Review of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) by Keemt — 25 Jan 2016

There's so much good, and so much bad, and so much that is both at once. Not a perfect script, but what's more shocking than the plot is the perfect premise of the film, which says more about humans than either characters' spoken words alone. I've never seen a movie that is so charismatic in it's extreme weirdness, and it uses a main villain who is at once sexually liberating but hedonistic and maniacal. Like many other good movies, it ends by leaving a new view of the world on the viewer's mind, left for us to sort out the good and the bad. What kept in my mind after seeing it was that beyond the ridiculousness, there is so much truth in the film, which could be felt but not described until much more thinking.

Other aspects worth mentioning are the occasional great songs along with a mixture of movie "styles" that is if not unique, uniquely effective. This movie feels much better in retrospect than while watching, but the music or Tim Curry's acting can keep the fan going.

Despite the movie's flaws, this is probably one of the best movies ever made.