barney_rebel Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Walk the Line - Johnny Cash LaBamba - Richie Valens Ray - Ray Charles Selena - Selena Doors - Jim Morisson What else? (Modern day please... ie no Amedeuses) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaWanna Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 "The Rose" was kinda sorta based on Joplin Least thats what i was told Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112-Rob-2112 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 from what Ive seen and what sticks out in my head would be Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladirushfan80 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 QUOTE (DonnaWanna @ Mar 25 2006, 12:42 AM) "The Rose" was kinda sorta based on Joplin Least thats what i was told yup... janis joplin is correct...... and it was a good movie too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom_Fighter Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 i'm very fond of Walk the Line and The Doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signals1982 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Beyond the Sea with Kevin Spacey is very good. It's based on the life of Bobby Darin. Spacey sung all the songs himself. Some of them sounded indentical. Worth a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundog Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 (edited) The Doors! That gets my vote. http://homepage.eircom.net/~mojodk/thedoors/image_folder/kilmer1.jpg Mmmm, Val Kilmer in leather! Edited March 26, 2006 by sundog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushengal Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 25 2006, 10:15 PM) The Doors! That gets my vote. Mmmm, Val Kilmer in leather! you got that right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundog Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 QUOTE (rushengal @ Mar 25 2006, 10:17 PM)QUOTE (sundog @ Mar 25 2006, 10:15 PM) The Doors! That gets my vote. http://homepage.eircom.net/~mojodk/thedoors/image_folder/kilmer1.jpg Mmmm, Val Kilmer in leather! you got that right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirmshander Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 BIRD ---CHarlie Parker Walk the Line i liked Ray, but Jamie Fox was worn out his welcome(my poor grandmother...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Walk the Line....just saw it...wow.. I loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 i thought walk the line was good, the part with the tractor was pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 "Walk the Line" was very good; it's inspired me to seek out some Johnny Cash CDs. A couple I haven't seen mentioned: "Sid and Nancy," about Sid Vicious. "Lady Sings the Blues," about Billie Holiday. Both were heroin addicts, so they can be tough films to watch. I'm waiting for a film to be made about Jaco Pastorius. Someday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidcrystalcompass Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Walk the Line - Johnny Cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softfilter Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 The Buddy Holly Story. Only thing weirdo Gary Busey done worth watching! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 (edited) QUOTE (softfilter @ Mar 31 2006, 12:43 PM) The Buddy Holly Story. Only thing weirdo Gary Busey done worth watching! I dunno. To go off-topic for a minute, how about Stephen King's "Silver Bullet" or his role as the villian, Mr. Joshua, in the first "Lethal Weapon" movie? He also had an okay role in "The Firm" as a private detective (Holly Hunter's lover and boss) who gets rubbed-out. Edited March 31, 2006 by GeddyRulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milton Bridge Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I hated The Doors - at the end I thought Jim Morrison was a sad wasted junkie that didn't deserve the adulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softfilter Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 QUOTE (Milton Bridge @ Mar 31 2006, 02:41 PM) I hated The Doors - at the end I thought Jim Morrison was a sad wasted junkie that didn't deserve the adulation. I always liked the Doors but I totally agree with your'e comment on Jim Morrison. When i was younger the myth of his other worldly greatness was absorbed in a cloud of pot smoke. Then I matured and realized it was all bull shit. No doubt he wrote some amazing song poetry but seeing and hearing him stumble along in a alcoholic drug daze,the in awe factor disappeared and the reality set in. A no direction self pity hippie who destroyed the spark of his own genius. The myth continues but for me Jim Morrison was knocked off that pedestal shortly after my teenage years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madra sneachta Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 QUOTE (softfilter @ Apr 1 2006, 08:26 AM) QUOTE (Milton Bridge @ Mar 31 2006, 02:41 PM) I hated The Doors - at the end I thought Jim Morrison was a sad wasted junkie that didn't deserve the adulation. I always liked the Doors but I totally agree with your'e comment on Jim Morrison. When i was younger the myth of his other worldly greatness was absorbed in a cloud of pot smoke. Then I matured and realized it was all bull shit. No doubt he wrote some amazing song poetry but seeing and hearing him stumble along in a alcoholic drug daze,the in awe factor disappeared and the reality set in. A no direction self pity hippie who destroyed the spark of his own genius. The myth continues but for me Jim Morrison was knocked off that pedestal shortly after my teenage years. I'm reminded of Dennis Leary's tirade about the film - "Oliver Stone makes a film about Jim Morrison's life? I'll sum it up in 12 words - I'm drunk, I'm nobody, I'm drunk, I'm famous, I'm drunk, I'm dead". I do like Alex Cox's 'Sid and Nancy', but as I always caution, if you've not seen it before, leave once the film comes full circle and gets back to the scene in the Chelsea Hotel. The subsequent dream/fantasy sequence tacked on by Cox is possibly the most Godawful piece of tripe ever committed to celluloid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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