Synopsis
Dream it. Do it.
Hip-hop artist Jay-Z organizes the "Budweiser Made In America" music festival.
2013 Directed by Ron Howard
Hip-hop artist Jay-Z organizes the "Budweiser Made In America" music festival.
Ron Howard, to Odd Future-era Tyler the Creator: “So, tell me about your cooperative!”
the payoff to watching all of ron howards films for some reason for ages is seeing him bore tyler the creator and then get taught how to dj by skrillex. All in all its kind of one of his better ones, which is mental
A nostalgic look back at a time when America was decidedly more kindvibe. A time where Skrillex was tolerated by an absurd amount of people and Jay-Z and Run-D.M.C. could plausibly share screen time with Dirty Projectors and Passion Pit.
not incredible or anything but ron is such a funny dude to see try to interact with people and some of the music (d'angelo, dirty projectors, kanye at the end!!) was so good.
I dont really know what to think of this, but I was disapointed. I went in hoping to see a concert film focused on Jay-Z's organization and perfomance at the Made in America festival, and what I got was a kinda uninteresting look at the different acts that played, with some interviews sprinkled in. What was the focus of this doc? I will admit I am not a documentary expert but this felt scattered. Where some viewers watched this and wanted less Jay and more of the other performers (like Pearl Jam lmao..) I felt the exact opposite. I wanted to see more of Jay performing and talking, the times he was on screen and reflecting on his upbringing were…
I’ve seen worse concert movies and Ron asking asinine questions is hilarious.
Tous les artistes avaient leur petit message plein d'espoir à livrer à la masse. Jay-Z qui nous dit que chaque personne, et je cite, a un « genius-level talent in something, you just have to find what it is that you're great at and then tap into it ». Ouan.
À part ça, Vedder avait l'air heureux d'être là. Run-DMC avaient leur premier show en dix ans pis le plus baquais des deux a remercié à peu près cinquante fois Jay-Z de leur avoir donné l'opportunité de performer. Tyler, The Creator prend un break de Twitter pour faire le clown sur le stage avec Odd Future. Skrillex a une mauvaise peau pis on la voit de proche dans le documentaire. Il y a quelques autres nobodies qui chantent, dont le futur 47e président des États-Unis Kanye West dans une apparition surprise à la fin.
It's a simple concept done fairly well. If some of the audio was better is certain parts I'd give it a higher rating, but the editing was solid throughout.
Could have been a really good documentary on the Made in America festival, but all the b.s. about how Made in America is to show all the poverty stricken people living in the ghetto that anyone can make it in this world... the problem I have with that is that nobody in those circumstances could even dream of spending the money on a ticket so see this festival.
Why Ron Howard directed this film remains somewhat a mystery, but heck, he does a serviceable job.
Made in America follows Hov and Yeezy as they prepare for Philadelphia's Made in America festival; a one-off legendary event for hip-hop and dance music.
I'm a massive fan of the music showcased so my opinion is extremely bias, but thematically speaking there is nothing that extraordinary about the film - it's just watchable and packed with crazy-good music if you are into that sort of thing.
Artists on offer here include Skrillex, Run DMC, Santagold, Rita Ora and the ever-reliable Tyler, The Creator.