I wasn't planning on writing a review for this movie but after seeing all the hate it is getting, I had to try and balance the scale in the review section. The rating is a real poor representation of the quality that the show provided. I usually only see this kind of hate on the comic book movie pages, but at least there is a good amount of 10's and 1's to even out the score. The problem here is that the majority of people who wanted to watch it were fans of the original, and from what I hear most seem to hate on it. So don't believe in the rating as the show was no where near that bad.
Of course I was skeptical at first when the announcement came. As soon as the music started playing and we see the usherette; I was assured that this will not be awful. Most of the scenes were faithful to the movie with the best moments coming from the "Touch Me" song between Victoria Justice and Staz Nair. To some of the cringe worthy attempts namely the entrance of Laverne Cox (she did get better as the movie progressed though). For the movie as a whole I rather enjoyed it. I believe the problem with most is that they compared it to the original. The film is such an iconic piece of cinema that of course a TV movie on Fox will fail in comparison (they are limited as to what they can and can't show). I rarely say this but this TV MOVIE is worth checking out. If you enjoyed the film but don't think of it as some holy scripture that can't be touched then definitely give this a try as you will be surprised at the fact they captured some of the scenes very well.
I enjoyed most of the characters in the show and would rank them as such:
1.)Ryan McCartan as Brad 2.)Adam Lambert as Eddy 3.)Ivy Levan as Usherette 4.)Annaleigh Ashford as Columbia 5.)Victoria Justice as Janet(she grew on me/ didn't start well) 6.)Laverne Cox as Dr.Frank-N-Furter 7.)Tim Curry as the Criminologist8.)Ben Vereen as Everett Scott 9.)Staz Nair as Rocky 10.)Reeve Carney as Riff Raff 11.)Christina Milian as Magenta...or whatever that was
Of course I was skeptical at first when the announcement came. As soon as the music started playing and we see the usherette; I was assured that this will not be awful. Most of the scenes were faithful to the movie with the best moments coming from the "Touch Me" song between Victoria Justice and Staz Nair. To some of the cringe worthy attempts namely the entrance of Laverne Cox (she did get better as the movie progressed though). For the movie as a whole I rather enjoyed it. I believe the problem with most is that they compared it to the original. The film is such an iconic piece of cinema that of course a TV movie on Fox will fail in comparison (they are limited as to what they can and can't show). I rarely say this but this TV MOVIE is worth checking out. If you enjoyed the film but don't think of it as some holy scripture that can't be touched then definitely give this a try as you will be surprised at the fact they captured some of the scenes very well.
I enjoyed most of the characters in the show and would rank them as such:
1.)Ryan McCartan as Brad 2.)Adam Lambert as Eddy 3.)Ivy Levan as Usherette 4.)Annaleigh Ashford as Columbia 5.)Victoria Justice as Janet(she grew on me/ didn't start well) 6.)Laverne Cox as Dr.Frank-N-Furter 7.)Tim Curry as the Criminologist8.)Ben Vereen as Everett Scott 9.)Staz Nair as Rocky 10.)Reeve Carney as Riff Raff 11.)Christina Milian as Magenta...or whatever that was