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Topic subjectWas never a big NWA fan, but it was a fun way to spend 2 hours.
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702082, Was never a big NWA fan, but it was a fun way to spend 2 hours.
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Mon Aug-24-15 11:39 AM
Eazy's arc was the most interesting and held the emotional weight that made the last few scenes in the movie pay off.

The misogyny needed to be addressed in some form and while their music got alot of media attention for the plight of young men and women inside of inner city America, the movie showed them as more focused and less emotionally messy than the lives actually were (Dee Barnes, Cube meeting with Farakkan, etc.) You can't show them have 'harmless fun' at motels and not be the 'World's Most Dangerous Group'.

But then again, their music never really seemed to be as conscious as their image or press made them out to be.

The best way to show NWA would be the Hughes Brothers or someone like that make a doc about them. That way all of the tidbits about the misogyny and bad behavior could be given a real examination.

But I really enjoyed the movie. The visual qualities of the movie such as the concert sets and the scenes early on with the motorbikes and tracking shot with the band entering the club were really well done.

It also didn't feel like a 2:30 minute movie. Fincher needs to hire F. Gary Gray's editors.

I would definitely watch this again at some point.