Idlewild (2006) (Untitled OutKast Project)

An average movie

“Even though it was a movie I wanted to watch for quite some time, to be honest, I can't really remember why I wanted to watch it in the first place. Well, after watching the damned thing, I'm still wondering. Anyway, like many other music artists before and after them, Outkast decided to make a movie and, while usually it is a rather misguided idea resulting in some of the worst movies out there, I have to admit that this one was actually watchable. I mean, I was still rather bored through the whole duration and I never cared about the story or the characters involved but it was technically well made and the songs were decent enough. Still, I think the musical scenes would have worked better if the singing would have been done live instead of being pre-recorded. Furthermore, even if I alwa” read more

Movies the giraffe watched in 2018: May (29 movies items)

"First viewing - May 12th I forget why this slipped past me, because I really wanted to see it. Hell, I've had the soundtrack since 2006. And now that I've seen it I wish I could've caught it with a full house of OutKast fans, because that'd make the overall experience even better. Now Idlewild is not a great movie. The music and the set-pieces built around the songs are the main reason to watch this, though that shouldn't be too surprising given that rather than work with a new director OutKast"