It's John Travolta's birthday and, of course, it's also still '80's Month'. So, today's movie is the 1980 film Urban Cowboy, a movie that previously made my '10 John Travolta Movies Everyone Should See" list (Click here if you want to check out that post).
The movie stars John Travolta as 'Bud' Davis and Debra Winger as Sissy, and both are pretty solid throughout. Without going to deep into the plot, a good portion of the film takes place in a Houston country bar called Gilley's, and there is a lot of two-step and mechanical bull riding during the film's runtime. So, much of the drama revolves around Bud and Sissy's love-hate relationship, so that dynamic has to be believable for the film to work and I think it does. The two meet almost immediately after bud moves to Houston, they get married shortly after meeting, and start having problems almost as quickly. They split up, Bud starts dating a woman with a rich father and Sissy hooks up with an ex-convict... but, of course they get back together in the end.
I find this one to be one of the most enjoyable of Travolta's early movies. I like it a bit better than Saturday Night Fever but not quite as much as Grease to give you a perspective of where I stand on movies in which he dances a good bit. I personally, also really like the music in this movie. It's not for everyone but the soundtrack features songs from Charlie Daniels Band, The Eagle, Kenny Rogers, and others.
Overall, it's an entertaining movie and I give it a 4 out of 5.
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The movie stars John Travolta as 'Bud' Davis and Debra Winger as Sissy, and both are pretty solid throughout. Without going to deep into the plot, a good portion of the film takes place in a Houston country bar called Gilley's, and there is a lot of two-step and mechanical bull riding during the film's runtime. So, much of the drama revolves around Bud and Sissy's love-hate relationship, so that dynamic has to be believable for the film to work and I think it does. The two meet almost immediately after bud moves to Houston, they get married shortly after meeting, and start having problems almost as quickly. They split up, Bud starts dating a woman with a rich father and Sissy hooks up with an ex-convict... but, of course they get back together in the end.
I find this one to be one of the most enjoyable of Travolta's early movies. I like it a bit better than Saturday Night Fever but not quite as much as Grease to give you a perspective of where I stand on movies in which he dances a good bit. I personally, also really like the music in this movie. It's not for everyone but the soundtrack features songs from Charlie Daniels Band, The Eagle, Kenny Rogers, and others.
Overall, it's an entertaining movie and I give it a 4 out of 5.
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