Beat Street
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Movie Reviews of Beat Street
Movie Review: fast
Summary: 5 Stars
i recieved my item with in just a few days. Thank you we love the movie!Movie Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars
As swift as I'd expect to come from the US and is of a fine quality.Movie Review: Beat Street, king of the beat
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the first movie I ever saw about Hip-Hop. I saw it back around when it came out. I was a young, snot nose white boy from the 'Burbs. So what did I know about "Hip-Hop" really? Not too much, besides I loved the music, and dancing and emcees. I realize there were "Wild Style" and the classic "Style Wars" but those were documentaries. I'm not here to compare those 2 amazing flicks to this one. Beat Street isn't a documentary, it's not factually perfect. The acting isn't top notch, it's not suppostive to be an exact replica of the Hip-Hop Culture durring that time, IT'S A MOVIE! The love portions were pretty lame, some of the other scenes were hokey. But, in the end this is great movie. It has graf writing, dj's battling, emcees emcee'ing. I still especially like seeing Kool Moe Dee rappin as Santa Clause (the memories...) The movie captures the essence of "Hip-Hop" fairly well. Say what you want about things that were incorrect or what have you. This isn't Star Wars and I'm not some obsessed fan who see's every error made in the film. It was supposive to be entertaining. It captures all 4 elements og the culture nicely, and the theme song is one of the greatest hip-hop songs EVER. It's almost 20 years later, and the film still holds up well. Could it have been better? Of course, but show me a movie that couldn't. It's nice to see it finally come out on DVD, I don't own the DVD yet, but I will very soon.Movie Review: The Uncut Version
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is nostalgic for me. It reminds me of an era that I miss greatly. Many people here criticize its accuracy talking about bad grafitti, acting, love songs, etc. What do you guys mean? I am a New York Puertorican, Newyorican raised in Ravenswood Projects, Queens, Bushwick, Brooklyn and went to school in Spanish Harlem. This was back in the day when NYC was tough. La Familia, Ballbuster, Zulu Nation ruled the streets back then.
So I guess I got the right to say the movie accurately portrays life in NYC in the 80's. Some guy here criticized the love songs. C'mon man. What, people back then in the projects didn't love anyone?, had a girlfriend, etc? I find the movie to be so real that I definitely want to move back to NYC.
I know New York isn't the same. The South Bronx is being renovated. The gangs are gone. All the bombers, Lee jeans creased down the middle and finely pressed and jackets, the pumas and adidas with the thick laces in checkerboard formation, the boricuas with their wild Carribean looks, its ALL gone. But I need to go back, if not to play chinese handball at the schoolyard one more time.
I didn't give it 5 stars because there are deleted scenes. Why won't they come out with a DVD including those deleted scenes? I guarantee you everyone that bought this DVD would buy that one also.
Movie Review: One of Hip-Hop's Elite Films.
Summary: 4 Stars
Every Hip Hop head in the world should own this film for one reason alone: New York City Breakers vs. The Rocksteady Crew @ the Roxy. Classic! Rae Dawn Chong and the whole broadway portion of the film took some points away. But overall this is a great film for any hip hop purist. There's great cameos within the film as well, from Afrika Bambatta & The Soulsonic Force, Grand Master Mellie Mel, as well as The Treacherous 3. Wild Style & Style Wars are a tad bit better though, in terms of a more realistic portrayal of the culture.