N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton

[NotSoLongAgo]

Suge Knight was one of the best villains I've seen in a movie this year.

The opening crack house bust scene reminded me of season 1 True Detective when Rust went to the hood.

It crazy that the LAPD really did use a bloody tank on drug busts. The military grade stuff American police have access to is insane.

That was an crazy opening scene. I was sitting there thinking holy ****, they found E's clone!

And Suge Knight is an annoying POS. They should've added the Kimmel interview. Although I see why they didn't do something like that too

I like how DJ Yella in the movie and real life was like "he got us good" t:

Yella seemed the most chill dude out of all of them.

Yeah, seemed like Yella just wanted to get money doing what he loves and live the life, **** the drama

 

[Tg11]

Yes but I will be genuinely surprised if Straight Outta Compton does get Oscar recognition because after watching this movie I would say it is much deserved but also it is one of the best biopics hands down that I have watched in recent memory bar none

 

[chamber-music]

I think they that with that Jimi Hendrix biopic a few years back. Dont think it turned out well

They didn't hold back on the domestic violence in the Hendrix biopic. Andre 3000 beat the hell out of Hayley Atwell in one scene.

 

[MadVillainy]

I heard that that never happened and that Hendrix wasn't physically abusive to her at all

 

[terry78]

Only she would know for sure.

 

[warhorse78]

This is looking like it's going to top Mad Max: Fury Road and San Andreas by the end of next weekend domestically. Astounding for like this. Congrats SOC!

Which is great for R-Rated flicks too, because the industry is so sure that R-Rated flicks (hard R-s especially ) are death sentenses for the box office.

 

[MadVillainy]

Which is great for R-Rated flicks too, because the industry is so sure that R-Rated flicks (hard R-s especially ) are death sentenses for the box office.

I still want a hard R rated Gears of War movie based on the original trilogy.

I still think there's a lot of cinematic potential there especially if they dont just try and make it an 80s action movie.

 

[Blind_Lawyer]

Finally saw this. It glossed over some things (DOC still in the hospital or what? Billboards advertising The Chronic is the only real mention of the album. Eazy's AIDS kinda came out of nowhere, etc) probably on the assumption that most of the audience already knows these things, but that IS lazy filmmaking. That kind of bummed me out a little.

But, for the most part, I was pretty satisfied with the movie. I thought a lot of the performances were good and liked how you kinda didn't know whether you should hate Jerry Heller or not. At least, I wasn't sure. I couldn't tell if he was really a snake or if that just is how business works. They could have chosen to villainize him or Cube. Or Dre. Even Eazy for that matter. But they didn't. Rather, the movie is presented like a courtroom case with the jury, i.e. The audience, figuring out the verdict for themselves. That makes for a much more interesting and engaging viewing experience than painting in broad strokes with your villain brush.

That being said, Suge Knight was an awesome villain. He's up there with Doom and Vader. Dude was just plain BAD from the get go. Maybe because the dynamic between Jerry and NWA was such that you didn't root against anyone, F. Gary Gray wanted an archetypical villain for the audience to hate. Well, he succeeded in that.

My only real beef with the movie was the scene where Eazy raps for the first time. He stumbles with his first line a few times and then once he gets it, he's officially a rapper, releasing solo records. I guess rapping is just that easy.

But overall, it was a fine movie, told with style and class, that makes rapping for a living--minus all the managerial and contractual BS, of course--look like a bunch of buddies, clowning, hanging out, and making the type of art that changes the way people think about a certain situation.

I'd give this movie 4 mics.

 

[warhorse78]

There are rumors that the original movie was close to 4 hours, so it's possible many things ended up on the cutting room floor, like the beef between Eazy and Dre.

 

[Hypestyle]

There still should have been an official movie soundtrack, beyond the Dr Dre Compton album. NWA, other rappers, some period funk/R&B songs.

 

[Blind_Lawyer]

There still should have been an official movie soundtrack, beyond the Dr Dre Compton album. NWA, other rappers, some period funk/R&B songs.

I wonder if in the days of playlists, YouTube, free streaming music services, etc. a compilation type soundtrack is a harder sell.

I mean, you can make your own playlist of all that kind of stuff, so what's the point? I'm old school. I don't stick my nose up at albums and, frankly, the controls of my CD player in my car are easier to mess with while driving than my phone, but still, seems like a lot of folks in the general public have stopped caring about things like compilation CDs. Might just be a bad business thing to put one out, hence the Straight Outta Dre album as a "soundtrack."

 

[MadVillainy]

There are rumors that the original movie was close to 4 hours, so it's possible many things ended up on the cutting room floor, like the beef between Eazy and Dre.

That's not really an excuse to me though.

 

[Hypestyle]

So, when will this hit the second-run theater outlets?
Also, I wonder when this will come out on home video. Probably first quarter 2016.

 

[Gabe99]

'Straight Outta Compton' Hit with Defamation Lawsuit by Former N.W.A Manager Jerry Heller
Heller alleges the hit film failed to get his consent, didn't give him compensation, stole his work and tarnished his reputation.

Former N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller wants the world to know he's not really a "bad guy."

In a $110 million defamation lawsuit filed on Friday against producers and others connected with Straight Outta Compton, Heller slams the hit film as falsely portraying him as responsible for the break-up of the rap act consisting of Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy E and others. Heller says he didn't take advantage of the artists, didn't withhold a $75,000 check from Ice Cube, wasn't enjoying lobster brunches while contracts were being finalized, wasn't fired by Eazy E and more.

After signaling the lawsuit was coming and shopping around for attorneys to represent him, Heller landed with Michael Shapiro, who was slapped with sanctions earlier this year for failing to serve the many defendants in a lawsuit over music used in The Steve Harvey Show.

The newest lawsuit sets the bar high again with quite a number of defendants including NBCUniversal, Legendary Pictures, Comptown Records, director F. Gary Gray, the artists who were the subjects of the biopic and others.

Besides the defamation claims, which can be read in full below, Heller is alleging misappropriation of likeness, tortious interference, breach of a settlement agreement and copyright infringement.

With regards to that settlement, said to have come in 1999, Heller and parties connected to Eazy E are said to have come to an agreement they "shall not make any statements, directly or indirectly in writing, orally, or in any other form, which disparage in any way the other."

Heller also says through the lawsuit that he entered into an oral contract with various parties to collaborate on a book, and that those parties prepared at least four screenplays, with two being titled "Straight Outta Compton." In 2006, his book was published by Simon and Schuster. The former N.W.A. manager is now asserting that this year's film was based on those screenplays. He contends that key scenes like police forcibly detaining N.W.A. members at the studio trace back to his works.

Heller was portrayed in the film by actor Paul Giamatti.

"The insidiousness of Defendants' behavior is underscored by the fact that the Film may become the largest globally grossing music-story based film ever," states the complaint. "The larger the success of the film, the greater the damages to Plaintiff."

Here's the full complaint alleging the film failed to get his consent, didn't give him compensation, stole his work and of course, tarnished his reputation. The defendants figure to bring a First Amendment challenge to Heller's suit. We'll update with any response from the defendants.

‘Straight Outta Compton’ Crew & Universal Sued For $110M By Ex-N.W.A Manager

“The Film is littered with false statements that harm the reputation of Plaintiff and aim to ridicule and lower him in the opinion of the community and to deter third persons from associating or dealing with him,” says Heller’s complaint (read it here). The 12-claim suit filed Friday in L.A. Superior Courts says that the “sleazy manager” Jerry Heller character, played by Paul Giamatti, is made out as the villain of the movie about what was called “the world’s most dangerous group” back in the late 1980s. Heller says he never gave permission for his name or likeness to appear in the movie — and as a pivotal part of the N.W.A story, Giamatti’s Heller appears a lot.

 

[LostSon88]

I can't help but imagine that after seeing 'Compton' Heller ranted away to himself in the theater the same way Giamattis version did after hearing 'No Vaseline'.

 

[Gabe99]

I can't help but imagine that after seeing 'Compton' Heller ranted away to himself in the theater the same way Giamattis version did after hearing 'No Vaseline'.

He better call Jackie Chiles.

 

[Hypestyle]

It's the American way.

 

[Lencho01]

‘Straight Outta Compton’ Director’s Cut Coming; Will Feature Additional 20 Minutes

 

[JabarR]

 

[Hypestyle]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...soundtrack-and-score-set-for-release-20151118

I guess the soundtrack will sell a few thousand copies, but it should be a lot more comprehensive.

 

[Rowsdower!]

It's a travesty that this didn't get ANY Golden Globe nominations. Though I can't say I'm surprised.

 

[Bruce Malone]

It's a travesty that this didn't get ANY Golden Globe nominations. Though I can't say I'm surprised.

Right. I guess all the potential Oscar talk that was around at its release is definitely out the window now.

This should at least gotten GG noms but this is definitely not the type of movie octogenarian europeans would get i.e the Hollywood foreign press the people who pick the GG noms.

 

[terry78]

Totally overlooked. Sad, really. Though I guess if Ice Cube decided to go the transgender route it would've been a lock.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Right. I guess all the potential Oscar talk that was around at its release is definitely out the window now.

This should at least gotten GG noms but this is definitely not the type of movie octogenarian europeans would get i.e the Hollywood foreign press the people who pick the GG noms.

Yeah. I mean, on the whole, I think a lot of the films and TV shows that were nominated this year for GGs were good. But I feel like some amazing stuff like this film never entered their minds when they were considering nominees. And that's really disappointing, especially after how bad the Oscars looked last year when the nominees were 99% percent white. A film that was this good and this critically acclaimed being completely ignored just shows how tone deaf the HFPA and the AMPAS will likely continue to be. I can't believe that not one performance from this film was nominated, or that the director was ignored. I'm admittedly not as knowledgeable on NWA as I would like to be but I felt that this movie captured that era perfectly.

 

[CaptainWagner]

It's disappointing, but I never really expected it to get the awards attention it deserved. At SAG let it in. At the end of the day, though, I think it will have much stronger staying power than a lot of the films that will get noms.