First off... this movie is NOT real, NOT true to life. This is NOT what it is like for a white rapper, it is NOT hard-core or an insight into an undiscovered culture. What it IS, however, is ridiculous. The actors look like they are doing their best to act and failing on a Biblical level. Every time Jamie Kennedy offered up a "For-rizzle," my friend had a stroke and/or heart attack. The direction was shoddy and the script (specifically the dialog) was terrible.
That's not to mention how downright racist this movie is. Yes, society is racist, but this movie is not attacking or pointing it out, it is simply laughing along with people at goofy white folks (perhaps saying "laughing" is giving the movie too much credit). Plus, it implies that black people are all gangsters. Send that message to your kids.
The movie had potential. It could have been an examination of the racial issues pervasive in our society. However, Kennedy and his crew made every effort to mainstream it, deciding instead to insult our collective intelligence and dumbing it down so that we wouldn't have to think about the problems we face.
I could accept a mainstream movie - if it was funny. This movie was not. When people are cringing instead of laughing, you know that you don't have a great film.
That's not to mention how downright racist this movie is. Yes, society is racist, but this movie is not attacking or pointing it out, it is simply laughing along with people at goofy white folks (perhaps saying "laughing" is giving the movie too much credit). Plus, it implies that black people are all gangsters. Send that message to your kids.
The movie had potential. It could have been an examination of the racial issues pervasive in our society. However, Kennedy and his crew made every effort to mainstream it, deciding instead to insult our collective intelligence and dumbing it down so that we wouldn't have to think about the problems we face.
I could accept a mainstream movie - if it was funny. This movie was not. When people are cringing instead of laughing, you know that you don't have a great film.