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I'm with Keith on Straight Outta Compton. Just saw the movie and it's really an insult to anyone who knew anything about the group. It felt like a masturbatory exercise by Ice Cube and Dr. Dre.
I came to see a movie about the "World's Most Dangerous Group" and ended up with a strangely sanitized story where none one in the band had any real flaws or learned any real lessons.
I understand creative license but I felt like they didn't even get the essence of the group correct. This would be like the movie Ray not including Ray Charles' drug use and womanizing.
I also disliked Captain Phillips for the same sort of reasons. They left out all the mistakes and bad decisions this guy made so that it became Tom Hanks vs. Somali Pirates. And if anything it would add depth to the movies to have the flaws of the protagonists laid bare.
Fuck this movie. I was tricked and I want my money back.
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