The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Best movie of this year hands down!

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

This is easily one of the worst movies I've seen. Almost everything about it is bad. Why cast a transexual woman as Dr. Frank N Furter? The whole idea of that character is that it's A MAN DRESSED AS A WOMAN. While Laverne is actually a man, he has gone through a lot of surgery to look feminine, the role was terribly miscast, when you see ''her'' you certainly don't think it's a man dressed in woman's clothing. The acting was incredibly bad, i felt like I was watching one of my school plays, over the top, it felt like they were rehearsing. And isn't Rocky supposed to be a few hours old? he sings and dances like someone who's been doing it for years. Dr Scott was horrible. The only actual good part was the intro, I thought it was pretty cool, and I already knew Ivy and I think she was great. The singing wasn't bad, it was pretty good, but man, this sucked big time.

My husband and I have a running joke... and that is that "Jack the Reaper" is better than this. For those who have not seen "Jack the Reaper"... well, don't. It's bad. Reeeeeal bad. For those who have, you'll understand. Basically what I am saying is this movie is that bad that I would watch old mate Jack again over sitting through any more than the 10 minutes of this shite.Tim Curry owns Frank and seeing him all disheveled tucked away in that chair in this film made me weep! The acting is overdone, the gritty dirty rawness of the original film is completely lost and the magic was missing. Also, why is there a portrait of Beyonce hanging on the back wall of the main hall?I have been a Rocky fan since I was a young girl and loved the film along with the many live productions I have been lucky to see but this was just awful. It has left a bitter taste in my mouth!

I want to be fair. The movie had a lot of talent. It had a 20 million dollar budget according to IMDb. I felt I successfully avoided holding the remake up to a filter of the original film. Sometimes it's not fair to do that to a film. I liked the costumes. Riff Raff, Eddie and Columbia were cast well. The guy who played Brad also did a good job. Columbia stole the show for me. When she was wearing the nurse's HäT and face mask I could not stop laughing. It was so amusing. There were a few funny parts. For instance, Dr. Scott breaks the 4th wall during dinner. Brad looks at him with confusion. It was a funny moment. Janet struggling with her gloves was also funny.Like everyone else, I had misgivings about this piece. The Transylvanians were plain awful. Even Hot Topic isn't that tacky. The dance choreography felt forced. It didn't flow very well or convey the emotion of the song. The dancers didn't really look like they enjoyed doing it. It was just a paycheck. The live band was unnecessary. I respect the talent involved. The pianist' s tribute to Prince's Grand Funkiness was cool though. The band members looked out of place with the other Transylvanians. Magenta was just bad. The actress' Russian accent fluctuated to much. Magenta is supposed to be a very mild, mellow character. The crazy overacting was out of place. The director totally missed the point with Magenta. V. Justice was hot, but she was awful as Janet. Her singing was to good for the show. The performance during "Touch me lacked any sleaziness. Then again, Rocky doesn't know How to be sleazy and neither does Janet. Maybe the actors portrayal of a virgin and a clueless monster groping each other was executed with perfect awkwardness. Other than that V.Justice was just a pretty face. The gal who played Frank was mediocre at best. Her facial expressions worked fairly well. I think T.Curry was much better with his subtle, disinterested performance. I acknowledge how hard it is to reprise a role that was originally done by a master. If she is a transvestite, she should have been wearing men's clothing. Ugh. That's the main problem with this remake. All the characters (with a few exceptions) overact. They tried to hard. The brilliance of the original film was that the actors didn't act. It was subtle and understated. This film was so cheesy and overdone. I'll give another example where less is actually more. In "The Empire Strikes Back" Boba Fett was far more intimidating than Jango. It wasn't what he did, it was what he was capable of doing. He was so calm and menacing. T.Curry's Frank sold me because of what he was willing to do. He had so much presence on screen. Since Frank is that decadent with hedonistic virtue, he doesn't have to flaunt it. He didn't dream it, he did it. I didn't care for the movie watchers. My favorite part of the film is when Frank says "Anticipation". Man, that was butchered in this version. They didn't add anything. Though the ticket gal was a nice touch (she was in the original London performance from what another reviewer said). The music was horrible. It felt really commercial. The same thing Happened to Black Flag after Henry Rollins joined the band. Riff Raff and Eddie did decent performances. I am fine with reprisals if they are done well. What happened here? I gave the film a 3 out of 10. I wanted to be fair. I believe that is one of the higher ratings on IMDb. I think it's worth a watch if you're a fan. It will make you appreciate the original even more. Every fan should see it once so they don't feel left out when others disparage it. Put this movie next to your other cheesy science fiction movies. It'll be at home next to Leprechaun, Troll, Critters, Tremors, David Lynch's Dune, Death Race 2000 and all those classic 50's and 60's sci fi films.

Inspired.. truly.. I didn't hear anything about this remake.. although it had bee rumored for years.the casting was PC not for the good of the legacy of this awesome film.. Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter or as they say here frankfurter??Ben Vereen as Dr. Scott.. WTF were they thinking? Using a great dancer, an actor known for his dance.. in a wheelchair bound role? I gave it a 5 simply due to the other actor's hard word in recreating a classic, not deviating from the standard!Laverne Cox as Frank.. No No No just shitty PC bullshit! Her impression is one of the worst points to this movie.. Just embarrassing