Seems OK.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ptGSENcXeI

I'll reserve judgement until I see more...

This looks like a great movie!!! I'm excited to see this! I go crazy over a good biopic and this one looks superb (based on the trailer).

if Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrixs' families wanna play games and prevent a biopic from happening,let them.I'm gonna support the James Brown biopic.It's a good thing that his estate isn't afraid or paranoid of letting his story be told!

SoulAlive said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I'll reserve judgement until I see more the full movie...

LittleBLUECorvette said:

SoulAlive said:

if Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrixs' families wanna play games and prevent a biopic from happening,let them.I'm gonna support the James Brown biopic.It's a good thing that his estate isn't afraid or paranoid of letting his story be told!

Shit we already know his story lol. We know Jimi and Marvins too.

yes,we know their stories,but a biopic would still be nice Did you ever see 'What's Love Got To Do With It?' and 'Ray'? These movies are excellent and give you a more in-depth look at these artists and what they went through.

It looks like the first half is more serious and then the second half turns into some sort of a weird mix of comedy / tragery just because of what James himself turned into as he got older.

I mean, just by judging the trailer.

looks too mainstream

but I'll watch it nonetheless; but if the reviews are poor I'll wait until the dvd...

Looks like this movie has every biopic cliche in the book. The mama who sees greatness in her son. The first performance in some beat up shack with period cars in the background. Stepping out on the stage with the spotlight pointed at the lens. It kinda makes James look like a joke. From all the various interviews and behind the scenes clips I've seen of James, he seemed to be a flawed, but very serious man. I wish they would have approached it like Michael Mann's Ali or Capote. James deserved better than a typical Hollywood biopic.

I don't know about Jimi's family but there is a good reason why Marvin's don't want the film to happen because the films that wanted to do their Marvin bios based it on Steve Turner's tabloid-ish book rather than David Ritz's so that's why the classic Motown music was never greenlighted because the Gaye family might've read the film scripts and didn't approve. They don't deny the bad shit that happened to Marvin and with Marvin but it seems the bios that planned MG films were only interested in mostly the bad stuff with the music as an afterthought. Here, the JB bio looks like it focus on the music and JB himself because JB's family probably looked at the script and okayed it, maybe in the way James would've liked lol

lrn36 said:

Looks like this movie has every biopic cliche in the book. The mama who sees greatness in her son. The first performance in some beat up shack with period cars in the background. Stepping out on the stage with the spotlight pointed at the lens. It kinda makes James look like a joke. From all the various interviews and behind the scenes clips I've seen of James, he seemed to be a flawed, but very serious man. I wish they would have approached it like Michael Mann's Ali or Capote. James deserved better than a typical Hollywood biopic.

Isn't that the reason Spike Lee got away form the film?

It looks PG. A JB bio pic telling the real story would be MA.

Like Timmy said, maybe they are just focussing on the music more so thanhis whole life.

Looking at the credits, all his important band members minus the ladies (besides Yvonne Fair) are in the film. No Lynn Collins, Marva Whitney, Tami Montgomery (Terrell) or Anna King. No Danny Ray though ...

A few of his peers Little Richard, Sam Cooke (played by Ralph Tresvant) and of course Mick Jagger are here. Suprised no Joe Tex, Jackie Wilson, Elvis, Little Willie John, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, little Michael Jackson.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

lrn36 said:

Looks like this movie has every biopic cliche in the book. The mama who sees greatness in her son. The first performance in some beat up shack with period cars in the background. Stepping out on the stage with the spotlight pointed at the lens. It kinda makes James look like a joke. From all the various interviews and behind the scenes clips I've seen of James, he seemed to be a flawed, but very serious man. I wish they would have approached it like Michael Mann's Ali or Capote. James deserved better than a typical Hollywood biopic.

Isn't that the reason Spike Lee got away form the film?

It looks PG. A JB bio pic telling the real story would be MA.

Like Timmy said, maybe they are just focussing on the music more so thanhis whole life.

Maybe, but I haven't seen anything in the trailer showing that it focuses on his music. I don't think the actor is a great dancer because they shot and edited the performances to avoid full body shots.

This short animated clip is 10 times better than the trailer.

http://vimeo.com/45052672

James Brown deserves WAY better!!

Maybe the full movie is not this bad but the trailer looks corny.

They could have picked a more seasoned actor to play him

Are they gonna use original JB music? If so, I'm in.

babynoz said:

lrn36 said:

Looks like this movie has every biopic cliche in the book. The mama who sees greatness in her son. The first performance in some beat up shack with period cars in the background. Stepping out on the stage with the spotlight pointed at the lens. It kinda makes James look like a joke. From all the various interviews and behind the scenes clips I've seen of James, he seemed to be a flawed, but very serious man. I wish they would have approached it like Michael Mann's Ali or Capote. James deserved better than a typical Hollywood biopic.

Yeah, pretty much. I'm not sure about this one.

babynoz said:

Are they gonna use original JB music? If so, I'm in.

If JB's music playing on an interlude is anything to go on, yes it'll be used.

Imagine if the picture includes the infamous MJ-Prince showdown at James Brown's concert.

Shawy89 said:

Imagine if the picture includes the infamous MJ-Prince showdown at James Brown's concert.

And his "comeback" of sorts, the "I'm Real" era from the late 80s!

Adisa said:

Shawy89 said:

Imagine if the picture includes the infamous MJ-Prince showdown at James Brown's concert.

And his "comeback" of sorts, the "I'm Real" era from the late 80s!

The only peers in the films are Little Richard, Sam Cooke and Mick Jagger.

I wish they would have had someone knew, Richard has made a few appearances in music films like "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" and his own made for TV film.

Sam Cooke has been in the Buddy Holly Story and Ali.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

The only peers in the films are Little Richard, Sam Cooke and Mick Jagger.

I wish they would have had someone new, Richard has made a few appearances in music films like "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" and his own made for TV film.

Sam Cooke has been in the Buddy Holly Story and Ali.

Maybe whoever owns the other folks image didn't give their approval, especially ones with a more negative interaction with James like Joe Tex. Mick might be in because he's the one who got the movie started. I think Frankie Avalon might be a character, because in the trailer it looks like there's the performance from Ski Party.

Just for the music