The Bodyguard [VHS]

Very nice movie I recommend it.

Getting the right film

There was nothing that I disliked

It took me almost 30 years to finally watch this movie and although not on a par with Dances With Wolves, it still deserves the full 5 stars for all the memories it brought back of the wonderful decade that the 90's was.I was reminded of The Magnificent 7 years I lived and worked in the States amongst the welcoming and friendly folk that Americans were; reminded of the ease of travelling around the great American West in a camper van for several months with my dog and feeling completely safe -- long before global mass surveillance (for our own protection, of course), computer chip dominance, and monthly public accusations of directorial-misconduct, all of which have become the norm in this century.But most of all I was reminded of working until midnight to finish an animation scene on 'The Prince of Egypt', a scene featuring Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey singing “There can be miracles when you believe”. While I wielded my freshly-sharpened HB pencil, my recently-adopted little dog who didn't understand about film deadlines whined and fussed to go home, refusing to go for a pee outside in the rain. Californian gal that she was, she wanted to leave the studio at a reasonable hour and go back home to... a different area of Glendale where it wouldn't be raining. Then she'd pee.In the end everyone was happy. My scene got finished, I didn't get fired, and my dog peed on the Special Effects department carpet just before midnight – not discreetly in the corner with her ears pinned back in shame, but right at my feet while I finished the final line-test, her ears pricked up and eyes staring triumphantly into mine: “Put that on your pancakes!” She was forgiven, of course, DreamWorks directors being the highly-evolved, Lassie-Faire sort of folk that they were, and was beatified a few years later as she crossed over Rainbow Bridge - three or four years before Whitney herself took a wrong turn and showed up at the Great Gig In The Sky a bit earlier than expected.Anyway, returning to The Bodyguard (Oh, Kevin, I never really left you!) this was a very watchable film for a Saturday Night At The Amazon Prime. The glorious 90's being what they were, inter-racial relationships were embraced with barely a blip; oh, and speaking of dogs, I was happy to see that in this movie -- made during the Prior Age Of Diversity -- there were parts for not one, but two different types of canine actors (although if I was the big fella I'd have had a word with my agent if the scene where Kevin opens the door involved more than one Take. All canine actors must start somewhere, of course, but one mustn't become typecast and allow one's self to be treated in such an undignified manner in every film Thereafter).In a perfect world, nobody would need the services of a bodyguard. Alas this isn't A Perfect World, yet we still managed to travel all over America in the glorious 90's without a hair of our head being harmed. That said, I wouldn't have minded either Kevin or Clint watching my back with such intensity and dedication.Finally, while scanning the credits - as one does at the end of every film - I noticed Bill Withers' “Lovely Day” was listed, but I didn't hear it in the film. Did Daisy cuttim? Her fall from grace must've happened shortly after her fall from the Tandem. Well, no one can say she wasn't warned about that pencil skirt, but at least she wasn't completely rubbed out.In the 80's we actually only had a few moments - and most of those were thanks to Roger and Jessica Rabbit - but in the 90's Didn't We Almost Have It All.

I have always enjoyed this film ever since I was young, and I think it holds up well. Great musical score, and really entertaining romantic movie - if you like that sort of thing! I have always personally liked Kevin Costner and I liked his character in this.

No matter how many times you see it, it’s always a good one.

Never fails to move me emotionally. Love this film and will in all probability watch it a few more times.

Bought to download for long journeys, Great film .