Review: Tina on HBO Max (2021)

4 Responses to Review: Tina on HBO Max (2021)

1. carolyn clarke says:

   March 27, 2021 at 4:01 pm

   I cannot wait to see this movie. Tina, similar to Aretha, is not of this earth. I’ve only seen her once live and I swear I didn’t breath through the whole thing. What is weird, is that (again, similar to Aretha), the raw power of these ladies transcends the medium. It doesn’t matter whether you see them in person or on screen, there is something that flows through them that makes you feel their emotion and power. It’s like watching Elvis or Sinatra. It’s weird.

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   • sheila says:

     March 28, 2021 at 1:57 pm

     // I’ve only seen her once live and I swear I didn’t breath through the whole thing. //

     So exciting! I know – it’s like she grabs you by the shoulders and just will not let you go.

     // there is something that flows through them that makes you feel their emotion and power. //

     YES. I was so struck by the moment in the film where Roger Davies basically asked her what she saw for herself in terms of a solo career and she said, “I want to fill stadiums like Mick and Keith do. I want to be the first black woman rock and roll star.” and Davies was like, “Okay, so let’s get started.”

     He felt that power. He devoted himself to it. but she had to dream it up!

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2. Carolyn Clarke says:

   March 27, 2021 at 10:36 pm

   Just saw it. Loved it! Two moments that I must see again – the look on Angela Bassett’s face when she tells the reporter that she hadn’t it the movie and when she sings “HELP” towards the end of the movie. I did not know that the song could sound like that.

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   • sheila says:

     March 28, 2021 at 1:59 pm

     // the look on Angela Bassett’s face when she tells the reporter that she hadn’t it the movie //

     hahahaha I know! It was slightly awkward! I’m so glad Bassett was interviewed for the film.

     That performance of “Help” is one of the best live performances I’ve ever seen.

     I have now decided that we need a second documentary – maybe produced/directed by Oprah – where everyone who was inspired by Tina as an artist is interviewed. Get Mick Jagger on camera – Rod Stewart – all those rock star guys who REVERED her – and those in later generations too – I want to hear people talk ABOUT Tina’s impact for two hours. So I’m just putting that out there into the universe.

     I am so glad I got to see her live. I knew it was special at the time. It was overwhelming, when Private Dancer was released – it felt like “wow, how had we even DONE things without Tina on the scene?”

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