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* AdaptationDisplacement: Unless you live in the UK, it's incredibly unlikely you've ever even heard of the novel this movie is based on.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Anyone not familiar with late-1950s British socio-politics, the rise of far-right and neo-fascist political movements post-[=WW2=], and the nuances of "Ted", "Mod", and "Hipster" subcultures and their influence on British music and broader popular culture is bound to be confused.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Anyone not familiar with late-1950s British socio-politics, ''Absolute Beginners'' is an adaptation of a widely beloved novel that makes numerous controversial changes to the rise of far-right story and neo-fascist political relies heavily on intimate knowledge of 1950s sociocultural movements post-[=WW2=], and the nuances historical background behind them. The combination of "Ted", "Mod", its handling of the source material and "Hipster" subcultures and their influence on British music and broader popular culture is bound to be confused.its esoteric plot meant that few were interested in seeing the film. Consequently, it was a critical whipping boy that lost £6.6 million at the box office, acting as one of three {{Creator Killer}}s for Goldcrest Films. On the upside, it eventually got VindicatedByHistory decades later.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans of the novel - which was to England in TheFifties what ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' was to America during that same time - were unhappy in how the novel was changed.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans of the novel - -- which was to England in TheFifties what ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' was to America during that same time - -- were unhappy in how the novel was changed.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: A dancer is played by Creator/AndreeBernard, who would later be best known for playing Liz Burton in ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}''.
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* HarsherInHindsight: In the film, the BigBad's plot is to hire white supremacists to drive minorities out of Notting Hill, thereby allowing him buy up the tenements cheaply, knock them down, and build luxury apartments in their place. As of 2020, Notting Hill is infamously one of the most gentrified residential areas of London. Looks like [[TheBadGuyWins]] after all...
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* HarsherInHindsight: In the film, the BigBad's plot is to hire white supremacists to drive minorities out of Notting Hill, thereby allowing him buy up the tenements cheaply, knock them down, and build luxury apartments in their place. As of 2020, Notting Hill is infamously one of the most gentrified residential areas of London. Looks like [[TheBadGuyWins]] TheBadGuyWins after all...
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* HarsherInHindsight: In the film, the BigBad's plot is to hire white supremacists to drive minorities out of Notting Hill, thereby allowing him buy up the tenements cheaply, knock them down, and build luxury apartments in their place. As of 2020, Notting Hill is infamously one of the most gentrified residential areas of London. Looks like [[TheBadGuyWins]] after all...
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* OneSceneWonder: Most of the film's most memorable characters, played by recognizable celebrities to boot, only appear for one or two brief scenes.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Some great music by Music/DavidBowie (the title song, "That's Motivation"), Music/{{Sade}} ("Killer Blow"), and [[Music/TheKinks Ray Davies]] ("Quiet Life"), among others. The dancing's pretty cool too.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Some great music by Music/DavidBowie (the title song, "That's Motivation"), Music/{{Sade}} ("Killer Blow"), and [[Music/TheKinks Ray Davies]] ("Quiet Life"), among others. The dancing's pretty cool too.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Some great music by Music/DavidBowie (the title song, "That's Motivation"), {{Sade}} Music/{{Sade}} ("Killer Blow"), and [[Music/TheKinks Ray Davies]] ("Quiet Life"), among others. The dancing's pretty cool too.
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* {{Narm}}: Falls victim to this nearly every time the film gets serious. Highlights include Colin's drug-addled lipsyncing at Dido Lament's party, Flicker singing "Teddy Bear's Picnic" menacingly while he waves a knife around, a witch-doctor calling down a lightning bolt on some thugs at the White City race riot (a real event that caused very real devastation) and any scene with Steven Berkoff's weird Hitler {{Expy}} character.
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* {{Narm}}: Falls victim to this nearly every time the film gets serious. Highlights include Colin's drug-addled lipsyncing at Dido Lament's party, Flicker singing "Teddy Bear's Picnic" menacingly while he waves a knife around, a witch-doctor calling down a lightning bolt on some thugs at the White City race riot (a real event that caused very real devastation) and any scene with Steven Berkoff's weird Hitler {{Expy}} Hitler-like character.
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* TroubledProduction: Went hugely overbudget during its production, was critically panned and failed at the box office. Considered an OldShame for most of the cast, especially Bowie.
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* TroubledProduction: Went hugely overbudget during its production, was critically panned and failed at the box office. Considered an OldShame for most of the cast, especially Bowie.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Some great music by Music/DavidBowie (the title song, "That's Motivation"), {{Sade}} ("Killer Blow"), and [[TheKinks [[Music/TheKinks Ray Davies]] ("Quiet Life"), among others. The dancing's pretty cool too.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans of the novel - which was to England in TheFifties what ''TheCatcherInTheRye'' was to America during that same time - were unhappy in how the novel was changed.changed.
* TroubledProduction: Went hugely overbudget during its production, was critically panned and failed at the box office. Considered an OldShame for most of the cast, especially Bowie.
* TroubledProduction: Went hugely overbudget during its production, was critically panned and failed at the box office. Considered an OldShame for most of the cast, especially Bowie.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans of the novel - which was to England in TheFifties what ''TheCatcherInTheRye'' was to America during that same time - were unhappy in how the novel was changed.
* {{Narm}}: Falls victim to this nearly every time the film gets serious. Highlights include Colin's drug-addled lipsyncing at Dido Lament's party, Flicker singing "Teddy Bear's Picnic" menacingly while he waves a knife around, a witch-doctor calling down a lightning bolt on some thugs at the White City race riot (a real event that caused very real devastation) and any scene with Steven Berkoff's weird Hitler {{Expy}} character.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Arguably "That's Motivation". It's bizarre even by this film's standards because it's a DisneyAcidSequence that's way over the top and comes out of nowhere. Though it's a VillainRecruitmentSong that temporarily works on Colin, by that point in the movie he's already on the road to selling out -- the number that precedes it is even called [[SellOut "Selling Out"]]! Moreover, though he turns out to have been one of the hands in the EvilScheme, save for a glimpse of him shortly before the climax David Bowie's character disappears for the rest of the movie (resulting in WhatHappenedToTheMouse).
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Arguably "That's Motivation". It's bizarre even by this film's standards because it's a DisneyAcidSequence that's way over the top and comes out of nowhere. Though it's a VillainRecruitmentSong that temporarily works on Colin, by that point in the movie he's already well on the road to selling out -- the number that precedes it is even called [[SellOut "Selling Out"]]! Out"]] -- so it isn't vital to the storyline. Moreover, though he Vendice Partners turns out to have been one of the hands in the EvilScheme, save for a glimpse of him shortly before the climax David Bowie's character he disappears for the rest of the movie (resulting in WhatHappenedToTheMouse).
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Arguably "That's Motivation", bizzare Motivation". It's bizarre even by the this film's standards. It has no bearing on the plot standards because it's a SellOut song, despite the fact there already is a song called Selling Out, it's DisneyAcidSequence that's way over the top, it top and comes out of nowhere, and nowhere. Though it's a VillainRecruitmentSong that temporarily works on Colin, by that point in the movie he's already on the road to selling out -- the number that precedes it is even called [[SellOut "Selling Out"]]! Moreover, though he turns out to have been one of the hands in the EvilScheme, save for a glimpse of him shortly before the climax David Bowie's character disappears for the rest of the movie save for a glimpse of him at the end.(resulting in WhatHappenedToTheMouse).
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "That's Motivation", bizzare even by the film's standards. It has no bearing on the plot because it's a SellOut song, despite the fact there already is a song called Selling Out, it's way over the top, it comes out of nowhere, and David Bowie's character disappears for the rest of the movie save for a glimpse of him at the end.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans of the novel - which was to England in TheFifties what ''TheCatcherInTheRye'' was to America during that same time - were unhappy in how the novel was changed.changed.
* {{Narm}}: Falls victim to this nearly every time the film gets serious. Highlights include Colin's drug-addled lipsyncing at Dido Lament's party, Flicker singing "Teddy Bear's Picnic" menacingly while he waves a knife around, a witch-doctor calling down a lightning bolt on some thugs at the White City riots at the race riot and any scene with Steven Berkoff's weird Hitler {{Expy}} character.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Some great music by DavidBowie (the title song, "That's Motivation"), {{Sade}} ("Killer Blow"), and [[TheKinks Ray Davies]] ("Quiet Life"), among others. The dancing's pretty cool too.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans of the novel - which was to England in the 50's what ''TheCatcherInTheRye'' was to America during that same time - were unhappy in how the novel was changed.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans of the novel - which was to England in the 50's what ''TheCatcherInTheRye'' was to America during that same time - were unhappy in how the novel was changed.
