JL21 wrote:Has anyone seen "La Bamba" and care to share their opinion? I haven't seen it but it's at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and I remember a lot of "critical acclaim" or whatever about it when I was a kid.
You must not have taken Spanish in high school. I think we watched that movie at least once a month for all four years. I'm surprised that it's that high on RT. It's a solid movie but not one I would go out of my way to see or consider a classic. Must be a lot of 2.5/4s or something. Lou Diamond Phillips' imdb page post La Bamba and Young Guns is pretty funny.
It's a by the numbers bio-pic. This happened, then that happened, etc.... It's pretty much just like watching the Buddy Holly bio, only it's Richie Valens.
yeah, the rise and fall movies are all the same only with "insert name" instead of "insert name"
It's a killer, killer film in just about any way you want to judge it. You know the incredible tracking shot at the beginning of Goodfellas? There's a tracking shot in Boogie Nights that I'd put right up there with it.
And, yes. It has a lot of boobs. So even if you think I'm crazy and the movie sucks... there's still a lot of boobs.
I re-watched it 4 or 5 months ago and I'm leaning towards it being the best film, IMO, made in the 90's. Or at least the best non-Goodfellas film made in the 90's (cue ghostrunner's dissent in 3... 2....).
