The Rose: A talented, Janis Joplin-like diva with world wide fame and popularity who is terribly worn out by work and a strong addiction to booze and drugs. It sounds like an interesting plot doesn't it? Especially for most music lovers!
I liked "The Rose". I liked Bette Midler's performance a lot. She was strong, she was powerful, mind-gripping, and she is a really great actress and I love her voice. I think she has a beautiful voice when she sings ballads like "From A Distance", "Wind Beneath My Wings", and "My One True Friend", and in somewhat ways, I can kind of relate to "Wind" and "Friend". Plus, her theatrical performances on stage are full of non stop fun. I thought that the idea of what the Rose was about was spectacular, but I didn't think the movie, itself, was as interesting. Seeing the Rose slowly kill herself with booze isn't ANYTHING compared to hard core drugs like heroin, which killed Janis Joplin.
Yet I liked the Rose, because it's a powerful story of a very talented woman, and it is sad to see her worn out like that. And from a Bette Midler interview I watched, she claimed that she connected with this character and felt that it was her story. So, I think that's cool.
Good job, Bette!!! :o)
I liked "The Rose". I liked Bette Midler's performance a lot. She was strong, she was powerful, mind-gripping, and she is a really great actress and I love her voice. I think she has a beautiful voice when she sings ballads like "From A Distance", "Wind Beneath My Wings", and "My One True Friend", and in somewhat ways, I can kind of relate to "Wind" and "Friend". Plus, her theatrical performances on stage are full of non stop fun. I thought that the idea of what the Rose was about was spectacular, but I didn't think the movie, itself, was as interesting. Seeing the Rose slowly kill herself with booze isn't ANYTHING compared to hard core drugs like heroin, which killed Janis Joplin.
Yet I liked the Rose, because it's a powerful story of a very talented woman, and it is sad to see her worn out like that. And from a Bette Midler interview I watched, she claimed that she connected with this character and felt that it was her story. So, I think that's cool.
Good job, Bette!!! :o)