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Summary: Will reserve my rating until after I've seen it
Review: Tupac indeed is a legend, one of the more charismatic, passionate music artists to come down the pike -- he belongs among a select few who come around very infrequently, but whose music continues to be played decades later. Tupac is one of my favorite artist, but I don't see him as more, or less, than he was. Some have said that he basically invented gangsta rap. Not true. Arguably, it was Ice-T and N.W.A. who first started playing what became known as gangsta rap. Ice's first album came out around 1987, and Tupac's not until 1991. While Tupac is admirable, to utter mistruths is just as wrong as uttering mistruths about Eminem. Some kids believe he created rap music. So about "Resurrection," there have been many documentaries about Tupac's life, and so I shall reserve my rating for this one for after I have seen it.
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Summary: Documentary about a murderer
Review: Tupac killed my cousin Nigel, for that I can never forgive him.
This documentary only tells good lies about Tupac making him look great when you should really see the truth about how he murdered and beat up people he dealt crack to.This is the worst movie of all time, and it will not compel the African-American race to believe in awful people like Tupac.
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Summary: This movie is entirely in tupac's words and voice
Review: Tupac made a documentary about his life, this is it, he is in the entire movie, his words, his voice, and his thoughts about life, fame, money, and everything in his life. It is a very emotional, personal, and touching movie that everyone should see. It's just not about a rich rap star, its about a man who gave the youth a voice in today's generation.
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Summary: Review of TUPAC RESURRECTION
Review: While I am a very big fan of Tupac Shakur, I will present this review based on the movie itself and not "what an AWESOME rapper" I think he is or print my own half-baked theories on how he is really alive. I have noticed that pretty much every review has offered very little detail on the film. With the countless amount of DVD's and other product floating around, is there really a need for another movie based on the life of Tupac Shakur? Well, this movie does offer something that none of the others have before and that is narration by Shakur himself. Courtesy of old audio interviews and soundbytes, Tupac tells the story of his life in a way that few others could. From his birth as the son of a Black Panther to his final days in Vegas, Pac goes into detail on it all. Though commentary on his fatal shooting is clearly actually that of his first shooting at a New York recording studio, there are still some very eerie moments here. He talks about his days on Death Row Records in the past tense even though he was there until the day he died, he predicts his own downfall many times, and speaks candidly on a number of subjects that will really surprise you. The inclusion of Shakur's music is another thing that helps seperate this from a lot of the other documentaries on his life. To be able to hear the man himself speak on some of his best and most controversial recordings while they play in the background makes a huge difference. "Resurrection" really plays like a companion piece to one of Pac's albums. It provides all of the visuals to go with the stories that Pac tells in his complex rhymes. It isn't just a story about rap music though. We're not spending exhausting moments of time in the studio or on concert. This isn't about Tupac the rapper. This movie much like the artist it depicts is bigger than just its contributions to the world of rap music. The film spends most of its time examining the man himself. Going into depth about the controversy surrounding him. It gives him the microphone and allows him to fire back at the hypocritical politicians and Black leaders who try to dismiss his music as "gangsta rap" without even attempting to listen to the message behind it. It allows him to speak in great detail about the real horrors of the ghetto. He talks about his experience in prison and how it nearly destroyed him inside. He give us his side of the story on his sexual assault conviction, his NY studio shooting, and the beef with Notorious B.I.G. and Puffy. At times, "Resurrection" makes the mistake of pointing us away from things that don't show Shakur in the best of light. Well, it isn't exactly a "fluff piece" but there were some details that seem conviently absent. There is a moment where Pac talks proudly about being happy to work with Dr. Dre on Death Row but the movie never makes any mention of their falling out after Dre's departure from Death Row. Pac's feud with Biggie is the only one that actually gets covered while there were several others that at least deserved an honorable mention. For those Pac fans who are still pondering whether this film is worth the price of admission given that you probably have seen or heard every interview and own every DVD, it is. Granted there were a handful of times where I recognized the source of the audio in his narration, it didn't ruin the film at all for me. Seeing this one movie makes all of those other Pac documentaries seem like a waste of money. Pac's story finally gets the respect and attention that it deserves. "Resurrection" is a very unique film that really educates the average fan on the history of its subject. This film would honestly be best suited for those who no little to nothing on Shakur but continue to dismiss him as some "loud-mouthed thug". Sadly, it is that very ignorance that will keep them from ever even giving the movie a chance. With this film, I think Afeni Shakur has done something that I feel she was never able to accomplish in releasing all those posthomous recordings and that is to paint a portrait of Pac that really fits him well. I don't like taking quotes from other reviews, I think Roger Ebert summed it up pretty well when he said "Even if you don't intend to ever see a rap documentary but might have in it you to see one. This is it." This film might not convert you into a Tupac Shakur loyalist but if nothing else, it will give you a better understanding of who he was and why so many young people of all races view him as such an important figure.
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