Aaron's Thoughts
Would have really liked to see the version of this where they don’t have the rights to Marley’s music or the approval of his estate. You can just feel it throughout the movie - the desire to not have upset anyone & the over reliance on the music. It leads to a movie that doesn’t really have much to say about Marley, the importance of his music, or his impact on the world. So many scenes feel like they are in the movie simply to play a song of his that ties in immediately after.
Going into this I knew VERY little about Bob Marley and I knew exactly the same amount leaving. Movies don’t necessarily have to always accomplish education to be successful, but a little of it could have gone a long way here.
Lashana Lynch & Kingsley Ben-Adir actually give quite good performances, but the overall structure of the film can’t shake the typical music biopic tropes.
