I found this a lot more gritty and real (maybe cuz i live in UK)and it's pretty damn depressing
shareI really like this and I also really like Kidulthood. They both felt real to me, to the extent an american film can't. Living in the UK, you feel more detatched watching a film about the american ghetto
shareTraining Day.
shareyh but over the top to create a story and entertainment then a point
this film kept it real.
I live in London and Bullet Boy is very accurate in it's representation of this *beep* city. Not sure where you come from, and I've seen both menace 2 society and boyz n tha hood (and enjoyed them) but i find it ridiculous to hear that Bullet Boy is over the top.
Now Kidulthood, now THATS over the top
trust me, i live in compton. menace 2 society, boyz n tha hood, and colors all show the real early 90's ganglife in California.
bullet boy? kidulthood? come on.
you hear that? it's our song.
"trust me, i live in compton. menace 2 society, boyz n tha hood, and colors all show the real early 90's ganglife in California.
That's the point, isn't it? You live in Compton, so you feel it is accurately portrayed - ypu don't live in London.
On the other hand, my family grew up in South London Estates, so I know "Bulet Boy" is a realistic depiction. When I see films of L.A Gngstas however, it just looks like fake film stereotypes to me!
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars..." Oscar Wilde
^^^Those are the movies that patented the Los Angeles gangsta archetypes in the 90s, and every movie riffed off these, so I'm not surprised.
shareI think you hit the nail on the head, and that's why people are more drawn to the films from their own country. I liked Bullet Boy pretty well but it didn't have that gritty, almost claustrophobic feel of American hood films, and I expect it's because of the environmental and cultural differences. The British setting is less familiar to me so it doesn't come across the same way is all it is.
And for people saying this film is just gritty and realistic rather than dramatized and stylized, really? As if they didn't play the "almost got out" and "save the kids" angles to their fullest extent? The violence is toned down compared to Boyz or Menace, but the dramatic elements are just as over the top.
"I am Jack's wasted life."
The Americans think their films are more realistic and the British think the same of their own. There was and still is gang violence in Los Angeles but that doesn't make the films that portray it better than other films about blacks and violence in modern society. Bullet Boy feels more real because it's not stylized nor is it sensationalized like its American counter parts. Bullet Boys is a much better film than Menace To Society because of this.
shareWatch the HBO series called 'The Wire'. That gives you a better view on life in American Ghettos. It's set in Baltimore too, so there aren't any of the usual New York and LA cliches!
"Beat that you little trout sniffer!"
I was going to suggest the same thing. Although I don't really view "Boys N The Hood" as all that exaggerated I can see where the OP is coming from. Movies like "State Property" and countless other gangsta rap vehicles do little but romanticize the lifestyle.
For a realistic look at American ghettos and gun violence check out "The Wire," "Clockers" and "Boys N the Hood." They are every bit as gritty and serious as "Bullet Boy."
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~Life Is Hot In Cracktown and The Wire~ Hold back your contempt and step into someone else's real world with these two shows! That's my opinion, anyhow...
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