Straight Out of Compton #socialitesundays #Moviereview

So this weekend I went to see Straight Out of Compton, and it is by far the best movies I have seen this year. I laughed, I shed a tear, I got angry, I was outraged. I mean the entire movie had me in a trance  back to the 90's.

*if you haven't seen the movie, here is your spoiler alert! Skip down to the last paragraph*

I was hooked during the opening scene. I saw a Military Tank  with a long pipe attached literally ram into a house  that the police suspected to be a Crack house. Granted it was a Crack house, but what made me upset is that they did not check the house prior to destroying it. A warning from a look out went off, as the tank pulled onto the street. The tank and pole charged the house roping the entire front of the house off. A woman who was standing on a table hiding drugs in the ceiling was rammed during the process. I was baffled yet so happy Eazy E got away. This made me think about all the people who were not  dealing drugs that had their houses rammed into. Not only that but also all the people who were hurt when they were doing this process. I will definitely be looking more into that as so many questions come to my mind.

I fell in love with the character of Ice Cube who was played by Oshea Jackson jr.. O'shea played the role of his father very well. Ice Cube was very much an independent thinker with the capability to express himself very well. Whether it be through music or through an interview he definitely got his point across, and O'shae portrayed this in the movie. I actually sat and listened to the lyrics of "Crusin down the street in my 64" and the details of the song were so intriguing. That is when I knew what kind of talent Ice Cube really had. To write that song to the point that he was able to tell a story and make everything rhyme but still sound Hardcore Gangsta was simply amazing.

Most of all I admired the struggle and the success of the men in the movie. All of them exemplified, confidence, loyalty, ambition and sex appeal.  Whether it was the scene where Ice Cube tore up his executives office for not having his money, or Dr. Dre leaving Deathrow because of the representation that was tarnishing his name, as a business man they realized the only person looking out for them was their selves and if they wanted to be treated and respected as an artist they had to make people respect them as such.

Overall I loved the movie and would watch it again, because it was that good!