Albert Hughes: Dead Presidents is flawed, took years for them to think Boyz N the Hood was a good movie, American Me is better than every hood film.

[I love Latina women]

If y’all love Dead Presidents like that, y’all should check out the movie The Deer Hunter

You can tell that movie influenced them a great deal for Dead Presidents the same way Goodfellas inspired them for Menace II Society

 

[KingsOfKings]

 

[Ol’Otis]

Dead Presidents is an all time classic, i felt like that back then and still do now. There's no weak link or unnecessary plot in the whole movie.

Only problem I have with they didn’t really flesh out Anthony’s character

 

[Still Benefited]

I think Dead President did seem overly flawed in 95. However, its aged very well. I kinda prefer it over Menace.

I think as best as he tried Tyrin Turner just wasnt the best lead actor for that movie.

More interesting stuff happened to Cain, but Cuba was just a better lead actor as Tre in Boyz.

This,Tyrin is the flaw

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Only problem I have with they didn’t really flesh out Anthony’s character

There is a bit of "this happened, and then this happened and then he did this so that happened."

We didnt really get inside his head to figure out what he really wanted to do.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

This,Tyrin is the flaw

I think the fresh faces played a huge part in Menace initial hype/love. These seemed like real dudes so we could buy them as those characters. However, the more you watch you realize Larenz Tate is just operating on a completely different level than Tyrin in that movie. His acting doesnt really carry the scenes when O-Dog isnt around.

 

[Ol’Otis]

We didnt really get inside his head to figure out what he really wanted to do.

This!!!!!

 

[Erratic415]

If y’all love Dead Presidents like that, y’all should check out the movie The Deer Hunter

You can tell that movie influenced them a great deal for Dead Presidents the same way Goodfellas inspired them for Menace II Society

Scorsese was a big influence on them. The Goodfellas influence in Menace was obvious.

I always though the domestic fight scene in Dead Presidents about Cutty reminded me of a similar scene in Raging Bull when Jake is arguing with Vicki and convinced that she’s cheating on him.

 

[I love Latina women]

Scorsese was a big influence on them. The Goodfellas influence in Menace was obvious.

I always though the domestic fight scene in Dead Presidents about Cutty reminded me of a similar scene in Raging Bull when Jake is arguing with Vicki and convinced that she’s cheating on him.

Yup

I remember one of them saying how influential Scorsese was on them

Wow your right, both those arguing scenes do run parallel

 

[Ol’Otis]

Wow your right, both those arguing scenes do run parallel

And the scene where Cain beat Chauncey is parallel to Tommy beating Billy Batts in Goodfellas

 

[I love Latina women]

And the scene where Cain beat Chauncey is parallel to Tommy beating Billy Batts in Goodfellas

Damn you’re right

It’s a shame The Hughes Brothers have directed more movies together