There Are No Walls in the House of Jearl - Mystery DVD #118
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Mystery DVD #118
8 Mile
Eminem plays Jimmy Smith Jr., downtrodden Detroit resident and aspiring rapper. He and his friends are menaced and thwarted by rival hip-hop groups, poverty and their own not inconsiderable mistakes. Okay, the one really dumb guy who starts fights and shoots himself in the leg makes most of the mistakes. Anyway, they're kind of ineffectual in terms of making their dreams reality. After a series of hip-hop related humiliations and uncomfortable looking sex scenes, Jimmy, aka Bunny Rabbit, battles his rival in a public contest of rhyme. He wins. His group is thrilled. He might get the girl, I don't know. The end.
It's hard to critique this one and feel like I'm being fair. I didn't like it. I didn't believe in the conflict between the hero and the villain. I don't even totally get why there was one. But even if it had had a great conflict and clear motivations and more hot, less debasing sex scenes I still don't know if I would have enjoyed it. Rhymed insults and ritualized misogyny just aren't really my thing. Anyway, Eminem is a pretty clever rhyming guy and the acting was overall quite decent.
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| | So, wait....Enimem played a character known as Bunny Rabit? | | From: | ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=91.7) jearl |
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| Date: | October 16th, 2007 08:37 pm (UTC) |
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Indeed he did. I have to say, that alone almost makes me want to watch the movie, notwithstanding my total and utter lack of interest in the subject matter.
Now, put Eminem as "Bunny Rabbit" in a zombie thigh-killing masterpiece, and I'm so there. |
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