The greatest movie ever made..!

Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

The plot in this movie is awful. It's annoying because every 10-15 minutes it's like the producer has to remind you that this is a movie about guitars.Frances, the temporary love interest, seems to be to squeezed into the plot for some reason, probably to give this movie a part love story. Eugene and Frances happen meet in a barn where Frances is not wearing any pants. However, she wears a top long enough. I hate her character and she does not deserve to be on the cover of the DVD. Frances has an attitude problem, and when she and Eugene fight, she storms off and Eugene comes over to comfort her. He says that he wants her to come with him and that he likes her. This scene is so clichéd and cheesy that I bury my head in hands.Then, they kiss and eventually makes it look like they slept with each other. I wonder to myself if she ever ended up pregnant?! Or maybe she brought condoms with her just in case she happens to meet some stranger she could randomly sleep with.Something that was really weird was when that old man wanted Frances to come in the shower with him. I can't remember properly but for some reason she started taking her shirt off anyway but Eugene shows up and she manages to escape. Another creepy thing is that all these weird old men throughout the movie start saying 'Oh you're pretty' and complimenting on her looks. Later on, she completely disappears out of the movie despite the romance between her and Eugene. She's gone at least.One thing that annoyed me is that in the middle of the movie, Eugene and that old dude go to the guitar shop and trade the acoustic guitar for the electric. The old dude traded something to pay for it. The guitar cost four hundred dollars! Four hundred dollars gone for a brand new guitar and some pick up thing. They could of spent it on food and shelter or at least got a second-hand.At the end of the movie, this guy, the 'devil' challenges Eugene against the top guitarist in the town. If Eugene wins, the old dude, who in the beginning lost his soul, gets it back and if he loses, gets his own soul taken.Asleep at that scene, I was awakened by the sound of a loud piercing guitar noise. My ears hurt. There is a dramatic moment where Eugene takes to the stage and plugs in his guitar. There is this guitar duel between him and that other guy that is the best in the town. It bored me to tears. There was also this girl randomly dancing around them. It sounded like two people childishly fighting on guitar hero. Thanks to clichés, we all know who is going to win. Yes, it's the hero of the story, Eugene from his skills he somehow got. I barely saw him learning any guitar skills and suddenly he becomes a professional.Bottom line, don't watch this movie unless you're a hardcore guitar fan and you enjoy watching old creepy perverted guys hit on young girls. Considering I'm more of a piano person, I give this one star for the guitar parts because there is probably skills I'm not aware of.

If there is one movie about Blues, then there is the one. I remember watching it for the first time in 1992 0r 1993, and since that time I am hooked! The theme, the deep South, the music, the cast - all is thrilling and the long, slow blues tracks by Ry Cooder are simply mesmerizing. The very trip done by Willy Brown and his young accolade to the South in search of the lost 30th Robert Johnson is so well done that you almost feel the smell of corn and whiskey. And then there is young Steve Vai who utters not a word in the sequence of duel but does a marvelous work as an actor and solo guitarist. That breathtaking Jackson / Telecaster, Metal / Blues, Shred / Slide duel is a highlight of the whole film. Man, ain't it cool!

I will have to say I give this movie a 10 due to the fact that it was based on the legendary Robert Johnson, The King of the Delta Blues. I have been to the famed "Crossroads" and have found it to be a place of intrigue, but to a lot of other people, they may feel nothing. Macchio and Seneca both put on a great performance as actors for this movie to really make people think Johnson actually tried "selling his soul." That was a good plot in the movie. Gertz played an excellent part in showing Macchio how to be 'blue,' when he needed to be. Excellent movie! All musicians should see this movie as a requisite.If they (Macchio and Seneca) had portrayed trying to get Johnson's "last song," Scratch (Judd) wouldn't give it to them. Judd played a good part also. Especially in the end, when he tore up the contract after Macchio finished playing, and Vai walked away from his guitar.

This movie will always have a special spot in my collection. I remember seeing it on TV when I was about 10, and I hadn't started playing guitar. Seeing Jack Butler (Steve Vai) rip it up left a permanent mark on my memory. A couple years later when I got my first guitar and amp, I rented the movie and was able to appreciate it all the more - I took a cassette recorder, held it up to the TV's speakers and recorded the infamous "Duel Section". I spent hours learning "Eugene's Trick Bag" note for note, and well...being a beginning guitarist, didn't really do much with it at that time. =) It's safe to say that this movie having led me to Steve Vai, is a big reason why I am playing the guitar to this day, 10 years later.Having just watched it for the first time in a few years, it's actually a very good movie. Joe Seneca is brilliant as the harmonica toting blues-man, and Ralph Maccio does an excellent job as well! The storyline holds your interest and builds up nicely to the climactic final duel with the Devil's axeslinger - the one and only Steve Vai. This film also played a big part in catapulting Vai to fame - soon after he would join the likes of David Lee Roth, David Coverdale (Whitesnake) and even replace Yngwie Malmsteen in the rock group Alcatrazz. If you're a Vai fan, you know that the rest is history and he is easily one of the most influential guitarists of our time.Great entertainment, and again - a must if you're a guitarist.