Product: Cadillac Records [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 5.0
Makes You a Part of the Blues
Okay, so Darnell Martin and Company took some liberties with this movie. That's all right by me, because they took some history and turned it into pure entertainment and that's what movies are all about, taking you out of your life and putting you in the story. And if they educate too, so much the better. And if the soundtrack is to beat the band, then you really have something.The last movie based on a true story that moved me like this was Pride of the Yankees. They took some liberties with Lou Gehrig's story too, but how accurate can you be in only a couple hours. They gotta hit the high points, they gotta make you care and they gotta be true to the real life people they're portraying. Ms. Martin does all that here. I'm predicting we won't be seeing her directing much TV anymore. This movie puts Darnell Martin right up there with Ron Howard, Clint Eastwood & Steven Spielberg. As far as film directors go, she is a true star.My dad owned Saturn Records in L.A. and I grew up listening to Muddy Waters, Etta James and later Aretha. True we sold a lot of Rock and The Beatles, Stones and Bob Dylan were on my musical plate as well, but I always new where Rock came from, but there is a whole couple generations out there now who don't have a clue. Thanks to Ms. Martin, now they do.I've been in my share of recording studios, was there when James Brown cut "I'm Black and I'm Proud" and from my experience, this movie nails the recording scenes. Well, maybe they're a bit more dramatic than the real thing, but other than that Ms. Martin puts you right in the studio, shows you how it really was. She makes you a part of the blues and you can't praise a director any higher than that.