As I would assume most, I have watched a lot of Eddie Murphy material. From stand ups to Saturday Night live, to all his movies. So I have seen better. Plus I have high standards for remakes and documentaries of generational actors. And i would call Rudy Ray moore just that. I watched Dolimite with my girlfriend who is in here 20's and never even heard of him. She laughed all the way through the whole movie. She feel asleep on this.
Lets just start off with what I don't like, the portrayal of the late 60s and early 70s. Now I was born in 77 but around 84 you could still see what was left of the mid 70's and late 80's. And you could feel it. The struggle. This movie made everything seem way too easy. The struggle only seemed temporary. Had too much a 2019 feeling of "instant gratification" that you find in today generation.
The person who made this movie had the actors and resources. It was well advertised. I even got netflix for the first time in a while just for this movie. So excited for it to come out only to watch it and see the missed a lot. The 70's were filthy time. It was a struggling time for black people right after the civil rights movement. The director seemed to be stirring away from that and for me you cant show a movie without showing a true struggle.
This is exactly why the "get down" went off and didn't get renewed. Cause they just made things seem unreal to the point where its a documentary mixed in with pleasantville. This is suppose to a movie in the 70's? Yeah okay, the only thing they got right was the nudity and that was a little too well placed for me. In the 70's in those films breast were just coming out anywhere and everywhere.
This review may be long but its a review on the film and they missed the boat on this one. Plus it should have been funny. Ill give it a 7 cause it was a great idea and was some great acting in it. But the results were far from great. Quit trying to sugar coat the 70's and give it me raw.
Lets just start off with what I don't like, the portrayal of the late 60s and early 70s. Now I was born in 77 but around 84 you could still see what was left of the mid 70's and late 80's. And you could feel it. The struggle. This movie made everything seem way too easy. The struggle only seemed temporary. Had too much a 2019 feeling of "instant gratification" that you find in today generation.
The person who made this movie had the actors and resources. It was well advertised. I even got netflix for the first time in a while just for this movie. So excited for it to come out only to watch it and see the missed a lot. The 70's were filthy time. It was a struggling time for black people right after the civil rights movement. The director seemed to be stirring away from that and for me you cant show a movie without showing a true struggle.
This is exactly why the "get down" went off and didn't get renewed. Cause they just made things seem unreal to the point where its a documentary mixed in with pleasantville. This is suppose to a movie in the 70's? Yeah okay, the only thing they got right was the nudity and that was a little too well placed for me. In the 70's in those films breast were just coming out anywhere and everywhere.
This review may be long but its a review on the film and they missed the boat on this one. Plus it should have been funny. Ill give it a 7 cause it was a great idea and was some great acting in it. But the results were far from great. Quit trying to sugar coat the 70's and give it me raw.