Ray

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I saw it the other night and it falls in the 'really good biopic that's still just a biopic' category. The performances are stellar, of course, and the music rocks. Jamie Foxx is great and will most likely win an Oscar (although there are certainly better male performances this year, including, perhaps, his own in Collateral). There were a few scenes where you could tell it was the real Ray Charles' voice coming out of his mouth, but those musical scenes are so fantastically executed that it doesn't really matter, and he's really playing the piano and that's impressive all by itself. The supporting cast was also really good, and Warwick Davis got a good chance to shine.

yeah.  had not much interest in this but watched it tonight before foxx picks up his oscar.  the rehab scenes seemed like they were out of some other movie and seemed funny.  but the rest of it was good.

[RegularKarate]

but the rest of it was good.

the rest of the movie?  Really?

I just watched this and I'm amazed at how this could have been nominated for Best Picture.  I understand that the story of it is touching and that Ray died during it's making and that makes people think movies are better than they are, but usually when a movie is being nominated because of the circumstances around it, the movie is at least KIND OF good!

This was bad!

This was like someone took a good documentary on Ray Charles and made some shitty movie of the week for television.  

There was nothing keeping this film together (other than the music, but fuck, I've been listening to this music my whole life, why do I need to see a movie to hear it now?).

I spent the first three quarters of the film picking out furniture I like from it and the last quarter just laughing.

[Sleuth]

I just saw this and it was raytarded

[NEON MERCURY]

I just saw this and it was raytarded

ahahahaha.....


that should eb on the marquee

[SiliasRuby]

It really should be on the marquee. As for the film, I have this to say: I laughed at the end as well, and it's a great biopic with a lot to offer but the transitions seemed stilted to me.