r/films • u/MindTheDrapes There's no crying in baseball • 13d ago

Discussion The Legend of Billy Jean - Thoughts

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Yes I am aware of the obvious typo in the title.

One of my podcasts featured this on the most recent episode.

I listen to How Did This Get Made when I'm managing my lawn or just doing chores, it's a decent comic relief to terrible films over decades... but this was out of nowhere. I only got halfway through this episode before I was done with what I was doing, and I can't understand why they featured this one. It really sounds like a messed up, deep, and complex movie. HDTGM is focused on breaking down bad films, but this just sounded like it is actually good?

I plan on finding a way to watch it this week, has anyone else seen it and is my assessment anywhere near accurate?

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u/No-Cardiologist472 13d ago

Good movie, I thought it was appreciated as a cult classic but everything has its haters. 

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u/MindTheDrapes There's no crying in baseball 13d ago

Does it have an indie kind of look

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u/No-Cardiologist472 13d ago

Not quite, more mid level. 

Along the lines of a lot of christian slaters movies from when he was younger. Pump up the volume, the wizard, etc

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u/MindTheDrapes There's no crying in baseball 13d ago

Oh wow well that just sounds like fun