I was truly disappointed after watching the film, basically because there was a chance to portray the life and times, the ideology and thoughts, and, the black and white of a truly exceptional being who was a combination of so many beautiful, unlovely, raw, and sometimes contradictory things and turned it into 2h 19 mins of superficial shots of Wikipedia references.
Instead of introducing Tupac Shakur to an audience/generation that he may not be known to, and highlighting his significance to those who do, this film manages to render him into someone below average: No one will ever watch this movie and think "Hmmmm.... now I get what all the hype surrounding him is". No one will see this film and comprehend why Tupac's legacy is so important. No one will see this film and understand why he is what he is.
The dialogue is not of a proper standard to narrate and discuss the life of someone who was a true craftsman with words. Many key events are done in an embarrassingly corny manner (Listening to "Who shot ya?" in the jail yard, witnessing a man being beaten by police as a teenager, meeting Kidada Jones, the entire *%$#&^% thing...)
For those who are "meeting" Tupac through this film, I advise you to go and watch his interviews and read his poetry, because there's so so much more to him than this. And I think I speak for many when I say that a more skilled crew of filmmakers should redo this project, he sure does deserve it.
Instead of introducing Tupac Shakur to an audience/generation that he may not be known to, and highlighting his significance to those who do, this film manages to render him into someone below average: No one will ever watch this movie and think "Hmmmm.... now I get what all the hype surrounding him is". No one will see this film and comprehend why Tupac's legacy is so important. No one will see this film and understand why he is what he is.
The dialogue is not of a proper standard to narrate and discuss the life of someone who was a true craftsman with words. Many key events are done in an embarrassingly corny manner (Listening to "Who shot ya?" in the jail yard, witnessing a man being beaten by police as a teenager, meeting Kidada Jones, the entire *%$#&^% thing...)
For those who are "meeting" Tupac through this film, I advise you to go and watch his interviews and read his poetry, because there's so so much more to him than this. And I think I speak for many when I say that a more skilled crew of filmmakers should redo this project, he sure does deserve it.