Being a huge fan of 90's hip hop, I was very excited for this movie, after seeing the Biggie Smalls Biopic years ago, I always hoped a Tupac Biopic would eventually come out, and I when I finally heard it was, I was over the moon. Tupac is one of the most revolutionary Hip Hop artists of his era, and deserved a great biopic, and having thoroughly enjoyed Biggie's I thought Tupac's might have even been better.
I then heard about the reviews, and was worried, could they really have messed up Tupac's Biopic, I mean really, how could you f**k up Tupac's biopic, I didn't want to believe they did, so I had hopes it was just bad reviewers, and I myself would really like it. As Biggie's biopic didn't get the best reviews, and I loved it.
I watched it tonight at the Cinema, the start of the movie set the tone. It was choppy, all over the place, and had terrible character development. I was looking forward to a great story of Tupac's early and teen years, but instead I got about few choppy scenes of him at different ages, with one big event happening, no real character development at all, even though I knew who Tupac was, it made it hard to attach myself to his "character" through-ought the movie. The movie made it seem like he suddenly became, famous, it didn't make any progression of his struggle at all.
The movie had way too many long drawn out scenes, and one or two scenes that were incredibly cringe-worthy and pointless, which led the movie to be a completely unnecessary 2.5 hours. The second half of the movie did get better and more interesting, but closer to the end of the movie you found yourself wondering, and unfortunately hoping, it would end.
The production value wasn't that great, the acting was mediocre, and the plot could have been done MUCH better. It's unfortunate the Tupac biopic I looked so forward to, came out like this. I really hope they will try to do this again one day, and do it properly. Straight Outta Compton is an example of a Hip Hop biopic done right, it was fun, exciting, and you really connected to the characters, this on the other hand, was bland.
I then heard about the reviews, and was worried, could they really have messed up Tupac's Biopic, I mean really, how could you f**k up Tupac's biopic, I didn't want to believe they did, so I had hopes it was just bad reviewers, and I myself would really like it. As Biggie's biopic didn't get the best reviews, and I loved it.
I watched it tonight at the Cinema, the start of the movie set the tone. It was choppy, all over the place, and had terrible character development. I was looking forward to a great story of Tupac's early and teen years, but instead I got about few choppy scenes of him at different ages, with one big event happening, no real character development at all, even though I knew who Tupac was, it made it hard to attach myself to his "character" through-ought the movie. The movie made it seem like he suddenly became, famous, it didn't make any progression of his struggle at all.
The movie had way too many long drawn out scenes, and one or two scenes that were incredibly cringe-worthy and pointless, which led the movie to be a completely unnecessary 2.5 hours. The second half of the movie did get better and more interesting, but closer to the end of the movie you found yourself wondering, and unfortunately hoping, it would end.
The production value wasn't that great, the acting was mediocre, and the plot could have been done MUCH better. It's unfortunate the Tupac biopic I looked so forward to, came out like this. I really hope they will try to do this again one day, and do it properly. Straight Outta Compton is an example of a Hip Hop biopic done right, it was fun, exciting, and you really connected to the characters, this on the other hand, was bland.