[Taltarzac725]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by applesoffh

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]

Originally Posted by Tom Hannon

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]

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]

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.

[senior citizen]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Tom Hannon

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]

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]

see my post in General Discussion thread

[villagerjack]

Originally Posted by Buckeyephan

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.