I was glad to see this movie at the end of this chapter because I am a big Eminem (Marshal Mathers) fan and I really enjoy watching this movie. I like the storyline of it and if you are an Eminem fan than I think it kind of gives you a feeling of where he is from. I also think it shows the tough skin you have to have to grow up on the other side of 8 mile. The director was Curtis Hanson who also directed "LA Confidential", "Wonder Boys" and "In Her Shoes." I have not seen any of the other movies that he has directed but I really enjoyed this movie.
Some of the key actors in this film were Eminem (Rabbit), Mekhi Phifer (Future), Brittany Murphy (Alex), Evan Jones (Cheddar Bob), and Kim Basinger ( Rabbit's Mom). I was really impressed with Eminem's acting I wasn't sure on how he would be as an actor but he did a really good job. The supporting cast was awesome as well and I think the director did a great job at picking the cast for this movie.
There were a few memorable moments in this movie and one that pops out right away is when Rabbit is on the stage in the shelter right at the beginning of the movie and he chokes and get boo'd off stage. Another moment in the movie that I remember is when Rabbit catches his supposed to be friend "Wink" having relations with Alex in the studio. This leads to Rabbit beating him up and then the gang Free World jumping him in the trailor court. The last real memorable moment in the movie is when at the end of the movie Rabbit wins the rap battle and mocks the Free World.
Themes for this movie would have to be perserverence over failure. Another theme is that no matter what you can achieve anything you want if you work hard enough for it and you don't give up on yourself.
I think that this was a really good movie and was directed well. This movie was made to show a little light on Eminem's up bringing and the things that he had to go through before he got famous. It's not said that this is a biography but Eminem had an interview and wanted people to know his past and what he had to go through to get to where he is now. I think this movie gives a lot of hope to those kids that are in the lower stage of poverty and want to prove people wrong that they can if they put ther heart into it.
My overall evaluation of this movie is that it was a great story and was really well written. I enjoyed everything about it and that it gets you down and you feel bad for Rabbit because of all the crap that he has to endure but it never stops and him and he fights and claws tell he is successful. I think it showed a great deal of what it is like to live in Detroit in the so called slums of poverty. It also I think showed the pride that Eminem has for Detroit and being from there and how it helped mold him into the guy that he is now.
There were some symbols in this movie for sure and one of them I thought was when Eminem had to take the bus to work and was looking out the window at all the broken down houses and building that were just left there to rot away. Lilly was a symbol to me and she represented Eminem's daughter in real life Haley. In the movie Eminem shows how much he cares about Lilly and cares about her well being. Critics at the time of this movie when it came out said that Eminem shouldn't have a kid that he was a bad parent. I think he wanted to show everyone that he really loves his daughter and cares for her very much no matter what his lifestyle is like.
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