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Title: Good Music, Dumb Movie
Review: I loved the album Tommy, and so I expected to love the movie. Frankly, I would have been better off playing it with my eyes closed. Yes, some sequences were interesting, rather like MTV videos as they used to be. More were just plain annoying. I did not like the people who played Tommy's parents, or rather his mother, played by Ann-Margaret, who was OK when she was younger, and his step-father, played by Oliver Reed (who has done some good stuff, but this wasn't it). Tina Turner, as the acid queen, was over-done, but at least we could understand the erotic nature of her role. But the iron maiden torture was absurd.It seems whoever wrote this nonsense had no respect for the music, or the musicians, but believed all acid trips are bummers.OK, Roger Daltrey was pretty sexy, and that may make it worthwhile for some; but find it on a bargain table, because it's not worth much. Two stars, one for the music and one for Daltrey's physical presence.
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