I don't go out to see movies much any more, but just went to this with my wife and we both loved it!

For a Sunday evening screening, the theater was close to being full which was surprising.

Get On Up!

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

I just saw it and loved it. I was tentative after the L.A. Times trashed it. But then halfway through it struck me, "That lefty rag had to trash it because the film was directed by a white man."

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I just saw it and loved it. I was tentative after the L.A. Times trashed it. But then halfway through it struck me, "That lefty rag had to trash it because the film was directed by a white man."

The backlash is inevitable, predictable. One critic suggested the only reason it got made was because the director, producers are white and that Spike Lee had been originally attached.. I'm glad he passed for whatever reason. I like Spike but I would argue that the white southern director from Mississippi May have a better grasp, understanding of the southern culture Brown was steeped in than the black Brooklyn-born and bred, jazz-loving intellectual northerner. Just my thought as someone who has watched the Hollywood and/or northern-liberal-elitist aesthetic reduce southern experiences to cartoons. And I say that as a proud southern liberal. They always get it wrong.
This thing had to be sweaty and gritty, not perfectly politicized and sanctified by over simplifications.

Well LA Times readers, you made my day. Ken Turan, the critic, really is not cool. And he tore into "Boyhood" this morning, which I want to see, and my intelligent friends tell me I must.

I breathed a sigh of relief when Jagger got involved because he certainly understood James Brown.

This is not meant to be a huge money-makeing blockbuster film so one cannot expect it to gross like... a Stones tour.

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Well LA Times readers, you made my day. Ken Turan, the critic, really is not cool. And he tore into "Boyhood" this morning, which I want to see, and my intelligent friends tell me I must.

I breathed a sigh of relief when Jagger got involved because he certainly understood James Brown.

This is not meant to be a huge money-makeing blockbuster film so one cannot expect it to gross like... a Stones tour.

I'll be seeing if this weekend..
Most movie bios disappoint because they try and recreate the music with weak, bland and modern re-recordings and performances and it loses some of what made that artist great. I was worried how they'd handle the music in this film. Mick's involvement gives me hope because he gets it..
You can't recreate a James Brown groove. So I'm glad they're using the real thing.

I saw "Get On Up" today. During the TAMI Show scene, there were only 4 Rolling Stones watching James Brown. At first I thought, did Mick reeally cut Bill out of this?!!!

The announcer says "...The Five Rolling Stones...". Then in the short clip there are only four. Well.......Bill WAS actaully missing from Around & Around. Where on earth was he? Was he late? He was there for the other songs.

don't give me that ole one two, one two three four

In the bathroom, he had to pee.

Mick said Bill's character could only play on two songs in the movie, so Bill vowed to "never again" have himself portrayed in a Mick-produced music bio.

Bill was deep in conversation with one of the "Shindig" dancers.

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Mick said Bill's character could only play on two songs in the movie, so Bill vowed to "never again" have himself portrayed in a Mick-produced music bio.

Where do you get this? What is your source(s)?


plexi

How was the movie?

Bill wasn't missing on Around and Around. It's just that the camera didn't pan to the far left to film him.

The movie was good. On a 1-10, I'd give it a 7. It's worth seeing. 138 minutes that go by fast.

Minor spoiler alert:

The music and acting are top-notch. Chadwick Boseman is great as James Brown. Much of the latter part of his life is skimmed over (i.e. no third wife). A couple of the flashbacks are difficult to keep up with (i.e. when his mother visits him as a sucess, I'm not sure what year it is). I'm a fan, but not a huge fan, so i don't know if there were any histrocial errors. It was a balanced view of Mr Brown.

don't give me that ole one two, one two three four

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Bill wasn't missing on Around and Around. It's just that the camera didn't pan to the far left to film him.

If true, then Mick Jagger cut him out of "Get On Up".

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Mick said Bill's character could only play on two songs in the movie, so Bill vowed to "never again" have himself portrayed in a Mick-produced music bio.

Where do you get this? What is your source(s)?


plexi

One of the waitresses at Sticky Fingers restaurant. But don't let anyone else know that I revealed my source(s).

To be honest, DGA35 is correct!

Do they delve into part where he was not buried for awhile after his death and why?

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Do they delve into part where he was not buried for awhile after his death and why?

No. They don't talk about his death. The movie ends with just the date of his death. No big deal. The movie is about what made the man, what made him the way his was.
Good movie overall.

Yeah Bill was not portrayed. Just 4 lads standing just off stage watching Brown perform. I guess its Mick sticking it to Wyman.

Further to my first reply regarding Bill and Around and Around, if you watch the DVD, when the band comes on stage, you can't see Bill but you can see his shadow next to Brian briefly as Brian is plugging his guitar into the amp.

The One
“Get On Up.”

BY DAVID DENBY

[www.newyorker.com]

It seems like I've been reading David Denby in the New Yorker for years.
And I never imagined that he would be The One himself to write such an insightful review.

I predict the final tally in the U.S. will be around $25 million. In the U.S., films make most of their box office numbers the first weekend, then drop off dramatically.

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I predict the final tally in the U.S. will be around $25 million. In the U.S., films make most of their box office numbers the first weekend, then drop off dramatically.

I went late Saturday afternoon to see it. I don't think there were more than 25 people in the movie theater. A shame.

You have to give this film two more weeks to tell the tale. It depends on word of mouth.

It's summer and the young ones haven't a clue as to who James Brown is.

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I predict the final tally in the U.S. will be around $25 million. In the U.S., films make most of their box office numbers the first weekend, then drop off dramatically.

Well, you're wrong. To say about the low-budget movie that it bombed while it took third place in the box office - it's just bias. The film made half of its budget in the first weekend, they are excellent results, especially for the film not designed for teenagers and without any big star
btw - except USA there are other places on Earth, did you know that?



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THANK YOU PROUDMARY!

FACTUAL AND TO THE POINT.

Dang! The premiere in Oslo is January 9 next year! Why?

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I predict the final tally in the U.S. will be around $25 million. In the U.S., films make most of their box office numbers the first weekend, then drop off dramatically.

I went late Saturday afternoon to see it. I don't think there were more than 25 people in the movie theater. A shame.

There were only about 25 in the theater here too. 1:15pm on Sunday (North Carolina)

don't give me that ole one two, one two three four



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<<There were only about 25 in the theater here too. 1:15pm on Sunday>>

That's because all the fun and interesting people are still sleeping off their Saturday night.

Would you go to a James Brown concert at 1:15 in the afternoon? Of course not. Because the night time is the right time, and the night train is always packed....

My show was at 3:50....same results.