Eminem's popular song, Lose Youself, won the Oscar for best song that year and dominated the Billboard chart for many weeks. It is the theme song of the movie "Eight Mile".
Although many years have passed, this song remains stubbornly on my playlist, never absent. It should be said that Jay Chou brought me to rap music, and Eminem made me realize what the real Rap spirit is!
Not only in China, but even in the United States, the birthplace of rap music, this extremely grassroots type of music has always been quite marginalized, and it is basically popular in black circles. The emergence of white musician Eminem changed the status quo of rap music, and also changed the map of the entire mainstream music world.
This autobiographical film "8 Miles" is Eminem's roar to the whole world on behalf of himself and all rap musicians who yearn to break through their own barriers!
This autobiographical film tells about the troubles and troubles Eminem faced while embarking on the road of rap.
The story begins in Detroit in the winter of 1995. At a rap club called The Shelter, the musicians get together every weekend for a one-on-one 45-second show competition, and the crowd decides who is the winner of this round, moving on to the next round until The winner of the week is decided. When it was Jimmy Smith's (B. Rabbit's) turn to take the stage, he got stuck.
Then we enter the personal life of Jimmy Smith. Working as a worker in a mold factory, he lost his car after breaking up with his girlfriend and had to go back to the trailer to live with his mother and half-sister.
And then Jimmy encountered a series of troubles: being insulted and beaten by a competitor, arguing with his mother, having an affair with a new girlfriend and other men, breaking with a good friend.
Faced with this series of problems and troubles, Jimmy Smith has not lost his way forward. He regained his strength and decided to take part in the freestyle battle again. When Jimmy Smith faced his old opponents from the previous defeat, he defeated them again with his own strength and won the championship.
It is particularly worth mentioning that the freestyle battle final between Eminem and Anthony Mackie was very exciting. Anthony Mackie, who had not yet become the Avengers Falcon at that time, was also a little fresh meat. Eye-catching!
The storyline of the film is not complicated. Producer Brian Geser is fascinated by rap music. He believes that the dramatic tension of the rap music circle has not been well presented in the film works. It is necessary to find a suitable rapper to perform in order to truly present the world of rap music. At this time, the talented and controversial rap king Eminem was also looking for a chance to perform his screen debut, so they hit it off.
Eminem fully displayed its shock and mature charm. At the same time, Oscar-level director Curtis Hansen (the director of Los Angeles Confidential, this film will be told another day) directed a charming film full of life. Eminem is responsible for the film's music and vocal production along with fellow rapper Dr. Dre. Movies and music were both huge hits.
Finally, I have to say that the heroine of this film, Brittany Murphy, was young and beautiful, she was a rising star at that time, and her performance in the film was also very good. She was the only touch in this decadent city of Detroit. Bright colors.
It's a pity that she passed away unexpectedly in 2009. It's been seven years now. Now we can only look back at her former beauty in these old films, while feeling that good luck makes people jealous, and God is jealous of her beauty, alas!
Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted…One moment Would you capture it or just let it slip?
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