EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:What were you guys expecting that didn't like this?
My problem is that it was exactly what I was expecting, so I don't understand why people thought it was so good. Why should I care that some pimp wants to start rapping?
It was just as boring and predictable as 8 mile and any other follow your dream movie that has come out in the last few years
i may have worn sandals in the past but thats because it was hot. - sole
EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:What were you guys expecting that didn't like this?
My problem is that it was exactly what I was expecting, so I don't understand why people thought it was so good. Why should I care that some pimp wants to start rapping?
It was just as boring and predictable as 8 mile and any other follow your dream movie that has come out in the last few years
You saw that Ludacris part coming; where he flushed the tape down the toilet? Name me another movie about a pimp where the pimp's humanized and has a familial relationship with his hos? Yeah, the storyline was kind of cliched, but the characters and plot twists within the story (Luda dumping the tape, DJ selling the white ho for a nice mic, etc.) weren't expected at all. Maybe if it had a bunch of unneccesary time jump or flowed backwards like Memento it wouldn't get all this hate.
I'm not saying this film reinvented the wheel, but it was excellent for what it was. Terrance Howard put in the best performance of the year, Athony Anderson and that girl who played the white ho put in good performances, and the direction and script helped capture a regional locale that's never been put on film that much (urban Nashville). I appreciate films that pay attention to regional nuances...and this film does a very good job of that.
EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:What were you guys expecting that didn't like this?
My problem is that it was exactly what I was expecting, so I don't understand why people thought it was so good. Why should I care that some pimp wants to start rapping?
It was just as boring and predictable as 8 mile and any other follow your dream movie that has come out in the last few years
You saw that Ludacris part coming; where he flushed the tape down the toilet? Name me another movie about a pimp where the pimp's humanized and has a familial relationship with his hos? Yeah, the storyline was kind of cliched, but the characters and plot twists within the story (Luda dumping the tape, DJ selling the white ho for a nice mic, etc.) weren't expected at all. Maybe if it had a bunch of unneccesary time jump or flowed backwards like Memento it wouldn't get all this hate.
I'm not saying this film reinvented the wheel, but it was excellent for what it was. Terrance Howard put in the best performance of the year, Athony Anderson and that girl who played the white ho put in good performances, and the direction and script helped capture a regional locale that's never been put on film that much (urban Nashville). I appreciate films that pay attention to regional nuances...and this film does a very good job of that.
Those plot twists were very weak. I didn't think Luda would flush the tape, but I knew he was gonna fuck terrence's character over somehow or another.
I actually like this movie, but its completely overrated. I only wanted to see it cause evertbody was singing "Whoop that Trick" so I thought the track might actually be decent. But that nigga was a shitty rapper which pretty much ruined the movie for me. It was anti-climatic too. This nigga hears his song on the radio while he's in jail. If was a pimp with half of a brain he would have sent the white ho to the radio station with the song as soon as he recorded it. DJ Qualls doesn't really do it for me in this movie either.
