Just call me Jonnie Ebert cuz I’m a movie connaisseur
So my SO and I went to go see Brooklyn’s Finest on Saturday. First, of all, no this isn’t a movie review…(but while I’m at it…I give this movie a strong C+).
Movie Poster
Anyway, this movie Brooklyn’s Finest is one of those movies that delibrately tries to teach us a lesson. It didn’t even hit me that this movie was trying to teach me something until after we had shuffled out of the movie, fought our way out the parking lot, stopped at Denny’s, ordered our food, ate, tipped our drunk waitress and were about 2 blocks away from our house. (Better late than never I guess.)
Anyway, just in case you’re wondering, the “theme/moral/message/lesson” of Brooklyn’s Finest is “right-er and wrong-er.” Atleast thats what they want you take away from the movie.
What you should really get out of the movie is:
1. Being greedy will get you kilt. (Yes, I said kilt instead of killed.)
2. Beating a dead horse will get you kilt. (Yes, I said it again.)
3. Once you decided that you really just don’t give a flip about life you will finally do something worthwhile and heroric all because you were at the wrong place at the right time.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot the most important lesson to be learned from Brooklyn’s Finest:
4. Wearing ugly ass cornrows will get you kilt.
Anyway, there you have it boys and girls.
If you’ve seen the movie I’m sure you’ll know what I’m taking about.
If you haven’t seen the movie, it’ll make perfectly good sense by the end credits.
I’m outta here.
-Jonnie
Tags: Brooklyn's Finest, movies
I think this movie would have been great if it’d came out in say the early 90′s. When telling this story was ‘the thing’ to do. Or even if the storyline focused on more the life and trials of the cops involved. But overall it was just that same old story of drug dealers and dirty cops. Not really sure how many times folks think this story can be told.
If they enlist assorted The Wire alum like “Omar” (Red) and “Wee-Bey” (Red’s homeboy that didn’t get shot) to retell this story they can make this same movie twice a year for the next decade!