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Straight outta Compton

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  • #62
    StringerBell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭StringerBell


    I enjoyed it and still find myself agreeing with the majority of the above.....weird.

    "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."



  • #63
    Technocentral
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    Seen it twice (first time was in tiny screen 3 in IFI so had to watch it on big screen in Savoy 1), thought it was excellent and felt real in terms of the music and the scene at the time (which I remember well as I'm, in my 40s). Agree there was a certain level of being economical with the truth, still its a fantastically well made biopic and blows ****e like the Hendrix and James Brown ones out of the water (G). Would love to see an equally as good Public Enemy flick.


  • #64
    Zaylee Wrong Millipede
    Posts: 27,583 ✭ Zaylee Wrong Millipede


    I assume a lot of my points have been addressed I didn't read through all of the thread but here goes.
    My thoughts on the movie after watching it at the weekend;

    A really enjoyable movie however some things were brushed under the carpet.

    Some things I particularly enjoyed:
    1: Movie gave proper respect to "No Vaseline" the hardest diss track in history IMO
    2: Loved how they first introduced Snoop Dogg:
    When he arrived in the studio and immediate tension between Suge Knight and him was created.
    Always reminds me of this for some reason.

    3: Ice Cubes son done really well in his portrayal of his father.

    Some questionable items:
    1: Dr. Dre made to be a complete hero, left out the fact that he has smacked up woman in the past (I think if this would have been included it would have taken that hero feel away but doesn't change the fact that it happened)
    2: MC Ren got little or no credit when in fact he wrote a lot of Eazys rhymes and is one of most underrated members of NWA IMO. He has released some great solo work after NWA also.
    3: Completely left out the beef between Eazy and Dre (Dre Day / Sleazy E vs Real Muthaphuckkin G's) and really should have been included.


  • #65
    StringerBell
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    Too much of a puff piece yes, but still enjoyable.

    "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."



  • #66
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    I really enjoyed the movie, the actors that came in were suberb.
    The one actor I have issue with is Paul Giamati as Jerry. He was given way too much screen time, I think it's a case of the movie being made around his character as it's a big name actor rather than focusing more other critical parts of NWA. But, he gave a great account of himself in the role.
    It was also way too fluffy in the final third, I believe that it was made to be alot more amicalble at Eazy's time of passing than it actually was. I think that is more out of respect for Eazy than anything else, but probably not accurate from what I've read and heard.
    MC Ren also didn't get much of a look in, there are also issues with the first NWA (and the posse) album being over looked, and the members of the posse being ignored.
    One example of this is Arabian Prince, not mentioned in the flick, but a huge part of early NWA. People say that he left before the Straight Outta Compton album, but he was still around, it's just that his style of production wasn't hard enough. If you listen to the last few track of the album, you will actually hear heavy influence from Arabian Price as the tracks are a bit more electro.

    I thought the reaction scene to No Vaseline was great and portrayed the mixed reactions from all the boys.

    Poor Ol' DOC only got a brief bit of airtime as well whereas he is a major influnece in the hostory of NWA.

    Overall, I enjoyed the motherf*cking sh*t out of the motherf*cker.


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