genius loves company!

Rating: 9/10 (27 March 2005)

Listening to Genius loves company and now seeing Ray, apparently, I have become a huge fan of Ray Charles.
Ray had two wonderful women in his life: his mother and his wife.
Ray was obsessed by his difficult childhood and especially the death of his younger brother. At first, I was kind of angry with little Ray as when seeing his brother dying, he was just petrified, stupidly doing nothing. What I like most is the scene that his mother said that she had not yet forgiven him. She said it firmly with anger, with love and with loss of the beloved child.
Ray's mother was very strong. And obviously, she had a huge influence on his characteristics, his life and his works. I think Ray could have never succeeded without his mother.
In the first place, Ray's wife was weak. It seems like she couldn't do anything to get along with Ray or to help Ray. Not until she told Ray to choose between being a junkie and losing everything and getting off drugs, she really exposed herself. She is strong, too.
What I learn from the movie and ray's life is that without agony, one can never create wonderful art. That's right!!!
The scene that Ray came to Georgia and suddenly changed his mind not to perform just to show his protest of the racism is not very convincing. The director should have worked on it more carefully or else, Ray seemed a little superficial.
You don't know me is one of my favorite songs by Ray and it is also used in the movie.
Good movie. Jamie Foxx did a good job.
9 out of 10.
27.3.2005