It’s not easy being B-Rabbit, but what he does have going for him is a good group of friends.
Furthermore, he messes up his first big chance in a rap battle when he chokes under pressure. He’s struggling with a crappy job (in a car factory), a crappy girlfriend (who pretends to be pregnant) and an even crappier mum (who insists on shagging his former school mates). This film, like his music, is low on the bullshit.Įminem plays Jimmy Smith (aka B-Rabbit), a wannabe white rapper from Detroit. Now that can mean hearing about a rather violent worldview, but it can also mean funny and touching moments too. Instead, he raps about what he sees with his eyes and what goes on his head. He doesn’t rap about gangster life, accruing meaningless wealth or any of the other inane things most mainstream rap songs are concerned with. Here’s why…Ĩ Mile is good for the same reason Eminem has always been good: because he is honest. The second, more profound reason, is that this film is actually good.
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Of course this doesn’t guarantee your movie will be a success, ( Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny proves this point) but it is a good start. The first reason is the one I’ve already mentioned: when 8 Mile was released Eminem was very famous, and still making successful records. So why was it so successful? Well, let’s watch (without being inordinately stoned) and found out. In fact, it was so well known that it received the honour of being extensively parodied in Scary Movie 3 (which, given that it isn’t a scary film, doesn’t make much sense).
Kids: don’t do drugs).Īnyway, what I’m trying to say is that 8 Mile is the first band-based film (or rapper-related movie, if you will) since A Hard Day’s Night to reach a mass audience ( This is Spinal Tap doesn’t count, of course). I have also watched this movie before, twice in fact – although I was high both times and have little recollection of either experience (other than leaving halfway through the second viewing to buy chocolate… whereupon I was laughed out of Tesco as I was too stoned to operate the self checkout. It stars Emimen and came out in 2002 when he was at the pinnacle of his career, having released three commercially successful and critically credible records in the previous four years. I’m sure most of you have seen 8 Mile before – or at least heard of it.
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