Bardlerx Strictly average movie

Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

timverba-848-888021 Like most of the movies that I see, I have only seen Idlewild on cable, and I do not think I have been able to view the entire film in one setting. After several sittings, I finally realized that the production was really not about trying to entertain me. The cast was simply offering their talents which are entertaining. Especially in the final credit scene of Andre Benjamin. Mr Benjamin proceeds to engage in a song and dance routine. I kept saying to myself - he is not a dancer, why is he dancing? The dance routine continues for a much longer period than normally recommended for a non-dancer. Then it dawned on me. Mr Benjamin was not dancing for me. He was dancing out of the joy of dancing, and I became appreciative for his letting me share in his joy. I liked this movie.

oneguyrambling So a few weeks back I spent some time writing up the Outkast acting vehicle Idlewild, it was great. Probably the finest film review in the history of the world, paragraphs and everything!So in between that and scheduling the article's posting (VERBS!) the thing got lost. Gone. Skedaddled, and I of course had killed off the word doc as I thought it was saved to wordpress.(ITALICS!)Now I simply can't be bothered rewriting a fresh review for Idlewild, so in honour of Tenacious D the following is an abbreviated tribute to the greatest review in the world.Idlewild is set in the prohibition era in the Deep South, only a hip-hop prohibition era… if that makes any sense.It is basically an attempt to "break" (indulge?) the boys from the hip-hop group Outkast in the cinematic arena.Big Boi plays a guy who runs a whorehouse entertainment venue and Andre 3000 plays the son of a mortician who has the hots for a singer in the whorehouse ahem, nightclub.Shennanigans ensue.The film itself wasn't bad but it had some serious flaws that made it in truth a little boring. There seemed to be no consensus as to what the main plot was supposed to be, so Big Boi and Dre's stories kept going on and on, making the film a good 30 minutes too long and forcing them to abbreviate several songs.I did mention Idlewild was a musical right? No? Well I did a few weeks back… Remember all the VERBS and PARAGRAPHS!?!My other main issue was that Outkast are a million and a half times better than almost EVERYONE in the game from the 90s, 2000s or present day, yet they only took songs from the underwhelming double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The best song in the film actually plays over the credits, (Morris Brown).If you like hip-hop and quote-unquote urban films then you'll find Idlewild OK, and in the interest of disclosure I would say "yes" to both, if you are more a casual fan or worse not a fan you would find Idlewild overlong and unfocused.Final Rating – 6 / 10. An OK film, Like Michael Jordan trying baseball it is disappointing when someone at the pinnacle of their industry settles for par elsewhere.Now I'll spend a couple minutes writing about something exceptionally important.If you call yourself a hip-hop fan (I do) and you admire the work of any of the following… Sean Paul Soulja Boy Nelly Lil Wayne (Anyone "Lil" actually. Also anyone "Young" for that matter. Prove me wrong!) 50 Cent Ludicrous The Game Obie Trice Jay Z Eminem Jamie Foxxx T.I. Kanye West Ja Rule Will-I-Am since Fergie joined BEP. (He got lazy!) P Diddy The NeptunesAnd I am not saying that any of the above never made a good song or two, Kanye has one (Gold Digger), Eminem a couple (Lose Yourself, Stan) and Will-I-Am had some great early stuff (Damn you Fergie for enabling the sell-out!). What I am saying is that in the main the greater part of their resume is mediocre or flat out sucks. Real fans actually buy albums and listen to them from song 1 to song 22(hip-hop albums are always too long), even hanging around and putting up with the inevitable skits! Having 85%+ as filler is just not good enough, so lucking out with a radio friendly song shouldn't provide you with a career, I'm talking directly to Kanye on that one. Stick to producing and banging coked up starlets.Between their debut in 1994 and Stankonia in 2001 Outkast put together a stretch of albums that could only be challenged by Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and De La Soul, and I'd still give Outkast the edge on all of them.So in a long winded way my message is don't bother too much with Idlewild, if you want to see what Outkast is about buy any of the following; Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik Atliens Aquemini StankoniaDo that for me and I'll go back to concentrating on not losing my reviews.

hptweetyb I just loved this movie. The only thing I hate is the mini cameo of Miss Cicely Tyson and the limited role of the dynamic actor Mr Ben Vereen as Percivels dad. The musical numbers were toe tapping and kept the plot moving at a pace where even in the few places where the movie slowed down you didn't mind, a must see on DVD. Outkast is one of the few rap groups out of Georgia that i enjoy, and to put some of there hit music in a movie was just delightful. I have seen Andre other movies but this was the first time I saw Big Boi other than music videos and I was in for a treat. the other actors that rounded out the cast was cast in roles that was beleiveable I give this movie 2 thumbs up!

beasymc I feel bad for everyone involved in this disaster. Very ambitious, I admit. Creative too. But oh my gosh, what a mess. I can't even begin to list the things that didn't work. I usually don't give to much credence to professional critics, but in this case i guess i should have. That's not true, I would have seen it anyway. One thing i have to comment on: Have you ever met anyone dumber that Rooster. I haven't. Paula Patton was excellent, and i thought she was great in Deja Vu also. I know they were trying something totally different here, but i think they should have gone with a more experienced and accomplished director. But really it was the script. All over the place. On the fly I'm sure. Oh well. At least I can go watch "Black Snake Moan" again. Now that's a sexy movie. Samuel L. can boogie.