Shooting Star 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 I was watching Manito and Do the right thing and I was surprised to see how real americans live and not the way I've been told my whole life that your all blonde and rich and pretty. So I was wondering if you guys know any movies that are about like you know black ghetto or hispanic that I could see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 All blacks live in the ghetto and all hispanics spend 60% of their life in jail gangs.... Blood in Blood Out Mi Vida Loca American Me Boys in the Hood Menace II Society Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nogoodnick 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Friday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syxx2001 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Juice Paid in Full Belly Menace II Society Boyz in the Hood Poetic Justice Jason's Lyric <--- underrated "hood classic" Fresh <--- powerful ending Those are all dramas. And pretty good ones too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBright7831 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Friday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dimensions 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 8 Mile Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBright7831 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 8 Mile was actually okay. Maybe it was because I'm a big fan of rap music and enjoy watching freestyles. I used to be a big fan of Eminem's until he gayed up every guest appearance he made in 2004 and dropped one of the worst albums of the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 If you want a hilariously overblown ghetto movie, it's The Warriors all the way CAN YOU DIG IT! Blood in blood out is cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nl5xsk1 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 razazteca already said them both, but I think that Menace II Society is the best "black ghetto" movie & American Me is the best Latino one. /white kid that was born in suburbia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 One thing you will find out in majority of these movies is that THE WHITE MAN is the root of all evil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Not sure how real "ghetto" movies are since I'm a mighty whitey from the suburbs (Where's Ripper when we really need him?), but I always liked Menace II Society. Also on the "Training Day" DVD they said they shot a lot of scenes in the ghetto, so you might want to watch that just for the background... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Juice - Crap. Only famous because of Tupac's overrated performance Paid in Full - actually a pretty good movie. You have to ignore scenes with the bad non actors, although Cam did a good job. Pretty real too. Belly - The worse piece of trash in the history of film. Seriously bad, unrealistic crock of bullshit. NO ones life is like this bullshit. To summerize I hate this movie. Menace II Society - Pretty good depiction of the time. Everyone in the film is ignorant as hell, even the "hero" of the pict. Pretty good movie. Boyz in the Hood - I still think its a lil overrated, but a damn good movie. Also pretty real for the time period, although I still say Menace is a lil more real. Poetic Justice - CRAP. Although if you want to hear 10,000,000,000,000 curse words in a 60 second span, just go to the Tupac/Janet argument. The only cool thing about this movie is Chicago brushing his hair all day and Tupac once again proving that there is no way he can fight in real life when you see him and Tone Loc beating up dude in the beganing. Just a dumb movie. Not realistic...just stupid. Jason's Lyric <--- underrated "hood classic" my ass. THIS is on Belly levels of dumbass movie. Only good things about this movie. Eddie Griffith and his hair...and him in rollers. Treach was pretty good being a country boy. Thats...about.....it.... Bokeem Woobine being his usual over acting self and a couple of overated sex scenes with Jada. This is just a trash ass movie and not a classic in anysense. Reason it is forgotten. Fresh <--- Thats a damn good movie, although a LITTLE unrealistic. Still a DAMN good movie. Blood in Blood Out - Good movie but way too mutha fuckin LONG. But a very good movie. Mi Vida Loca - Shitty movie. Thats all I can say about it. Not very good, but some like it. American Me - another damn good movie. Plus the ending kicks large amounts of ass. Training day offers up one of the realest portrayals of the bad aspects of the hood I have seen. THAT movie's parts were real. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted March 14, 2005 How about 187? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 How about 187? I liked that movie too. Also, not sure how real it was, but I liked it as a movie. Although the guy at the end was really stupid. If he paid any kind of attention he would have known what was in the chamber. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted March 14, 2005 I think that was the whole point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 187 is a good movie I agree... *kid gets shot by drugged arrow* "Fucking Indians!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syxx2001 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Juice isnt crap. Its a pretty good movie. And considering it was Tupac's first acting gig and he did a damn good job, I dont see how he was overrated. Belly, ok, the movie is pretty stupid. But its something to watch if you are bored. Poetic Justic is nothing more than a "hood love story". I think its actually decent. Same for Jason's Lyric. These aren't movies that are going to get 15 Oscar nominations. Take them for what they are, good movies in their genre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 No, I won't take them for what they are. If these movies stared white actors, they would be called the stupid bullshit that they are. Because they are "black" films we have to pretend they are decent? No. A bad movie is a bad movie. There is nothing loving or love storyish about Poetic Justice. It was a poorly written, poorly acted, poorly paced, horrible movie. The dialouge was laughably ridiculous, as it was in Jasons Lyric. Just bad acting left and right, bad story, and purely unbelieveable "romance" in them. Juice, like New Jack City, looked like a great movie when I came out, but they aged horribly. I dare you to go watch those movies today and still be able to call them good. They are really cheesy and corney little movies. Poetic Justice was supposed to be a romantic/drama. It failed miserably. Juice was supposed to be a drama...it failed miserably. I don't judge acting in a horror movie or a martial arts flick because I don't expect them to be have great acting. You are watching for another reason. Drama/Action/romance...those are all genres that good film making should be expected. And I don't care if it is a all purple cast, when a movie sucks, like these do they suck. Now I can understand if you like them, but i am not with the whole "taken for what they are they are good movies" they aren't. Taken for what they are, they are failed attempts at good film making. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TonyJaymzV1 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 I work at blockbuster, and i swear, if I ahd a dime for everytime someone came in asking for a "ghetto" or "gangster" movie, I'd have a shitload of dimes. If you're looking for ghetto as in black movies, all the good ones have been said if you're talking about poor, city ghetto types, I gotta pimp In America. It's about a family of poor irish immigrants who move into, and live in, new york. It's a great movie. Tony Jaymz-Keeping it gangsta, fo'shizzle my nizzle, my real name is k-rizzle dizzle, soon I gotta go take a drizzling shits, since 1986 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 While we're on the subject of hood movies, go watch the following: "Don'tbeamenacetosouthcentralwhiledrinkingyourjuiceinthehood..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shooting Star 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 While we're on the subject of hood movies, go watch the following: "Don'tbeamenacetosouthcentralwhiledrinkingyourjuiceinthehood..." Funniest movie EVER specially after just watching Juice, Menace 2 society and boys in the hood right before it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syxx2001 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 I have Juice on my Xbox and watch it every once in a while. Its my favorite movie. And I watch New Jack City everytime it comes on cable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Rip, Poetic Justice did have one of the best lines ever though: mexican dude: Fuck you, ese, we have our own country... 2Pac: then why the fuck you all keep leavin it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 While we're on the subject of hood movies, go watch the following: "Don'tbeamenacetosouthcentralwhiledrinkingyourjuiceinthehood..." Funniest movie EVER specially after just watching Juice, Menace 2 society and boys in the hood right before it. MESSAGE! Wayans Brothers fan, eh? Then you must get Hollywood Shuffle and I'm Gonna Git You Sucka! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 I'm pretty positive Hollywood Shuffle was a Robert Townsend movie...I may be mistaken... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 I believe it was co-written/produced/starring/something by Keenan Ivory Wayans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Insane Bump Machine 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 It's not about a US Ghetto, but you need to see City of God. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shanghai Kid 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Juice Above the Rim Menace 2 Society Boyz in the Hood South Central Friday Don't be a menace Dead Presidents Oh, and Leprechaun back 2 to the Hood Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Colors, New Jack City, Training Day are basically the same thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Colors, New Jack City, Training Day are basically the same thing. Colors-a movie about LAPD's CRASH unit trying to knock out gang violence... New Jack City-a special unit, with two members being cops that do whatever it takes to take out the bad guys, is assigned to take down a drug kingpin... Training Day-a young rookie cop is assigned to a hard edged, heavily decorated cop who also happens to be corrupt and evil... they're all cop movies, I guess, if that's what you meant... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
