Dope (2015) - Comedy of Young black kids in LA in coming of age story
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Gonna watch it regardless. fukk a review 
Wait this is supposed to be a hood movie? lol what weak hoods y'all grow up in?
This just seems like a flick about a suburban black kid and his friends, will see it with my girl.
This just seems like a flick about a suburban black kid and his friends, will see it with my girl.
That aside, I will say Dear White people was a terrible movie for what they marketed it as being.
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Breh, the movie ain't about the suburbs AT ALL. It takes place in South Central.
Just because the main characters are nerds doesn't mean they can't be from the hood.
I saw the trailer a while back, didnt remember hearing any mention of it being in the hood. Oh well
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I agree with this.
Even our coming of age comedies seem to always have to have this angle, and I'm kind of getting tired of it.
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Music score- 90's hip hop music is sorta like the 70's music was for my parents. Sorta like you see old cats like Sinbad going crazy over that time and music. Well, now, those "old folks" are now the 80's babies. And you see that through out this film. Great East Coast music selection (Native Tongues, some West Coast.)
Acting-I'm real particular about bad acting in Black films. But overall, I think it's good acting. The lead character Malcolm can act. Can deliver emotion. A$Ap Rocky, has that swagger to his acting. He's believable as a dope dealer. Though there is a major flaw which I'll discuss later. Zoe Kravitz, can act and she's
. Looks, just like her mama.
Plot wise- Basically, 3 friends. Malcolm, who's the lead character. Is sorta like a young Dwayne Wayne (Different World for the ignorant). Smart, nerdy, virgin. Like most nerds he gets picked on and can't fight. He lives in Inglewood, which is drug and gang infested. But doesn't let his environment affect him for the most part. Got 2 friends, Jib, (he played Zero in Grand Budapest Hotel for those who seen it.) And Kiersey Clemson, who plays a lesbian, tom boy. She's still
though despite dressing like a boy.
Asap Rocky plays the neighborhood dope dealer, who sorta has a relationship with Malcolm. They discuss hip hop (Malcolm is obsessed with 90's hip hop and has a rock band with his friends. Sorta like a Young Pharrell/NERD). Anyway, Rocky invites Malcolm to his party and some unfortunate happens where Malcolm gets planted with some dope. Some people are after him and he's on the run.
Now, my problem with Rocky is this niguh can act. But he still sounds like himself. What niguh in Inglewood sounds like a Harlem niguh?
I would love to see him in another hood movie but overall I wasn't buying his accent.
Controversy: There is a lot use of the word niguh from all races. Which brings up the obvious debate about hip hop and making people feel comfortable in saying the word. Females in here, with the exception of Malcolm's mom are all "exotical", mixed women. Which will get into the light skinned= beauty debates. A lot questions on identity, what is Blackness debates, new Black, etc. Another controversy will be how it made the dope game look cool.
Movie coulda been 10 minutes shorter. The humor was good. I'm sure the talk of this movie from the fellas will be Chanel Iman, who let almost everthing "hang out". If you're into the skinny, model types (i.e. Puffy type girlfriends), you'll def like a certain scene. If not, she's
. It's sorta like your typical teen movie where he's able to get out of almost everthing perfectly. If you can look past that, it def. a movie you can enjoy. A magical, Hollywood ending. Which you expect from these films. To me, it's the best movie of it's type since "ATL". Not a pure hood movie, but it has enough elements to be consider one, imo. High B+, borderline A-.
Acting-I'm real particular about bad acting in Black films. But overall, I think it's good acting. The lead character Malcolm can act. Can deliver emotion. A$Ap Rocky, has that swagger to his acting. He's believable as a dope dealer. Though there is a major flaw which I'll discuss later. Zoe Kravitz, can act and she's
. Looks, just like her mama. Plot wise- Basically, 3 friends. Malcolm, who's the lead character. Is sorta like a young Dwayne Wayne (Different World for the ignorant). Smart, nerdy, virgin. Like most nerds he gets picked on and can't fight. He lives in Inglewood, which is drug and gang infested. But doesn't let his environment affect him for the most part. Got 2 friends, Jib, (he played Zero in Grand Budapest Hotel for those who seen it.) And Kiersey Clemson, who plays a lesbian, tom boy. She's still
though despite dressing like a boy.Asap Rocky plays the neighborhood dope dealer, who sorta has a relationship with Malcolm. They discuss hip hop (Malcolm is obsessed with 90's hip hop and has a rock band with his friends. Sorta like a Young Pharrell/NERD). Anyway, Rocky invites Malcolm to his party and some unfortunate happens where Malcolm gets planted with some dope. Some people are after him and he's on the run.
Now, my problem with Rocky is this niguh can act. But he still sounds like himself. What niguh in Inglewood sounds like a Harlem niguh?
I would love to see him in another hood movie but overall I wasn't buying his accent. Controversy: There is a lot use of the word niguh from all races. Which brings up the obvious debate about hip hop and making people feel comfortable in saying the word. Females in here, with the exception of Malcolm's mom are all "exotical", mixed women. Which will get into the light skinned= beauty debates. A lot questions on identity, what is Blackness debates, new Black, etc. Another controversy will be how it made the dope game look cool.
Movie coulda been 10 minutes shorter. The humor was good. I'm sure the talk of this movie from the fellas will be Chanel Iman, who let almost everthing "hang out". If you're into the skinny, model types (i.e. Puffy type girlfriends), you'll def like a certain scene. If not, she's
. It's sorta like your typical teen movie where he's able to get out of almost everthing perfectly. If you can look past that, it def. a movie you can enjoy. A magical, Hollywood ending. Which you expect from these films. To me, it's the best movie of it's type since "ATL". Not a pure hood movie, but it has enough elements to be consider one, imo. High B+, borderline A-.
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No, not to me. It doesn't feel like this generation "House Party". House Party was more about teen fun, getting with a girl you like, etc. Though that element is there, to me the movie is a little too serious a tone (racially identity, Blackness), to be this generation's House Party. They pushing weight (the modern version), show how the game works in 2015. To me, it's funny but has a serious message as well. That's why I consider it 2010's version of ATL. Not saying it's a full out drama. It's def. a comedy but not in a House Party sense. But its elements of Boys, Menance,Juice, House Party, etc.
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We got money and violence and the chiraq spike lee joint comin tho
We got money and violence and the chiraq spike lee joint comin tho
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it's gonna be people on this board who will kill this movie. trust me. i know how this site is about race, koons, etc.