I finally saw Ray

[whitenavel]

WOW! Finally saw this tonight on HBO and WOW! What are overrated boring snooze-fest of a film. Incredibly conventional with no energy.

Foxx was very good and I have no problem with his winning the Oscar. But the film is disappointment.

[Pencey]

I totally disagree.

I thought it was a very good film. I loved the script, loved the cinematography, the direction, everything...

In fact it was one of the best biography's I've ever seen.

[billythrilly7]

WOW! Finally saw this tonight on HBO and WOW! What are overrated boring snooze-fest of a film. Incredibly conventional with no energy.

Foxx was very good and I have no problem with his winning the Oscar. But the film is disappointment.

When it came out, I was dying to see it. Never got around to it. The last month or so, it's been playing nonstop on HBO and I keep seeing and thinking about it, but I just never said "Okay, let's do this! Here we go!"

And now I know why. Thank you, whitenavel.

[BottomlessCup]

I mostly enjoyed it. Some of the flashback sequences were unbearably melodramatic. Beyond that (and structure blips typical to biopics), there was much to admire.

However, like "Monster" and "Boys Don't Cry", the performance was much better than the film. IMO.

[jellyjilly]

Yeah, I had regretted that I missed it in theaters, then saw it on DVD. Yawn.

Here was one of my many objections: The heroin addiction. Typical Hollywood cowardly treatment of this topic. Ohhhh, he got addicted because he was full of guilt over the death of his brother back in his childhood. And he has nightmares and hallucinations and flashbacks alllll his life! It's always some childhood thing that triggers these persistent character flaws or behavioral problems. And then, all this person has to do to get over this deep-seated, decades-old problem is find out something simple, like it's really not your fault about that drowning thing. "Oh, it's not? Well then, I can stop taking heroin now."

Look, sometimes people take drugs because it's fun. Then the hassles start to outweigh the fun, so they figure they'd better give it up. Okay? So Hollywood should quit being so sanctimonious and simple-minded about it.

All that movie gave me was a timeline, not a life story. I still don't know what role drugs really played in Ray's life, why he kicked the habit, what drove him, and especially what demons drove him (to do anything at all).

[Rhetorick]

You finally saw Ray? Funny, he will never see you.


I don't know what it was about this movie and why the movie got such RAVE reviews. Yes, Jamie Foxx nailed his part. That goes without question.

But the story... i dunno, i can't think today. This reply was totally useless.

[MacG]

Yep. Totally overrated...and waaaay too long.

[Hassan_Chop]

I liked the music. :cool:

[roscoegino]

The film certainly suffers from sappy biopic cornyitis. Talk about a subgenre that has cliches hanging over its head before the script is even written. Jaime was good, though I enjoyed him more in Collatoral. Regina King was also exceptional.

The storyline just didn't have much meat.

[roscoegino]

P.S. nothing has beaten Coal Miner's Daughter on a broad level as far as music biopics go.

And the DVD just dropped recently! Check it out.