ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE MUSIC!!!

Being a 21 year old classic rock fan gotta say some of the post in here I find pretty damn embarrassing and immature. I started listening to classic rock around 14 and had pretty much dumped modern music by 15. Age doesn't matter that much and to act like it does makes you sound like a child. He said he liked the music on the album just not the rerecorded stuff off the movie so whats the big deal? Not cool to prefer hearing The Whos music sung by The Who?

It's funny...when I was 15, I knew everything from the 60s and 70s because I had sibling brothers and they brought everything into the house. Their musical tastes were like night and day -- one loved Rock, Jazz and Metal while the other liked R&B and Blues.

The 60s was a wonderful time for music as they mixed a lot to come up with the different styles. If you listen, these musicians used it all. And especially during and after the British Invasion in the USA, those musicians respected more about American music genres than Americans.

This is an obscure, experimental type film because this is how this director was. Ken envisioned this like one warped out trip, and that's how it comes across but to me, brilliantly so. Russell was more avant-garde in his films. Alan Parker, who did "The Wall" was more in tune with musicians and their struggles having done FAME before THE WALL and even the kiddie mobster movie BUGSY MALONE.

Anyway, I write this because I was a music and film nut since I can remember and I always shudder when people put down young folks for their likes and dislikes. Somethings grow on ya. This did, and it may for the OP. May be the OP likes Justin Beiber and Miley Cyrus, et al., maybe not because all 15 years old don't have to. This is just a movie, one man's vision and interpretation of a classic Rock Opera. For some it works, for some it doesn't, but it has nothing to do with the age of the reviewer per ce.

It knows what scares you. It has since the very beginning.

I probably would've had much the same reaction you did if I'd seen the film without hearing the album first.

I totally get what you're saying but the difference may be if you were 15 at the time this first came out in the theatre, you might of felt a little different. I think if my kids were to watch this now, they'd be like WTH mom. Not because of the music but because the movie is so...I cant really can't think of the word I want to say to describe it. I may be wrong though, one of these days I'll have them watch with me.

As far as the OP being only only 15, that doesnt mean he can't appreciate what good 70's rock sounds like. I was a huge fan of the sound of the Who, at only 11- 12 years old myself.

I totally agreed with you. I can't believe people in my grandfather's era would watch such a moronic movie, LOL. Except for the costumes and seemingly expensive sets, there is nothing good to say about this movie, regarding the storyline, director and actors' performance. For songs that were in the same genre as those of The Who, Tommy James' "Mony, Mony" and Arthur Brown's "Fire" are way, way more catchy and "crazier".
Musical movies from my great-grandfather's era such as West Side Story were much cooler and engaging.

You hated it. Here's a cookie.

I agree with others, watch the movie again when you are older and don't compare it to the original. Film is a different art form and has to be judged on its own terms.

Also Quadrophenia is probably the greatest album in all of rock and roll. Check that one out and if you haven't seen the documentary the Kids Are Alright yet check that one out, you will love it.