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Muddy Waters! Chuck Berry! Etta James! This CADILLAC RECORDS Trailer Really, Truly Rocks!
Beaks here...
In the tradition of ARMAGEDDON and DEEP IMPACT, VOLCANO and DANTE'S PEAK, CAPOTE and INFAMOUS, we suddenly, inexplicably have two dueling Chess Records biopics hitting theaters over the next few months. And while Jerry Zaks's WHO DO YOU LOVE? can technically claim first-ies due to screening at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival (Variety review here), it looks like Darnell Martin's CADILLAC RECORDS is going to beat it into commercial release.
Martin's picture is clearly the more star-studded of the two (Martin's got Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyonce Knowles, Mos Def, etc.; Zaks has Allesandro Nivola); it also wrapped less than six months ago, so there's a sense that it's getting rushed into theaters to perhaps edge out its competition and/or chase a few acting nominations for its impressive cast. Going off the just-released trailer, I could certainly entertain a Best Supporting Actor nod for Wright as Muddy Waters. As for Beyonce's Etta James... it's all good until she sings "At Last".
I'm a fan of Martin's overlooked 1994 indie I LIKE IT LIKE THAT, so I really want to believe she nailed this story. The trailer's got great energy, and you can't beat the music. I just wish someone could've convinced Beyonce to lip sync.
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Sounds cool!
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Hope he does a good job, Willie's one of my faves!
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I hope Cedric can pull it off too. Willie Dixon was an intricate part of Chess Records.
I don't get Chess from Brody though. Supposedly, you couldn't tell him apart from the musicians in the records they have of him.
That's just me being ridiculously picky though. I am really looking forward to this. I'm a great admirer of Chess Records. -
Good as he is, Muddy Waters can kiss Chuck Berry's ass.
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what was so bad about the she sang "at last"...sounded pretty spot on to me.
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I hate it when I read what I just wrote and find I forgot a word. Why is it so hard to put a complete sentence together in these talkbacks!
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When I first heard the beginning of the song I thought it was the original.
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Go listen to Etta James sing that thing, then listen to Beyonce. NO. COMPARISON.That said, girl is still easy on the eyes.
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They are comparable. I think the nostalgia factor and the inability to welcome anything that isn't the old thing is clouding people's minds. I could give two shits about Beyonce, but I have to say I watched the trailer twice and she sounds good. I don't see a legitimate gripe about the singing.
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Motherfucker's a dead ringer there.
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I can't wait for this film, shit's just about the only music I listen to.
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Really, jimmy? The inability to welcome anything yadda yadda? Stick to your day job, bud. Mindreading is not your forte. I don't have a problem with breathing life into a old classic. Some do well with it ("Heard it through the grapevine" was cool because it went in a totally different direction than Gladys' or anyone elses).Everyone has a preference. The music from that age has a purity and authenticity that many of the current performers lack. Maybe it was the time, the simplicity of the technology, or just the right set of circumstances. And admittedly, Beyonce just sang a piece of "AT LAST", which isn't enough to give it a real honest critique. But Etta James WORKED a song, like most of the acts back in her day.And because it IS my opinion, I still say NO. COMPARISON.
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I meant to say. Bad proofreading skills me.
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The fact you pose like an expert on the Blues in Internet forums proves it. They are comparable. Beyonce could have sung it better than anyone has ever sung it before and you'd say the same thing. But Etta James, WORKED it, whatever the fuck that means, so there you go. Case closed. No comparison. What a twit.
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I'm Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, and you know I'm Mick Jagger because I said I named my band, the Rolling Stones, after your song.
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Beyonce did a pleasant and safe enough version from the part I heard, but she's never had the vocal power of an Etta James...or a Jennifer Hudson for that matter, which was the whole point of casting Hudson in Dreamgirls. It doesn't embarrass the original but it isn't a speck on it either.
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After reading your comment again, I'd like to reaffirm my statement that you're a douche. Using "Really? The inability to yada yada?" If had a nickle for every douche I heard say "Really?" since Amy Poehler and Seth Myers ran it into the ground. You're really clever with that.
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Nov 05, 2008 6:39:08 PM CST
Hopefully the movie will encourage people to listen to the origi
by flim springfield
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I wish there was a way to get rid of that vacant look in her eyes, though. Off camera I don't see it but when she's acting....
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This guy is fucking incredible- from Powell to Waters-
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Calm down, dude. Nobody has resorted to namecalling, and you're dating yourself. I'm just stating my opinion, you don't have to get all hissy. And Satuday Night Live references? REALLY?
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"If I had a nickel for everytime yadda yadda yadda" I'd still couldn't care less.
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'nuff said.
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except for the fact that beyonce is one of the executive producers. sorry, but that ain't cool. don't know about this one...would love to see the ultimate Stones bio-pic though. Use that group of guys playing the Stones in this movie!
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I mean she looks nothing like her and sounds nothing like her.
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I am with you as a Etta James fan. There is not comparison. Beyonce sounds like Beyonce singing at last. There is no soul to it. I know we only heard like 30 seconds. But those 30 seconds of that song are the part that grabs you in the original. Nothing grabs in this version.
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There has to be an unknown that could have really nailed Etta James. Nothing sounds like Etta James singing "At Last" and I think the music is really the heart of the story here. She looks interesting in the other dramatic clips though.
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Nov 06, 2008 3:10:51 PM CST
Mos Def's Chuck Berry looks good but sounds nothing...
by industrykiller!
like him. The clip they played of the song sounds like Mos Def doing Chuck Berry karaoke.
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