Drumline (Widescreen)

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Summary: DRUM LINE is a mixed bag of music with an attitude.
Review: One important word omitted from the paper's descriptive summary didn't prepare me nor the majority of the moviegoers for the rap interspersed throughout. The vicious way the band members were abused so the alumni would support the school -- and winning top slot in a competition was more than a goal.
I had no idea that a marching band depended on its very life on the drum section. Nor that an entire university's reputation be made by one talented individual! The music was good with the exception of the rap junk -- for a diverse audience.
It was a film exclusively for a certain group of our population, but the promotions didn't spell out the specifics.
Too many schools today allow sports to monopolize at the expense of science, humanities, or business departments; this one apparently consisted only of a rather large band population. No academics whatsoever. Surely this is not based on a true story.

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Summary: Great
Review: This movie is great. It's a feel good movie that will definitley put you in a good mood. Good performances by the actors.

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Summary: What could be better?
Review: I attend a predominately white school, so as you can guess the band isn't all that great, well not for football games anyway. But this movie showed how live football games can be with the right bands at hand. The competition is not just between the two football teams. And it's not easy being in a band. Those people work hard. I really enjoyed the performance of Nick Cannon (Devon in the movie). It helps that I do have a thing for drummers! :-) But overall, this was a great movie. I saw it on the first day it came out, and I will probably see it again before this week is out!

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Summary: Great!
Review: This movie is refreshing for so many reasons. Cliches are at a minimum (in fact I can't think of any that stuck out to me) and the music is excellent.

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Summary: clicheline would have been a more accurate title.
Review: this has the stench of MTV all over it.the taget audience will gobble this up while those with a dots worth of intelligence will quickly dismiss.yeah,i guess its a harmless''feel good,raise the,Da,roof''type movie.i would like to compare this to other movies of the same genre but none are so paint by the numbers like this one.marching bands,cheerleaders,coaches,all things school related......these are topics best served for saturday afternoon viewing at 30 minute increments.g0d bless target audiences.

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Summary: Very Well-Written Teen Movie with one glaring problem
Review: DRUMLINE is one of the few teen movies made in the past few years that seems to actually have some intelligence behind it's writing. It doesn't rely on stupid humor or obscenity. Not that I have anything against either of those, I just don't like it when that's all a movie has going for it. The characters here are all realistic; the plot's a pretty good one; the acting's pretty decent. BUT, and this is what earns only a two star rating, the main character is THE most unlikeable 'hero' I've ever seen in a movie. He really is a huge jerk, and the characters I thought were right end up 'seeing the light' and agreeing with the hero in the end. He really did not deserve a spot on the drumline, and I was glad when he got kicked off.

But, really, I'm arguing semantics over a teen flick. If ya like it, I can't stop ya, you know. It's just not a movie for me. I'll just keep watching the old John Hughes movies.

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Summary: Good Marching Band Film
Review: Orlando Jones does a great job as the director of a college marching band. He usually plays black sterotype roles. Nick Cannon, who can't read music, somehow wins a music scholarship at a mostly black southern college, which seems to specialize in 300-piece field music. The band competition in the finale is the BEST. Great field routines, but music written for drum and & bugle corps. Mostly a showpiece for drummers. Lacking great band music, but I enjoyed the drum line!

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Summary: Decent storyline about a member of a drumline
Review: This was a pretty decent movie. The music was fast, upbeat, and moving. The band scenes were very realistic and believable. The script was decent, but not excellent.

My main complaint about this move was that you knew the ending before the movie actually started. You knew that it was going to be about a kid who has had problems, falls down, has issues, an then in the end goes out on top.

Despite that, though, this movie isn't that bad. I've always known that the school bands from Atlanta were among the best, and this proves it.

Enjoyable, if predictable, crowd please that has some great music, great band scenes. Just the cornyness of the movie is it's main downfall and the reason it got 4 stars from me.

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Summary: If there's one thing I like about this movie, it's that ...
Review: ... black people were in control behind-the-scenes, in front of the camera & everywhere in between, and I didn't hear the MF word, or the dreaded "N-word," one single time. And, because of that, I actually liked (for a change) watching a mostly-black movie that didn't perpetuate the usual disgusting & idiotic sterotypes. Hollywood take note: Black people can make a movie that "doesn't do it your way" and still make some HUGE money!! Now THIS is the type of movie that I want to see!!

And just what is this movie about? It's about a young man named Devon, who comes from "the wrong side of the tracks," that manages to use his wits & musical talent to get into Atlanta A&T University on a musical scholarship. Eventually, though, he finds out that if he doesn't use his brain, and check his attitude at the door, he won't really get anywhere, and probably will be kicked out of this university. Of course, he has to deal with all this while trying to fit into the musical program's militaristic-like band culture & keep a burgeoning relationship with a brainy, hot woman (who, for some reason, puts up with his "game") going strong. In short, this film is a great piece of artwork!! Great writing, kick-ass performances ... there isn't anything I don't like about this movie!!

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Summary: Help me out here, band people.
Review: OK... first of all, yes, where is the marching in this? They should not be called a "marching band" if they have no marching going on. This movie is the lamest thing I've ever seen. My friend and I made the mistake of renting it last summer, and we just laughed through the whole thing. It's pretty dumb. And I just finished watching it again because my brother, who is in a REAL marching band, wanted to watch it, but we just laughed through the whole thing too. It is such a joke. And yeah, if you need to play "popular" music and have a rapper at your show to sound good, then you need to go back to learn REAL music. Marching band is NOT an army, there's discipline and stuff but it's not even that bad. And marching band is about just playing the music, not playing to win. I think my brother's high school band could seriously take on all these bands and really kick some [...]. Obviousy the people who wrote this music, had no intention of attracting the musically educated audience. If you're gonna dance and "bust some moves" or whatever that was, then don't call yourselves a "marching" band if you don't have any marching going on. If you're a good band, you hold your instrument either parallel to the ground or above, obviously in Drumline they're all weak and can't hold their instruments right!!

And yeah, this movie seems like it's trying to show that if you keep whining, you'll eventually get what you want.

And to add to what my title is, there are some bands that add some dancing to add to their general effect, but I wasn't aware that I was in to watch a bunch of "dancing" bands. Just stop calling yourselves marching bands because you're not lol.