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Rating:  - Some of you guys just don't get it!
I was reading some of the reviews posted below, and was irritated when this movie was so often referred to as a "gang" movie. This isn't a movie about inner-city gangs, folks! The main characters, played by Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Lawrence Fishburne, and his friends Ricky and Doughboy (played by Ice Cube) are NOT gang members. They are simply poor, urban youths trying to make their lives the best they can. I can totally relate to Lawrence Fishburne's character, Furious, who amid the turmoil and suffocating poverty and despair of the ghetto, is trying to build a business that will improve both his family life and the neighborhood, as well as trying to keep his son (Gooding) on the straight and narrow path. Fishburne's character reminded me so much of my own father. I watched this movie in high school, and was blown away by the frankness of the story-telling. It was not overly embellished by tremendous acts of violence, as is the case in most Hollywood movies about the inner-city, nor does it try to ignore the ugliness present in everyday life in South-Central. The most heart-wrenching aspect of this film was the murder of Ricky, the USC-bound football star, who was gunned down in the alley the day he received the SAT result that would have allowed him to pass through the door leading out of the hopelessness of the ghetto.
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John Singleton's "Boyz N The Hood," released in 1991, was such a profound film that its impact is still felt today! This timeless drama was released in ONLY 829 theaters nationwide, and still generated nearly $60 million in box office receipts; the demand for this film was evident."Boyz N The Hood" centers around the lives of three African American males, illustrating a realistic view of everyday life in the gang infested streets of South Central, L.A., where I was born and raised. One of the things that makes "Boyz N The Hood" stand out from other films is the message behind it, which is one that's so powerful it's guaranteed to touch you in one way or another. Singleton shows how important it is to have a FATHER present in the home; he also shows how easily a life can be taken in the hood, where random killings -- due to gang-violence -- are still occurring today. Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, and Morris Chestnut do an outstanding job in their roles, but Ice Cube, who had no prior acting experience, steals the show in this powerful film. "Boyz N The Hood" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and after seeing this film, you'll know why!
Rating: - Boyz 'N the Hood
Boyz'N the hood is a very memorable movie, remember watching it when it first came out, recently I decided to add it to my DVD collection. Actors Cuban Gooding J.R. (Trey), Lawerence Fishburne (Furious), Ice Cube (Dough Boy), Nia Long, Morris Chestnut (Ricky) deliver a very moving and powerful movie. John Singleton gets directing credit for this amazing movie. As some have already said this is not a gangster movie, this is a movie about growing up poor in South Central LA, and the survival needed to make it, its also about the relation between a father and his son (Trey & Furious), and about two of Trey's friends who have no father, brothers Ricky and Doughboy- one the rising football star, the other the local hood. To there mother, one can do no wrong, and the other is always in the wrong. Movie has some really positive moments, one of my favourites is when Trey and his pops are riding in the car, and listening to Five Stairsteps "Ooh Child" a classic soul song. Another thing that makes characters stand out is watching them develop from boys to men. Tragedy strikes in the movie, and Trey goes to look for revenge, then stops himself coming to realization that thats not the choice he wants to make in life. "Boyz 'N the Hood" is a good movie, that will keep you captivated from start to finish.
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