BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE Movie Review | Kingsley Ben-Adir | Lashana Lynch
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2024
- "Bob Marley: One Love" tells the story of the reggae legend, and two pivotal years in his life and career. But despite fine performances from Kingsley Ben-Adir and the always-fierce Lashana Lynch, the movie feels superficial as it hits all the usual music biopic tropes. Maybe we've just seen "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" too many times. Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, written by Green & Zach Baylin and Terence Winter & Frank E. Flowers. In theaters now.
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Marley (2012) is a definitive doc. All the Bob you need.
Correct.
Right. But you don't know this until after you've watched One Love lol
THANkyou!!!!!😅
I'm as fatigued by these generic sterile estate sanctioned biopics as I am of Disney, The MCU, and Star Wars.
"Loves his wife but sleeps with other women sometimes because, what are you gonna do" lmao.
The plight of the rockstar 😭
It happens
@@BreakfastAllDay 🥹
Great movie but I wished they could of gave us more of a story about his life.
Thank goodness for you two, I saw it yesterday and felt the same way. Enjoy the performances but you really don't learn about him, the music, his family, Rita, etc. But I know others who love it.
Marley documentary (2012) is great and Marlon James book, The Brief History of Seven Killings is about the assassination attempt in Jamaica.
Thanks for watching and for those suggestions!
So it's 'The CIA Approved' Bob Marley Story?
No it’s the life of Bob Marley not the conspiracy theory nuts who think he got murdered story. Melanoma is from ultra violet rays from the sun. Bob Marley was half white. More prone. Lived in Jamaica. Was always barefoot. He got melanoma. Died. Deal with it. It’s life and life only.
Sometimes a movie like this feels like just a push to remarket, resell the catalogue...
We don't have to watch the trailer in theaters anymore! 🎉
We've seen it a lot!
The amount of times I saw this trailer in the theatre gave me PTSD. Haha brutalllllllllllll!! I can't see the movie now. No interest anymore.
@@jake4919You aren’t missing much.
I think is a Great piece and love movie ❤️
I Love it ✌️❤
Bob Marley was good friends with Mick Jagger - he's even listed in the cast credits, but his scenes were cut - their perspective on one another would have made a memorable cinematic experience.
There's also a scene in which Bob Marley and his bandmates go see The Clash play in London. That's a connection that would have been fun to explore, too, given the reggae influence on a lot of Clash songs.
@@BreakfastAllDay Thought that was the Sex Pistols. That certainly looked like Johnny Rotten on stage.
Love your channel!
@@andrewcoulthard-clark They're singing White Riot :)
@@BreakfastAllDay I just heard another review, and you're absolutely right:-)
As usual, right on, folks!! The epilogue features Marley bringing together on stage bitterly opposed white Jamaican leaders--probably one of Marley's greatest accomplishments--which goes unexplored??? How'd he pull that off? Also in the epilogue, TIME magazine's declaration that "Exodus" is one of the best albums in the 21st century. OK, fine. Anybody care to explain WHY? Curious minds wanna know. FYI A Canadian radio show had dialect experts talking about the acknkolwledged complications of dealing with the Jamaican Patois. Ironically, they gave Ben-Adir---a British-born Trinidadian--a passing grade, but failing marks to Lashana Lynch who is Jamaican born, despite her effective on-screen presence! Subtitles could have alleviated this but they're deemed as death to mainstream audiences. The builit-in "making off" business at the beginning of the film created unease which did not dissipate throughout the movie. Family presence softens the focus! (Pardon the pun! lol)
Thanks for your thoughts, Marty! That's interesting about their accents.
Actually...Kingsley's mother was born in the UK to a Trinidadian family but his dad is White British. Lashana Lynch is born in the UK to Jamaican parents. White Jamaican leaders?
Michael Manley is the son of a bi-racial man who gained independence from Britain. The airport in Kingston is named after him. Norman Washington Manley. Yes, Michael Manley's mom is White British, but being 25% black and 75% white, he would not be considered pure white....especially not in the USA with their one drop rule.
Edward Seaga is not white either. He was born in Boston, USA to a Jamaican family of Syrian-Lebanese origin, before moving back to Jamaica as a 1 year old before renouncing USA citizenship in order to run for PM of Jamaica as you cannot have an additional citizenship if you want to be the Prime Minister.
Or did you mean they were white in comparison the wider segment of Jamaican society?
There are so many..Documentry.about his life you can watch. It if you want know more about Bob.
So appreciate the candor. On point appears the word "superficial." Keep away a celebrity's family, about the better or worse. I don't want all the dirt but even successful humans need to be portrayed as human.
I wonder if there is a doc or biopic with the family's stamp on it that is brutally honest about the subject matter.
Must be a tough situation for the filmmakers, because it's usually so many people, so many moving parts, and if you remove one problematic trait of the subject matter, it can have a massive ripple effect.
This biopic WAS done by the family...
I can’t remember the last biopic of a musician that I actually liked. Biopics are usually pretty mediocre cinematic experiences for me. I love Bob Marley so much I rather not subject myself to this.
This is a pretty honest and fair assessment. 15 min in I was already thinking it might not be good. Ray is the bar for me, so this let me down for sure. If I knew going into it that it focused on a few years of his life, I wouldn't have been a disappointed. From what i've seen, the family wanted to focus it around Exodus. Which know that, I understand why the movie is what it is.
Thanks for your thoughts! It's a bummer it didn't work, Kingsley Ben-Adir is a really intriguing actor.
I enjoyed the movie as a Jamaican but what I think is that Ziggy missed the mark in explaining the background to foreigners who didnt understand the political atmosphere in Jamaica. At least have a dialogue about the situation, why it came about, what was the friction, how it affected the country. Xiggy was making a movie for people who already knew Bob Marley and not for people who didnt knew him much outside of his music.
Appreciate your perspective!
I felt like the movie was incomplete. Like we start in the middle. It’s missing the first act
Just went to a nearly sold out matinee here in SF and all we got before was the Ziggy intro. I almost feel I watched your review before I went because I felt all the same criticisms you bring up...like it was already in my head! Even picked the same number as you! Disappointed. But now I'll go back and read the Chris Blackwell memoir I won on Goodreads a while back. Good casting there even though I couldn't tell that's who it was until the credits. Really could've used subtitling throughout this movie! For so many MARLEY names in the credits, you'd expect them to want more too!
Having liked Reinaldo Marcus Green's previous work like Monsters & Men, King Richard but especially on Netflix's Top Boy & HBO's We Own This City, a little disappointing to see the critics' consensus on this movie :( Was having 4 different credited writers also an issue with the movie (Terence Winter, Frank E Flowers, Zach Baylin & RMG)?! Audience Score metrics seem to be really positive though; an A CinemaScore & 94% RT (4.6/5). Does seem like documentaries in general are still the way to go when it comes to Biopics!
Audiences seem to be simpletons, and easy to please, with no demands other than “high production values”. You seem to be indicative of that mentality.
Lots of been-there-done-that vibes with music biopics now. Maybe some younger music fans want to get a feeling about the OG scene but there's so much true stuff online! There's a new one coming out bout Amy Winehouse...
That one looks like GARBAGE as well. . .
If you want an incredibly well-crafted story of the significance of Bob Marley, the novel A Brief History of Seven Killings is a great starting point. Now THAT could make a great film or TV series, if adapted well by a skilled director. There us an entire history of colonialism and economic exploitation of the Caribbeam that forms the backdrop of Bob Marley's life story. That story is complex and has rich material for a film. Too bad this film misses the mark!
That was a bizarre introduction. The movie turned out to be a watered down melodramatic version of an interesting dude who made some good music. I was very disappointed.
they kill memory of Bob!
As a Jamaican American I really liked the movie. The movie focused on 1976-78; IT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT. But I can understand non Jamaicans not understanding why that period was so important in Jamaica & Marley life. Whats important is Jamaicans enjoyed it & appreciate it. If it was a movie about the 3 most important yrs of Elvis life; I got a feeling a lot more Americans would've enjoyed.
#Jah;Rastafari
Thanks for watching and sharing your insights!
Probably should have been a series.
From what you say in this review it seems like it's the exact same movie I thought it was going to be from the trailer.
It's always good fun to watch the hesitation which is followed by a higher number called nobody really expected at that point. [These biopics simply prey on the greatness of the name, the volume of the marketing budget, and the opportunities of free air time on pertinent shows. Their very onset is always diametrical to film art!!!]
I haven’t seen this, but it sounds a lot like that disappointing Jimi Hendrix film starring Andre 3000.
Was going to go in , think I'll give it a swerve
Just saw it last night (missing your livestream) and was unfortunately totally unmoved.🤷🏻♀Such a shame!! Lashana had frustratingly little to do!! Christy you hit the nail on the head there with the family influence on this removing his "failings", especially as a father and husband! Yeah it's far from what it could and should have been!!
Lashana Lynch is always good, but she can only do so much here. Thanks Bev.
I hate to say this but I believe your review is based on your own prejudices of Bob Marley. I saw the movie and it was phenomenal! The acting from Lashana and Kingsley were incredible. From the politics, religion, relationships that he had with others were on point. It’s a shame that you people can’t get over your own biases and truly enjoy a fantastic movie. Very sad.
@@Skynet2425It’s truly sad you are a corporate shill, and don’t have your own opinions. They didn’t attack the movie, there’s literally “nothing” there.
@marymascarin486.
😍We know so much, everything is available in newspapers, books, internet etc. Yet we want to know more in a way which we can regurgitate and assimilate to create awe.
Lashana is British born and bred, not Jamaican born.
Kingsley is British born and bred, never step foot in Trinidad where is grandmother is from.
Michael Manley and Edward Seaga, two former Jamaican leaders are not white.
Their ancestors are of European and various other racial groups.
For some people, their identity maybe white but they carry the blood of different races.
Michael Manley mixed race father made a famous speech in which he identified his mixed-race status.
Bob Marley has to think about his entire life before he sings.
Yes, we have been saying that around here a lot!
Just go watch The Buddy Holly Story instead.
Why would I watch “The Buddy Holly Story” if I wanted to learn the story of Bob Marley?
I am really worried about the Michael Jackson movie.
That is soooooo much pressure!!
The movie concentrated on 4 aspects of his life... his already established popularity as a musician/singer/song writer, the attempted assassination on his life, the recording of the album Exodus and he and Rita's relationship. Everything else was just a flashback or a quick visit to the details of personal significance attributed during his existence.
The problem with reviews such as this as they don't do any research before posting video's, they expect and demand a whole bloody backstory in a biopic movie, sure if it were a 4 hour long movie which had the financial support to extend production of which it didn't.
You have to realize that this movie was made in collaboration with the Marley family and this is how they wanted their fathers story to be told, it is not a fan service movie nor one of political statement but a story about a man and his journey through life told from those who knew him best.
Many reviews I saw really wanted to details of the other women and wanted all that drama. They weren't interested in his militancy at all. They mainly wanted the salacious part of his life story. When that wasn't shown in great detail the gloves came off.
it literally is a “fan service” movie, in that it keeps out any difficulty or complexity of his life, and sanitizes his life in a way that makes the entire endeavor very shallow. These officially “family sanctioned” biopics are afraid of doing ANYTHING except being PR puff pieces that are basically giant advertisements for superstars you already know and love.
Kingsley benadir acts his ass off but the movie doesn't care about his performance there's so much to explore here in the movie it skips all of it it gives you small moments and LaShawna Lynch's performance is amazing it was very frustrating
This is not a movie for Bob Marley fans this is a move for those who have no idea who he is. It is an introduction to people who maybe have heard of
Him or a few songs and to give some context to his life. If you already know all
This stuff great enjoy the music. enjoy the fact that Marley’s story is being told.. its not THE best Biography pic in the world (few are) but BoB Marley is dead and theses are actors.. I’m glad I saw the movie and it’s doing well at the box office. One Love.
Exactly, I am grateful that they even made by Bob Marley movie
I’m glad you like PR branding pieces that provide ZERO real depth or information about their subjects.
Thanks, guys. I went to the same high school as John C. Riley. He was two grades above me and was more of a singer than an actor in high school (Brother Rice on the Southside of Chicago.)
Was Bob Marley really that ripped? LOL
he was fit
The message was spread more love and to forgive that’s what this movie was all about 💯💯
Was it really though? That’s nonsense, and you know it. This movie isn’t about “spreading love”, it’s about promoting (and protecting) Bob Marley as a global brand. DON’T get it twisted. . .
I was amazed at his versatility. He also played one of the Kens in the Barbie movie.
Hiring a pretty boy actor to play Bob was a put off to me from the start.
I came to the conclusion that a lot of your critiques were missed due to the strong Jamaican dialect (Patois).
Go see the movie for yourself folks. Don't let other ppl opinions influence your decisions. Everyone that watched the movie walk away with a different perspective.
We couldn't agree more!
I think the reviewers miss the mark on this one. For example you see his evolution in the Rastafari faith and the profound impact it had on him and you also see the troubling and deep unconscious (demons) he has with his biological father that columnated in him being adopted by the spirit of Selassie. It was not so important to show all his outside relationships (that's a story well known) , it's inferred throughout the movie in specific scenes and there is the scene of the argument with Rita outside the club/party in which it's stated explicitly. If you listen to Kinsgly, the lead actor, he wanted to get in to the psychology of Bob and how that formed his life and the creation of the Exodus album. I do agree it ended a little abruptly. However, the reviewers stated that they (movie makers) should have gone more in to what caused Bob to become this monumental figure. The question then becomes are western audiences ready to explore his vast Pan Africanism (Garvyism) and his contributions in the freedom fights, revolutions, against European colonialism in Africa during the 60's and 70's? His Rastafari beliefs, which was born from an interpretation of the Bible in reaction to the slave trade of Africans, was the driving force behind his life. The western audience is more comfortable with his One Love, Peace and Unity side. So if the western audience is not mature enough to explore those deep and profound beliefs then your are left with what you have. Think about it, Bob Marley said, and it's in the movie, that "all governments pan (on) de face ah de earth today is illegal." So are you the audience willing to flesh that out, the beliefs behind it and question your citizenship, allegiance to a government/country? Are you willing to go there? The vast majority of the people are not. Such examination by Bob is why he is what he has become today.
They don’t know what they’re looking for.
You know ppl dont REALLY want the truth... and those of us that do, already know..
I love how you blame his “western audience”. It’s a BIOPIC! You have several hours to explain those things! The movie simply REFUSES to do so! You have been completely brainwashed by watching CORPORATE SLUDGE your entire life, and have ZERO ABILITY to think about ANYTHING critically! You mindlessly repeat talking points over and over again, (like a good corporate stooge). YOU are the result of colonialism!
Spot on! Couldn't said it better!
I think a good majority of us were introduced to Bob Marley's music through his greatest hits album 'Legend'.
Thank god not me. I got his entire discography dumped on me on cassette quite young by a good friend’s older brother.
Hope you guys revisit Tenet with the movie being re-released this weekend.
Why are you spamming off-topic nonsense on a thread that it has ZERO to do with the current topic being discussed?
Bummer that this movie is disappointing. You guys were disappointed and the RT score is pretty low. I have a $5 coupon code to use for this movie specifically. Now I’m wondering if I should even bother. On plus side, thank goodness I don’t have to see that trailer anymore.
It was ubiquitous!
Huge disappointment here as well. Identical score and all the same observations. Wish there was another film with a Jamaican Indi director doing something edgy and fresh. Yikes... Thank you both!
It really is too bad because Kingsley Ben-Adir is such a talent. Thanks Rob!
Do you think every little thing’s gonna be alright for this movie at the box office?
When watching a biopic or documentary even you have to just treat them just as much a work of fiction as everything else. If you want to learn about a person or event with real depth and facts a book on the person or event is the way to go.
look fair criticism about lighting black faces but you cant judge dune part 1 on that one scene, that may have been an artistic choice because at that point that character’s motives and allegiance is obscured and “in the shadow.” reserve your judgment for films where there is a consistent lack of effort put into lighting darker skin
Some of the dialog was hard to understand because of the heavy accent .
The accents were very heavy, it's true.
Well, have you ever heard Bob Marley in an interview? You need subtitles.
Well that lets me know the actors did their job right. Bob had a thick Jamaican accent its only right to portray the culture and language authentically.
It is a great movie, for you critics take a break on this . Bob Marley is the people’s champion so I salute everyone who produced this movie. It was just a very short period of his amazing life! No one was interested in the political crap! I hope it sells well too prove that people can rise from poverty and have a heavy impact on the world.Salute!
But much of Bob Marley's artistry was inspired by the political strife of his country, don't you think? Appreciate you watching our review and glad you enjoyed the film so much.
Terrible movie. Is anyone going to mention they cast a model-looking Brit with zero resemblance to Marley? He didn't feel like Marley or even try to channel him. Since they cast an unknown, they had an infinite pool to get the casting right. The film just meanders. A series of montages and random scenes that don't add up to anything. There's no dramatic arc. I did like King Richard, but this is awful. The funny thing is that I see art movies all the time with dull and meandering structures like this one that get high praise. This one deservedly got bad reviews. The reason is that since this is a Hollywood biopic, critics know there's nothing deeper to it. But when a boring and/or confusing art movie comes along, critics don't quite know what to attack. Perhaps there's something there that the lay man can't discern. As a friend once wisely said, critics will tear apart movies they can understand, but will praise movies they don't.
These are the people who like madam webb? Go figure.
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And this movie is still ass
I wanted to see if. But when I found out you didn't have any of his actually children in it. You didn't have one of his sons play him it definitely put me off from actually seeing it. I'm married a Jamaican born n raised in Jamaica. He says he not watching the movie either...
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. The success of the movie could open the doors for the Jamaican actors that were featured in the film and might make other big studios take an interest in creating more Jamaican stories. Your reasoning is very foolishness and short sighted. Look at the bigger picture.
Nah, this aint it. I think y'all missed a lot because aint no way you talking about the same movie.
Agree so much about Maestro!!!! It was a beautifully mounted nothing burger with no context or depth.
Ha, well said.
The issue here is we are caught within a gravitational well so deep there is a singularity forming. I had the pleasure of listening to Marlon James’ A Brief History of Seven Killings. We get more of the world [politics, Rasta, Jamaica, CIA, folks that made it out, MANY that didn’t, the few that could not] this movie could not cover. The books spans the 1970’s to 1990’s.
"unity" of whom and for what purpose? 'unity' has no inherent moral value unto itself
This movie would have been much better with a white female playing Bob.
As a life long Bob Marley fan, I enjoyed the movie. Not sure why there’s so much negative reviews. If it isn’t enough, there are several documentarys on his life you can watch.
4, Wow.... I mean, if the music is nice.... YIKES!
Maybe on a second watch he will pick up on the details for the questions he asked in the beginning. Second, before watching a movie and giving a review listen to the press junkets. Also, there was script in the beginning of the movie that explained what was going on politically.
Why would you ever waste your time watching this movie again?
It sounds like another streaming movie.
Did they run out of budget for the concert scenes? What a lame ending to end on.
For all those criticizing what was left out of this film.
They chose to concentrate on just a very few years. Rather than criticize the filmmakers for what they left out of Bob's life (which probably would have resulted in a much much longer film that would have severely taxed the viewers attention span if they had gone into detail) I think it's better to critique exactly what was on the screen. Some find the results wonderful, others not so great.
No critic found the results “wonderful”, it’s literally a puff piece put together by the family to sell his catalogue to a younger audience. It avoids asking any real deep and meaningful questions about his life.
🛌 😴 💤 💤💤💤💤
You definitely had to know alot about Bob and Jamaica.
Well unlike you lot I enjoyed the movie a lot.
That’s great, Amy!
I enjoyed the movie and the acting was Oscar nomination worthy
what a bad movie, poor bob! The actor always smile like a stupid, please, delete this and produce a kolossal, because a kolossal its a type of movie that Bob deserve! Many lies in this MOvie, Turn your lights donw low is dedicated to the Damian's Marley Mother Cindy Breakspeare, and in this movie when Bob stay in London, he met many times the Clash, and never appear! Please, i can continue with many many errors in screenplay, but i want stop me here, but please Hollywood Produce a Kolossal about Bob Marley's Life and start Nine Miles! Use to the referement Book ''catch a fire'' a book wrote by Timothy White, everything its on that book, Everything! ANd dont tell me time for a movie its not enough to chronichles all lifes of Bob, because i Remember movie Biopic like Ray for Ray charles and i can continue! So, in Biopic about james Brown there is a bad side reputaion, no hide, no perfect, like Bob was, please, leave this characters 100 honey and peace, was not true! The dialogue are totally fake, Please please!
4 and half you guys don't know how to review
It’s simple mon, but full of meanin’
Alonso hates EVERYTHING! 🤣
@lntr2872 .
⭐️Wow, I hope you can appreciate just how RARE your historical insight and intellectual comprehension of the various issues are….. because those doing the Big reviews are far to bias to look beyond their shallow views of what this movie IS about and what it should be….😍
The movie is great. Who are these white people