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/movies/392720/straight-outta-compton
Review of Straight Outta Compton
by darkfire19
Posted on May 11th, 2021
Negative 3
Overall Rating
 
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straight outta compton works best when it lets the music talk for itself. the incredible music produced by these five individuals, even after the group split up, provides the voices of all of the artists and the generation that they have come to represent and the generation that they so heavily influenced. within that music, you can feel the justifiable rage and the fire that raged inside all of them, not only for racial equality, but for personal success and for a shot to make it to the top of america's soci-economic ladder. the film focuses on this stuff enough to carry the movie but it doesn't quite seem to understand the critical role that the music has, sometimes utilizing it just to trigger the recognition of the audience. while it delves into the lives of the members of n.w.a. and explores their rise to the top (arguably the more successful part), it doesn't do as well when it comes to portraying the relationships between the members themselves. it is unable to make the complexities of the relationship clear to the audience and much of the sentimentality that is supposed to be derived from this part of the film seems forced. too often, the film relies on biopic conventions and tropes that feel like more of a formality than it does a technique to tell the story that it is trying to tell. perhaps it is because of all of the people and legacies that the film has to uphold. there are parts of this story that seem to be whitewashed over and the whole picture of some of these individuals never comes out because the intentions of this film seems to be to solidify the legacy of some of many of these people. while it does avoid over glorifying them, this approach makes it more difficult to buy and understand the full complexities of the relationships and lives of the members of the group. this biopic is missing an edge that nwa so clearly represented themselves. that is not to say that this is not an interesting and entertaining look at the lives of the infamous group. it is engaging in moments and very entertaining throughout. and it was a triumph that this film was made and was as successful as it was. however, it doesn't hang together as coherently and it doesn't feel as fresh and original as it should. for rap fans, this is essential viewing. for those that aren't, it might be worth a viewing.
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