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Opening this week - at a cinema a long way away from you
Posted by David Hepworth on 6 December 2008 - 6:21pm.
The fictionalised story of Chess Records.
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It does seem to have alot in common
with this lot
sorry it won't in embed
Muddy Waters in Majorca don't taste like what it oughta
Looks interesting, but Mick Jagger's accent is worse than... well, worse than the real Mick Jagger's accent. (Or is it Keith??)
I think...
I'll stick with the records.
Christ on a stick...
..that looks awful.
It does look unusual, but...
...I'm quite curious. Beyonce Knowles as Etta James? Could be worse.
In terms of casting...
how could it be much worse?! I don't want to expand on this too much, but I wouldn't say that Beyonce Knowles and the young Etta James look very much alike, do you?
No, they don't
But if I had to stare for two hours at someone pretending to be Etta James and having a stab at, say, I'd Rather Go Blind, I can think of worse people.
Like I said
Could be worse.
I think it's great casting
Beyonce is pretty much the only person I can think of who could fill Etta's shoes. OK they don't look much alike but hey, you can't have everything.
Chess?
Looks more like Ludo.
Who's playing Howlin' Wolf then..
..Michael Jackson?
I heard
it was Lenny Henry.
I may be on my own here
But this looks great. Adrian Brody, Beyonce, a whole tonne of great records, some neat looking cars, what's not to like?
The acting...
..the corny dialogue ("We named ourselves ahter you, Mr Waters...The Rolling Stones")
The replacement with pretty boys and girls for the quite normal looking staff and stars of Chess.
"Ray" got lots of plaudits, and I found THAT mildy dull linear experience.
I'll probably watch it on DVD, only because I love the music.