Best musical biopic since Selena

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2015)

Now when I first saw Notorious, I thought Diddy did a good job on the movie; but as I got older and started to gain a more critical eye for movies, I thought to myself that Notorious was a horrible movie. Notorious, in my opinion, ruined Biggies legacy. As a result, I started to hate biopics in general. When I heard "Straight Outta Compton" was coming out, I was a little skeptical about seeing it and I was pessimistic. I said to myself "whoever is making this movie is going to mess it up, and ruin NWA's legacy." But I was wrong, this movie is one of the best biopics I have ever seen. I went to see it with my girlfriend and she's not a big rap fan but she still enjoyed it. The movie is real, it's raw and it's something we need right now, all people of every color need to go and see it. "F the Police" I first heard when I was about 8 or 9, and I learned Ice Cube's verse word for word in a matter of months so I kind of was anticipating this movie. I'm glad I didn't treat this movie like every other biopic that ruins peoples legacy and not go see it. I had an open mind with this. Now about the actors, I think they all did an amazing job. Jason Mitchell, who played Eazy E had the #1 performance over the entire cast. I think his performance is Best Actor Oscar worthy. Don't get me wrong, everyone else did an amazing job but his performance was spectacular. If you think about, Mitchell had to have the most difficulty to play Eazy E because he was the only one who didn't have any guidance from the real person he was playing. Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella are all still alive so they could give the best guidance to the actors portraying them but Eazy E is unfortunately not with us anymore and is incapable to guide Mitchell and say something like "Nah this is how Eazy does it." But everybody else had that guidance. O'Shea Jackson Jr had his father to guide him, Corey Hawkins had Dr. Dre to guide him but Mitchell didn't have Eazy which is why I praise his performance the most. Eazy E has to be proud of Mitchell because I know every single person who watches this movie will be proud of him too. The producers of this movie were very careful and they really took their time. Dr. Dre is a perfectionist in the music industry and with him being a producer on this film, you know it's gonna be perfected. Most biopics usually slander a person's image and it's usually the person who isn't involved in the film that gets slandered. Many people know that Jerry Heller has his lawyers ready to sue but honestly, Heller wasn't slandered at all in this movie. I didn't walk out the theater saying to myself "Wow that Heller guy was really a piece of work." The movie depicts NWA accusing him of skimming off the top which Heller denies until this day but there was no actual scene of showing him do the dirty deed. This is why I say the producers were very careful, they weren't out to slander anybody. Like I said, I didn't walk out of the theater thinking to myself any less of Heller. I think the most of him now. I see how he stood up for his artists and really represented them in a positive light. I love the scene where Heller defends NWA against the cops who were harassing NWA. It made me see Heller as a semi good guy, not the evil Jew many people think of him. I don't really see a lawsuit between the producers and Heller, there was no defamation of character. I pray to GOD this movie hits big in the box office, and I certainly hope, this movie wins big at the Academy Awards, it deserves it. It should be the first movie about rap to win Best Picture. Mitchell deserves Best Actor for his portrayal of Eazy E, F. Gary Gray should be the first black director to win Best Director and they deserve many other awards. All in all, this movie was exceptional and it will go down as one of the best movies ever.