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Sixties music is really the star of this frothy entertainment. Back in 1966, the BBC only played two hours of rock music per week. Pirate radio stations broadcasting from ships in the North Sea brought the music of the Who, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and hundreds of rock artists 24 hours a day. The thin plot of this movie centers around the Government’s attempts to shut down the pirate radio stations. There’s plenty of drinking and sex aboard the pirate ship. The crew, featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy, with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson spicing up the action, becomes endearing as the Government’s actions get more dire. Through it all, the vintage music scintillates. Plenty of fun here. GRADE: B+
I know this got soso reviews, but with that cast and the music how far wrong could they go?
PIRATE RADIO is great fun, Jeff. Well worth seeing. The music is great!
I have many friends who have liked this one and yet…it looks like a soundtrack in search of a movie to me from the trailers. Maybe a good rental.
PIRATE RADIO entertained us on a snowy afternoon, Patti. Nothing earthshaking, just a fun movie with great, classic songs. Definitely rent it!
That damned Michael!
I warned you that strange things happen in the TOP CHEF finale, Patti. I thought Kevin was a lock until he decided to make a dessert with BACON! What was he thinking? Plus, Michael botched his dessert but still gets to be TOP CHEF. I’m going to have to talk to Padma about this!
I grew up in England in the 1960s and have fond memories of listening to Radio Caroline and Radio London. I also remember when the authorities had finally had enough and went out to sea and shut the ships down. Some of the deejays went on the work at the BBC’s Radio One (the first attempt by the BBC to be “hip”) and one of them got his own talk show on TV.
Yes, I’m old.
You would love PIRATE RADIO, Deb. It captures 1966 with the fashions and the music. You’re not old, you’re mature.
My definition of “film soundtrack” has little to do with a bunch of rock songs strung together as background music to cinema hijinks (or whatever).
Oh, and since the conversation spilled over from the previous day’s post, keep in mind that bacon is a food group.
Bacon may be a food group, but it sure isn’t a dessert, Rick. Kevin needed to make a pie or a cake or even an ice cream sundae.
George, if you run into Padma anytime soon, give her a squeeze for me.
Consider it done, Drongo.
Back to Top Chef. Phil and I decided that as viewers from afar, we may have missed the sheer creativity of Michael as a chef. And of course we never tasted his dishes. I think his superior talent probably was evident to those who did.
The judges make the call, Patti. Plus, it didn’t help to have Kevin make some bizarre menu choices. All three finalists were talented chefs, it’s just that I personally would prefer Kevin’s food.
As would we all, I think.