Super Fly (1972) coming from WAC

[StingingVelvet]

Hate to be a bummer but I was very disappointed by this release. I don't think the master is anywhere near as good as reviews have said, and many other films of this same time and budget look much better. Caps-a-holic shows this is the same master as the old DVD to my eye, and I was pretty meh about it. Don't come at me with talk of poor film quality and whatnot, I've seen what can be done with 16mm indie movies from the same time period and they can look a lot better.

I also didn't think the movie held up to my memories of it. The climax is excellent of course, and was an important moment at the time, but as a movie to watch in 2018 I don't think this is nearly as entertaining as other genre classics like Shaft, Black Caesar or even Truck Turner. Maybe that's just me, but on the third "driving somewhere to the same song" montage I was about to fall asleep. Cocaine deals photo montage also went from cool to silly cheese over the years, IMO.