lowbasso
A Hard Day's Knight
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Post by lowbasso on Sept 3, 2015 23:10:00 GMT -5
Is there anything Meryl Streep can't do on film? That is one helluva Rock band she fronts in the movie Ricki and The Flash! Loved the movie, but now I want the soundtrack! She and Rick Springfield and the other guys (RIP to the bass player who died right after filming was completed) really rip it up in the music sequences. Neil Young taught Meryl how to play the guitar, and her vocals are right up there with the best female rock singers of the last 50 years! The band sequences are easily worth the price of admission on this film!
Meryl started out on film in a CBS News Interview in 1966 with her high school friends attending The Beatles concert at Shea Stadium. Paul McCartney should invite her to jam with his band sometime. Meryl has admitted Paul is her favorite Beatle. She would probably die to get up onstage and perform with him. And I think she could hold her own up there with him too!
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Sept 4, 2015 6:48:58 GMT -5
I like Meryl Streep, she's my favorite actress. So she's the main reason I went to see RICKI AND THE FLASH. I agree that she's impressive even when singing (I thought her version of "American Girl" was the highlight). The movie was good, even though it was pretty routine and predictable. But Streep elevated it beyond the mundane.
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lowbasso
A Hard Day's Knight
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Post by lowbasso on Sept 4, 2015 8:12:50 GMT -5
I like feel good movies, which this is certainly one. For me it beats two hours of special effects and a lot of killing. Give me a genuine human interest film with real emotional impacts. I wanted Audra McDonald to get up and sing something. She is one of the current top two best Broadway singers out there right now.
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Post by debjorgo on Sept 4, 2015 18:15:41 GMT -5
Yeah, she likes Paul. She even inducted him one time.
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