Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

Loads of awesome footage and great music that chronicles everything up to his moustache period with some emphasis on his faults, but also heaps of praise on his activism, message, and of course badass dancing and singing. Makes you want to get up and dance yourself! Leaves you wanting to see the (assuming it's being made) eventual part 2 to complete the story of the man's life

Too much side politics to show this is a "halal" product for the equality or something. Misleading data, like the March Against Fear the team leaves the impression that the organizer was dead. And a lot of the weaseling from Al Sharpton. Many aspects, like family or his long tradition of extreme domestic violence are just hinted.

If you have a sound system, turn it up and take em to the bridge.

"Get On Up" starring Chadwick Boseman and "Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown" came out in the same year. I didn't see either of them until recently and I watched the docudrama first. "Mr. Dynamite" didn't offer much more, but a documentary and real footage is always better to me.

The title says it all. There's no talk about the fall of James Brown, just his rise and his highlights--which I'm fine with. The footage is mostly interviews of people who worked with him who can give first hand accounts of his personality and some stories to give further insight of who he was. Like anyone, he had his ups and downs, his good and his bad. There's no denying he worked hard to get where he got and was an influence on an entire generation or more.

Free with Amazon Prime.

A must see for any James Brown fan. And a great introduction to anyone wanting to know more of him.

It well illustrates the drive and originality of this musician. Certainly one of the greats of the 20th century. An innovator whose influence can be directly seen on Prince and Michael Jackson. And as the documentary well shows – an unbelievable tyrant to his band- members.

A lot of interesting interviews and revelations - and WOW performances in this documentary. Fasten your seat belts – the man could move!! Also some very worthwhile special features.