I love this movie...it's a classic...still under rated...and...A GREAT ACTOR...a natural...someone who knew, how to convey messages...and the story,, about a country boy, in a Huge City...love, pain, friendship. Great Movie..
@@joere-uploader5766 Less Than Zero sucked. It had potential to be good, but it had shitty writing. Robert Downey Jr. did really well with the material he was given though.
This movie was super depressing, kinda like the last two yrs of the 80's . I think it had something to do with black Monday . Gotta say though this movie is so '80's that it hurts
@SavvyMuhon I hear what you're saying. The plot was pretty weak. Back in the day I really liked it. But I was also very young. It had like a cult- like aura about it where it was a great movie amongst the cool kids. Crack was still a relatively new drug (I think) and drew almost an excitement. The two things that I believe gave it this recognition were RDJ's performance but even more so was the film's soundtrack that was produced by Rick Rubin and Def Jam records.
This was hands down the greatest book-to-movie translation ever done. As always there is more to the book because it spells it out directly to your mind but this is the one time ever I felt the director told the story the writer intended rather than putting his own spin on it
I shall have to respectful disagree with you there Larry. There are MANY movies that are an amazing adaptions from A LOT of amazing books... I agree that this a great adaption of the book... BUT alas "Great" is not perfect (or near perfect) Please allow me to make MY suggestion towards 'Near perfect adaptions of books' 1- The Godfather 1+2 2- The Lord Of The Rings 3- The Shawshank redemption 4- Goodfellas 5- Missery 6- The Green Mile 7- Fight Club 8- To Kill A Mockingbird 9- A Clockwork Orange 10- Stand by me Of course there are others like: No country for old men There will be blood Apocalypse Now Etc But this movie is 'not bad' (boarding on 'Great') for me. Please don't mind. This was just a personal view. But if you LOVE it more power to you brother. Take care. A.
@@jamesseven1487 YES! well spotted sir. Meant no disrespect, just an oversight on my behalf. Yes, The amazing Thomas Harris - Dr. Lecter Books. Yes, I own the Hannibal TV series on bluray, and I like Hannibal more than most. But I don't think it's from a book prospective as much as the fact that I'm a Ridley Scott fan. So... Win win for me.
Just watched this movie for first time yesterday. Instantly one of the best movies I ever seen. And MJF is Oscar material here. Period. What a movie. So well shot and story well told. Mind blowing. Mind blowing.
I love this novel, so I’m among the few who at least “like” the movie, although the book is much stronger. First chapter of the novel is sublime, on its own.
I had never heard about this movie until I started reading MJF's memoir "Lucky Man". Halfway thought and really enjoying it. Now I want to see the movie too:)
I love MJF. I have a crush on him since 2 years and I'm a young woman. 😜 This movie is a little boring, but has deep meaning. Acting is also very good and soundtrack is exellent.
Never got around to watching this movie. If I did, I clearly don't remember it. I will try (again), but from the looks of it, it may be a hard watch. That's probably why I never had in interest, no matter how many times I passed by it on the shelves at Blockbuster Video. And I watched A LOT of late 80s movie hits when they were new. Two of my favorites are Working Girl, and Baby Boom. Can never get tired of those time capsule gems.
I'm not much of a reader but Bright Lights, Big City is one of a handful of books I have read multiple times. The others are The Bell Jar and A Clockwork Orange.
There are MANY movies that are an amazing adaptions from A LOT of amazing books... I agree that this a great adaption of the book... BUT alas "Great" is not perfect (or near perfect) Please allow me to make MY suggestion towards 'Near perfect adaptions of books' 1- The Godfather 1+2 2- The Lord Of The Rings 3- The Shawshank redemption 4- Goodfellas 5- Missery 6- The Green Mile 7- Fight Club 8- To Kill A Mockingbird 9- A Clockwork Orange 10- Stand by me Of course there are others like: No country for old men There will be blood Apocalypse Now Etc But this movie is 'not bad' (boarding on 'Great') for me. Please don't mind. This was just a personal view. But if you guys LOVE it more power to you brother. Take care. A.
You hit the nail on the head! Phoebe Cates had such an ugly hairstyle in this movie...and, even more annoying, her role was left on the cutting room floor.
He's not an alcoholic in the movie, nor is a drug addict, though he does do a lot of coke in it. He's a guy who had his wife leave him and giving no explanation as to why. He's then going out to heal that hole while simultaneously dealing with the death of his mother and being in a job that he doesn't like. All of that hits at the same time and it's about how we deal with things in our life.
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This movie is soo late 80's . Even the trailer voice guy. Brings u back .
I love this movie...it's a classic...still under rated...and...A GREAT ACTOR...a natural...someone who knew, how to convey messages...and the story,, about a country boy, in a Huge City...love, pain, friendship. Great Movie..
A grown up version of Secret of my Success?
This and Less Than Zero are two under rated classics both in book and film media.
Yep.
@@joere-uploader5766
Less Than Zero sucked. It had potential to be good, but it had shitty writing. Robert Downey Jr. did really well with the material he was given though.
This movie was super depressing, kinda like the last two yrs of the 80's . I think it had something to do with black Monday . Gotta say though this movie is so '80's that it hurts
@@SavvyMuhon fuck you LTZ is a 80s masterpiece. bright lights big city is a boring mess
@SavvyMuhon I hear what you're saying. The plot was pretty weak. Back in the day I really liked it. But I was also very young. It had like a cult- like aura about it where it was a great movie amongst the cool kids. Crack was still a relatively new drug (I think) and drew almost an excitement.
The two things that I believe gave it this recognition were RDJ's performance but even more so was the film's soundtrack that was produced by Rick Rubin and Def Jam records.
This was hands down the greatest book-to-movie translation ever done. As always there is more to the book because it spells it out directly to your mind but this is the one time ever I felt the director told the story the writer intended rather than putting his own spin on it
Of course, the scriptwriter is the Author of the novel himself, Jay McInerney.
I shall have to respectful disagree with you there Larry. There are MANY movies that are an amazing adaptions from A LOT of amazing books...
I agree that this a great adaption of the book... BUT alas "Great" is not perfect (or near perfect)
Please allow me to make MY suggestion towards 'Near perfect adaptions of books'
1- The Godfather 1+2
2- The Lord Of The Rings
3- The Shawshank redemption
4- Goodfellas
5- Missery
6- The Green Mile
7- Fight Club
8- To Kill A Mockingbird
9- A Clockwork Orange
10- Stand by me
Of course there are others like:
No country for old men
There will be blood
Apocalypse Now
Etc
But this movie is 'not bad' (boarding on 'Great') for me.
Please don't mind. This was just a personal view. But if you LOVE it more power to you brother.
Take care.
A.
@@abbass007 you missed The Silence of The Lambs.
@@jamesseven1487 YES! well spotted sir. Meant no disrespect, just an oversight on my behalf. Yes, The amazing Thomas Harris - Dr. Lecter Books. Yes, I own the Hannibal TV series on bluray, and I like Hannibal more than most. But I don't think it's from a book prospective as much as the fact that I'm a Ridley Scott fan. So... Win win for me.
Just watched this movie for first time yesterday. Instantly one of the best movies I ever seen. And MJF is Oscar material here. Period. What a movie. So well shot and story well told. Mind blowing. Mind blowing.
This is a brilliant drama film, in my opinion. Michael is so admirable for his role here. Tracy... what a charm!
*23 July 2023*
I don't think the film itself is very well done but man, does Michael J. Fox kill it here. He was very good.
I love this movie and I first saw it when I was 19 years old and loved it!!
Amazing movie, and the soundtrack.....yes!
I love this novel, so I’m among the few who at least “like” the movie, although the book is much stronger. First chapter of the novel is sublime, on its own.
I need to watch this
Im liking it. Watching it on the pluto tv app for free 😁
I watched it. It was good. Sad about his mom at the end :(
watched the filming near my office in 1987.. Keenes Steak House..NYC was crazy back then... book is way better than movie... but still worth a watch
this is the polar opposite of Back to the Future, amazing
Bryan Ferry Kiss and Tell great song
I had never heard about this movie until I started reading MJF's memoir "Lucky Man". Halfway thought and really enjoying it. Now I want to see the movie too:)
The Fox book is good?
@@clintwilson6380 yes it was a good read, well written, with lots of interesting stories and info.
The movie is def worth a watch. Especially if youve already seen American Psycho or Less Than Zero.
@@RichV20 Thanks:)
michael my beloved
One of the BEST Cocaine movies EVER made!!!
Have you seen "The Boost" with James Woods?
@@davidhiggs7994 Damn, He beat the shit out of Sean Young in that
City of God , Wolf of Wall St. Or Boggie Nights
@@davidhiggs7994 I saw it. Holy Hell, was that film uncomfortable to watch towards the end.
I wish I was ass cool ass Alegash
One of the All time greatest IMO
I used too rent this movie constantly to pretend it was back to the future 2
Marty, the flux capacitor is powered by 1.21 grams of Cocaine!
So underated
This was the Saturday night fever of the 80s. Slice of time. Not nearly the commercial success that the former was.
I’ve only seen him time travel his whole life and then I toss on this flick and see him doing coke 😂
the comments are not turned off thank god Bright lights big city is not marked as"Made for Kids"
I love MJF. I have a crush on him since 2 years and I'm a young woman. 😜 This movie is a little boring, but has deep meaning. Acting is also very good and soundtrack is exellent.
Gorgeous. Let's go.
So the 80’s wear suites?
It's their life, they caught drama out there
back when us short guys had a chance!
Never got around to watching this movie. If I did, I clearly don't remember it. I will try (again), but from the looks of it, it may be a hard watch. That's probably why I never had in interest, no matter how many times I passed by it on the shelves at Blockbuster Video. And I watched A LOT of late 80s movie hits when they were new. Two of my favorites are Working Girl, and Baby Boom. Can never get tired of those time capsule gems.
I'm not much of a reader but Bright Lights, Big City is one of a handful of books I have read multiple times.
The others are The Bell Jar and A Clockwork Orange.
There are MANY movies that are an amazing adaptions from A LOT of amazing books...
I agree that this a great adaption of the book... BUT alas "Great" is not perfect (or near perfect)
Please allow me to make MY suggestion towards 'Near perfect adaptions of books'
1- The Godfather 1+2
2- The Lord Of The Rings
3- The Shawshank redemption
4- Goodfellas
5- Missery
6- The Green Mile
7- Fight Club
8- To Kill A Mockingbird
9- A Clockwork Orange
10- Stand by me
Of course there are others like:
No country for old men
There will be blood
Apocalypse Now
Etc
But this movie is 'not bad' (boarding on 'Great') for me.
Please don't mind. This was just a personal view. But if you guys LOVE it more power to you brother.
Take care.
A.
Prince did a song for the soundtrack "good love" 💜
What’s the song that’s playing in the trailer?
Pump up the Volume by MARRS and Kiss & Tell by Bryan Ferry.
It’s a hard movie to watch. But, it was the 80’s
And, what, Permanent Midnight was released a decade later.
The lighting is ironically very dark and uninspiring, at least in the trailer
I hated this movie because it made Phoebe Cates look ugly, hard as hell to do that!
You hit the nail on the head!
Phoebe Cates had such an ugly hairstyle in this movie...and, even more annoying, her role was left on the cutting room floor.
You will have to fire up "Fast Times at Ridgemount High " to remember how good it used to be ;0)
Great book. Much better than the film.
I just watched this movie and I feel like it was so empty and kinda confusing, maybe the book is better?
That was his life , empty and confusing
Sleeper hit
this film had potential it was a disappointment i watched it a few times i would like to do a proper remake of it
I'm sorry, I just don't buy MJF as an alcoholic.
He's not an alcoholic in the movie, nor is a drug addict, though he does do a lot of coke in it. He's a guy who had his wife leave him and giving no explanation as to why. He's then going out to heal that hole while simultaneously dealing with the death of his mother and being in a job that he doesn't like. All of that hits at the same time and it's about how we deal with things in our life.
@@Bisonzilla well he's still a drug addict..
I get your point but he actually did have an alcohol problem in real life when he first learned of his parkinsons and it almost messed up his marriage
THIS MOVIE IS 🗑
Why?
why?
@@paupiacenza3022 watch: Two Lovers
Phoebe Cates ....thats my wife right there.
Fire up Fast Times at Ridgemount High... although if you are an 80s kid you already have and know "the scene" ;0)