FINAL TAKEAWAY:
Overall #AJazzmansBlues gives Where the Crawdads Sing - meets Passing - meets Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters - meets Hamlet - meets Sylvie's Love - meets Temptation - meets Cinderfella
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Theme & Story: A
Pacing: A-
Character: A-
Overall "Paper" Score: A-
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Entertainment Factors
General Public: Interesting Enough
Film Enthusiasts: Don't Watch
Tyler Perry / Romance Drama Fans: Worth the Watch
Overall "Viewing Experience" Score: Don't Rush
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Within the first 5 minutes, I did have to adjust my viewing eye to one watching a young love story, which allowed me to appreciate the somewhat whimsical, cutesy vibe of Act One and every scene with the 2 main characters together.
Because of how straightforward and clear this film was in this particular genre for Perry, his writing definitely stood out as having an impact on pacing for me. There really wasn't any life and movement to how the film moved in the beginning, and instead felt like playing those adventure Nintendo games of the 90s where you walk in a shoppe, and have to click a character, read the dialogue, press "X" to read through the exchange in order to move forward (LOL). The writing is just too obviously planned out, restrained and "needed" vs feeling blended, authentic, and purposely loose if that makes sense.
SN: 1. I think there could be a bright future for Joshua Boone. I liked him. I also liked Milauna Jackson.
2. Perry needs to unpack his relationship with women because this isn't the first time where he's used a woman as the subtle villain in a man's life who later has to sit with the blame... that Black church Adam and Eve is possibly a core foundation of his stories.
OTHER THOUGHTS:
Highlights: Joshua Boone, Milauna Jackson, Acts 2 and 3, and thematic followthrough.
Could've Been Better: The writing for pacing support of Act One, and Austin Scott's character development.
