I have tried... and tried...

I was involved in theater way back in high school, and half of my friends were rabid fans of this movie. I always loved Tim Curry, and the though of him running around in drag as Dr. Frank N. Furter for 2 hours was just too funny.

Years later, when I finally got around to watching it, I was totally surprised by what a let-down it was. The songs weren't anything special, the plot and themes were lame (ooh, the old Prudishness vs. Decadence battle! That's original and interesting!) and I didn't like any of the characters. I didn't even like Tim Curry's performance- He did it too well, and the character was just too slimy to be likable, not even in the campy-villian way that I had expected.

It was a complete disappointment.

It developed its cult status as a regular halloween event in older theaters filled with half drunk college kids complete with audience participation bits, which would be quite a different experience to watching it at home on your own or with a couple of other friends that have never seen it before.

Also consider for a moment that one of the reasons kids in the 80s loved it is that the older generation didn't get it and it bugged them that kids were singing those songs on their lawn as they shouted at them to get off it.

God I hate threads like this. I swear, every single movie board on here has one. "I don't like this movie, why do people like it? I don't get it!"

If you don't get it, you probably never will. It's doubtful that having someone explain to you why they find it appealing will sway your opinion one way or the other.

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At least you tried, i decided this was the worst movie i ever seen the first time i went to see it back in 1980.. and its still the worst to this day

Beats me why anyone likes this let alone apparently so many people.

Different strokes for different folks, the only good thing about this movie are the songs.