06-21-2025, 07:28 PM
So right now I'm like halfway through "Risky Business" (1983) continuing my Tom Cruise kick and I gotta say...
This movie is fucking dark, yo. How was this ever framed as a comedy? I don't think I've laughed a single time.
It's not funny, it's sad. Really sad actually.
This kid listens to an asshole friend, gets his life wrecked by a hooker, and then at his lowest moment, the only person he has to run and cry to is said hooker??
Really??
It's grim dude... the '80s weren't THAT different of a time, this shit was never funny.
The only scene from this movie you EVER see is Tom Cruise dancing around in his underwear. It's a total misrepresentation.
It's like I got fucking trolled or something. Dude, I rented this. I PAID TO WATCH THIS. And it's DEPRESSING??
Excuse me?
Like if it had been marketed for what it truly is, A SAD MOVIE, I wouldn't feel so deceived. And I wouldn't have watched it either.
1:05:20 dude oh my God, and it just gets WORSE AND WORSE. WHAT THE FUCK!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Bro, FUCK this movie. Even Bronson Pinchot can't save this fucking shitshow. AND IT HAS TOM CRUISE IN IT. And I still low key fucking hate it. That's pretty bad.
And what's with all the smoking?? There were some pretty heinous continuity errors with the cigarettes in that diner scene.
My God, is this really all it takes to be declared a classic? Tom Cruise would FUCKING NEVERRRR be in a movie like this these days, I'll tell you that much. Even like... in the late '80s or the early '90s, I guarantee you he'd have passed this shit WAY the fuck up.
THE ENTIRE MOVIE is exactly like that stereotypical scene in a slasher flick where the chick's about to get killed and she's in a dark hallway slowly reaching for a doorknob or some shit. Like honest to God that's what it's giving.
He's getting turned into a sleazy friggen pimp and that's supposed to be the bright spot in this movie?? I cannot.
Apparently the Director's Cut has an alternate ending where he gets rejected from the university he wanted to go to. It was supposed to be the "serious" ending. I really wonder what they're gonna pull out of their ass that makes the regular ending any better.
1:13:40 there are tons of scenes where it shows pictures of him as a little kid, it's SUPPOSED TO BE SAD. I've only ever heard this was a comedy... how did it end up being SOOO misunderstood?? This is warped man.
1:15:50 oh so NOW he's coming to his senses? Dude this movie is frustrating as hell.
You know what, I think the director WANTED this to be a drama, a cautionary tale, but they told him it was too serious and they needed to market it as a comedy. I seriously think that's what happened.
1:18:20 now they're playing "In The Air Tonight"... there's NO FUCKING WAY this was meant to be funny. So in one way I'm relieved, but on the other hand, if I was the director and this is how they ended up marketing my movie, I'd be pissed the fuck off. Painting it as a comedy when it's meant to be serious is really offensive. I wonder how he felt about it??
AHA!!!!!!
SEE??!?!?!? I fucking knew it.
"In The Air Tonight" was released in 1981... so it was basically a new song when this movie came out. Wild. See, that song paints an entire atmosphere. It was supposed to be dark. It was MEANT to be dark. That director got done fucking dirty.
Totally depressing movie. Worst part about is that this is the role Rebecca De Mornay's fine ass is best known for. I wish it could have been something else.
This movie is fucking dark, yo. How was this ever framed as a comedy? I don't think I've laughed a single time.
It's not funny, it's sad. Really sad actually.
This kid listens to an asshole friend, gets his life wrecked by a hooker, and then at his lowest moment, the only person he has to run and cry to is said hooker??
Really??
It's grim dude... the '80s weren't THAT different of a time, this shit was never funny.
The only scene from this movie you EVER see is Tom Cruise dancing around in his underwear. It's a total misrepresentation.
It's like I got fucking trolled or something. Dude, I rented this. I PAID TO WATCH THIS. And it's DEPRESSING??
Excuse me?
Like if it had been marketed for what it truly is, A SAD MOVIE, I wouldn't feel so deceived. And I wouldn't have watched it either.
1:05:20 dude oh my God, and it just gets WORSE AND WORSE. WHAT THE FUCK!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Bro, FUCK this movie. Even Bronson Pinchot can't save this fucking shitshow. AND IT HAS TOM CRUISE IN IT. And I still low key fucking hate it. That's pretty bad.
And what's with all the smoking?? There were some pretty heinous continuity errors with the cigarettes in that diner scene.
My God, is this really all it takes to be declared a classic? Tom Cruise would FUCKING NEVERRRR be in a movie like this these days, I'll tell you that much. Even like... in the late '80s or the early '90s, I guarantee you he'd have passed this shit WAY the fuck up.
THE ENTIRE MOVIE is exactly like that stereotypical scene in a slasher flick where the chick's about to get killed and she's in a dark hallway slowly reaching for a doorknob or some shit. Like honest to God that's what it's giving.
He's getting turned into a sleazy friggen pimp and that's supposed to be the bright spot in this movie?? I cannot.
Apparently the Director's Cut has an alternate ending where he gets rejected from the university he wanted to go to. It was supposed to be the "serious" ending. I really wonder what they're gonna pull out of their ass that makes the regular ending any better.
1:13:40 there are tons of scenes where it shows pictures of him as a little kid, it's SUPPOSED TO BE SAD. I've only ever heard this was a comedy... how did it end up being SOOO misunderstood?? This is warped man.
1:15:50 oh so NOW he's coming to his senses? Dude this movie is frustrating as hell.
You know what, I think the director WANTED this to be a drama, a cautionary tale, but they told him it was too serious and they needed to market it as a comedy. I seriously think that's what happened.
1:18:20 now they're playing "In The Air Tonight"... there's NO FUCKING WAY this was meant to be funny. So in one way I'm relieved, but on the other hand, if I was the director and this is how they ended up marketing my movie, I'd be pissed the fuck off. Painting it as a comedy when it's meant to be serious is really offensive. I wonder how he felt about it??
AHA!!!!!!
Quote:Brickman felt that the film's unique tone was difficult for studios to understand, and he ultimately had to compromise on the ending, which he felt was less ambiguous than he originally intended.
SEE??!?!?!? I fucking knew it.
"In The Air Tonight" was released in 1981... so it was basically a new song when this movie came out. Wild. See, that song paints an entire atmosphere. It was supposed to be dark. It was MEANT to be dark. That director got done fucking dirty.
Totally depressing movie. Worst part about is that this is the role Rebecca De Mornay's fine ass is best known for. I wish it could have been something else.
