What's Love Got To Do With It?
by Brian Gibson
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Actor: Angela Bassett, Dororthy Thorton, Laurence Fishburne, Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, Virginia CapersDirector: Brian Gibson
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 118 minutes
Release Date: 1996-01-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Studio: Walt Disney Video
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Movie Review: Whats love got to do with it
Summary: 5 Stars
DVD came in great condition, and it also came before the expected delivery date. Amazon were great in tracking my package i knew were it was every minute of the day. And as i say in every review, I will Definatley be shopping with AMAZON again!!Movie Review: We Don't Like This Ike
Summary: 5 Stars
Great performances by Angela Bassett and Lawrence Fishburne. By now everyone knows the story of Ike and Tina's nighmarish marriage, so the question is how well is it told? The story is told extremely well as Tina even supervised in the production. I have heard that Ike accepted a check for $40,000 rather than sue for damages and that this was the last time Ike and Tina ever spoke. Tina is said to have even avoided Ike's funeral.
The only thing I would warn anyone about in this movie is that there are several extremely violent scenes which could be disturbing to some people, most notably a horrifying rape scene.
The story is told realistically enough. The beginnings show a nervous and inexperienced Anna Mae anxious to please band leader Ike and to blend in with the other girls in the band who warn rookie Anna Mae about Ike's reputation. His girlfriend's bed isn't even cold before he starts romancing Anna Mae. Ike's ex-girlfriend, Lorraine threatens to shoot Anna Mae, but changes her mind, turning the gun on herself instead, but is so drunk she botches her own suicide attempt. Lorraine goes to the hospital, (she's ok) but Anna Mae is frightened and Ike is upset that Lorraine is just one more person who has turned against him. This sort of becomes a little song and dance that Ike likes to play for people when things don't quite go his way. He tried to help people who have turned on him and each time he tells it, it loses credibility as most of the time it seems to be Ike who turns on others. However, at first, Anna Mae seems to think she is only seeing a more sensitive side of Ike who is still little more than a perfect stranger. Early on in the movie, the band struggles to get gigs and rookie Anna Mae still feels uneasy around the others, but eventually she is accepted into the band, and even becomes Ike's legal wife, a decison she lives to regret as we all know. The band starts to climb the charts, the gigs get better, the money increases, as does the pressure to produce hits. Ike's drug abuse escalates as well as his jealousy at Tina's new found confidence and favor with audiences and producers and fans. While Tina and the others seem to be enjoying the success, Ike spends long hours at the piano and in the studio trying to come up with new hits. Again Ike becomes increasingly difficult to work with and eventhe other band members have a difficult time ignoring the growing tension between Ike and Tina and Ike and themselves, and Ike and the whole human race for that matter. Things seem to come to a screeching halt after a recording session with legendary producer Phil Spector who wants to work with Tina only, an ugly incident in a restaurant and on board an ariline, as well as Tina's unssuccessful attempt to take the kids and go back home, a rape and susequent suicide attempt lead Tina to divorce court. Tina files for divorce and wins easily while Ike is convicted of income tax evasion and possession of narcotics.
Tina revives her career solo and the movie ends with 80s Tina making her comeback and winning Grammy Awards in the process.
Movie Review: what,s love got to do with it
Summary: 5 Stars
thank you amazon.com,for (what,s love got to with it), I am enjoyed it very much, TINA TURNER with be in NEW YORK, DEC, 1. 08 I would like to go but the ticket are very high in order to get a good seat, she is 68th and look good for her age. been she is four older than me.thank you, thank you, please let me know when you get her CD for the concert in NEW, YORk.Movie Review: Angela Basset's arms are dyn-o-mite!
Summary: 3 Stars
What's Love Got To Do With It? is the biopic of singer Tina Turner. Angela Basset received an Oscar nomination for her fearless performance, she is a powerhouse! Laurence Fishburne is at his creepiest playing Ike Turner, Tina's manager and abusive husband. This film is a bit much at times but the performances cancel out the soapy plot. Check it out sometime!Movie Review: Feels a little like condensed soup...
Summary: 3 Stars
There is a growing problem with biopics of this nature. They either feel overly stuffed (since these performers lives were really so rich with color) or they feel a little too airy since everything tends to get glossed over too quickly. With `What's Love Got to Do with It', the former is most definitely the case. Instead of feeling as if we really get to know Tina Turner we are left wondering who she really was. This isn't to say that the film is a failure, but it is to say that the film never really captures the life she led. We are left feeling as though we got a quick overall glimpse of her life but we are never really brought down into the trenches so-to-speak. There are so many facets of her life that are merely mentioned instead of fleshed out, so in the end `What's Love Got to Do with It' winds up feeling a little unfinished.
The film tells Anna Mae Bulluck's story; a young girl getting swept up in the musical movement of one Ike Turner, her powerful and raw vocals causing a nation to fall in love with her and a jealous husband to resent her. As a piece of mere entertainment the film works. It has glorious set pieces and nice musical numbers and it tells her story so that we can understand it. As an in-depth look at this woman though, it falls short. It feels as if it is just cutting from one event to another without really tying things in for us.
One minute Ike's two sons are dropped off on his doorstep and then next minute they are playing a concert. There is no explanation made, no serious consideration given to Ike's previous relationship. One minute Tina is presented with a Buddhist chant, the next she is a full-fledged practicer of the faith without any real weight given to that aspect of her life.
This is sad because Tina's life is rich with turmoil as well as accomplishment, but the film seems to lend no real time to anything within her life. It plainly tells us what is happening and then moves on, never fleshing it out to the full.
Another problem that I have with the film is Angela's portrayal of Mrs. Turner. A lot have raved her but I personally found her performance to be a tad uneven. She was over-the-top one minute, under the radar the next and then spot on the next. She managed to pull out some brilliant scenes, but those scenes got lost when she became overtaken by ticks and `attitude' that seemed unnatural and out of place (that whole courtroom scene was a joke). I understand her Oscar nomination, because this is the type of performance the Academy usually goes for (biopic, abuse, tragic, inspiring) but her hammy performance was not really worthy of too many accolades. To me it was Laurence Fishburne that actually saved this movie. I normally find him rather dull and uninspiring, but his portrayal of Ike is rich beyond words with charisma and ferocity. He is genuinely charming one minute and fear inspiring the next, and he never falls into the Morpheus brand of monotony he seems to have fallen victim to since 1999. He gives the most colorful and praise worthy performance in the film, and was really much more deserving of the Oscar than the person who actually won.
In the end I have to say that while `What's Love Got to Do with It' seems almost empty at times, it is entertaining and it does hold our interest. I just expected a lot more from this film, since it has been raved about profusely by so many. See this for the story, and for Fishburne's dynamic performance, but don't expect a whole lot of enlightenment on the subject of the one and only Tina Turner.
Summary of What's Love Got To Do With It?
Experience for yourself the powerful true-life story of Tina Turner -- rock 'n' roll's remarkable and talented superstar. Laurence Fishburne (THE MATRIX) and Angela Bassett (HOW STELLA GOT HER GROVE BACK) deliver winning performances as Ike and Tina Turner -- whose turbulent relationship eventually forces Tina to leave and face the fear, pay the price, and find the courage to believe in herself. Don't miss WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT -- the amazing and uplifting story of one of the world's most exciting, high-energy entertainers!Tina Turner, that dynamic diva of pop/soul/R&B from the '60s to the '90s, sings like a woman whose life story is every bit as rough and tough as her voice. And What's Love Got to Do With It, based on her autobiographical account (in I, Tina, written with Kurt Loder) of her years under the iron fist of her abusive husband and musical partner/Svengali Ike, is further proof of what we've always known about Tina: She's what you call a survivor. The movie is sort of the Disney version of Tina Turner's story--a glossy but thoroughly enjoyable, old-fashioned showbiz biopic with laughs, tears, great music, and outrageous (but faithful) period decor, costumes, makeup, and hairstyles. Our Heroine triumphs not only over the rigorous demands of her career in the music business, but finally manages to bust out of her troubled, violent marriage as well and become her own person. This is a movie that'll have you shouting at the top of your lungs: "You go, girl!" --Jim Emerson
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