Customer Reviews

Dark Side of the Sun [VHS]

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I found this a wonderful film about a young man's struggle with his illness, its potentially fatal consequences, and his decision on how to live with it. I thought Brad Pitt did a wonderful job as did Guy Boyd as the father. To me it was the way he handled a difficult script that shows the quality of actor he is. Many people will not like the theme, the script or the way it was handled. It is not for everyone. But it is for me.

Although Brad Pitt is now one of my favorite actors (Missouri should be proud!), I really didn't enjoy this film. The story of a young man dying from a strange disease deciding to enjoy his time on earth and falling in love sounded good, but the end result just wasn't. Now don't get me wrong, Brad did show a lot of potential, but he had a really bad script to try and work around. The other actors only did fair work. The female lead needed voice lessons and I agree with the other person who reviewed this movie that the nearly constant Bach got on my nerves--at times it didn't even really fit with what was happening. I would also like to say that the part of the race scene where one of the girls watching takes off her shirt and the camera does a close-up of a boy staring at her bouncing breasts as she jumps around was tasteless and totally unnecessary. I wanted to stop watching about halfway through, but I watched the whole thing, partly out of respect for Brad. He made a good effort, but even an actor as charismatic and talented as he couldn't redeem the movie.

I am not much of a Brad Pitt fan but I will have to admit I was very supprised by his performance in this movie.

He showed talent & depth I had not prevoiusly given him credit for.

For this role he spent half of his time completely covered in black leather with every part of his body hidden.

There is no way anybody can accuse him of coasting by on his looks in this movie.

I highly recommend this film based on Mr.Pitt's performance.

It was five years ago that I remember watching most of this movie at 2 in the morning. I didn't know the name of the actors nor anything else about the movie (never heard of Brad Pitt yet) but the memory of watching this film was very profound. I have been trying to find it for a long time. I cried myself to sleep at the end because this film invokes an emotion I can't even express. I just loved it...the message, the courage, the location and the sadness. To quote the Thornbirds "true love is only bought at the cost of great pain." I was quite sick as a child and I had a friend that died of a rare skin disease similar to the film. I understand that in suffering is a kind of beauty and this movie invokes that hauntingly fragile sentiment of loss. I was taught that the Son of God rose on the third day and I believe that this son did too because he chose to live in the light of the sun. This is a beautiful movie worth watching. Hope this helps potential viewers. Love and Peace all.

My son is a huge Brad Pitt fan. Awesome to be able to find another movie to add to his collection. Arrived before Christmas.

The only good thing that I liked about this movie was that I got see a very young and hot Brad. His body and face looked the best ever. He had great abs and muscles.

I must say, Brad had it all along--charisma, personality, style, innocence, and talent. I'm from the state of Missouri and I can say that everyone there is very proud of Pitt's accomplishments. In this short elusive film via 1980's, Pitt proves that he is ready to take on Hollywood and the world by storm. He seems to me to have a strong sense of who he is and what he wants to accomplish in his life and career. The four star rating for me was for the wall to wall classical music that becomes just a little too annoying. I love Bach, but come on!!!

Maybe if you are looking for freedom or you are fighting for your love, you have to seen this film. You'll listen in this film a song that sings "Listen to the moon crying, touching our hearts with her face, listen to me oh! my darling, cause this will be my end...if may words had hurt you, I'll trouble you no more, In the outstand of the morning I'll reach a distance shore... yesterday is mine, tomorrow time its almost too, whatever I've been through is all just thanks to you"

What the film lacks in "esoteric film quality" is compensated by the special interest content.If you like the Mad Max trilogy (Mad Max, Mad Max: The Road Warrior, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome) and you like motorcycling, especially dual-sport motorcycling (on-road & off-road), then you will love this film.The motorcycle ridden by the main character in this film is a Kawasaki KLR650, which happens to be my favorite bike of all time. In the 2000 model buyer's guide in the March 2000 issue of the Motorcyclist magazine, the Kawasaki KLR650 is described as: "When asked to choose just one motorcycle to live with for the rest of our lives, many of us pick Kawasaki's KLR650. This may be the most versatile motorcycle on the planet."Actually when watching the movie, one has to wonder if Kawasaki was the sole sponsor.