Andre 3000 to play Jimi Hendrix

that being said, I bet he could do it. He does bear a fairly strong physical resemblance to Jimi, and his personality seems right for it...

I like the Dizzy Gillespie look he's been rocking lately.

No way. Menace II Society is by far the best of the mid-90s "gangsta" blaxploitation genre films.

juice had its moments.

No, the terrible "remix" of 'My Favorite Things.'

I didn't say they did!

Ugggh! No way! As Eazy-E said at the time, that piece of shit is just "an after shool special with some cussing". Ice Cube is semi-decent, and Fishburne gets a good monologue or two, but the whole story arc is so stupid and predictable. And it strikes me as a very glossed-over, "coat the lens with vaseline" film version of "the ghetto". Menace II Society is actually kind of scary. Hood is just a cautionary tale.

I'm not horrified by this prospect - the movie may suck, but it'll probably be interesting. Sure its an obvious career move for Andre, but so what? Are you saying he *doesn't* deserve to be part of the lineage of black musical innovators? And who else bears a more physical resemblance to Jimi? Will Smith? Denzel? No one else would pick up the feel of being a musician like Jimi as well as Andre.

"I wanna put you in the Mud, honey/Spittin out of them guts like it ain't funny"

and I'm not talking about Drifter's Escape although that's pretty good too

this is Last Days for Hendrix fans

most good biopics are about a very limited period in the subject's life i find. cradle to grave ones always suck

― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, July 4, 2012 6:37 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

this is very true, although at this point i feel pretty scorched earth about biopics in general and especially music biopics and ESPECIALLY ones that are an ego trip star vehicle for a musician-turned-actor. so basically still feel the same way i did upthread 8 years ago, fuck this shit, i hope it's a catastrophe, fuck andre, hendrix 4ever etc.

yes agree on all that. they're not always good when they do that. they're usually, as a rule, bad!

i think the last one i didn't venomously hate was the Andy Serkis-as-Ian Dury one, which i think got a lot of help from me not having too much familiarity with the subject to get hung up on accuracy/resemblance/etc.

not really a biopic if its not comprehensive, more of a memopic

the only music one that i can remember liking is 24 party ppl and it doesnt even really belong in the category

a non-music one i really like is ed wood

man who fell to earth is p good

stuck too much to the facts, u need to take creative liberties to tell a good story

fair

the man who sold the world on the other hand, great bio-song

that's true, but i think a bigger issue with this for me is when you make a movie about a TV age celebrity/public figure, the viewer knows exactly what the real person looks/sounds/acts like and it becomes such a preoccupation or requirement. i mean i don't think The Doors is a very good movie but i'm pretty impressed with it just on the level of how uncanny Val Kilmer is as Morrison. (xpost)

the doors is such an amazing funny movie

yeah it's very entertaining

totally

yeah, it's the showgirls of musician biopics

val kilmer's depiction of jim morrison's fat and bearded final days was vv convincing

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3xs6uVNkj1qcq0mho1_500.jpg

Andy Serkis-as-Ian Dury

!!!

when was this

Maybe 3 years ago?

Isn't Andre Benjamin like 40 now? How can he play someone who's 15 years younger than him?

I will go see this in theaters, just to relish in the absolute fail of it all. Oh, I can't wait.

Andy Serkis-as-Ian Dury

See, I really enjoyed the film, but I never really got convinced that AS was ID, not really. People say he did a really good job, and I would agree, but Dury was so much a one-off that I don't think it could have been done. Also, the film was more about Baxter really, which I entirely approve of..

well that was kinda my point -- i wasn't familiar enough with Dury to be bothered by that

Isn't Andre Benjamin like 40 now? How can he play someone who's 15 years younger than him?

― Tuomas, Thursday, July 5, 2012 2:29 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting

i'd be WAY more worried about his voice than his face

Well, for how many years was the running story "Phil Lynott to play Hendrix in biopic" ?

lil b

Acting can't make you look physically younger though.

they're gonna cgi his face like Stewart and McKellen in X-Men 3

Acting can't make you look physically younger though.

― Tuomas, Thursday, July 5, 2012 11:17 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinematography

i kinda think acting can make you look physically younger

yes that too

put em all together and u got the magc of the movies

I'm confused by the article...

"All Along The Watchtower" is used in like 9000 other movies and was not written by Jimi Hendrix, so would they be able to use that? Or what about "Hey Joe?"

yeah i was wondering the same thing. maybe the movie totally ends pre-stardom, though?

i feel like tuomas is trying to force someone to say "black don't crack"

Seems to be a glaring oversight in the article IMO since those are 2 of his most famous songs

Also no access to his catalog is a super bummer in general since super-sad-Hendrix-lyrics are a big part of what makes him compelling IMO.

"Star Spangled Banner" would be the centerpiece of any trad life-spanning biopic too, but again who knows if that's even what they're going for

of any true american

http://www-deadline-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Jimi_Hendrix-1967.jpg

that's jimi in 1967 at the age of 25. andre looks just as young at his current age of 37.

This reminds me of when they did What's Love Got to Do with It? about Ike and Tina with about 17 versions of "Proud Mary."

haha otm

i wonder if the Noel Redding estate is all "hey, we have a great idea for a scene about the recording of 'Little Miss Strange,' you're welcome to use it"

Isn't Andre Benjamin like 40 now? How can he play someone who's 15 years younger than him?

― Tuomas, Thursday, July 5, 2012 2:29 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark

black dont crack

i feel like tuomas is trying to force someone to say "black don't crack"

― some dude, Thursday, July 5, 2012 11:45 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

shit.

lollllll

What does that even mean?

black people age nicer... they dont get white people wrinkles and stuff

finn don't wrinkle-skin

lol

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/arts/music/andre-3000-is-moving-on-in-film-music-and-life.html?emc=edit_th_20140831&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=37355772