You gotta love Bob. I do. The way he fought and persisted to get out of his Trench Town ghetto (but to which he returns time and again), is nothing short from humbling. Especially that part where his colorful and musical friends from the past talk about his early struggles will make you feel like the sun has just come up, even if you're watching this in the evening, like I did.
Of course, there's always some shadows around any man that is a lighthouse to so many people. Did he really need all those women beside Rita? Shouldn't he have spent some more time with his kids, or, when he did, be a little less strict or competitive? Shouldn't he have been better aware of certain things (getting caught in politics on Jamaica, visiting a country with a dictator)? It might seem easy to judge, but I personally find it hard to say. The good thing about 'Marley' is in any case that it gives room to those doubts.
What I felt most about Bob Marley after seeing this documentary though, was a sense of Biblical proportions to the man; his struggle with his father, his gigantic uprise in the world and eventually his tragic demise, but not without leaving behind a legacy for all to enjoy and find inspiration in.
Of course, there's always some shadows around any man that is a lighthouse to so many people. Did he really need all those women beside Rita? Shouldn't he have spent some more time with his kids, or, when he did, be a little less strict or competitive? Shouldn't he have been better aware of certain things (getting caught in politics on Jamaica, visiting a country with a dictator)? It might seem easy to judge, but I personally find it hard to say. The good thing about 'Marley' is in any case that it gives room to those doubts.
What I felt most about Bob Marley after seeing this documentary though, was a sense of Biblical proportions to the man; his struggle with his father, his gigantic uprise in the world and eventually his tragic demise, but not without leaving behind a legacy for all to enjoy and find inspiration in.