Product: Cadillac Records [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 4.0
great music half told story
ROck and roll is really just the blues b sped up. by 1947 you could really say the blues had morphed into rock (r nb) somewhat and this gives you a feel for thisprocess. This like all biopics condenses stories and leaves out tons of people , the worst omission is the other chess brother however. That was just not a good thing at all. However watching this movie you do a get a feel for how r and b (rock) came to be and how chess really helped to create it. the acting is great throughout. and beyonce proves she can act and she really needs to go away from the stale format of hip hop and become the diva she is musically. I would give this movie four stars just because it attempts to tell one of the most important musical tales of all time how rock came from the blues around 1947 or so long before allen freed gave r an b it's new name. The characters are well defined and the story is a basic one but without this movie many people would never know how important muddy waters and the rest of them really were. Bo diddley is missing in action though and that is just not a good thing at all either. This movie looks great on blu ray and it has deleted scenes and other features. IT's well worth watching to get the basic although distorted story of chess records and the early rock days. For that reason we need more stories about this era and I don't think one star reviews because they didn't give a character more time when they are telling a general story is a good thing either. So only watch this on blu ray and then find some of these great artists whose music changed the world.