Comments on: Movie Review: Cadillac Records

By: TivoliEclipse

TivoliEclipse — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:31:47 +0000

Correction:

“Lil ‘Walter’ was not afraid of anyone, not Muddy, not the Police; Jeffrey Wright, WAS Muddy… likeable country boy. A southern boy who cried like a baby privately, “You better know I know it!; and the Big Bad Wolf, “Don’t talk to him no mo… I’m the band leader, I reckon you never worked with one before.” The rivalry between Wolf and Muddy… Huh, palpable. Mos Def’s Chuck Berry… wonderfully easy to suspend ‘disbelief’ and get schooled about America’s racial and decadent history.”

Adrien Brody gave a great performance as always as well!

By: TivoliEclipse

TivoliEclipse — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:02:55 +0000

I’ve heard so many negative reviews from moviegoers not quite ready or capable of making an honest or critical assessment. They panned it! How can you pan the performances, the music, the story, the nuances, the tears that feeled so real? Beyonce’s performance was stellar, brilliant, Gabrielle Union’s performance — whew! You actually believed she loved Muddy. She said, “I love him… don’t ever talk to me about his other women… ever…” Lil Wayne was not afraid of anyone, not Muddy, not the Police; Jeffrey Wright, WAS Muddy… likeable country boy. A southern boy who cried like a baby privately, “You better know I know it!; and the Big Bad Wolf, “Don’t talk to him no mo… I’m the band leader, I reckon you never worked with one before.” The rivalry between Wolf and Muddy… Huh, palpable. Mos Def’s Chuck Berry… wonderfully easy to suspend belief and get schooled about America’s racial and decadent history.

How can you dismiss the writing and Directing? Unsophisticated and immature people walked out of the theater and shouted, “Don’t see it,” to people standing in the queue for the next showing.

What is really ironic… people wonder why Beyonce was cast as Etta James… She’s the Executive Producer chickenheads! Beyonce WAS Etta James like Diana Ross WAS Billie Holiday.

By: pearl cleage

pearl cleage — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:40:27 +0000

this is a wonderful movie. the actors do a great job and the script is nuanced and rich with emotional details. i have watched it over and over and their performances yield something new every time. jeffrey wright gives an outstanding performance as muddy waters. writer/director darnell martin did an amazing job of presenting these very human characters without making any of the usual judgments. the scenes between muddy waters and leonard chess strike the right note of complexity and ambivalence. i loved it!

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:56:16 +0000

Beyonce in my opinion is very very overrated, and to say that she is an actress is stretching it a bit. I will give it to her that this was a roll that shows a bit more depth than previous roles she’s taken, but when she keeps choosing roles that showcases her as a singer tires itself out after awhile, especially just coming out of a film where she’s a singer in a group, it becomes the same old routine. Though Angela Bassett gave an excellent, but sometimes over the top performance as Tina Turner, It was Miss Ross’s performance as Billie Holiday that stands out in Movie Cinema. One thing I can agree with the author on is she was snubbed the Oscar Award for this performance due to the politics that Liza Minnelli was one of Hollywoods Royalties and Miss Ross was just a singer and first time Screen Actress who wowed the nations with a gradeur and believable performance of Billie Holiday. To strip down from the glamourous Diva with no make-up and wild eyes and hair turn drug user Billie Holiday and thrown into a 4 feet by 4 feet padded room and tied up with a straight jacket as she goes through withdrawel, had Oscar written all over it. Unlike Beyonce’s self-induced cockiness that she will win an Oscar and Tony award, her performance falls way short of that in which Miss Ross rose to fame in Billie Holiday. So shame on the author for the comparison of the two roles and the two stars. Diana came from the projects and worked her way to the top in music and movies, Beyonce was born with her fathers money and his dream of pimping his daughter out to become the singer she is. She may be a well-known name now and for the past seven years, but she’ll never be as famous and well-known as Diana Ross.

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By: s

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:56:45 +0000

she did a great job!!

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:10:36 +0000

I have to take issue with the couple of people who have a hard time admitting that Beyonce nailed this part, especially the singing. People who achieve the level of success Beyonce has get there for a reason and she showed me in this film that as a singer she would have been a star no matter what decade you dropped her into.

By: V.W.

V.W. — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:24:01 +0000

Fantastic movie and a great but mostly untrue story. The performances are great and a good solid cast. But what I want to know what happened to Phil Chess? Phil and Leonard were both emotionally and monitarily involved in the day to day operations at Chess Records. Also where was Koko Taylor? Its too bad these two important figures were left out. Its too bad such a stellar movie with such great performances has such a historically flawed story in it’s telling. The truth would have been far more interesting than fiction told here. For all of that I still love and recommend the movie just on the acting and musical performances. Also I believe it captured the atmosphere of the late forties to early sixties in the music industry in Chicago.

Just my two cents.

V.W.

By: Paul S

Paul S — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:16:56 +0000

BRAVO…while Beyounce did a good job on the movie, she was NO Diana Ross, who brought Billy Holiday’s story to LIFE..and if Liza Minelli didn’t get the sympathy vote at the Academy Awards that year, Miss Ross for sure would have won for BEST ACTRESS..without a doubt.

By: 105th and Euclid

105th and Euclid — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:57:28 +0000

It’s March 14, 2009, and here I sit in the Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library. I just put CADIILLAC RECORDS on reserve.

I’m number 209 on the waiting list.

Somebody must like the movie . . . but it looks like it’ll be three or four months before I get to see it.

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By: Ejr

Ejr — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:24:18 +0000

Let me add my two cents. While Beyounce did what she did, her acting did not affect anything. Ross’ acting brought Holiday alive and revived an interest in Holliday. Furthermore, Lady Sing The Blues was an internationa hit and remained in the move theaters for several months, Beyounce’s movie sank within a few weeks.

The success of a portrayal lies in not only capturing the essence of the person who is portrayed but how that portrayal affects those who watch it. Ross affected many by her portrayal which beyounce did nit.

As for who has the better voice? Diana Ross did it long, long ago and it is she who shall be remembered as an artist who contributed in disproportion to self. Beyounce will be remembered as someone who thought she would be the next Diana Ross.

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