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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 5116295, member: 1414"] [B]Bob Marley - One Love[/B]. Kingsley Ben Adir does a pretty good job as Bob. He's a bit more handsome than Bob ever was. It's a somewhat narrow biopic. There are bits of Bob's young past told through flashbacks, but mostly it starts around 1976, with Jamaica in turmoil and considerable political violence. Bob decides to put on a concert for everyone as sort of a peace offering. That draws a response. Bob sends his wife and kids to Delaware where his mom lives and he permanently goes to London with the band. There it shifts to writing and recording[I] Exodus[/I] and a subsequent tour. A lot of interesting history is briefly mentioned. At one point his wife Rita mentions Peter and Bunny, and I knew that was Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, but unless you know it isn't explained as significant. So the movie certainly heavily involves the music but focuses as much or more on political views and the Rastafarian religion. The Rasta focus is a bit odd, it was big for Bob in that late 70s period after he converted to it, and for the recording of Exodus, but he later converted to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The movie is worth a watch, but I would have been more interested in a deep dive into the early days with the formation of the band and their early success. [/QUOTE]