Cadillac Records

[bluesbass]

I finally got around to watching the film Cadillac Records last night, and I really wish I hadn't.
Anyone else seen it?

[El Chris]

haha yep.

don't wanna get into it, although i did laugh when little walter shot the copycat

notice the real hubert sumlin cameo?

[otisredding]

Woefully bad even if you ignore all the historical and musical inaccuracies. It's just a bad film.

[bluesbass]

For me it was like when I finaly broke and watched Blues Brothers 2000.
I had resisted for yonks, and then just had too...

Both are dreadful, dreadful films.
I have to admitt that I didn't catch the "real Hubert Sumlin" but I might have been crying uncontrollably by then

[El Chris]

mos def as chuck berry was pretty lol too

[Pakehendrix]

Never heard of this movie. Is it good?

[bluesbass]

Never heard of this movie. Is it good?

Ummmm.... read the previous posts and take a guess

[Jenesis]

I watched it couple of months back.

Not being a blues boffin, I didn't spot anything in the way of glaring inaccuracies. But I did spot the fact that it was pretty bloody dull.

[thehenderson]

Is this anything like that one were Eddie Murphy sings about Cadillacs?

[otisredding]

Is this anything like that one were Eddie Murphy sings about Cadillacs?

If it was it would be way more watchable....

[El Chris]

Oh man I just remembered the ending with the rap remix of that muddy song.. OH LAWD that was bad

[otisredding]

I like how they managed to make the other Chess brother (Phil) non-existent, Etta James skinny and pretty, and the best line of all cliched blues lines EVER:

"Now, I don't mind you gettin' men all liquored up, but I done lost two daughters to bluesmen! Dangerous business you in...."

Who the f**k EVER talked like that?

LOL

[thehenderson]

Crossroads is the Britney movie right?

[DarcyPerry]

You guys sound surprised, you've never seen Crossroads with the karate kid?

Sonny Terry, Ry Cooder, Steve Vai... what more could you ask for in a movie soundtrack?