Too much Tate Taylor not enough James Brown

ryantd2006

Great acting, however Tate Taylor knows very little about James Brown. What little he learned about JB he framed in Hollywood glitter. This film was short sighted. This was a poor attempt. Tate was more concerned with his skill as director than the story of James Brown. The music of James Brown should have been closer to the center of the film and instead it was used as a background music for the director's scenes. In no way did the audience get the feeling that JB was the hardest working man in show business. Tate showed us a Hollywood fantasy were James Brown was destined for greatness. No...JB was not. In the post slave trade south he was destined to die as a nobody. James Brown was the hardest working man on planet earth. That's how he made it into show business. Portraying JB in the "destined for greatness Hollywood fairy tale" diminishes the sweat from his brow and the blood in his veins.

score 1/10

ryantd2006 11 January 2015

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