Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

SoTrumpBelieve Must See Movie...

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

nod0007 Yeah I truly did see this film when it came out in back in 1980. In fact, at that time me and my friends would go see just about everything that came out. First off let me just say that I have seen and been subjected to the worst movies of my life during those days, but nothing could have prepared me for the horror that was The Apple. What can I say that has not already been mentioned here on this site? But truly this is one of the worst movies. In fact, when I left the theater on that fateful day, I remember a feeling of nausea that has never left me since then. If you know whats good for you, stay away from the apple for gods sake. And if you cant, please bring sunglasses so that the horror will not as bad and you wont loose your hair in the awfulness of it all. Good luck and may your eyes survive.

zetes Infamously bad musical, often considered the worst movie of that genre. This film is a treasure for bad movie lovers. It's just transcendently awful, an assault to the ears and eyes. Ed Wood-level auteur Menahem Golan, who produced such classics as Over the Top, The Forbidden Dance, the Breakin' movies, American Ninja, Ninja 3: The Domination, Superman IV and Masters of the Universe, directs this futuristic retelling of the story of Adam and Eve, set in the distant year of 1994. Mr. Boogalow is a record company executive who is symbolically the devil. Catherine Mary Stewart and George Gilmour are two Canadian ingénues who try to revive the long-dormant art of the love song (so 1970s!). Mr. Boogalow quickly puts a stop to that by tempting Stewart to the disco scene. The movie pretty much hits its record industry target, and predicts American Idol (except that, instead of soulless disco songs, for the most part the contestants on that show sing soulless ballads). It's not the stupidest movie in the world. On the other hand, it is one of the most garish imaginable, with its goofy futuristic clothes (people in the future always tend to like shiny things a lot), and the songs are beyond horrible. Well, at least they're laughable. The whole film is, very much so. And I honestly enjoyed it in a masochistic sort of way.

Lechuguilla If hippiedom had taken root in the 1980s, this musical shows how things might have worked out in the 1990s. Of course you have to use your imagination here. The story describes a nightmarish society wherein everyone must eat, breathe, and sleep for something called "Bim", as promulgated by a capitalistic music mogul named Mr. Boogalow. This Mr. Boogalow rather conspicuously resembles the devil; he tempts the lead male and female singers with an apple, because their love song is a threat to his disco empire. I'm not quite sure what "Bim" refers to, except maybe the perpetuation of disco dollars, along with big bucks for bizarre costumes and garish makeup, of which the film has tons.The entire production is so overdone, so excessive, so lacking in subtlety it's laughable. But there is a worthwhile message here. And that's the idea that people are easily manipulated to become slaves to greed and superficial images; that part of the future the film got right.As for performances, George Gilmour, the lead male, can sing but can't act; Catherine Mary Stewart, the lead female, can act but can't sing; they make a dandy duo. Songs tend to be uninspired and repetitious; the first musical number is awful. But I did like "Cry For Me", toward the end.Others have described "The Apple" as the worst musical of all time. I wouldn't know, since there are many musicals I have not seen. But what is certain is that this film is quaint, to say the least. It's a historical film curio, a cinematic time warp back to another era when disco was king, and Reagan was just an American actor trying to be a President with capitalistic ideas.

smashzoom-1 In this case awful means excellent, so the scale is reversed. This is one the most ill-conceived musicals I have ever seen or heard of. The songs are gloriously bad, yet somehow catchy in a deodorant commercial sort of way. I love this dang movie. If you are in the LA area, the New Beverly is showing it on a double bill with another fantastic so-bad-it's-good movie Plan 9 from Outer Space...which is like the most famous and fantastic bad movie of all time. These types of "anti classics" are so fun to watch, you can't take your eyes off the screen wondering what the filmmakers were thinking. Especially with The Apple, cause it's a pretty big budgeted affair. Too bad they did not try to get people who could actually write a song. Well, too bad for the producers, but not today's audiences. Anyway like I said, it's at the New Beverly in LA on January 30th with Plan 9...I will be there for sure. Awesome awesome awesome....