Somewhat Disappointed

Rating: 7/10 (27 January 2016)

8 Mile is directed by Curtis Hanson and stars Eminem (obviously), Kim Basinger, and Brittany Murphy. Before I start, let me just say I am a huge fan of Eminem. I listen to his music often, and think he's an amazing musician. However, this has nothing to do with my opinion of the movie.
I have wanted to see this movie for a long time, but never got the chance to until recently, and I was pretty disappointed. I was hoping to see Marshall Mathers, and some other people in his life, like Kim (I'm sure most of you have heard of her). However, I got Jimmy Smith and Janeane. Yeah, they changed the names. This kind of made me mad. Eminem is a millionaire, and he couldn't pay for the rights of one person (obviously he wouldn't have to pay for his own). This was easily my main problem with the movie. Anyways, now that I got that off of my chest, I can move on.
Some of the good points on this movie would start with Marshall's ability to rap. I mentioned earlier that he is an amazing musician (my opinion, of course), but his rapping abilities in this movie impressed me even more. On top of that, he is a pretty decent actor. That actually leads me to my second problem. I only cared about B Rabbit. I didn't care for any other of the characters at all, which was really a let down.
The second positive would be the story line. This is a true story, as you should know, about the rapper Eminem and how his early life was. The storyline is great, and inspires a good message: don't let anybody put you down. Throughout the whole film, a group of buddies from across 8 Mile give "Jimmy" trash, and he ends up winning the rap battle at the end, and makes the other guys look like complete idiots. I enjoy moments in movies where the "bad guy" gets what he deserves. There are a couple of plot holes, but it's still a great story, nevertheless.
Now, for the negatives.
First off, this whole movie was dull. Now, I understand that it takes place in Detroit, and that's a horrible place, but the whole movie looks grey, and depressing, and just ugly. If they would've added a little color every here and there, it would've looked much better, in my opinion.
Other than the color, the flat characters and the name changes, I don't really have any other problems with it. I didn't enjoy it like I thought I would, but I definitely wouldn't say it was bad. Overall, I would have to give 8 Mile a B, or a 7 out of 10.