Drumline (Special Edition)

Unfortunately during shipping the case was cracked and the case broke, but the dvd was still good. I am upset this the shipper, but not the seller.

Really exciting and suspenseful thriller. Great actors.

Reminds me of my childhood

Awesome Movie

The talented freshman has some rough edges which have to be smoothed so he can join his group of musicians. Temporarily lost, he wanders into his competitor’s camp but his character draws him back,Far more than just the music (the drum line, by the way is excellent). Everyone should watch it.

MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!

Having the privilege of growing up in Jackson, Miss. and playing in an all-black high school marching band, I can relate on an intellectual and visceral level to the music and showmanship that was an integral part of football in the black community throughout the south. Our band paled in comparison to what the colleges produced but our drummers often got their inspiration from attending the epic battles between what was then Jackson State College, Grambling College, Alcorn State, and Southern University.To see and hear the showmanship and the instrumentation and drumming in this movie is quite thrilling to say the least.The drum director and his opposite at Morris Brown were perfectly cast---One being dedicated to showmanship AND music fundamentals, and the other catering more to the R&B and the kinetic connection that the student and alumni craved.(Morris Brown director's backside motions as he directed his band from his platform in the stands is a hilarious sight.!)The bands' on-field whirlwind movements, the cheerleaders(Oh! What cheerleaders!), the horns, the cadences, are anoverwhelming sight for the eyes and a feast for the ears.This movie really wants you get up from the couch and shake your _ _ _ _ y.The story line is very interesting and informative in showing the difference in attitudes of those of us who grew up in the Southand of those brought up in the north. The sight of the intermingling of white students and black students attending school together and performing with each on the field was a refreshing sight, given the destructive effects of Jim Crow Laws that forced Blacks in the 40's to the 60's to develop there own network of separate schools and social institutions.I HIGHLY recommend this video to all for a re-connection with old experiences and for another insight into the Black Experiencefor others.

The "Rocky" plot was so good and successful that it has been recycled many times - such as in "The Karate Kid". I don't know if I would have thought that the plot would adapt well to a story about elite college marching bands, but it does.Since that plot must follow certain lines there is little that is surprising, so the success of such a film depends on the performances and "little things". Drumline gets "the little things" right.Nick Cannon plays our hero, a snare drummer so talented that he is recruited from his NYC High School on a scholarship to play at fictional Atlanta A&T. (Of note: many REAL college marching bands are represented and, as Roger Ebert noted in his review, the famous Morehouse Marching Band figures prominently and was a good sport to allow their leader to serve as the "bad guy" in the story.) Devon Miles is proud and hard-headed, and doesn't tell the bandleader that he plays from memory because he can't read music - obviously a shortcoming in a band member. But he is also a spectacular drummer, and in one of the brilliant early scenes he tracks his uninvolved father down to tell him that he is graduating from high school, going to college, is not on drugs and doesn't have any illegitimate kids running around.There is the expected "love interest". There is the realistic mentoring, courtesy of Orlando Jones as Dr. Lee, the bandmaster. There is the tense rivalry between hot upstart freshman Devon and Leonard Roberts as Sean Taylor, the Senior Section Leader of the Drumline. And there are some spectacular scenes of incredible high-stepping choreography and musicianship as the various bands strut their stuff en route to the BET Championship.If you think a movie about marching bands would be boring, you might be surprised.

I am a band geek and therefore it stands to reason that I love this film, even though in reality the band world really isnt like this. But hey it was entertaining and it has loads of marching band in it! A Band Geeks paradise!

I thought that this film was real nice. It doesn't have a separate stereotypical/typical romance storyline attached to it. It's not predictable. It's got some funny bits and some real nice music. I enjoyed it. I'd recommend this to anyone and everyone.

Good film

Fab movie

I really like the game and would recommened it to anyone who liked simular films as myself and its interesting