Straight Outta Compton

Yeah...I know I'm late to the party. I only watched it this past weekend. Loved it!!!

Good acting all around, great casting. I enjoyed the story. Lot's a great Tits and Ass as well

 

Totally made the movie worth watching for you, yeah?

 

was disappointed by this. seemed to be basically a rose-tinted hagiography, like a 'made for MTV' thing. Dr Dre & Ice Cube portrayed as maverick-genius-saints rather than fleshed-out people (presumably they both required this as producers)

& seeing all the positive reviews made me think that it was another case of social desirability bias - white educated reviewers too scared to criticise a movie about the struggle of black youth culture, even though it was actually mediocre. looking through the wiki page now, it seems a minority of reviewers did criticise it, & their comments seem spot-on:

'In a polarized review, Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times felt that the film attempted to take on more storylines than it could handle, also criticizing how bloated it becomes towards the end regarding Heller.... Jordan Hoffman of The Guardian also criticized the film's second half for being "cheesy" and "[playing] it too safe".[102] Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club gave the film a C, feeling it had to rely on its timeliness for its thematic weight, and saying the film "simplifies N.W.A.’s arc to a gangster-movie knock-off about three friends from way back when who are driven apart by bad influences." The Washington Post noted the film's "lack of interest in process and personality" compared to the concurrently-released music biopic Love & Mercy, writing: "it’s no contest as to which Giamatti picture is the better depiction of the actual music-making process."'

 

Best thing about this movie?
Dr Dre listenimg to Roy Ayers Ubiquity 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine' early on.

 

I thought it was good but not great. Kinda watered down, especially the second half.

It was much better than Notorious and All Eyez On Me.

 

Just saw All eyez on me...SHITTY......

 

Ah’m no watching this unless there’s panthers in it.