Notorious

I have to honestly say this could be one of the best movies I've ever seen! I remember listening to B.I.G when I was 14 years old, everything hes ever done was lyrically amazing to me. I saw the trailer for this movie and was really excited to see it. First let me say I picked this up on Blu Ray, and the quality is top notch! The on screen visuals are excellent, faces are perfect tone, and really glow! whites are bright, blacks are dark and inky, excellent all around picture quality is definitely present in this disc. Sound is also amazing with a 5.1 DTS HD soundtrack that really shines when you get the studio scenes, bass is deep, mids are razor sharp, and highs are crystal clear. The dialogue also comes over perfectly, with no problems hearing conversations over background music or ambient sounds. Now onto the movie...if I had to use one word it would be breathtaking! I came into this movie expecting nothing more than 8 Mile (which I really disliked) and about on level with Get Rich Or Die Trying (another movie I wasn't a fan of) I guess I based this on the fact that Chris wasn't here to act his own character, I read James Woolard (Notorious) had never acted before...and was a bit skeptical as to the performance he would give, to my surprise it was JAW DROPPING! Everything from the voice to the look was spot on, and I couldn't wait to hear him speak, it just reminded me of that awesome voice he has on all his tracks. The characters playing Sean "puffy" Combs, Lil Kim, Faith Evans, and D-Roc, were all amazing, and wonderfully acted! The story is heartwarming and at times hard to swallow, but to my amazement the amount of "gang" related material was almost non existent, which is a nice change from movies like Hustle and Flow, and Get Rich Or Die Trying...every scene seemed like somebody was fighting or getting shot. In my honest opinion, even if your not a fan of Hip Hop, or Notorious B.I.G for that matter, you owe it to yourself to watch this movie! I'm not gonna give any story details away, only the fact that the script, and acting is excellent! Ill even admit the end of this movie even got my eyes to well up a bit...and that never happens!! Either rent this movie, just to enjoy the excellent story, or pick it up and add it to your collection...it definitely moved to the top of my movie list!

Good s movie been a while since I watched it.

It’s a biographical drama that dives deep into the life of Christopher Wallace—AKA The Notorious B.I.G.—and it does a great job of capturing his rise to fame, the struggles he faced, and his tragic death. It doesn’t just focus on the music; it also paints a vivid picture of his personal life, his relationships, and the complicated world of East Coast vs. West Coast rap beefs. Jamal Woolard, who plays Biggie, absolutely nails the role. He’s got the charisma, the presence, and the voice down perfectly. There were moments where it felt like Biggie himself was on the screen.

This movie was about the rap singer NOTORIOUS BIG. I knew that this movie will be good but I didn't knew that it will be this good. The picture was even cooler then the best music video. BIG's life was less harder like Eminem (from the other movie 8 MILES) before he became famous. He got caught to policemen a lot of times selling drugs. But he struggle to be a singer. But as soon as he became famous, I think he forgot everything and became corrupted big time. He had a child from a girl when he was 17 and after he became famous he got married with a beautiful lady. Then he had affairs a bunch of times with other ladies. He just couldn't stop it. He spent money for parties and s*** and enjoyed his life for nothing. The problem was there was collides going on between eastcost and westcoast rappers and when BIG went to LA for tour, he was shot and got killed at the age of 24. Not even saw his second album got released. It was delighted to hear many songs that I didn't even know that I knew already. And it was great to see Jamal Woolard's nice acting and rest of the dude's as well. The biggest surprise was he color tone of the Afro-American's skin. How they showed the beauty of their image into screen. It was like dark chocolate. It really mesmerised me. The slow motion of cigarette smoke was like a legendary postcard or some kind of calander picture. That was really cool. Although I quite smoking for years, I wanted to smoke when I saw that iamge. (Which I won't.) I saw the UNRATED version of the film but I don't see any real disturbing scene so I think the difference between R rated version and director's cut is just the matter of running time. I am so glad that I now have both 8 MILES DVD and this NOROTIOUS BLURAY. Anyone who likes music, I highly recommand to watch this and since this bluray is so cheap, I urge you to own it in bluray. The picture and sound are so perfect, I think it is way superior than the DVD.

I loved this movie. The 90s were fun times. I wish the West Coast v. East Coast rivalry didn't happen in HipHop. One the one hand, it helped record sales, but it wasn't worth losing two legends in the rap game- Biggie and Tupac.

This movie tells about the life,and times of the notorious big,aka biggie smalls.The movie transports you back to the 90's,where hip hop,and attitude ruled the decade,the east coast,west coast beef,and the unfortunate death of one of the greatest rappers who made music history.With out standing performances by Angela Bassett as Ms. Wallace,and Derek Luke as Puff Daddy,and lead performance by Jamal Woolard as Biggie Smalls.This is a must have for music,and movie fans alike.

The dvd was in a small package and wrapped up so it was protected from damage. I've noticed all my movies come like this and I'm happy to see that amazon takes care of their product. Thia is a great movie

Rápido y un buen uso dvd

He buscado esta película por más de 10 años y por fin la tengo en mi poder. Llego antes del tiempo estimado. Muy complacido con la calidad del audio, video y los subtitulos.

a good movie and it shows the life of BIG and it shows BIGGIES version of what habend when tupac got shot the first time so good movie R:I:P TUPAC R:I:P BIGGIE there music will always live on SO buy it if you want to see a good movie with fealings and struggle and about never giving up ALWAYS GO THE STARS if you dont get the stars or your dream then at least you tryed NEVER GIVE UP MY BROTHER OR SISTER AND WHEN IT GETS HARD KEEP YOUR HEAD UP AND TRY TO SMILE

Pues incluso a pesar de lo que diga la propia contraportada donde indica que en subs tiene inglés para sordos, dentro de la propia película se incluía el castellano. Eso si, los extras no contienen ningún idioma subtitulado. La edición es perfecta, una calidad de imagen y sonido brutal, esperaba un transfer del 35mm peor pero está impecable la nitidez. Incluye tanto versión cinematográfica como versión extendidas y va cargado de extras densos.

Brilliant movie well worth the money