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Ray Charles on my mind

Advantages: Superb performance by Jamie Foxx
Disadvantages: Long and dull at times

of the film. The rest is a rather disjointed mess of one highlight in Ray's life after another. I appreciate that director Taylor Hackford was trying to tell the story of Ray's life as accurately as possible. The problem is that watching him move from one record company to another, from one mistress to another, playing in one club after another, interspersed with shots of him shooting up and occasionally getting arrested just doesn't make for inspiring watching. The best parts, for me, were those that he spent with his family and when we see him struggling with his drug problem - unfortunately, these parts aren't long enough to fill out the film. By the time the first hour had gone by, I was bored and seriously considered switching off. I eventually did, and then came back to it the next day. Thankfully, the second hour or so does pick up, but I ...

sunmeilan 21.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ray (DVD)

Ray DVD - It's a shame about Ray

Advantages: Well acted, great music
Disadvantages: Too long

"If you want to do something to make your mama proud, promise me. Promise me you won't let nobody turn you into no cripple, you won't become no charity case, and you'll stand on your own two feet." Confession: Before watching "Ray", my total knowledge of the life of Ray Charles amounted to sub-"back off a fag packet" levels. He was a blind, American performer who apparently had Georgia on his mind. As a lover of a wide variety of music, this was a situation I set about resolving by renting "Ray", a biopic directed by Taylor Hackford and released in 2005. And do I know much about him after the movie? Well, to be honest, given the length of the film, I feel like I've lived my life with him. It is, it must be said, a painfully long film. That said, it does give you a real insight into his life, his career, his pain and suffering ...

stevek181 24.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ray (DVD)

PS3 best blue-ray player on the market

Advantages: it only does almost everything
Disadvantages: you will want to blue only blue-rays and they are costly

I have never been a computer game person. I was talked into purchasing a ps3 by a couple of friends if mine so i could join online play with them. I think the graphics are insanely real. The sound is absolutely amazing the online play is excellent. Their is so much more to do with a PlayStation than just play games. Owning a PlayStation is like owning a new computer/blue-ray player/game council all for a price that is cheaper than most blue-ray players. Your can use your PlayStation for daily internet needs. It is actually fast on the internet if you have alright cable internet speed. Nothing beats watching blue-ray on you ps3. The picture quality is amazing. You will only want to purchase blue-ray films from the time you first see one, on. The value for your money is great, especially now that they are only 299. If you have children ...

tundra26 24.09.2009 · Read full review
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