Very best movie i ever watch

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

I hadn't seen this movie in over 20 years, but it was on TV this weekend and I sat down and watched it. I remembered why I loved it. It's not rocket science or brain surgery, but it is solid entertainment with some really great performances. The story is simple enough: Girl meets boy, Girl marries boy, Girl wants to ride the new mechanical bull at the local many-acred honky tonk, girl loses boy, boy..... well, you know what I mean. The plot is simple but effective. I loved the dynamic between the 4 leads. They were excellent. Scott Glenn has never looked better and seethed with bad boy sexuality. He'd be great for a one- night hookup, but he's a little too dangerous and cruel to keep, but oh boy, was he sexy as hell. Call the movie silly, a guilty pleasure, something to be dismissed, but it is great entertainment and the performances of all involved made it something special. To me, anyway.

As a native Texan, I really love this film because at least it tries to paint a picture of the urban lifestyle of Texans who long for the more independent pioneer days, but in order to make a living must reside in an urban jungle of glass and concrete.John Travolta plays Bud, a young man who comes from the countryside of Texas and moves in with his aunt and uncle in Houston, looking for work in the oil industry so he can buy some land back home and settle down. However, along the way he discovers the Houston nightlife, Pasadena's Gilley's in particular. He meets a girl that frequents the bar and, based upon not much more than the fact that they seem to know the same dance steps, they hastily marry. The bride, Sissy (Debra Winger), is probably not more than twenty.The two really don't know each other, have never lived on their own, and have definitely never perfected the fine art of housekeeping, starting with dishwashing. Add in a brand new mechanical bull at Gilley's and its operator, Wes, a recently paroled ex-con played by Scott Glenn who has the hots for Sissy, and you have a recipe for disaster for our immature young couple.The fine cast is rounded out by Barry Corbin as Bud's ex-rodeo star uncle who dishes out sage advice, Madolyn Smith Osborne as the darling adult daughter of a rich oil man who collects cowboy lovers to ease her boredom, and Mickey Gilley as himself. This was Debra Winger's first leading film role and the start of a tide of good roles in hits that she had during the 1980s. This film was close to the end of a tide of hits for John Travolta, as he fell into obscurity during the 1980's, only to be rediscovered by the public by playing opposite a talking baby in "Look Who's Talking". Well, Gilley's burned down long ago, but this almost 38 year old film was an entertaining if not accurate picture of big city Texas life at that time. For a more accurate look at how suburban Texans live see the TV show "King of the Hill", accurate right down to the Texas shaped clock in the kitchen and the elementary schools named after Dallas Cowboy legends.The overall IMDb rating of this movie in the year 2017 is probably accurate - 6 plus out of 10. I added one star for the personal nostalgia it brings me. I added another because of the simply wonderful soundtrack and the fact that for a few months in 1980, after it came out, it filled the bars of Texas with people who were accountants and engineers by day who thought they could dance the Cotton Eyed Joe at night.

Bud Davis (John Travolta) is a simple small town kid who moves to Houston and lives with his Uncle Bob (Barry Corbin)'s family. He gets a low level job at the refinery with Bob's help. He starts hanging out at Gilley's Club where he meets Sissy (Debra Winger). They have a fiery combative date and quickly get married. They move into a trailer park. Bud is traditional but Sissy is independent. Bud likes to ride the mechanical bull at Gilley's. Released convict and rodeo bullrider Wes Hightower (Scott Glenn) impresses Sissy with his skills. He teaches her after Bud forbids her to ride.It's hard to like Bud especially at the beginning. It takes awhile for him to build some vulnerability. I never really get to a point where I'm rooting for this couple to stay together. It's the first leading role for Debra Winger and she shows her great feistiness as well as vulnerability. Gilley's is very well represented. That cowboy way is nicely done. It would be great for this movie to be shorter and for Bud to not be so much of a jerk. It would allow for better rooting interest. I don't particularly care who wins or who gets together by the end. Although I definitely want Sissy to get out of her troubled life.

This is a highly underrated movie. It has a decent plot, exceptional acting by John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, and supporting cast, and toe tapping pop country music throughout. Although the emphasis on mechanical bull riding is a little silly, the main characters are plausible in their motivations, their jealosies, and in the end, their abiding love for each other. The popularity of the movie to a wide section of America is proof that it is more than just a movie appealing "country" or "redneck" types. There's something about Debra Winger - her change of moods, her expressiveness, her vulnerability - where you just can't take your eyes off her when she is on camera. And the movie is downright fun with the Charlie Daniels Band, Travolta's Texas 2 step dancing scenes, and mechanical bull riding contests. There's no deep message to this movie, but it has a certain simple honesty about it, and it'll entertain you for its 2-hour duration.