saw in the theater - and it's probably the best movie i've seen in a while. I'm not a fan of movies about rap either (8 mile was OK in my book), but this one was just great. The lead actor does a great job.

Couple of questions about the plot though. Was the Kim & Biggie relationship real? Is that how they started, or was it made up to e up the plot? Also - when biggie performs Party & Bullshit at the Apollo, did that really happen? I've never heard that he performed at apollo when he was just trying to come up.

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Their relationship was real.

Looking forward to this.

I honestly cannot believe the amount of positive reviews in here. Myself and the four other people that I saw it with (two of which are huge Hip-Hop/Biggie fans) all thought that it was an utterly terrible movie. Let me put it this way:

It's the same basic story that everybody already knows

Nothing more, nothing less. I can orate the entire movie in about fifteen seconds and can probably do a much better job of acting than most of the people in that film. The lead actor was good but I wouldn't go far beyond that. Everybody else was terrible, and the guy who played Puffy was a douche (though that parallels how much of a douche Puffy actually is in real life, so it's forgivable).

In regards to the story itself? It's almost as though it didn't even look deeper into the story than what the writers might've heard through word of mouth. The whole feud lacks any and all substance, and Biggie getting shot was over and done with in a matter of moments. Also, the way they incorporate lines such as, "I love it when you call me Big Poppa," are utterly terrible.

To those of you who haven't seen it, I thoroughly recommend that you don't waste your time. What do I know, though?

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Originally posted by idoru I honestly cannot believe the amount of positive reviews in here. Myself and the four other people that I saw it with (two of which are huge Hip-Hop/Biggie fans) all thought that it was an utterly terrible movie. Let me put it this way: It's the same basic story that everybody already knows Nothing more, nothing less. I can orate the entire movie in about fifteen seconds and can probably do a much better job of acting than most of the people in that film. The lead actor was good but I wouldn't go far beyond that. Everybody else was terrible, and the guy who played Puffy was a douche (though that parallels how much of a douche Puffy actually is in real life, so it's forgivable). In regards to the story itself? It's almost as though it didn't even look deeper into the story than what the writers might've heard through word of mouth. The whole feud lacks any and all substance, and Biggie getting shot was over and done with in a matter of moments. Also, the way they incorporate lines such as, "I love it when you call me Big Poppa," are utterly terrible. To those of you who haven't seen it, I thoroughly recommend that you don't waste your time. What do I know, though?

You must have been in a bad mood before you watched it or something.

I thought the movie was one of the best movies I've seen in a while, and the actors were phenomenal. The kid who played Biggie as a kid is actually his son in real life. The writers did a lot of interviewing and research for that movie. I saw a video of Faith Evans where she talked about what she thought of the movie, and she said she was shocked at how real it was, especially the actor who played Biggie (can't be bothered to find that video right now).

But then again, my opinion might be biased since that kind of music was a big part of my life all through out high school. In fact, after Tupac and Biggie died, that's when rap & hip hop went downhill, imo.

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Originally posted by Miss Julia You must have been in a bad mood before you watched it or something.

No, I was in a great mood all day and went into the movie expecting it to be at least pretty good.

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I thought the movie was one of the best movies I've seen in a while, and the actors were phenomenal. The kid who played Biggie as a kid is actually his son in real life.

That's cool and all, but that doesn't necessarily make the film itself any better because of it. Hell, I could've been in the film and still thought it was terrible.

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The writers did a lot of interviewing and research for that movie.

To me, it really didn't show at all. There was little or no substance to the film beyond the parts that everybody already knows. Everything outside of that was vague at best.

i went to see the wiki article on the movie, and i dont know.. theres something on how it was written..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notorious_(2009_film)

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Originally posted by idoru No, I was in a great mood all day and went into the movie expecting it to be at least pretty good. That's cool and all, but that doesn't necessarily make the film itself any better because of it. Hell, I could've been in the film and still thought it was terrible. To me, it really didn't show at all. There was little or no substance to the film beyond the parts that everybody already knows. Everything outside of that was vague at best.

go suck on a lemon

as a biggie fan, I liked it. only issue is that the papa doc actor was absolutely jokes as tupac, and they had BIG gunned down far too quickly.

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Originally posted by XaNaX I'm gonna sneak in a 40 and a blunt into the theater when I see this, I can't imagine watching it without it

Come to the drive in we'll fog out a bitch oe+me= <3