Reflections on South Central (Film)

[The Nigerian]

Anyone see the movie South Central? I recently re-watched the movie after that OG Bobby Johnson track blew up.

It's easily one of the most "macho" movies I've watched. Manliness, manhood, and masculinity are central themes throughout the movie. With all this talk about masculinity/femininity in the culture going on I thought it would be interesting to get your perspectives on this flick. All that tough guy sh!t actually makes them lesser men and damages their families and community in the end.

Also, it's fvcked up that the good guys in the movie, the Afrocentric brothers, would be subject to "validation" and subsequently given months/years of solitary confinement for their pro-Black/Afrocentric views, appearance, and readings in today's prison system.

I still think "The Education of Sonny Carson" is a better prison movie but this one has a nice, feel good ending that gives the viewer some relief after all the evil that was on display.

 

[The Nigerian]

 

[Dameon Farrow]

Great movie. And in the end the black father learns the errors of his ways and presumably saves his son from what would have been his mistakes. The sins are visited and then escaped from. Outstanding movie. The scene where Carl Lumbly's character Ali talks about losing his son by being too hard on him.....

 

[The Nigerian]

Great movie. And in the end the black father learns the errors of his ways and presumably saves his son from what would have been his mistakes. The sins are visited and then escaped from. Outstanding movie. The scene where Carl Lumbly's character Ali talks about losing his son by being too hard on him.....

That was powerful. Sad to think that people like that in real life get validated as gang members and sent to long stretches of solitary.

I bet most of The Coli has no clue that this movie exists.

 

[weMFR]

aint seen this shyt in years, gonna watch it later or tomorrow..

 

[AJtheOne]

classic movie

here's a good quote from the flick

"If you hit a man in his face, in time, his wounds will heal. And later on, you can apologize to that man. If you steal his goods, later on, you can return those goods, or you can repay him equal value. But if you kill... there is no later on. There's no way to repair it with that man. There's no way to make it right with him or his family. His life is gone forever. You never come back from that."

 

[mortuus est]

Seen this a few times, good flick tbh

the guy that gets hooked on pcp

brother ali

 

[mortuus est]

When he gets parole

 

[AJtheOne]

DEUCE

 

[mortuus est]

never even noticed the kids name was jay rock tbh

 

[The Nigerian]

When he gets parole

That last scene tho. FYRE

 

[DrX]

i hate this movie....its so forced

 

[MrFettuccinnePockets]

Good movie.


Very real.


Did nikkas think "duece duece" would end up like this??

 

[tru_m.a.c]

I bet most of The Coli has no clue that this movie exists.

Dope ass movie.

Everyone here knows it. It just doesn't have the historically ignorant moments that can be found in Boyz N the Hood or Menace II Society.

Off the top of my head, the only moments that make it stand out in pop culture (when I say pop culture, I mean that allow it to be referenced in a hip hop song or jokingly around the way) are:
- the potato on the gun scene
- jay rock getting shot with the mossberg shotgun

 

[Darth Nubian]

Movie has a good message, but is overacted and filled with unintentionally hilarious quotes and moments.

Jay Rock calling ping-pong "honky ball"
A red headed aryan brotherhood member named "Buddha"
Aryans getting excited about getting in O.G. Bobby Johnson ass
The Akhi's paying of Bobby Johnson's debt with 15 cartons of marlboro reds that they simply had on deck like ten feet away.
Willie Manchester pulling out of some p*ssy to buck Jay Rock.
"Willie Manchester, you know, the fool who gauged me!"
The neck roll Jay Rock does Bobby when he says he is through with gang banging.
"The county is his mother and duece is his father"