My review of "Rockers"
1. How does the main character, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, compare to the other main characters (Ivan Martin and Derrick Thompson) in the first two films we saw?
Horsemouth is like a combination of both Ivan Martin and Derrick. He is more of a tradicional hero protagonist like Derrick was in "Ghett’a Life", but in a extremely similar setting and introduction to "The Harder They Come". He starts up very similar to Martin, down on his luck, wants to be a musician, etc, but takes the opposite path i guess you could say. Instead of becoming some sort of vigilante/terrorist figure, he becomes kind of a Robin Hood. So in my opinion i liked Hoursemouth as a protagonist more than the other two. Martin i liked a lot as well but he being an antihero, he did stuff that was pretty wrong, and i thought Derrick was a little boring unfortunately.
2. Did you like or dislike the film? Why/Why Not?
I did like it a lot. It feels like its a more refined and better crafter version of "The Harder they come", in that movie it felt like the production team were trying their hardest to make a movie but here it feels like there was more expertise in the jamaican film industry, they could tell a story without being limited by their own inexperience. I did not like whenever that weird 4th wall breaking stuff happened, with Horsemouth talking to the camara, it pulled me out completely, stopping the pacing of the movie and then weirdly ended, like they were cutting away from their own speech. Very strange decisions.
What i like the most was the actors, not so much the dialogue that moved the plot foward, but when they are in casual situations, they just felt so fluid and natural, like they werent acting, and a camera just happened to record them at that moment.
3. In conclusion to our Jamaican film unit, which was your favorite film of all 3? Why?
I have to say that is my favourite of the 3 movies. Maybe it is a bit unispired to make a movie so similar to "The Harder They Come", but in my opinion its just so much more enjoyable to watch that it makes up for that. With "Ghett’a Life" i feel like they tried to bite off more than you can chew, making a movie more in the lines of Hollywood, taking elements from movies like Rocky, they had big ambitions for the movie that i dont think all paid off.
Horsemouth is like a combination of both Ivan Martin and Derrick. He is more of a tradicional hero protagonist like Derrick was in "Ghett’a Life", but in a extremely similar setting and introduction to "The Harder They Come". He starts up very similar to Martin, down on his luck, wants to be a musician, etc, but takes the opposite path i guess you could say. Instead of becoming some sort of vigilante/terrorist figure, he becomes kind of a Robin Hood. So in my opinion i liked Hoursemouth as a protagonist more than the other two. Martin i liked a lot as well but he being an antihero, he did stuff that was pretty wrong, and i thought Derrick was a little boring unfortunately.
2. Did you like or dislike the film? Why/Why Not?
I did like it a lot. It feels like its a more refined and better crafter version of "The Harder they come", in that movie it felt like the production team were trying their hardest to make a movie but here it feels like there was more expertise in the jamaican film industry, they could tell a story without being limited by their own inexperience. I did not like whenever that weird 4th wall breaking stuff happened, with Horsemouth talking to the camara, it pulled me out completely, stopping the pacing of the movie and then weirdly ended, like they were cutting away from their own speech. Very strange decisions.
What i like the most was the actors, not so much the dialogue that moved the plot foward, but when they are in casual situations, they just felt so fluid and natural, like they werent acting, and a camera just happened to record them at that moment.
3. In conclusion to our Jamaican film unit, which was your favorite film of all 3? Why?
I have to say that is my favourite of the 3 movies. Maybe it is a bit unispired to make a movie so similar to "The Harder They Come", but in my opinion its just so much more enjoyable to watch that it makes up for that. With "Ghett’a Life" i feel like they tried to bite off more than you can chew, making a movie more in the lines of Hollywood, taking elements from movies like Rocky, they had big ambitions for the movie that i dont think all paid off.
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