Review: “Batman v Superman” … v Fun?

Saw “Batman v. Superman” last night. Minor spoilers ahead. Movie was meh. Ben Affleck was solid (and potential there, though, he really plays Bruce’s jingoism all the way. ‪#‎gop‬), Henry Cavill’s performance was as stiff as his hair (wow that hair!), Amy Adams/Lois Lane character is criminally underdeveloped and the film overall could use a much stronger plot (or an actual one, rather than serving as a 2-plus hour Justice League intro) and a lot more humor—particularly in post Christopher Nolan (maxed out seriousness to full potential)/Iron Man (LOL)/Deadpool (ROTFL) era. Brief highlights: Wonder Woman (you will cheer or you have no pulse) and Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luther threads (GQ/Esquire approved; may have found my summer look….).

Damning review by the NYT, here.

Off The Dome: “Straight Outta Compton”

Ice Cube, F. Gary Gray, Dr. Dre and the NWA movie cast

NWA was a lot of things. Brash, fresh and revolutionary come to mine. Specifically their debut album, Straight Outta Compton.

Another thing Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella were — as a collective — is short lived.

After SOC, came their last album, Niggaz4Life, which, sans Cube, didn’t produce the highlights of its predecessor and brought forward some of the ails the group mucked about in.

This all begs the question, was their career worthy of a movie?

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