the role of finding himself. I thought the part when they showed the credits was fun and people left the movie with a bounce in their steps. I would go again.

Sounds like the Villages Entertainment Division or whoever schedules which movies open and where here made the right choice by having this open at the Rialto, Old Mill Playhouse, and Barnstorm Theaters. :popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

glgene 06-22-2014 08:43 PM

We saw the 1:00 showing in Brownwood today. So-ooo glad we did!

When we left the theater, the waiting line for the next showing was lonnng.

Gene & Kathy

2BNTV 06-22-2014 09:18 PM

I definitely plan on going after the crowds have died down. :smiley:

PammyJ 06-23-2014 05:05 PM

Very good movie! We went too late, the songs were replaying through my head, over and over. Don't go before bed time!

applesoffh 06-23-2014 06:48 PM

A neighbor and I went this afternoon to the 1:10 (about) showing in Brownwood. We loved it!


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