47. "joint was pretty good, imo..." In response to In response to 0
It felt kinda strange watching actors play people who are still living and have "careers" to some degree; a big part of me feels like this movie was a bit premature. If you were living during this time period and followed hip-hop, there was nothing in the movie that you didn't know already.
All the performances were good, and I liked watching Gravy do his thing. The only missteps were the casting of 'Pac and Cease. I like Anthony Mackie, but having him play 'Pac gets the nay no.
From a screenwriting perspective, I wasn't buying Puffy as the wise all-knowing sage. ("We can't change the world until we change ourselves." FOH, nigga. We remember your adlibs from the end of "Long Kiss Goodnight." You wasn't THAT 'above it all.')
Neither did I like the way it went from Pac gettin killed to Big recording "Sky's The Limit" and becoming somewhat more "positive." I'm like, uhhhh "Kick In the Door/10 Crack Commandments" anyone? But again, this is a Puffy/Voletta Wallace production and I guess that's to be expected.
Overall, I thought it was well done and I enjoyed myself.