Ironman Movie Challenge: “8 Mile”
First movie on the list: Completed.
I don’t even remember where I picked this movie up. What I do know is that it isn’t very good and it’s in full screen which is enough to drive me up a wall. I really can’t explain what makes this movie suck as bad as it does but I think it mostly hinges on the fact that it is a poorly made biography. The only attempt the writer made to mask the fact that it’s Eminem’s story is to rename the character Jimmy. Not that I have anything personal against Eminem but his life story is hardly a compelling subject for me. The acting is spotty although he does a great job of playing himself.
Something I did not remember was the horrible awkward sex scene set inside of a steel stamping factory. While it’s hard to imagine a sex scene involving Brittney Murphy being unenjoyable, it’s hard to get past the fact that they are humping against a bunch of rusted steel girders and they both look like they might be chewing on glass. As if this wasn’t enough Murphy’s character at one point licks her dirty ass hand and places it between her legs for I assume, lubrication…insert shudder here. Below is a link if you would like to subject yourself, I would imbed it but they have disabled that option due to copyright stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlOLQ3lyWBg
The only redeeming aspect of the film comes at the end when Jimmy enters into the rap battle. It’s hard not to get caught in the moment as he rips into the guys that have been beating him down the whole movie.
Overall this movie is watchable. At least to say, I didn’t want to gouge my eyes out during the film. I still don’t know why I own it unless I picked it up when my wife used to work for the video store.
Final Score: 4 out of 10
Next up: 28 Days Later
