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Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat

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With any profession there is a certain level of inspiration that allow an individual to grow from. You can tell by the long list of achievements, along with a long list of obstacles, Martin Lawrence has come a long way and I am very proud of him. By looking at his act, I see the real life points he makes in his scenes like Bill Cosby. The profanity used to get attention like Richard Pryor. I can go on, but the bottom line is he has perfected a talent that no one can deny. As an African American female, I get really disgusted on how we hate on each other. Since I have a stressful life, I need to laugh sometimes. There are comedians on cable who are not African Americans, but are really corny and do not have any comical creativity. But, they are given so many more opportunities to advance because they appeal to the mainstream. With everything against him, Martin Lawrence has proved himself again that he is not just another comedian but a true entertainer. He reminds me that no matter how much money, power, or talent someone may have, no one is more important than GOD. I feel GOD does not put us through anything we can not handle and looking at Martin on the big screen only showed me how a person can achieve anything if they put their mind to it!

Martin without doubt is as artistic as it gets. He had a string of wack material, but this is one of those classic movies that you can never forget. Maybe, I am a little bias because I love Martin Lawrence but the kid is a comedy genius. I think Martin realizes the need of people to see him doing what we all have come to love and the reason he makes "20 million" a movie. Needless to say that the things this kid went through trully somes up his career as a survivor. If you like rough and raw no holds bar comedy this the material you are looking for. It's a classic.

In order to enjoy this performance, you have to like this kind of comedy. I'm not talking about "watered-down-Fresh-Prince-of-Bel-Air-hip-hop-for-the-masses-care-of-Will-Smith" comedy, either. I'm talking about Richard Pryor and Bernie Mac, tellin it like it is.

Yes, there's a lot of profanity. Yes, he talks about sex, body parts, and pregnancy in graphic detail. Yes, there are stories involving drug use and getting arrested by cops. Yes, he pushes the boundaries of what's considered acceptable in a comedy routine. Prudes definitely need not apply. But the real test is: would I consider his vulgarity tasteless and excessive? No. Does it fit into the routine? ... Does it match his style? ... Is it done justice by his delivery? Yes.

Speaking of his delivery, this is one of Martin's strengths. He delivers a commanding performance, showing off his acting and storytelling ability. He has great presence, prowling the stage, defiant that he's the one that's going to tell it like it is and the media can just kiss his a...

Those of you who are skeptical of this performance from the negative reviews citing a "low-brow, boring, vulgar performance" should probably not watch this. You wouldn't "get it" anyways. But those of you who have a little flava and don't mind a brutha who's got game laying down the laughs the way he wants to and doesn't care about not offending anyone in the process need to watch this performance. There are some slow parts, but at least half of this thing is drop dead hillarious.

This movie was hilarious. I laughed my [behind] off. I highly reccomend this movie to anyone that wants to go laugh for an hour and a half.

Martin Lawrence is a great stand-up performer. Great DVD, a lot of positive messages related to the regular behavior of the man in the society. A lot os fun. I couldn't stop laughing.

the first special "you so crazy" is very funny.
so i was glad he did it again. this time he was more serious since its about his life.
if you think this dvd sucked then maybe your not a martin fan because it was sort of inside jokes about his life.
its better than his first special in some ways.
anyway. i think the guy is reaaaally funny.

Martin may have some funny enough movies, but as a stand up performer this guy sux. I couldnt bare to sit through anymore then about 20 minutes to half an hour. He was not funny. he sounded more rascist then anything to anyone who isnt black living in America. And he used those cheap patriotic lines standups drowning on stage use for a reaction from the audience.

I cuss and swear alot, but man, this guy litterly can not start a sentence without the word "mother f#%$#a", add it at least twice mid sentence, then end the sentence on "mother f%^#$%a". Man, Eddie Murphy makes a joke on Delirious about Bill Cosby claiming Eddie did nothing but come out on stage, cuss and leave.... but Bill Cosby was dead wrong, Eddie was funny as hell on that. But, if Bill sits down to watch this stupid ML Live DVD, then he can say those exact same words and not have any one object... not even me.

So, to speak this in a way of authentic Martin tounge: Dat Mother-F^%#@N' DVD's absolute mother-F^%$#n' s%$#@house, mother-F#^%$r.

I loved this stand-up movie, I thought it was halarious! Granted, Martin doesn't come out swinging in the beginning, but when he finally does...look out. He starts out telling jokes about various things, but when he finally gets to the good stuff about the things he was arrested for, it's hard to stop laughing. The only thing I was dissapointed in was the ending. Most comediannes make it a point to end with a "Banger" or a joke that kills and leaves you laughing for days on end, but unfortunately we don't get a banger, just a chuckle. Overall I think it takes a lot of guts to look at yourself and laugh. I think Martin did a GREAT job being honest with his audience and laughing at himself. Not since Richard Pryor has anyone been able to point out their mistakes and make it unbelieveably funny.

Now here's a strange case. Martin Lawrence is easily one of the funniest men on the planet. He just is. But once he became a leading man in feature films around 1996, he stopped being funny. With pictures such as `Big Momma's House,' `Black Knight,' `A Thin Line Between Love And Hate,' and `Blue Streak,' you'd be hard pressed to find a laugh in even one of them. Yet, when Lawrence takes the stage, it's like the mighty Kong on top of the Empire State Building, swatting away bad press and forgettable movies with the swing of his arms. `Runteldat' is pure Lawrence, a stand up comedy film created to counter the media scuttle over his past indiscretions, and also a potent reminder to fans who've lost faith in the comedian.

Shot over the course of two nights in Washington D.C., `Runteldat' showcases a hungry Martin Lawrence. He's ready to spill the beans on his problems (intersection standoffs with the cops, nightclub fights, a near-death bout with heat stroke), and, like his last concert film `You So Crazy,' Lawrence has brought with him a bag full of comedic delights. His take on unruly kids, the search for Osama bin Laden, and race differences on `Cops' are the stuff of comic gold. Lawrence prowls the stage with such fierceness and enthusiasm that it makes me downright sad that almost no director (even Lawrence himself) has found a way to transfer this stage chemistry to the big screen properly. It's a sad state of affairs that the only reasonably good films Lawrence has made in the last ten years (save for `Life,' and possibly `Nothing To Lose') have been his two concert films.

There is a higher agenda to `Runteldat' than simple jokes: Lawrence wants to use the forum to bash the media that's been treating him so badly, and he even throws in a rant about film critics to boot. This is the same media that Lawrence claims not to be bothered by, yet this acidic, fuming film goes out into 1,000 screens across the country, so go figure than one out. Lawrence believes he's received the raw end of the deal in press reports that portray him as unstable. He senses that people don't have the real story, hence `Runteldat.' But Lawrence does the same one-sided whitewash as the media, as he tries to joke his way out of disturbing stories of drug abuse and armed tomfoolery. `Runteldat' shoves an `I'm as human as the next man' message down the viewer's throat, and I admire that more than I would ever believe it. Even when Lawrence himself tells these wild tales, it still makes him look unstable.

If `Runteldat' doesn't exactly showcase Lawrence at the top of his game, at least it serves as a reminder that the man still has game. Now if he'd only care this much about his film career! --------- 8/10

it's a good thing I rented this DVD and didn't buy it. It does have some hilarious parts early I will admit. But as an over all show, it was a bit of a downer. He kept on urging the audience to "ride this mother till the wheels fall off" and how he kept giving his true holywood story which was kind of a contradiction because his wheels almost did fall off. I dig Martin L. and I am glad he is alive and I hope he continues to make us laugh. But after 20 minutes of this show I really wasn't laughing. But I will continue to buy and stay interested in Martin.