STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
Directed by F Gary Gary
Screenplay by Jonathon Herman and Andrea Berloff
Starring: O Shea Jackson Jr; Corey Hawkins; Jason Mitchell; Neil Brown Jr; Aldis Hodge and Paul Giamatti
The rap group NWA rises from the shadows in Compton to be maybe the most influential rap group (Or Run DMC) in history.
Let me check....wait...is it over.....wait...yes it is over.
Straight Outta Compton has been in development hell for a decades, maybe longer ,and now it has finally hit the big screen.
It has a really good first act highlighted by a fantastic performance by Jackson jr. playing Ice Cube. He has the mannerisms down (it helps that he is Ice Cubes son).
The first half is fun to watch these friends and kinda acquaintances get together and write about what they see and feel about life in Compton. They have fantastic instincts on how to put a beat to it and sell it. It is fun to watch.
The second half is when it starts to die...like a lot of success stories women/or men/hanging "oners" get in the way. Then as often happens money changes people. Paul Giamatti shows up with a ridiculous hair piece that is distracting and the movie slows down and just will not push forward. The movie clocks in at 2 hours and 25 minutes!!! It just needed more editing.
NWA changed music and it is an interesting story, I almost want to tell people to just watch 2 hours and then you are okay to go.
What should have been left on the floor? A little less Giamatti. I like watching the development of the music, however to hear it live in other factions could have been left out because you know what it sounds like. In other words something had to be left out, and the story is interesting so maybe some music has to go to speed the film up. Maybe that is why it has been in development hell all these years. They maybe had trouble telling the story, within the framework of the music.
3 1/2 stars out of 5 for a really good bio from game changers however the story dragged in the second half.
From the shadows...as always thanks for your time.
Let me check....wait...is it over.....wait...yes it is over.
Straight Outta Compton has been in development hell for a decades, maybe longer ,and now it has finally hit the big screen.
It has a really good first act highlighted by a fantastic performance by Jackson jr. playing Ice Cube. He has the mannerisms down (it helps that he is Ice Cubes son).
The first half is fun to watch these friends and kinda acquaintances get together and write about what they see and feel about life in Compton. They have fantastic instincts on how to put a beat to it and sell it. It is fun to watch.
The second half is when it starts to die...like a lot of success stories women/or men/hanging "oners" get in the way. Then as often happens money changes people. Paul Giamatti shows up with a ridiculous hair piece that is distracting and the movie slows down and just will not push forward. The movie clocks in at 2 hours and 25 minutes!!! It just needed more editing.
NWA changed music and it is an interesting story, I almost want to tell people to just watch 2 hours and then you are okay to go.
What should have been left on the floor? A little less Giamatti. I like watching the development of the music, however to hear it live in other factions could have been left out because you know what it sounds like. In other words something had to be left out, and the story is interesting so maybe some music has to go to speed the film up. Maybe that is why it has been in development hell all these years. They maybe had trouble telling the story, within the framework of the music.
3 1/2 stars out of 5 for a really good bio from game changers however the story dragged in the second half.
From the shadows...as always thanks for your time.
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