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Jensen 2022-03-20 09:01:29

The overall feeling is a mediocre biopic, but in fact, every point has been given, the play is complete, there are no major flaws, and every scene is arranged just right. , you can feel the restraint and calmness of the screenwriter. It is a pity that I have not seen the transcendence of the characters themselves, which may also be a relationship of respect for facts. Therefore, in the choice of biopics, I will prefer characters who have a more ups and downs history and surpass themselves at the lowest point and achieve religious revelation.
The film still revolves around brotherhood. Several poor children came together because of music, parted ways because of money, and finally because one of them died of AIDS. Brothers who had been missing for many years reunited, shed a few tears on each other, and each started a new journey. . The elements in it are also common in black movies, such as money, women, sex, brothers, violence, racial discrimination, etc., but because of the need to create group portraits, these penetrating elements have been weakened. Compared with "King of Soul Singer", which is also a black theme, and these elements are the same, what Ray Charles finally conveyed to me is the sense of fate of a lonely genius. His life may be messy, but in jazz he is the king, and his Egotism, arrogance, and sensitivity due to blindness will make him fall to the altar. However, he is in awe of music, and he is persistent. A good biographical material must be a character with a sense of tragedy. He is the king of a certain industry. Persistence makes him but also destroys him, and this duality and extremeness is the basis of a biopic. But I don't see in this film, the protagonist's awe and love for music, in the film music is treated as a decorative flower of black friendship, all the characters are talking about money, record sales, etc., they may use music It expresses the struggle of black people, but it is also superficial, so racial discrimination is only reduced to a background in this film, and the thinking about violence is not expressed in the film.
Perhaps this is also the outstanding part of this film. It is simple and direct. The elements of violence, brothers, money, and beauty are enough to prop up an excellent commercial film. Compared with real action films and shootout films, I think "Rush Out of Kang" Putton is restrained.

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Extended Reading
  • Al 2022-03-21 09:01:36

    Hey Dre, I got something to say. Boyz N da hood in the studio, Fuck da Police in the middle finger, Nothing but a G thing, 1,2,3 and the 4… ...I've been waiting for Old G to my heart's content. But to be fair, the movie is really bad.

  • Ivah 2022-04-20 09:01:29

    4 stars, plus one star to pull points

Straight Outta Compton quotes

  • Suge Knight: [Dre meets up with Suge in the hospital to visit The D.O.C. who had just been in a car accident] DOC shouldn't even be alive. Got thrown out of a car, hit a tree.

    Dr. Dre: Is he paralyzed?

    Suge Knight: Nah. But his throat got crushed. He could lose his career over this. Where your people? Where Eazy and Jerry?

    Dr. Dre: How the fuck should I know?

    Suge Knight: Come here.

    [in the hallway]

    Suge Knight: What you know about Jerry? What you think about him?

    Dr. Dre: He all right. I guess.

    Suge Knight: What about your paperwork? You cool with that?

    Dr. Dre: [pause] I think.

    Suge Knight: You think?

    Dr. Dre: Look, I just focus on the music, Suge. That's it.

    Suge Knight: You see that motherfucker in there? Gotta make sure it don't happen to you, man.

    Dr. Dre: Hey, um... maybe-maybe some of your people can look into my paperwork too.

    Suge Knight: Most definitely. I'll arrange. Go see ya boy.

  • Eazy-E: [Eazy is in the studio, "Appetite for Destruction playing in the background]

    [cuts off music]

    Eazy-E: So what's up? When you talked to me on the phone, man you sounded pretty worked up.

    Dr. Dre: Yeah I know you don't like hearing this shit... it's about Jerry. We gotta get rid of that motherfucker, E.

    Eazy-E: [sighs] That's really why you came here? I thought all this shit was in the past, Dre.

    Dr. Dre: This some real shit, man. And the shit been happening since the beginning. I had some people look into this, I ain't been getting my fair share-...

    Eazy-E: Do you even know why you rich though? Do you know why you got a big ass house and you ain't sleeping on your auntie couch no more? Because Jerry made that possible for us. He kicked down the door for that shit to happen. For us! And you just gonna turn your back on him? What, you Cube now?

    Dr. Dre: Cube was right, fool! E, look at the papers, man and you'll see what the fuck I'm talking about. And forget about Jerry, man! You keep talking about 'Jerry this, Jerry that'. We didn't make it because of Jerry, we made it because our shit is dope! And we can keep going, E. We can own the goddamn world, but we just can't be fucking with him no more! Man, we started this N.W.A shit. I just want it to be right.

    Eazy-E: And this what you think right? Turnin' your back on someone after all he done for us.

    Dr. Dre: You mean all he done for you. Right? Look at me. Look at me. When Tyree died, you said we was always gonna be brothers. But I guess you forgot about that. Ima start my own company with Suge Knight, E. Thought we were brothers, man.

    [tosses papers and leaves]