Boyz N the Hood (2-Disc Anniversary Edition) | Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II

Boyz N the Hood (2-Disc Anniversary Edition) | Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II | Boyz N The Hood

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	Boyz N the Hood (2-Disc Anniversary Edition) Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II Sony Pictures, 2003 average customer review:based on 116 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

An Unforgettable Drama

The 1991 classic film "Boyz N The Hood" is an unforgettable masterpiece. "Boyz N The Hood" takes place in South Central, Los Angelas and is the story of 3 boys turning into men. The three friends, Tre, and Ricky and Doughboy, who are half brothers, have to deal with the harsh reality that is South Central and the consequences of their actions. Throughout the whole movie they deal with different choices to make in their lives and the effect of these certain choices. The movie is very touching, depressing, and can teach you a lesson all at the same time.

You start out with Tre and some of his friends walking to school, and Tre ends up getting into a fight which lands him at his father's doorstep, due to a written agreement between him and his mother. His father, Furious Styles, tries and successfully teaches Tre to be responsible and teaches him about things he will deal with throughout his life. Ricky and Doughboy, on the other hand, don't really have anybody to teach them the ins and outs of life. This really has an affect on both of them later on in the movie. Doughboy, early in the movie, ends up in the pen at the early age of ten. 7 years pass, and Doughboy returns. It's from here when the story really picks up. It takes you through the daily lives of all 3, with Tre and Ricky trying to get into college and Doughboy hanging out all day on street corners with his friends. Toward the end of the movie, Tre's endurance is definitely put to the test, along with everything his father tought him. The ending is a serious tearjerker, or atleast it was for me. To see what happens, you'll have to rent it.

The bonus DVD comes with a few cool extra features. It includes the awesome video "Growing Up In The Hood" by Compton's Most Wanted. It also has a nice documentary on the movie. The documentary is lengthy, and very informative on how the movie came about. Audio commentary is included on the first disc, with John Singleton, the director, talking about different parts of the movie. He claims that most of what he used in the movie was taken from his own childhood. Alot that happened in the movie did happen to him, like his father raising him and teaching him about life. The picture is good, the sound is good, everything is brilliantly crafted in the drama. Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, and Morris Chestnut do a good job at portraying Tre, Doughboy, and Ricky. Lawrence Fishburne and Angela Basset also do a good job at playing Tre's mother and father. All of the actors did a fine job at playing their roles.

So I say atleast rent the movie, if you're still skeptical about it. It's a great movie, and will definitely keep you in your seat the whole time the movie is playing. Everything is made wonderfully, there's no doubt about it. However, if you're easily offended by racial comments, I don't think you need to watch this movie. Many racial comments are made about Caucasions, so like I said the easily offended should not view this movie. Other than that, this is a great movie that anybody could enjoy. It even adds jabs of humor throughout the movie, which kinda takes away from the drama a little bit. So, get this movie, it'll be worth your money spent.

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Boyz N The Hood

This is a story of three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles, the friends are Tre Styles the scholar (Cuba Gooding JR) Ricky Baker the jock (Morris Chestnut) and Darin 'Doughboy' Baker the would-be gangster (Ice Cube) Tre is the only one with a father played by Lawrence Fishburne while ricky and doughboy don't and there mom only likes Ricky. There is some good acting and this is a great hood movie which i highly recommend to hood movie fans

Great flick but depiction of s. central racially inaccurate.

The real south central Los Angeles is made up of mostly blacks and Latinos. The percentage is actually in favor of Latinos, something like 55 percent of Latinos in south central, yet for the people that do not know this, that watch the movie, they might think that a ghetto like south central is completely African-American when in fact it is also a barrio and the Latin community is as much a part of the south Los Angeles hood as the black community. The only Latinos that are shown in that hood are the four girls that are walkling home from school.

Nevertheless, Singleton shows his brilliance in this movie.

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Clasisc drama but with some sterotypes!!

This film is great and classic. This is the best creation of John Singleton, nomitated for two oscars: director and writer, this is the film that started it all: inspired "Don't be a Menace" and "Grand Theft Auto San Andreas". This movie is WHORTH buying it!!!

One of the reviewers above said that the movie contains to many sterotypes, it's not THAT true!! but I think he meant to the movie "Don't be a Menace".

The stereotypes in this film are that the black people are VERY,VERY dangerous and few are educated (this is even worst than the Hollywood movies), black people addicted to sex, black people always cursing and black people always hearing Hip Hop music (this is one of the WORST and ANNOYING sterotypes ever).

The movie is also blaming other people for the problems in the hood and I don't understand why the "N" word is a horrible and racist word if they keep saying that all the time!!!

P.S: Don't get me wrong! This is one of the best movies I ever seen! Im addicted to it!!! and when I said that stuf abou Hip Hop I meant that not all the black people hear Hip Hop.

ADIOS!!

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