That he didn’t get nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a weak year is outrageous.
Jack Palance won for City Slickers.
It’s a fine performance but what are we doing here?
Two actors were nominated for Bugsy!
Fishburne aside, this is an imperfect movie but few other films can pack such an emotional wallop.
They find a dead body (which seems a bit much) but then the gang steals their football.
There is such an overwhelming amount of dread as the gang members toss the football around.
Singleton does such a great job making the moviegoer feel unsafe the entire movie.
The cast is incredible and features so many young actors before their careers took off.
It’s the first major roles for future Oscar winners Cuba Gooding Jr and Regina King.
For this to work, you better believe in not just the characters but the location as well.
Shooting this on location in South Central is so imperative to this story.
Seeing the neighborhood through his eyes is so powerful.
Furious explaining the billboards and gentrification is just as interesting in 2023 as it was in 1991.
So much of the movie revolves around choices and how important parenting is.
The core question of “Can Furious save Tre?”
is felt the entire movie and you could completely understand the motivations of each character.
I love how the movie flips what the idea of a hero is on its head.
In a lesser movie revenge would be the ultimate move but here, it’s about your future.
It’s great how Ice Cube’s character also understands that at the end of the movie as well.
he also died far too young at 51 due to a stroke.
He only made one movie from 2005 until he passed away in 2019 (2011’s Abduction).
He was still working in television though so I am sure he would have had more movies in him.
He was only 23 when he directed Boyz N The Hood.
It’s just too bad we never got to see what Singleton could do as an older director.
(Quick Note: Sorry it’s been so long since the last one of these.
Once baseball season is over, I’ll double up some weeks to make up for lost time.)
Boyz N The Hood
56.
Grosse Pointe Blank
57.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
63.
The Usual Suspects
65.
In The Line Of Fire
66.
My Cousin Vinny
67.
The River Wild
79.
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Stir Of Echoes
82.
Mission: Impossible
83.
For Love Of The Game
86.
Being John Malkovich
87.
Men In Black
88.
Glengarry Glen Ross
92.
Die Hard With A Vengeance
93.
The Blair Witch Project
94.
Any Given Sunday
99.
The Wedding Singer
100.
