Better than I expected...

Rating: 10/10 (9 December 2002)

For those of you who are biased because a white man wants to rap, this is NOT a wigger movie. As a matter of fact, it's about that bias. It's not about Eminem and his rise to fame, it's about a kid trying to achieve success in a world that does nothing more than shoot him down. Everybody wants to succeed, this is just one person's story. The film itself was quite good. I have seen other online "reviews" and they said "it was good, but we've seen it before." Where the hell have we seen this before? 8 Mile is quite original. It's the first (and only) movie that I have seen where the racism role is reversed. In this movie, the white guy is the one who is discriminated by racist black people. It's a very bold step because people are too afraid to incorperate the fact that "black people can be racist too" into film. Eminem is just the man to show that prejudice, but keeps it from going over the top and too far. This is a great film and I didn't expect it to be so well done. I think that everyone can relate to it in some way or another...