Straight Outta Compton Movie - Official Thread (8-14)

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  • Stew
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    It was a good movie and Im glad it's going well. Good to see NWA get their proper dues from this generation and see their music and legacy be exposed to a new audience.

    That being said, I didnt like a few things with the movie.


    1. They just glossed over the Eazy/Dre beef like it never happened. I was waiting for "Dre Day" and "Real Muthaphfuckin Gs" but it never came.
    2. They ? on Ren
    3. They didnt even acknowledge ? 4 Life
    4. They made it seem like Eazy wasnt doing ? after NWA broke up when he discovered Bone Thugs and was releasing solo albums/EPs.
    5. Having Dre punking out Suge's people. I wasnt there, but I doubt he was Tysoning dudes left and right. I guess to the victor goes the spoils.


    All in all, I give it an 8/10.

    How do they ? on Ren?
  • Stew
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    Stew wrote: »
    It was a good movie and Im glad it's going well. Good to see NWA get their proper dues from this generation and see their music and legacy be exposed to a new audience.

    That being said, I didnt like a few things with the movie.


    1. They just glossed over the Eazy/Dre beef like it never happened. I was waiting for "Dre Day" and "Real Muthaphfuckin Gs" but it never came.
    2. They ? on Ren
    3. They didnt even acknowledge ? 4 Life
    4. They made it seem like Eazy wasnt doing ? after NWA broke up when he discovered Bone Thugs and was releasing solo albums/EPs.
    5. Having Dre punking out Suge's people. I wasnt there, but I doubt he was Tysoning dudes left and right. I guess to the victor goes the spoils.


    All in all, I give it an 8/10.

    How do they ? on Ren?

    He was basically an extra in the movie. Dude was just standing around in the background half the time not saying ? .
    Cain wrote: »
    Stew wrote: »
    It was a good movie and Im glad it's going well. Good to see NWA get their proper dues from this generation and see their music and legacy be exposed to a new audience.

    That being said, I didnt like a few things with the movie.


    1. They just glossed over the Eazy/Dre beef like it never happened. I was waiting for "Dre Day" and "Real Muthaphfuckin Gs" but it never came.
    2. They ? on Ren
    3. They didnt even acknowledge ? 4 Life
    4. They made it seem like Eazy wasnt doing ? after NWA broke up when he discovered Bone Thugs and was releasing solo albums/EPs.
    5. Having Dre punking out Suge's people. I wasnt there, but I doubt he was Tysoning dudes left and right. I guess to the victor goes the spoils.


    All in all, I give it an 8/10.

    How do they ? on Ren?

    Ren wrote the majority of Easy Duz It except Boyz n DA hood. It came off like he was a weed carrier lol.

    He didn't get as much shine as the others in the movie.

    What if hes just a quiet guy? They made Yella out to be a comedian, thats probably his persona(I mean he did get into porn after all). How do you make a character in a movie of a guy who writes great music but doesnt have a big personality?
  • water ur seeds
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    the best 1 wrote: »

    One question though, who was the dude wearing the Cazals who hung around NWA for most of the movie???

    Sir Jinx - co-producer of Ice Cube's "Amerikkas Most Wanted", "? At Will", "Death Certificate" and Dr Dre's cousin. They did a good job with the casting... that guy looked like Jinx and kinda sounded like him too.

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    Here's Jinx from the movie...

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    Thanks brother, I thought/assumed it was Jinx... When I Googled it nothing came up though, I dont know where you got that movie still from! haha
  • JamieShea88
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    Great movie. I haven't read the whole thread so don't know if it's been mentioned but the Tupac scene made no sense to me. Regardless of what song he was recording, Pac was still in jail when Eazy died. By the time he got out and started recording with Death Row Eazy had already gone. I can't believe they got that important detail wrong in what was otherwise a flawless production.
  • Maximus Rex
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    Cold 187um spoke on Easy being loyal to Jerry. From Easy's perspective Jerry took them from ? 's trying to make it, to ? performing sold out shows. Easy would have still been selling drugs and Dre would have been working at Eve After Dark if not for Jerry (In Easy's Mind). Plus, Jerry was telling them that they were expendable. Look at the comment he made in the movie when Cube left. " Ren is just as good."

    I understand that, but in my opinion, it's about the sum of the parts. The grinding, trying to come up, and the camaraderie that was built between Eazy, Dre, Ren, Yella, Cube. They were potnas and had built not only a working relationship, but a friendship. Sure Jerry opened some doors, got them their deals, but after getting into the industry, seeing how things worked, and after N.W.A blew the ? up, it seems like it would have dawned on Eazy that he had a good thing going and Ruthless could have had the world on lock for at least a five, possibly a ten year stretch. After everybody repeatedly came to Eazy, (and I sure they did it when Jerry's ? ass wasn't around,) asking about the money and the contracts, he would have realized that Jerry's ? was the cancer that needed to be removed. What Jerry did to N.W.A was some classic divide and conquer, house ? ? . Us, older dudes who were around reading the ? in The Source and seeing the clips on MTV News were like damn, but for some reason, seeing the ? played on on the big screen puts No Vasline in a greater perspective and makes the song that more profound.

  • Olorun22
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    Great movie. I haven't read the whole thread so don't know if it's been mentioned but the Tupac scene made no sense to me. Regardless of what song he was recording, Pac was still in jail when Eazy died. By the time he got out and started recording with Death Row Eazy had already gone. I can't believe they got that important detail wrong in what was otherwise a flawless production.

    They really just want to get people in that era in their. Its not like we don't know what happen already
  • D0wn
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    En-Fuego22 wrote: »
    Great movie. I haven't read the whole thread so don't know if it's been mentioned but the Tupac scene made no sense to me. Regardless of what song he was recording, Pac was still in jail when Eazy died. By the time he got out and started recording with Death Row Eazy had already gone. I can't believe they got that important detail wrong in what was otherwise a flawless production.

    They really just want to get people in that era in their. Its not like we don't know what happen already

    Pac worked with Deathrow on the Murder Was The Case Soundrtack, he recorded and wrote a couple tracks on Deathrow pre 95'. One of the songs ended up being Pain, and was placed on the Above The rim
    the above the rim soundtrack was released was released by Deathrow.
    Above the Rim: The Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to the 1994 film of the same name. The soundtrack, released by Death Row and Interscope Records on March 22, 1994, was executive produced by Suge Knight. Dr. Dre acted as supervising producer on the project.
  • AP21
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    the best 1 wrote: »
    The Priority Records scene really happened in real life....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPt2YjHBqrw

    damn..watching this after seeing that Dr. Umar Johnson video from the breakfast club got me ? off

    Dr. J, was 100% spot on when he was talking about how the record industry is treating blacks. Nothing new under the sun, but the way he articulated it was dope af.

    Why did it take for a man to come at you with a bat for you to do right by him in the first place?? The fact that he told Cube, its already been taken care of shows they had the money already and couldve been doing right by him from jump
  • WhoisDonG???
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    Cold 187um spoke on Easy being loyal to Jerry. From Easy's perspective Jerry took them from ? 's trying to make it, to ? performing sold out shows. Easy would have still been selling drugs and Dre would have been working at Eve After Dark if not for Jerry (In Easy's Mind). Plus, Jerry was telling them that they were expendable. Look at the comment he made in the movie when Cube left. " Ren is just as good."

    I understand that, but in my opinion, it's about the sum of the parts. The grinding, trying to come up, and the camaraderie that was built between Eazy, Dre, Ren, Yella, Cube. They were potnas and had built not only a working relationship, but a friendship. Sure Jerry opened some doors, got them their deals, but after getting into the industry, seeing how things worked, and after N.W.A blew the ? up, it seems like it would have dawned on Eazy that he had a good thing going and Ruthless could have had the world on lock for at least a five, possibly a ten year stretch. After everybody repeatedly came to Eazy, (and I sure they did it when Jerry's ? ass wasn't around,) asking about the money and the contracts, he would have realized that Jerry's ? was the cancer that needed to be removed. What Jerry did to N.W.A was some classic divide and conquer, house ? ? . Us, older dudes who were around reading the ? in The Source and seeing the clips on MTV News were like damn, but for some reason, seeing the ? played on on the big screen puts No Vasline in a greater perspective and makes the song that more profound.

    Bro money changes people. Once you start seeing millions roll in literally overnight You get sidetracked and the ? with the business clouds your judgement. Egos start building up.
  • water ur seeds
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    Does anyone else think there is going to be a part two??? The way it ended with Suge going: 'Hey what you gonna call the label' and Dre turning around and going '... Aftermath' (lol btw) kinda leads me to think a part two will be on the way...
  • water ur seeds
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    Koltrain wrote: »
    Does anyone else think there is going to be a part two??? The way it ended with Suge going: 'Hey what you gonna call the label' and Dre turning around and going '... Aftermath' (lol btw) kinda leads me to think a part two will be on the way...

    A sequel would only dilute a movie like this. This movie is going to be a classic and it dropped with perfect timing.

    The sequel is basically 8 mile and get rich and die trying lololol


    All true, but it could be told from Dre's perspective... They already cut out him finding Em, I think because they had to trim down the movie...
  • SELASI_i
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    they need to hbo that ? or starz even netfix. could possibly be the greatest series ever made.
  • kingblaze84
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    Koltrain wrote: »
    Does anyone else think there is going to be a part two??? The way it ended with Suge going: 'Hey what you gonna call the label' and Dre turning around and going '... Aftermath' (lol btw) kinda leads me to think a part two will be on the way...

    A sequel would only dilute a movie like this. This movie is going to be a classic and it dropped with perfect timing.

    I agree. I do want them to follow up on Pac's legendary career and I wouldn't even mind a movie on Deathrow, that's another epic story. That could all be done in the same movie if done right.
  • kingblaze84
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    SELASI_i wrote: »
    they need to hbo that ? or starz even netfix. could possibly be the greatest series ever made.

    That would be amazing
  • $ineedmoney$
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    Dre, Eazy & Ren @ the club...

    Eazy: "Nice jacket Dre...lol..."

    Dre: "Maaan...This Alonzo's ? ...*snatches off jacket, crumples it, and tossed it*

    lol...
  • J.J._Evans
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    http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/06/box-office-report-labor-day-war-room-straight-outta-compton
    After three consecutive weekends at the top, Straight Outta Compton finally relinquished its hold on first place, falling to the faith-based drama War Room during a sleepy Labor Day weekend.

    War Room took a clear lead after three days, earning an estimated $9.4 million in 1,526 locations, and it ended Labor Day weekend with an estimated $12.6 million.

    Even though Straight Outta Compton failed to secure first place, it still added a solid $8.8 million over three days and $11.1 million over four to its record-breaking run. As of Monday, it’s only a few thousand dollars short of breaking $150 million domestically. The N.W.A. biopic was the breakout hit of late summer, opening to a whopping $60.2 million and becoming the biggest musical biopic of all time.

    I applaud 'Straight Outta Compton' for breaking $150 million, but I don't quite understand how the media is saying that they fell to #2 for the 3 day weekend when the 3 day weekend is not officially over until tonight.
  • gemini86
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    cant wait to get the DVD. i kinda hate how theres alot of ppl speaking out against the movie now because it became "too cool to like it." all of a sudden people saying the movie is fake and Dre was a super hero, or the movie was corny. Society is really ? up
  • water ur seeds
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    gemini86 wrote: »
    cant wait to get the DVD. i kinda hate how theres alot of ppl speaking out against the movie now because it became "too cool to like it." all of a sudden people saying the movie is fake and Dre was a super hero, or the movie was corny. Society is really ? up

    Wait, people are saying its wack??? I havnt heard that... Ive heard people say there are some inaccuracies but thats about it...
  • gemini86
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    gemini86 wrote: »
    cant wait to get the DVD. i kinda hate how theres alot of ppl speaking out against the movie now because it became "too cool to like it." all of a sudden people saying the movie is fake and Dre was a super hero, or the movie was corny. Society is really ? up

    Wait, people are saying its wack??? I havnt heard that... Ive heard people say there are some inaccuracies but thats about it...

    yea i read it here and there over the net. i just think some people are weird. they must be from the south
  • water ur seeds
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    gemini86 wrote: »
    gemini86 wrote: »
    cant wait to get the DVD. i kinda hate how theres alot of ppl speaking out against the movie now because it became "too cool to like it." all of a sudden people saying the movie is fake and Dre was a super hero, or the movie was corny. Society is really ? up

    Wait, people are saying its wack??? I havnt heard that... Ive heard people say there are some inaccuracies but thats about it...

    yea i read it here and there over the net. i just think some people are weird. they must be from the south

    Strange Ive only heard good things, but like I said even Ive pointed out some inaccuracies but said its too be expected due to it being a movie...
  • newOldSchool
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    gemini86 wrote: »
    gemini86 wrote: »
    cant wait to get the DVD. i kinda hate how theres alot of ppl speaking out against the movie now because it became "too cool to like it." all of a sudden people saying the movie is fake and Dre was a super hero, or the movie was corny. Society is really ? up

    Wait, people are saying its wack??? I havnt heard that... Ive heard people say there are some inaccuracies but thats about it...

    yea i read it here and there over the net. i just think some people are weird. they must be from the south

    Strange Ive only heard good things, but like I said even Ive pointed out some inaccuracies but said its too be expected due to it being a movie...

    Some things could have easily gotten right. The New Music Festival fight was before "No Vaseline." Pac recording "Hail Mary" during the "All Eyes On Me" days wasn't accurate. Dre already having his verse recorded and laid down for Deep Cover when meeting Snoop, when we all know Snoop wrote Deep Cover and Dre's part. All of that ? is inaccurate as hell but that for one second didn't take away from my enjoyment of the movie. My favorite scene's are the most fictional scenes of the movie. The opening scene, in my opinion, is the best scene of the movie and that was total fiction if you talk about accurate. but you get the idea Easy sold dope. You remember the Battering Rams out here in L.A. Those things are fact but maybe they didn't cross paths like they did in the movie but you get the idea of the times and the character. There was nothing "FAKE" about the movie.
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