Very Great
Added 2/17/2010
I was surprised that to see that the product came in great condition and on time. I would like to thank the sender. This raised my confident and trust in purchasing more items from amazon
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Sicka Than Your Average Poppa
Added 2/2/2010
Wow. Talk about a guy born to play a role....Did Jamal Woolard absolutely nail the part of The Notorious B.I.G. or what?!? Watching Woolard in Notorious was like looking into a magic window that let you see Biggie Smalls back in the days of his rise to fame and ultimate untimely death.
Unfortunately, while Woolard shined in his role of Christopher Wallace, a.k.a Biggie Smalls, a.k.a The Notorious B.I.G., the rest of the cast was fair to good at best, and the story was a bit one-sided and breezed over or just plain skipped a lot of details.
Instead of focusing on Biggie's music and the infamous East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry of the mid-nineties, the movie focused mostly on Biggie's personal life and how what was going on around him affected him mentally--giving only snippets of the stories and leaving much of the detail out of what was going on around him. And the telling of these stories was, in my opinion, extremely one-sided and sketchy.
My guess is that the producers of Notorious decided that the movie was to be a tribute to Biggie--making him out to be somewhat of a saint--and not a documentary that would not only have made Biggie look a bit thuggish, but also would have needed to do the same with others in the East-West rivalry. It would have been a very difficult movie to make if more detail were included on "the why" and "the how" of the rivalry versus just the personal affect it had on Biggie. No, I can't imagine the producers wanted to start portraying Biggie as a cause of his own death any more than they would have wanted to directly point the finger at an individual (like Suge Knight) or group like the LA gangs.
So what you get with Notorious is a relatively soft view into the story of the East-West coast rivalry. You also get only a limited look at Biggie's music and the making of it. But you get a heavy dose of a kinder-gentler Biggie and that part of his personal life.
If you like The Notorious B.I.G. and / or have any awareness of the East-West rivalry thing, and you want a one-sided view of how it all went down, you should enjoy as I did this interesting movie. Rent it or see it on cable.
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an entertaining movie
Added 1/30/2010
This movie is definitely for hip hop fans. The movie was a excellent tribute to one of this genre of nusic's favorite artist. Although all was not revealed about Biggie's death, the message was clear, Biggie and Pac did not have to die to be lehends cause they were always legends.
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Very Happy with Results
Added 1/27/2010
The DVD was in excellect condition and I will continue to purchase from this company.
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In just a few short years, Notorious B.I.G. rose from the streets of Brooklyn to become one of the most influential hip hop artists of all time. B.I.G. was a gifted storyteller; his narratives about violent life on the streets were told with a gritty, objective realism that won him enormous respect and credibility. His stories were universal and gave a voice to his generation. A complex and involving biopic about the Notorious B.I.G. that never quite gives the full picture of its enigmatic central figure, but a good movie in many ways.
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Very Great
Added 2/17/2010
I was surprised that to see that the product came in great condition and on time. I would like to thank the sender. This raised my confident and trust in purchasing more items from amazon
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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Sicka Than Your Average Poppa
Added 2/2/2010
Wow. Talk about a guy born to play a role....Did Jamal Woolard absolutely nail the part of The Notorious B.I.G. or what?!? Watching Woolard in Notorious was like looking into a magic window that let you see Biggie Smalls back in the days of his rise to fame and ultimate untimely death.
Unfortunately, while Woolard shined in his role of Christopher Wallace, a.k.a Biggie Smalls, a.k.a The Notorious B.I.G., the rest of the cast was fair to good at best, and the story was a bit one-sided and breezed over or just plain skipped a lot of details.
Instead of focusing on Biggie's music and the infamous East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry of the mid-nineties, the movie focused mostly on Biggie's personal life and how what was going on around him affected him mentally--giving only snippets of the stories and leaving much of the detail out of what was going on around him. And the telling of these stories was, in my opinion, extremely one-sided and sketchy.
My guess is that the producers of Notorious decided that the movie was to be a tribute to Biggie--making him out to be somewhat of a saint--and not a documentary that would not only have made Biggie look a bit thuggish, but also would have needed to do the same with others in the East-West rivalry. It would have been a very difficult movie to make if more detail were included on "the why" and "the how" of the rivalry versus just the personal affect it had on Biggie. No, I can't imagine the producers wanted to start portraying Biggie as a cause of his own death any more than they would have wanted to directly point the finger at an individual (like Suge Knight) or group like the LA gangs.
So what you get with Notorious is a relatively soft view into the story of the East-West coast rivalry. You also get only a limited look at Biggie's music and the making of it. But you get a heavy dose of a kinder-gentler Biggie and that part of his personal life.
If you like The Notorious B.I.G. and / or have any awareness of the East-West rivalry thing, and you want a one-sided view of how it all went down, you should enjoy as I did this interesting movie. Rent it or see it on cable.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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an entertaining movie
Added 1/30/2010
This movie is definitely for hip hop fans. The movie was a excellent tribute to one of this genre of nusic's favorite artist. Although all was not revealed about Biggie's death, the message was clear, Biggie and Pac did not have to die to be lehends cause they were always legends.
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