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After watching such successful true stories converted to movies (Coach Carter Steve Lopez (Robert Downey, Jr.) is a columnist for the LA Times who one day happens upon a homeless man, Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), playing a two-stringed violin in a park. The music Ayers is making is magical, and Lopez strikes up a conversation. He comes to realize that the mentally ill man (probably schizophrenic, but Ayers has never wanted to be officially diagnosed or medicated) attended Julliard, and his first love is the cello. Lopez and Ayers become tentative friends, while Lopez finds out more about Ayers and his past and writes columns about the interesting man. A fascinated reader donates a cello, and Lopez gets Ayers involved with LAMP (Los Angeles Men's Project) a shelter of sorts in the Skid Row area of L.A. Their relationship is not all touchy-feely, nor is it without some bumps, but the two unlikely friends forge a bond that is not quickly dissolved. The Soloist Unfortunately, as much as the movie tries to be sentimental and moving, it actually had the opposite effect on me. I felt forced to be moved about the plight of Ayers, and that made me less sympathetic toward him. The special features, including interviews with the real Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Ayers, are outstanding and worth watching. The Blu-ray quality is excellent, truly imbuing a sense of the Skid Row streets of LA and the people who live there. The high definition places the viewer in the midst of the scene (minus the smells and danger). The musical sequences translate well to HD and surround sound also. As long as you don't have too high an expectation for The Soloist |
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