Ray

Willow
Willow Posts: 11,046
edited March 2005 in Music & Movies
From what I have heard this is a worth it movie to buy/rent ?!
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited January 2005
    I've heard nothing but good reviews about this one, definetly a purchase for me. I picked up the soundtrack a few weeks ago and it's excellent!!
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2005
    Excellent movie. Tremendous acting, not just Jamie Foxx, but the whole cast. A definite buy for me (and I rarely buy movies).
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited February 2005
    Just finished watching "Ray".....WOW!!! Jamie Foxx deserves an Oscar for this film. Do yourself a favor and add this one to your collection.
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  • Polkapops
    Polkapops Posts: 267
    edited February 2005
    Yep, just picked it up yesterday and watched it last night......
    Definitely a great flick!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,755
    edited February 2005
    Watched it a lil bit ago, like couple days...

    I liked it, the extended version is terrible - the way they did it...

    But great movie over all!
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  • Polkapops
    Polkapops Posts: 267
    edited February 2005
    I know! WTF's up with that?!!
    The little music notes show up then it's like they hack into the movie with the additional footage, then hack their way out. Found that to be VERY annoying - ended up switching to the theater version, to keep me from getting a headache! :mad:
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,755
    edited February 2005
    I HONESTLY - LOVED the double showing of a clip, where it tells his son how he can tell what the colors are...
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited February 2005
    The extended version was a mess, I changed over to the Theatrical version after about 5 -10 minutes. I thought my DVD player was spazzing out.:rolleyes:
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  • landry_p2000
    landry_p2000 Posts: 1,313
    edited February 2005
    Excellent film. Good acting all around. J Foxx had Ray Charles down packed.:cool:
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2005
    What an exceptional movie. Jamie Foxx continues to prove himself to be an excellent actor.

    I quickly realized too that the extended presentation was going to be annoying. Glad I made the switch early.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2005
    picked this up just today. hope to get time this weekend to watch it. i'll skip the extended version it sounds like.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited March 2005
    what's different about the extended version?
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2005
    It's sucky.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited March 2005
    great... thanks. To bad we can't rate posts on if they are helpful or not, kinda like Yahoo's movie reviews.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2005
    Oh calm down.

    Okay. The extended version is just presented very awkwardly. Its not a seamless experience. Everytime something 'extended' becomes part of the movie, this musical note icon appears in the bottom letterbox. Its very abrupt in that my DVD player, and others, hesistate when making the transition between the theatrical and extended version. Also, I'm not certain if it continues since I turned it off, but at least the first extended part, the PQ was pretty bad.

    Therefore, its sucky.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited March 2005
    I saw this last weekend and wow....BORING.

    I mean, it's interesting to see his life, but to feel like you're living every minute of the movie sucks.

    It wasn't a 'movie' to me.....it was a glorified documentary. I wasn't entertained....I found out stuff I didn't know, but when the first hour of a movie makes ya feel like you've already been sitting down for over 2 hours, somethings wrong. Good performances by the cast, sure......but it's still just a documentary IMO.

    I watched it at my sisters up in UT, and will be returning my unopened/unwatched version in a few days........
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited March 2005
    Watched it over the weekend, I thought it was great.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited March 2005
    I just cant believe Foxx won an Oscar. Ill always see him as "the ugly girl" on In Living Color.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2005
    Originally posted by MacLeod
    I just cant believe Foxx won an Oscar. Ill always see him as "the ugly girl" on In Living Color.

    HAHAHAH, I always think the same thing

    Sha-nay-nay or something liek that.
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  • landry_p2000
    landry_p2000 Posts: 1,313
    edited March 2005
    Originally posted by MacLeod
    I just cant believe Foxx won an Oscar. Ill always see him as "the ugly girl" on In Living Color.

    I think it was "Wanda".
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  • jmasterj
    jmasterj Posts: 327
    edited March 2005
    Yes It was Martin Lawrence as : Sha-nay-nay !
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2005
    Foxx is a very good actor. He made Collateral a great movie. He was also very good in 'Redemption' playing Tookie, the leader & founder of the Crips. The movie itself wasn't very good, but he definitely did a fine acting job. I'm looking forward to more of his roles.

    See how compared to Will Smith this IS actually a good actor?
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited March 2005
    Originally posted by Demiurge


    See how compared to Will Smith this IS actually a good actor?
    Oh come on, let's not do the Will Smith thing again...haven't we beaten that one to death yet?
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2005
    Guess not.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited March 2005
    Well it shouldnt be suprising.

    Who wouldve thought Robin Williams would turn out to be such a tremendous dramatic actor when watching Mork and Mindy.

    Or that Tom Hanks would turn out to be possibly the greatest actor of our time when watching him dress up like a woman on Bosom Buddies.

    Or that Steve Martin would be an awesome actor when watching him say "excuuuuuuse me" with and arrow thru his head on SNL.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2005
    Originally posted by MacLeod
    Well it shouldnt be suprising.

    Who wouldve thought Robin Williams would turn out to be such a tremendous dramatic actor when watching Mork and Mindy.

    Or that Tom Hanks would turn out to be possibly the greatest actor of our time when watching him dress up like a woman on Bosom Buddies.

    Or that Steve Martin would be an awesome actor when watching him say "excuuuuuuse me" with and arrow thru his head on SNL.

    excuuuuuse me! I agree with two out of your three. c'mon. Steve Martin an awesome actor. ummmmm. not to me he isn't.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited March 2005
    He's not an academy award winning actor but compared to 98% of other SNL actors, hes very good. Id still say he's as good as anybody out there now, and a whole hell of a lot better than anybdy that started out with an arrow thru their head! :p
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  • landry_p2000
    landry_p2000 Posts: 1,313
    edited March 2005
    Originally posted by Polkmaniac
    Oh come on, let's not do the Will Smith thing again...haven't we beaten that one to death yet?

    Amen!!! I thought that was over with. That comment was aimed at me, but I will not respond. :rolleyes: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1......see, I'm all better now.:D
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2005
    Don't flatter yourself. ;)
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  • landry_p2000
    landry_p2000 Posts: 1,313
    edited March 2005
    Originally posted by Demiurge
    Don't flatter yourself. ;)

    LOL! Very funny. Have a good one .:)
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