Friday
People always make fun of me because I love this movie. But I'll let you all in on a little secret. The first time I saw it, I hated it. However, after working in "the 'hood" for 4 years as a manager, I realized how true to life this movie is, and the more I watched it, the more I enjoyed it.
Besides the absolutely fantastic quotable quotes, ("I wish you were 'sleep right now. I'd wake yo ass up wit a left hook, make you get up and TAKE OUT THAT DAMN TRASH!") the more I watch this movie the more I have to laugh at. Example: When Paula Jai Parker calls up Ice Cube in the beginning of the movie and starts to yell at him, "Who da fuck you go to da show wit last night? My sister in law baby cousin Tracy said she saw you at the show all hugged up wit some tramp! Now tellll me whooo she waaaassss....." There's some guy asleep in her bed next to her. hahahahahah!!
It's far from what most people would call cinema. But it's really one of the few 'hood movies I can tolerate. Some key points:
*Chris Tucker and Ice Cube sit on the front porch complaining about how hot it is outside and they're wearing flannel shirts.
*Smokey and Debo break into Stanley's house, and you hear all kinds of glass breaking, and when he comes home, all he can do is yell about his "frigging grass".
*Smokey's pimped out pinto that won't shut off.
*Red's Escort with the alarm system that's worth double what he paid for the car.
*Smokey acting like a pigeon!!!!
*Tony Cox calling Bernie Mac the devil.
"Bitch talkin about she look like Janet Jackson. She got out of the car lookin more like Freddy Jackson!"
"You KNEW she was bald-headed... you KNEW she didn't have no damn hair!"
"Oh, no, my mom don't like a lot of people coming with me when I go to pick her up."
"DAMN! Y'all ain't NEVER got two things that match! Either you got Kool-Aid/ no sugar; peanut butter/ no jelly; ham/ no burger... DAMN!"
"Don't nobody go in the bathroom for about 35, 45 minutes... Open up all the windows, Damn. It stinks in here."
The sequels were both absolute crap. But the original is a true classic. "And you know this... MAN!!"
Besides the absolutely fantastic quotable quotes, ("I wish you were 'sleep right now. I'd wake yo ass up wit a left hook, make you get up and TAKE OUT THAT DAMN TRASH!") the more I watch this movie the more I have to laugh at. Example: When Paula Jai Parker calls up Ice Cube in the beginning of the movie and starts to yell at him, "Who da fuck you go to da show wit last night? My sister in law baby cousin Tracy said she saw you at the show all hugged up wit some tramp! Now tellll me whooo she waaaassss....." There's some guy asleep in her bed next to her. hahahahahah!!
It's far from what most people would call cinema. But it's really one of the few 'hood movies I can tolerate. Some key points:
*Chris Tucker and Ice Cube sit on the front porch complaining about how hot it is outside and they're wearing flannel shirts.
*Smokey and Debo break into Stanley's house, and you hear all kinds of glass breaking, and when he comes home, all he can do is yell about his "frigging grass".
*Smokey's pimped out pinto that won't shut off.
*Red's Escort with the alarm system that's worth double what he paid for the car.
*Smokey acting like a pigeon!!!!
*Tony Cox calling Bernie Mac the devil.
"Bitch talkin about she look like Janet Jackson. She got out of the car lookin more like Freddy Jackson!"
"You KNEW she was bald-headed... you KNEW she didn't have no damn hair!"
"Oh, no, my mom don't like a lot of people coming with me when I go to pick her up."
"DAMN! Y'all ain't NEVER got two things that match! Either you got Kool-Aid/ no sugar; peanut butter/ no jelly; ham/ no burger... DAMN!"
"Don't nobody go in the bathroom for about 35, 45 minutes... Open up all the windows, Damn. It stinks in here."
The sequels were both absolute crap. But the original is a true classic. "And you know this... MAN!!"
posted by Susan at
4/29/2005
5 Comments:
Ok, I can't believe I'm admitting this. But 'Friday' makes me laugh. I'm very ashamed! But the way Tucker and Cube play off of each other, it fits, it works.
''My back! My back and my neck!''
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..., at 12:42 PM
I want a hundred and fifty THOUSAND!! But we can settle out of court right now for 20 bucks. Just gimme 10 dollars and I won't say nothin'. Two fitty and some jawbreakers? A dollah and some envelopes?
HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Yes I did!!!!!
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Susan, at 1:58 PM
It's aaaaaaight. Although I prefer Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. Maybe not as "true to life," but yeah.
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Chris, at 2:32 PM
Oh I wasn't too crazy about Menace; but to be fair I haven't seen it in a LONG time. Another one of my guilty pleasures is I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. I'll review that too. :)
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Susan, at 3:11 PM
i like your entry....i like the movie too...
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Kai, at 4:22 PM
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