BmoreGorilla
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Baby Boy has a ton of quotables in it and is just more entertaining thru out imo. Like y’all are saying Juice started out dope but went all the way left toward the end
Would ‘Juice’ had been a better movie if not for the horror twist ?
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I mean it’s considered a hood film, but to me it’s like a psychological thriller to be real.
Just happened that the setting was in the hood, if the shyt makes sense
. Like I said in another thread regarding Juice it’s like Misery but starring brehs
Just happened that the setting was in the hood, if the shyt makes sense
. Like I said in another thread regarding Juice it’s like Misery but starring brehs
BmoreGorilla
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Yea the change was too drastic. shyt went from a good coming of age movie to something totally different real quick. Plus the ending was wack with all that shyt that had just happened you gotta random nikka telling Q “you got the juice now”
I haven't seen Juice in probably 25 years
but as a kid it was incredible, because you knew none of the plot, I wonder if and how it holds up now
remember the killings being fairly grounded in reality but also the kind of late 80's/early 90's psycho killer influences, for sure. It's not a lot different than the suburban horror movies where the husband is really a maniac killer, but that twist in a place like late 80's Harlem made it really dope. And the other realities of urban violence, the crack epidemic, as opposed to the suburban setting, where violence is nonexistent/never explicit. It's basically a pyscho/thriller/slasher.
Felt realistic to a point when I was about 13.
and 2Pac's sheer charisma as an actor, made his turn all the more compelling and upsetting, which is similar to the best of those 80's kind of suburban thrillers, it's always the most charming character who is actually the killer
it's kind of a good example of what is talked about when black films are made as not only urban dramas/or slave/civil rights but movies like everyone else makes, except with a black cast. But, Juice also has certified authenticity as a hip hop and black movie.
it's all of those things, and none of them at the same time.
but as a kid it was incredible, because you knew none of the plot, I wonder if and how it holds up now
remember the killings being fairly grounded in reality but also the kind of late 80's/early 90's psycho killer influences, for sure. It's not a lot different than the suburban horror movies where the husband is really a maniac killer, but that twist in a place like late 80's Harlem made it really dope. And the other realities of urban violence, the crack epidemic, as opposed to the suburban setting, where violence is nonexistent/never explicit. It's basically a pyscho/thriller/slasher.
Felt realistic to a point when I was about 13.
and 2Pac's sheer charisma as an actor, made his turn all the more compelling and upsetting, which is similar to the best of those 80's kind of suburban thrillers, it's always the most charming character who is actually the killer
it's kind of a good example of what is talked about when black films are made as not only urban dramas/or slave/civil rights but movies like everyone else makes, except with a black cast. But, Juice also has certified authenticity as a hip hop and black movie.
it's all of those things, and none of them at the same time.
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Makavalli
Sinister is a system
Yea the change was too drastic. shyt went from a good coming of age movie to something totally different real quick. Plus the ending was wack with all that shyt that had just happened you gotta random nikka telling Q “you got the juice now”
Lmao yea who the fukk is that nikka? Did he know everything he just went thru? A nikka just fell
Off the roof and thats what comes to your mind? Had to be on crack
UpAndComing
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Ya'll crazy ... Juice is a classic
Boyz in the Hood and Baby Boy are the movies that are overrated
Boyz in the Hood and Baby Boy are the movies that are overrated
Fresh >>>> juice
Paid in full >>> juice
Paid in full >>> juice
Funny I ran into this video and this thread at the same time lol.
Erratic415
Superstar
One of the reasons why both of these movies, I don't watch often but, just once in a blue moon. A lot of people think Juice is Pac's best acting role but I think his performances in Gang Related and Gridlock'd show the best of where his movie career could've gone.
I liked his performance in Gridlock’d a lot. I thought it was probably his best.
Pac and Tim Roth played off each other very well.
Erratic415
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I’m fine with the shift to a thriller as I like that genre. But it was real dumb when Q buys the gun, then throws it in the water, and decides to try to reason with Bishop by saying “we’re friends”.
Does Bishop seem like someone you can reason with?
Q has already seen Bishop murder multiple people, including their close friend, and then hug Raheem’s mother after the funeral.
Does Bishop seem like someone you can reason with?
Q has already seen Bishop murder multiple people, including their close friend, and then hug Raheem’s mother after the funeral.
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RaspberryFitted
Boyz In Motion Member
Baby Boy is a movie that still holds up today, and if the condition of the young adult Black Male still persists, will hold up forever
UpAndComing
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Baby Boy was c00nery buffoonery at it's finest and a caricature of the Black Male experience. One of the worst movies of all time
RaspberryFitted
Boyz In Motion Member
there’s multiple Black Male experiences, and Baby Boy highlighted one that is still prevalent today
UpAndComing
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there’s multiple Black Male experiences, and Baby Boy highlighted one that is still prevalent today
In your mind of course it does. Oppression Porn is very addictive to consume
RaspberryFitted
Boyz In Motion Member
what is oppressive about Baby Boy? It’s a story about a young BM who is struggling to transition to manhood
it must of struck a nerve with you
