i dont thinks, especially since you mentioned ray. a lot of people didn't agree with jamie foxx in the role, that he was too much of a comedian and not enough of an actor, and when people saw the movie there were times, at least for me, i thought he was Ray. People said Angela Bassett may not be right for the role of Tina Turner, again slayed the role, and wont even get started on the multitude of things people said about lil mama when she was cast in the tlc movie, and yet again slayed it. i dont know what james brown was like outside of performances, unlike today where if you sneeze or change your hair color it gets reported, i'm going to see the movie because i want to know the story, i want to know some of the mystique, the man behind the mic, a lot of celebrities today don't have any mystique, every thought they have, every move they make no matter how mundane or just plain boring is put in a broadcast. The movie does have a lot of hurdles against it. 1. Predominately African American movie, (it's a fact, not a lot are box office successes, don't try me, and the budgets never seem to go over the 30 million mark) 2. It's coming on the heels of Lucy. 3. It's going up against Guardians of the Galaxy. 4. The following week it's up against Teenage mutant ninja turtles (which I will have to see because my nephew is super hype about the turtles, ever since I showed him the older turtles, and he watches the tv show now.) 5. its a biopic. 6.it has to be a choice and adults and maybe some teens can't go to see a bunch of movies all in one weekend.
maybe it will be a "blind side" or "the help," or think like a man, got to the 100 million mark, but it needed time to build, because after all no one expected those aforementioned movies to do what they did either.
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pullman1881
10 years ago
maybe it will be a "blind side" or "the help," or think like a man, got to the 100 million mark, but it needed time to build, because after all no one expected those aforementioned movies to do what they did either.
I just saw it and the theater was almost filled to capacity....mostly people over 30 and older, like me, who remember the great early days of James Brown. The movie was very good and Boseman was terrific. Don't know if it'll be a $100MM mark, but it'll be a hit.
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