i saw ray when it first came out. why. partly and because of the advertising hype and secondly because i just loved the heck outa ray charles music. but not being around when his biggest things in music and his life happened and i wanted to learn more about the man life. and in this film and i did. his addiction to drugs was something i do not know and and the film let us know. but here the thing and while this was a decent autobiographical film. i cannot say it was a great film. i have seen malcolm x and was blown away. same with what love got to do with it and bird. the performances of each of those films was outstanding. i wasn not just drawn into the main characters in those films  who did incredible jobs  but to those around them as well. that helps make a picture to me. i felt that at some parts of this film was shallow and heavy handed for emotional appeal. and yes and i will admit at certain parts of the film i almost fell asleep. and the film was too long. and the film left out several other important details of ray charles life that would have made the film flow better. the film got choppy to me in certain parts. and the film seemed to end with a whimper and not a bang  certain parts and including the ending played like a tacked on lifetime cable network movie to me. i expect more outa cinema. so  where does my ambivalence come in. with jamie foxx performance. overall and he did  okay. not denzel washington malcolm x or angela bassett tina turner spectacular and but. okay. sorry folks and but to me and there were several points in the film where i saw jamie foxx interpretation of ray charles and and in others  thanks to the wonderful camera angles and lighting  he looked like ray charles. but i paid attention to the . acting. an actor has to make you believe he is the character he is playing. not make a caricature of the character. did i believe jamie foxx was ray on the screen. sometimes yes  sometimes no. did jamie foxx deserve a golden globe. you betcha. does he deserve an oscar. depends on who he up against. he got a few major competitors there and and he might just edge them out. but then again. maybe not. if jamie foxx doesn not win and i will not stand up and say he was robbed. i wont particularly feel that he had been. this was a decent film with decent performances and a decent story. a great autobiographical film of the late ray charles. no. somewhere out there and i feel there is a great film about ray charles just waiting to be made and and an actor that will blow you completely away in doing so. 
i saw ray when it first came out. why. partly and because of the advertising hype and secondly because i just loved the heck outa ray charles music. but not being around when his biggest things in music and his life happened and i wanted to learn more about the man life. and in this film and i did. his addiction to drugs was something i do not know and and the film let us know. but here the thing and while this was a decent autobiographical film. i cannot say it was a great film. i have seen malcolm x and was blown away. same with what love got to do with it and bird. the performances of each of those films was outstanding. i wasn not just drawn into the main characters in those films  who did incredible jobs  but to those around them as well. that helps make a picture to me. i felt that at some parts of this film was shallow and heavy handed for emotional appeal. and yes and i will admit at certain parts of the film i almost fell asleep. and the film was too long. and the film left out several other important details of ray charles life that would have made the film flow better. the film got choppy to me in certain parts. and the film seemed to end with a whimper and not a bang  certain parts and including the ending played like a tacked on lifetime cable network movie to me. i expect more outa cinema. so  where does my ambivalence come in. with jamie foxx performance. overall and he did  okay. not denzel washington malcolm x or angela bassett tina turner spectacular and but. okay. sorry folks and but to me and there were several points in the film where i saw jamie foxx interpretation of ray charles and and in others  thanks to the wonderful camera angles and lighting  he looked like ray charles. but i paid attention to the . acting. an actor has to make you believe he is the character he is playing. not make a caricature of the character. did i believe jamie foxx was ray on the screen. sometimes yes  sometimes no. did jamie foxx deserve a golden globe. you betcha. does he deserve an oscar. depends on who he up against. he got a few major competitors there and and he might just edge them out. but then again. maybe not. if jamie foxx doesn not win and i will not stand up and say he was robbed. i wont particularly feel that he had been. this was a decent film with decent performances and a decent story. a great autobiographical film of the late ray charles. no. somewhere out there and i feel there is a great film about ray charles just waiting to be made and and an actor that will blow you completely away in doing so. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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