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And those who tasted the bite of his sword named him...The DOOM Slayer
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Post by PG Cooper on Nov 10, 2019 21:58:55 GMT -5
 In many ways, Dolemite Is My Name is exactly the movie you expect it to be. The film follows the filmmaker biopic formula to a T and while the filmmaking is certainly solid, there isn't anything as stylistically adventurous as what Tim Burton did with Ed Wood back in 1994. But fortunately, the film is told with a lot of heart. Easy though it is to see the beats coming several minutes before they actually hit, I still found myself emotionally invested in watching Rudy Ray Moore bring his dream to the screen. Eddie Murphy has been getting some buzz for his performance here and while this isn't exactly transformative work, Murphy is very good here, certainly better than he has been in a very long time. Crucially, Murphy doesn't bother with an impression of the real man and instead embodies the spirit of Rudy Ray Moore, which is a role that plays well to Murphy's comic strengths. And speaking of comedy, Dolemite Is My Name is often very funny, with most of the humour stemming naturally from the characters and the incredibly talented cast. Overall, Dolemite Is My Name is a lot of fun. It certainly isn't the deepest or most innovative movie you'll see all year, but sometimes you need some good vibes and big laughs, two things this film delivers with great skill. B+ |
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Post by Doomsday on Nov 11, 2019 1:04:14 GMT -5
I agree with everything. Not life changing but it's a lot of fun.
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Post by Dracula on Nov 11, 2019 7:00:45 GMT -5
Dolemite is My Name(10/27/2019)
Dolemite is My Name tells the story of Rudy Ray Moore, a stand-up comedian who created the character of Dolemite for his routine and this culminated in him starring in an odd Blaxploitation film same name and this film more or less chronicles how that got made. The original 1975 Dolemite is something of a cinematic deep cut; African Americans of a certain generation probably know about it and people who are pretty deep into old exploitation movies know about it, but it’s hardly a household name. I’ve seen it, and it’s pretty weird. It’s very badly made but you do kind of sense that it’s in on the joke so you’re never quite sure whether you’re laughing at it or laughing with it. But if nothing else it is a movie that makes you wonder “how the hell did this come to be” so it is an understandable that it was selected for this kind of “making of” treatment. In the role of Rudy Ray Moore is Eddie Murphy, who does seem to be having a lot of fun with the role even if it’s not really a perfect imitation. He gets Moore’s look and mannerisms right but doesn’t seem to even try getting the voice perfect (no small thing given that he’s playing a very verbal comedian) and more or less keeps his usual speaking voice. That’s not a huge problem though. The film is pretty clearly modeled after Ed Wood (which was written by the same pair of screenwriters) and The Disaster Artist and we’ve also seen this treatment given to a Blaxsploitation film vis-a-vie Mario Van Peebles’ Baadasssss!, so I’m not sure the world was begging for yet another movie using this formula and I don’t know that this brings a whole lot new to the table in the grand scheme of things. Still, there were a lot of fun stories from that set and they’re presented in a fun way here and that makes this a nice breezy little watch. There are certain movies that deserve better than what Netflix can give them, but this is one for which that treatment is about right, could have made for a pretty good HBO film too.
*** out of Five
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Post by PhantomKnight on Nov 18, 2019 10:52:31 GMT -5
Not really much to say about this one, other than the fact that, yeah, it's fun to watch and features Eddie Murphy at the best he's been in a long, long time. The comedy landed for me in spite of me not being familiar with the history of Dolemite, but all of the behind-the-scenes antics shown here work much in the same way as those in The Disaster Artist, because the movie does a good job of communicating the passion that Rudy Ray Moore had for this whole endeavor. Overall, this movie's pretty entertaining and a good way to pass two hours.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 12, 2019 19:42:01 GMT -5
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Post by IanTheCool on Jan 20, 2020 20:01:19 GMT -5
This movie sounds like its about a geologist.
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Post by Wyldstaar on Jan 20, 2020 20:15:16 GMT -5
This movie sounds like its about a geologist. Dolemite is a tough, bad black mineral which is so dark, it's often said to be out of sight. |
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