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Post by PaulzFan24 on Feb 8, 2004 19:36:13 GMT -5
My co-workers and I always argue about which movie is better and which movie is sadder. The Temptations or The Five Heartbeats, I've seen both, and I must say that the Tempts is both better and sadder. During the Five Heartbeats I found myself constantly looking at the clock trying to figure out how much was left on the movie. I just can't figure out why anybody could even think that the Five Heartbeats is sadder or better than the Tempts.  :shocked The Five Heartbeats, disband, then at the end they all come together and rejoin in a dance and song, the only time we will ever see that with the tempts, is when not only we, but we and otis are floating with the angels. :crying :crying Only then will we be able to see the tempts rejoin for a song and dance, but hopefully that won't happen for awhile, long while. Any thoughts or comments?? |
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Post by earthangel on Feb 9, 2004 15:56:50 GMT -5
I agree with you...and I've had the same argument in class last year...it was four of us fighting. Me and this other chic supported the Tempts, while two other people tried to argue that the Five Heartbeats was better..somehow I ended up pretty upset and ready to fight, but hopefully I got my point across :angel:
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Post by curet30 on Feb 9, 2004 16:45:26 GMT -5
mmmmm..... I gotta go with the FIVE HEARTBEATS. Although it was a fictional group I enjoyed the story line much more. I guess it had to do with some inaccuracies found in the Temptations movie (I'm not talking about Blue's "magic tie"). The timeline with Paul and 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone' did not sit well with me and Speedo - well that fella looked NOTHING like the Speedo I know mypages.blackvoices.com/channels/pictures/view_alone.nhtml?profile=pictures&UID=10012 |
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Post by MikeNYC on Feb 9, 2004 17:17:06 GMT -5
mmmmm..... I gotta go with the FIVE HEARTBEATS. Although it was a fictional group I enjoyed the story line much more. I guess it had to do with some inaccuracies found in the Temptations movie (I'm not talking about Blue's "magic tie"). The timeline with Paul and 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone' did not sit well with me and Speedo - well that fella looked NOTHING like the Speedo I know mypages.blackvoices.com/channels/pictures/view_alone.nhtml?profile=pictures&UID=10012I gotta go with Curet on this,The Five Heartbeats was more along the lines of The Temptations,than the Temptations. For reasons that I will not go into. |
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Post by temptragous on Feb 10, 2004 18:01:20 GMT -5
I have seen both. and I do like the Five Heartbeats movie. It was not sadder or better then the Tempts.
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Post by c5temptsfan on Feb 10, 2004 19:02:47 GMT -5
I love the Tempts movie......BUT.... the Five Heartbeats is better.....I don't know why, but it is.  Plus.....I think it's funny how, in the Five Heartbeats movie, all the publicity shots & magazine pics of the group look ALOT like all of the pics of the Tempts. ;D |
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Post by Ebony on Feb 10, 2004 22:19:51 GMT -5
I have to vote for The Temptations movie! I love The Five Heartbeats, but I've never watched it over and over and over again like I have The Temptations. So I have to go with The Temptations movie. Love it!  And of course The Temptations movie is sadder. One member commits suicide, one dies of lung cancer, one dies of a drug overdose, and one from the flesh eating disease! (Is that what Otis said in his revised book!?) And none of them were that old. Weren't they only in their fifties? Like someone said, in the Five Heartbeats they all came together in the end. If only it could have been that way with my Temps. Just thinking about it almost brings me :crying to tears. |
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Post by PaulzFan24 on Feb 12, 2004 19:58:56 GMT -5
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Post by jay on Feb 19, 2004 1:21:26 GMT -5
Compairing these two movies is hard to do. The Temptations movie is sadder than The Five Heartbeats. The Temptations movie is better because of the music. But, The Five Heartbeats is a better plotline because of it's R rating. It was a much more honest film. Can you honestly say that nobody called a Temptaion the "n" word, considering four of the five members were from the south? In the Temptations movie, when David was fired, Blu looked like he was going to cry. In The Five Heartbeats, do you guys remember the managers murder, and how a member of the group was suspected of having something to do with it? Well, there was a scene after his death, where all the members were outside, in what looked like a deserted area. In the scene, when the guy with the bass voice attacks a member, it's "I'm gonna kill you, motherf***er!". The Five Heartbeats was a much more honest film, as far as band tention is conserned.
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Post by lightdion on Aug 15, 2005 22:24:08 GMT -5
I love both movies but......... The Temptations Stole my heart the most!!-LOL. Whoever said that it is some major similarities between the two groups were right. It's just that the Tempts. were real and the heartbeats were not. However, the characters have some similarities:
Otis could have been Duck because of thier shared leadership
David could have been Eddie Cain because of the similar personalities
Paul could have been JT (Sound Familiar?-LOL) Because of thier addictions
Eddie could have been choirboy because of their quiet, but firm stand in the group. They also sing alike-LOL
Blue ofcourse could have been the light-skinned bass (Forgot his name-LOL) because of thier calm demeanor and similar sounding voices (Although Blue had him by a long shot-LOL)
I wish that the Tempts. movie (and real life situations) could have been as happy and fortunate as the The Heartbeats were- Tempt. ON!!!!!!
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Post by davidruffinlover on Aug 15, 2005 22:38:52 GMT -5
This is not a fair comparison....=) I LOVE the Tempts movie, watch a part of it everyday & am wearing out my DVD. The Five Heartbeats I just tapped & love it to death but....I don't know. I wish the Tempts coulda had the real happy ending that The Heartbeats got. I love 'em both, to death, so much!!!!!!!!!! But.....I'm gonna have ta go with the Tempts as sadder, I cant say one is better then the other so I'll leave that as a tie. =D
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Post by Aba21 on Aug 16, 2005 19:39:20 GMT -5
I loved both movies.................went to see 5H at the movies 3 times to support Robert Townsend...but I liked the Tempts movie better. 5H was a comedy drama and the Tempts movie was a docudrama in my opinion.
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Post by Weak4Weeks on Aug 16, 2005 21:17:21 GMT -5
I have never seen the Five Heartbeats but now after reading your comments I am gonna!! I love the Tempts movie. Today it played on VH1 from 4-7pm. I have the DVD in front of me. I SAT AND WATCHED the entire thing from Jos pregnancy on just because I couldn't turn it off!! It's sick really (smile)
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Post by lightdion on Aug 16, 2005 22:29:20 GMT -5
Far as acting goes, I would say that both actors in the movies did a superb job (Although the movie Tempts. were finer if you know what I mean-LOL) But I love that part when that little gril (Duck's sister) was started to sing and sing and sing and wouls not stop. She had a nice voice and the scene was hilarious!
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Post by Jonesesgirl on Aug 16, 2005 23:16:25 GMT -5
i love both movies, but i love the temptations more  |
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