What could have been...

Rating: 4/10 (10 August 2005)

Let me first start off by saying that I don't think I know everything, but I try my best to be the most opinionated a-hole on the planet when something really gets to me. With that said... lets talk.
A few days ago, myself along with several of my fellow Loews Theatre co-workers went to see what most critics acclaimed as the best film in years. Huslte & Flow. Even though I am not into that particular genre of music, I kept an open-mind on the entire subject. This is how I feel...
Why would anyone want to pay good money to first off see a second rate actor like Terrance Howard in a movie where he just doesn't fit the in at all. I understand that a lot of Hip-Hop people feel as if its an expression of there daily life and live songs day by day, so why have someone like Terrance Howard try and act in a spot where I feel an artist can give true meaning to the character. That casting choice right there destroyed the credibility of this movie.
This movie was created with producers and executives into marketing for the Hip-Hop general audience. Just to make money, it may be an independent movie, but that just means that a production company like Paramount didn't ORIGINALLY pick the idea. After the success of this film from an off-shot producer, It was picked up and was edited to serve a purpose, make people fall in love with a foney artist.
There isn't going to be a DJay album coming out in the next month. He wont be touring with Jay-Z and Linkin Park on some god-awful tour. You also wont see DJay and 50 Cent on BET together. The entire movie is falsified.
So what the F--k Hollywood, the story lacked interest to begin with. After 20 minutes into the movie, I got sick and tired of hearing the word "trick." In the stripper seen, with third grade strippers by the way, I would have rather had my head in a vise with my nuts hooked up to some jumper cables.
Don't pay to see this MOVIE!!! PS. We understand that skinny white boys cannot rap. Its no longer funny, its sad and downgrading.