Pros: - Very entertaining, 2h30m goes by fast.
Cons: - Not enough of Eazy's gangster life before becoming famous. We all know he was the biggest gangster of the group and you don't get to see enough of that aspect. You never get to see Eazy hustle except for first scene of the movie.
TL;DR Overall great movie. Very entertaining. Lot's of music. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube make themselves look good. Can't believe they didn't play Real muthaf*ckin Gs. 7/10.
- Pleasantly surprised by the fact the producers put a lot of emphasis on the political influence of the group. Heck, they played the Rodney King incident video 3 times I think! It was very interesting to see the police abuse and threat scenes and in a few of those you actually got to see the good side of Jerry Heller. The scene where they perform 'F*ck the Police' and get arrested has to be one of my favorite of the movie.
- A lot of music. They played almost all the hits, and not just just 30 seconds of them, often it was almost the whole song.
- Very good overview of the rap game back then. The story goes from them knowing nothing about rap, to NWA being huge, then separating, and then everybody knows the ending. RIP Eazy-E. Everything was there.
Cons: - Not enough of Eazy's gangster life before becoming famous. We all know he was the biggest gangster of the group and you don't get to see enough of that aspect. You never get to see Eazy hustle except for first scene of the movie.
- Escalated too quickly from when they know nothing about rap to when they're producing thousands of vinyl (before meeting Jerry Heller).
- THEY DIDN'T PLAY 'REAL MUTHAF*CKIN Gs'. How could they? It's one of the biggest diss songs in rap history! They played 'No Vaseline' from Ice Cube but omitted Real muthaf*ckin Gs? I think this was a huge disrespect from the producers, Cube and Dre. Throughout the whole movie, they purposely made themselves look better than Eazy who, most of the time, looked like the bad guy even though he was the one to fund the whole thing in the first place. This is what cut the line for me from a 8/10 to a 7/10.
- Too much drama and crying at the end. They should of invested more of that time on the three previous points I mentioned.
- Did I mention they didn't play Real muthaf*ckin Gs?
TL;DR Overall great movie. Very entertaining. Lot's of music. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube make themselves look good. Can't believe they didn't play Real muthaf*ckin Gs. 7/10.