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I kinda liked this movie. It's got a fresh feel.

posted 14 years ago by budakhan79
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This movie isn't very good as a narrative but damn it has some awesome visuals and a vibe that can't be beat. They must have an excellent cinematographer who put the thing together because the visuals, shots and color are amazing, especial in the music video sequences. The movies has some nice feeling to it that i can't place. Vanilla is the bomb too; apart from being a good looking guy, he's extremely talented with his rapping and dancing. It's a shame that he's gotten so much flak over the years because he could have been a real long-term success.
So if people would just get off the band-wagon and stop hating everything that people tell them to hate and just appreciate the good with the bad, we wouldn't have tragic stories like Ice's.

[–] HolyShackles 14 years ago

Excellent points, Spielberg obviously had the head to recognize the amazing cinematography on this when it came out as Kaminski became his DP on every film he's made since 93, not coincidentally right after this was released. The universal hate for this is based on the mind numbingly generic and unoriginal storyline coupled with the cheesiness of Vanilla's presence especially as his stardom was rapidly wearing off at this point - still, makes for quite the cult gem especially considering it's not on DVD.