Ray

Skyla 2022-03-23 09:01:44

A common problem in biopics. The actor's performance was quite good, and it only supported the length, but it stopped abruptly in the end. The surface becomes "the chaotic life of the master's youth". There is no mention of the "road to the master", or the salvation of music. Nor did it show the master's lonely and rich heart under the chaos.
"Ling Song" did not play an ideal role for the characters in the film, but only to enrich the content.
The content, style and narrative rhythm of the film are very similar to walking with the song.

I haven't seen an extended version, the extended version should be better.

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Extended Reading
  • Juston 2022-04-21 09:01:51

    Don't you ever let nobody turn you into no cripple.

  • Geovany 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    A biographical film, a legendary figure in the history of African American music, the film itself is not compact because of the long time span.

Ray quotes

  • Aretha RobinsonRay Charles: Scratch a lie, find a thief.

  • Eula: Aretha! Aretha Robinson, what do you think you're doing?

    Aretha Robinson: Eula Bench, you promised me to split these washbaskets fair and square!

    Eula: And I did.

    Aretha Robinson: Hell, you did! You charged them white folks one thing and paid me another!

    Eula: Well, now, who's gonna wash all these?

    Aretha Robinson: You can! Now pay me my money!

    Eula: Alright, I'm gonna pay you your two little dollars, but don't you be expecting no more work from me!

    Aretha Robinson: I got all the work I need from you! Ray, George, come on!

    Eula: That's right! And don't y'all ever come back!

    Aretha Robinson: [to Ray and George] Y'all got to learn to read and write real good, so you don't have to work for folks like them. Scratch a liar, find a thief. Understand?

    Young Ray RobinsonYoung George Robinson: Yes, ma'am.