Movie: Boyz N The Hood

Boyz N The Hood is one of those "oh my God, I can't believe you've never seen that!" films. After playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas so much, why not watch the movie that started it all?

Boyz was surprisingly great. It wasn't just some blaxpolitation, glorification of gangs; director Singleton painted a very bleak portrait of the cycle of poverty in South Central LA. His symbolism sometimes erred on the heavy side (the opening shot is a "stop" sign riddled with bullet holes), but the guy was two years younger than I am right now when he made this movie.

It's beginning to show its age a little, but jeeze this was a great movie. I will probably have to add it to my collection.