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posted by the_icon_0410STAFFMOD on January 8, 2019 at 11:59 PM
I know Moz is an unpleasant person (and racist too, but that is another matter), but did this movie have to make him out as so awful to everyone apart from Linder? This could have been so much better and more uplifting - what about adding some colour with his James Dean obsession and the book he wrote about him?
Reply by Mrs.peacock
on January 9, 2019 at 2:43 AM
Steven says little throughout the film. We are presented with a young man trapped by his own ambitions, unable to communicate his desires and to truly be himself, hampered as he is by the mundanity of an office job and then a stint as a hospital porter. It is a heartwarming story insofar as the journey he takes is transformative and ends on a high note after hope is stripped away.
Reply by the_icon_0410
on January 9, 2019 at 3:11 AM
I find the ending bittersweet, as you know it's only 5 years (1982-1987) until he screws up his friendship with Johnny M. I am sadder with the ending of their friendship than the ending of their musical partnership. The Smiths are as slightly overrated, as is Moz solo (more than slightly) underrated - at least up until Maladjusted, as the second part of his solo career doesn't really count. I mean Vauxhall is superior to TQID.