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In Reply to: RE: Cadillac Records... posted by mkuller on March 22, 2009 at 11:05:08

Martin did a horrible job telling the story of Leonard Chess because she couldn't decide what story to tell. Was it about Muddy Waters? Little Walter? Chuck Berry? Etta James? All of the above. An unfocused, superficial, self-serving piece of crap. There were a couple scenes with Adrien Brody and Beyonce I could sink my teeth into but otherwise, it was fluff. The sad part is that there are real stories and there is real soul there. But to portray the hit songs, Martin showed bizarre studio or club footage and then a billboard chart. so stupid. There was no real celebration of the original musicians and their lives, just a cheap attempt to rely on the audience's preconceptions about race and the music business to string together various vignettes.
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The wife and I both think it was the best film we've seen this year, and we rarely agree - Richard BassNut Greene 07:58:28 04/03/09 (0)
Okay we didn't catch it until it reached the $1 theater, but we both loved the music, even if Beyonce is no Etta James, and immediately went home to listen to the real thing for the next few days.
And I found a two CD Etta James best of collection for $3 at the Salvation Army a few days later.
For example, the wife predicted Slumdog would win as best picture immediately after seeing it, and I thought Dumbdog was horrible because it showed adults torturing children.
I liked Duplicity and she hated it!
She liked Marley and Me, but I was very upset after seeing the dog put to sleep. I thought they should have put Alan Arkin to sleep.
It's rare that we both agree we really loved a movie.
After seeing Cadillac Records, we found several books in the library about Chess Records and some of their artists, to get the real story.
If we had read them before seeing the movie, it would not have been as good.
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Richard BassNut Greene.....................................................................
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and the "Floyd R. Turbo of Bingham Farms Michigan"

Edits: 04/03/09 04/03/09
I wouldn't go that far... - mkuller 09:55:41 03/27/09 (0)
...it's not Academy Award material and it certainly could be better - what film couldn't?

But it celebrates a great period of music (and autos) highlighting the performances of a few very influential musicians who most people know very little about.

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