This film came out when I was in the above demographic. What made me excited about going to see this film was the TV commercial. They used a very popular song, a VERY popular artist at that time, and I was a big fan. The song was "Benny and the Jets" and the artist was Elton John.
I BEGGED my mom to take me to see this film and on a matinee, she did. All I remember is the music. Didn't have much for "Bobby" or "Rose" and didn't remember much of the plot. It was the music that led me in, had me plunk down my money and made me sit through it with my mother who was probably cursing the day I was born since this movie has NOTHING else going for it.
But that is my warning.
I see this "marketing" today with alot of crappy, crappy films. Popular song or beat of the day, a few snippy shots of the film (which you find out those few seconds of film WERE the only decent parts of it), you go, think its allright because of the music. Don't be fooled. Or years later you'll be writing the same thing I am and wondering why you paid so much for a piece of crap film when all you cared about was...the excellent music.
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