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Boyz N The Hood (2 viewings)
Plot : A coming of age film about a couple of friends growing up in a dangerous neighborhood.
Story : Tre Styles (Desi Arnez - Cuba Gooding Jr.) is dropped off to live at his dad's house - after living with his mom for a long while. When Tre gets there you meet his friends Doughboy (Baha Jackson - Ice Cube) and his brother Ricky (Donavan McCrarey - Morris Chesnut) - they take a walk through the neighborhood and eventually run into some big guys who take Ricky's ball. Soon after we see Doughboy driving away in a police car - for trying to steal something (probably a ball).
Seven years later - we see the same characters all grown up : and look hillariously similar to their younger-selves. Ricky even has the same type of shirt on and Doughboy has spent a long jail sentence. Ricky and Tre are in school and planned on going to college - while Doughboy hangs out on his porch with his friends and drinks liquor all day.
There is also the story of Tre's father (Laurence Fishburne) who wants to make his neighborhood a better place - and teaches Tre responsibility and how to be steady with his life. Though if he did a good enough job - you'll have to see.
Pacing : As good as the story could have been - it's told so slowly and terribly directed - with excitement lacking from any part of the film.
Visuals : Though there are some good parts every now and then - these are extremly absent from the movie at all. Incredibly dull looking everything and just not a good film visually at all.
Sypnosis : A movie with characters and a realistic sort of story - but no heart : the characters are just shells of real characters.
Plot : A coming of age film about a couple of friends growing up in a dangerous neighborhood.
Story : Tre Styles (Desi Arnez - Cuba Gooding Jr.) is dropped off to live at his dad's house - after living with his mom for a long while. When Tre gets there you meet his friends Doughboy (Baha Jackson - Ice Cube) and his brother Ricky (Donavan McCrarey - Morris Chesnut) - they take a walk through the neighborhood and eventually run into some big guys who take Ricky's ball. Soon after we see Doughboy driving away in a police car - for trying to steal something (probably a ball).
Seven years later - we see the same characters all grown up : and look hillariously similar to their younger-selves. Ricky even has the same type of shirt on and Doughboy has spent a long jail sentence. Ricky and Tre are in school and planned on going to college - while Doughboy hangs out on his porch with his friends and drinks liquor all day.
There is also the story of Tre's father (Laurence Fishburne) who wants to make his neighborhood a better place - and teaches Tre responsibility and how to be steady with his life. Though if he did a good enough job - you'll have to see.
Pacing : As good as the story could have been - it's told so slowly and terribly directed - with excitement lacking from any part of the film.
Visuals : Though there are some good parts every now and then - these are extremly absent from the movie at all. Incredibly dull looking everything and just not a good film visually at all.
Sypnosis : A movie with characters and a realistic sort of story - but no heart : the characters are just shells of real characters.