Friday (1995)

hyped garbage

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This movie has a long list of great talent, but it is both underused and overused in this movie.I am a huge fan of black comedy, my favorite comedians growing up were Red Fox, Nipsy Russel, Flip Wilson...then came one of the greatest, "Richard Pryor"...then followed on by the two greats Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock and many second tier excellent black comedians.I had High hopes for this movie and the subsequent following movies, but I was left unimpressed.The movie was slow, dull and the over the top attempts at comedy came off almost lampooning themselves.There were some great portrayals of how many black people actually live and behave, but this is stuff that is not funny and certainly doesn't do anything to hep the perception of black people as a culture. Not that this movie was supposed to do that, but it certainly solidifies stereotypes of black people.Black people...or anyone actually, should watch this movie just to know to do the opposite in their lives.A shame because I wanted to love this movie, but now we are taking the rest of the franchise movies off of our list to watch. Its just not that good.

When someone asks me the question, "what is a great movie to watch", I tell them the movie "Friday". This urban comedy film is rated R and or for mature audiences. This comedy movie has all the life experiences of some of the same things young African American males go through even today. Chris tucker plays "Smokey" and Ice Cube plays "Craig". Smokey has a terrible smoking habit and it eventually gets him into a lot of trouble and he puts Craig into the situation. They both have to come up with 200 dollars or both will get killed because Smokey smoked up all the weed instead of selling it. Also that day Craig gets fired from his job on his day off for stealing boxes, I mean who gets fired on their day off! When Craig has to confront the neighborhood bully "D-Bo". D-Bo had twice the size and strength as everyone else and had also been in and out of prison. Craig has to make a good judgment to either fight him with his fist or pull out a gun. With help from his dad he is convinced to fight him with his bare hands. This shows a great reflection on today's society because we are so quick to pick up a gun and shoot someone. In the old days this was unheard of and they put their hands up and fought like grown men, not some coward to take someone's son, uncle, dad, and brother through the use of fire arms. Another life lesson you can get out of this movie is that if you really love someone or have feelings for someone you need to fight for them, don't let anything or anyone keep you from getting what's yours. If you are in need of great comedy movie one night, I highly suggest of watching the movie "Friday"

"Two homies, Smokey and Craig, smoke a dope dealer's weed and try to figure a way to get the $200 they owe to the dealer by ten p.m. that same night. In that time, they smoke more weed and get jacked and shot at in a drive-by." that's the summary of the movie depending to IMDb and to be honest? not much more to talk about. the entire movie is about two homies smoking dope and chatting and that's basically it، not much comedy nor much drama, of you'd ask me this movie is so terrible that i keep asking myself how in God's name did i watch the entire thing?. at the beginning of the movie Smokey's voice over is talking about something that changed the neighborhood for ever and what was it? a drive-by shooting? or two guys smoking dope? or is it a big dude being beaten up? nothing really surprising happened for the entire 1h 31min's that i watched this movie except of Pepsi spilling on my shirt.

I like this movie. The screenplay is excellent. The protagonists are strong with clear desires and obstacles to overcome. This allowed the rest of the cast to bounce off of them and shine. The addition of the ticking clock I thought was a wonderful idea that added tension to story. The humor in this film was achieved through conflict and not stereotypes which at times seems to be a favorite ploy of urban films. Many black movies are didactic but this film stayed clear of that and focused on entertaining the audience. This film's appeal is simply that the filmmakers told a great story cinematically. This film shows that a great screenplay is the beginning of a great movie be it an urban theme or not.