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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll believe it when I see the movie. I'm tired of getting my hopes up for these biopics that don't ever seem to see the light of day.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll believe it when I see the movie. I'm tired of getting my hopes up for these biopics that don't ever seem to see the light of day.

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I hear ya What do you think of their choice?

Musicslave said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll believe it when I see the movie. I'm tired of getting my hopes up for these biopics that don't ever seem to see the light of day.

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I hear ya What do you think of their choice?

He's a bit tall to be JB to me but if he can dance and pull off the splits, I suppose he could be cool.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Musicslave said:

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I hear ya What do you think of their choice?

He's a bit tall to be JB to me but if he can dance and pull off the splits, I suppose he could be cool.

I don't have an opinion on dude yet because I haven't seen "42". However, my vote still goes to Mr. Philip Edward Van Lear from Tyler Perry's Meet The Brown's. Dude even has the raspy voice to pull it off.

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Check him out...

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Philip Edward Van Lear would be perfect for an older James Brown! He has the look and raspy voice. But they may need a double to do the dancing . James danced and did the splits up until his untimely death. Which makes me think! I wish Prince would start doing them again .

it's about time that a Jame Brown biopic was made James has a compelling story.If they do it right,this could be a really exciting film.

SoulAlive said:

it's about time that a Jame Brown biopic was made James has a compelling story.If they do it right,this could be a really exciting film.

Yeah. I just wonder with these type of pics how far are they willing to go in telling their story. We saw what recently happened with the Freddie Mercury biopic with Sasha Baron Cohen (sp?) dropping out of it because of them whitewashing the story for the kiddies. I say, if a person's life wasn't PG/PG-13, then don't try to make as such. I know the studios got to make their money but I feel that they still could if the story is compelling enough and done well.

I generally care less about physical resemblance than most people when it comes to biopics. Since no one will look exactly like the person they are portraying, sometimes it's even easier to be immersed in the story if the actor look noticeably different.

More imporant is the acting chops and, of course, the writing. Biopics of huge stars always seem like an exciting idea. But, many suffer from formulaic writing and really don't convicingly reveal anything about the subject or the times they lived in other than the most basic things you could get from a Wikipedia summary.

Musicslave said:

SoulAlive said:

it's about time that a Jame Brown biopic was made James has a compelling story.If they do it right,this could be a really exciting film.

Yeah. I just wonder with these type of pics how far are they willing to go in telling their story. We saw what recently happened with the Freddie Mercury biopic with Sasha Baron Cohen (sp?) dropping out of it because of them whitewashing the story for the kiddies. I say, if a person's life wasn't PG/PG-13, then don't try to make as such. I know the studios got to make their money but I feel that they still could if the story is compelling enough and done well.

I agree.I think that any biopic should be honest and not hold anything back.They should not sugarcoat anything.

Awhile back,there were rumors that Spike Lee was going to direct this film.

SoulAlive said:

Awhile back,there were rumors that Spike Lee was going to direct this film.

In spite of the critical praise Spike received for "The 25th Hour," I think Hollywood is just about tired of Spike if not already. He seemed to have burned some bridges over there.

Musicslave said: