Is "DEAD PRESIDENTS" a CLASSIC movie????

[Disciplined InSight]

Daaamn..I just watched this movie an hour ago LOL...yeah it's a classic imo and one of my personal favorites.

 

[6ft5]

I would consider it a classic

 

[rapmastermind]

Oh yea, NaS sampled the opening credits score on his song "Suicide Bounce" with Busta:

[video=youtube;m_oCrNjmqdo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_oCrNjmqdo[/video]

[video=youtube;wO9MLjKiGvc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO9MLjKiGvc&feature=related[/video]

"Like that nigga in Dead Presidents said, Money To Burn" - NaS

 

[ImWhiteBoyAwesome]

Yes. I believe so.

I own it and alot of people who sort through my dvd collection seem to skip over it, but I pull them up and make them watch it coz alot of people don't even know what it is.

To me its like 3-4 movies in one, you got a gangsta movie, a political movie, a war movie and a growin up movie all in one.

Dead Presidents is BAUSE.

.......An album I was listenin too recently was samplin it heaaaaavy, it might have been that newest Prodigy one? I think that sampled "Hoodlum" entirely so I could be way off but there was most def one of recent, samplin Dead Presidents heavy.

 

[Los216]

Hell yeah it's a classic. I remember the first time I seen it I was 8yo and My mom rented it or it was on cable, and I remember sittin by her door and watching it cause she told me I couldn't watch it but I sat my lil ass by the door and was quiet as a church mouse to watch that shit ........memories

 

[rapmastermind]

Yes. I believe so.

I own it and alot of people who sort through my dvd collection seem to skip over it, but I pull them up and make them watch it coz alot of people don't even know what it is.

To me its like 3-4 movies in one, you got a gangsta movie, a political movie, a war movie and a growin up movie all in one.

Dead Presidents is BAUSE.

.......An album I was listenin too recently was samplin it heaaaaavy, it might have been that newest Prodigy one? I think that sampled "Hoodlum" entirely so I could be way off but there was most def one of recent, samplin Dead Presidents heavy.

I agree with you, it really is like 3 or 4 movies on 1. But the Vietnam scene's rival some Classic Vietnam movies as far as Atmosphere, I'm talking "Platoon, Apocalypse Now and Forrest Gump", watching "Dead President" really brought you to the brutality of the Vietnam War. Amazing scenes.

[video=youtube;NOEIKbDXX6U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOEIKbDXX6U[/video]

 

[allied]

I don't think it's a classic but it's a great movie. A classic to me is something that changes the genre it's in, like the Matrix.

 

[rapmastermind]

I don't think it's a classic but it's a great movie. A classic to me is something that changes the genre it's in, like the Matrix.

Actually something can be Classic and not be Iconic, "The Matrix" was iconic and revolutionary as well as game changing. "Dead Presidents" is a Classic in the Black Community, remember we propelled "Boyz in the Hood" to Classic status too as well as "Menace II Society". "Dead Presidents" didn't change the game but that doesn't mean it wasn't an amazing movie cause it was. It was well acted, had great cinematography, cast and direction. To me it's a Classic Movie even though it didn't do that great at the Box Office. Maybe it falls under cult-classic status but it's a very quality film regardless. Success doesn't always determine Classic status. Both "Scarface" and "Casnio" also didn't do very well in the Box Office but nobody is denyin there Classic status today. I'm not saying "Dead Presidents" is as legendary as the others but it's again a quality and very well made film.

 

[KingJamal]

Yes Yes and Yes

One of my Favorites. I never get tired of that film. Keith David as Kirby was a 'G' lol. "Gimme my fuckin leg"

 

[real_hh_rep]

I love this movie, but Hughes had too many ideas stuck in one movie. Vietnam war, crime, drug problem, socio-economic issues, betrayal - this movie should be waaay longer to cover accurately all those issues. Soundtrack is definitely classic and Hughes masterfully caught the vibe of 70's.

 

[ICame4Pussy]

Hood Classic Fa Sho

 

[ocelot]

Yes. I believe so.

I own it and alot of people who sort through my dvd collection seem to skip over it, but I pull them up and make them watch it coz alot of people don't even know what it is.

To me its like 3-4 movies in one, you got a gangsta movie, a political movie, a war movie and a growin up movie all in one.



Dead Presidents is BAUSE.

.......An album I was listenin too recently was samplin it heaaaaavy, it might have been that newest Prodigy one? I think that sampled "Hoodlum" entirely so I could be way off but there was most def one of recent, samplin Dead Presidents heavy.

I think that was the problem... the pacing was awful... it didnt know what it wanted to be...

and with that said... its a classic to me

 

[clairvoyance]

Also the movie title created a Hood slang that was later used for Jay Z Classic single "Dead Presidents".

???Hold up NAS dropped illmatic(the world is yours) before this movie came out, so the credit goes to NAS.

As far as the movie I wouldnt call it a classic but a good movie nonetheless. I found it downright depressing couldnt find a job, lost the one decent job he had, struggling, not a movie I could watch over and over again. But my favorite scene is when that pimped sucker punched larenz tate, now that scene is classic... "dont you ever bite the hand that feeds you n***a, bye santa clause"..owned. That same pimp owned woodbine in caught up, he plays those kind of roles down to a t.

 

[OH-2-VA]

damn rite its a classic & so is the soundtrack...i remember when i borrowed the soundtrack from my homeboy, he never got that shit back....yall remember doing that 2 ur friends..borrowing shit & never givin it back....but it actually worked both ways(they would borrow ur shit & neva give it back...i miss the good ol dayz

 

[allied]

Actually something can be Classic and not be Iconic, "The Matrix" was iconic and revolutionary as well as game changing. "Dead Presidents" is a Classic in the Black Community, remember we propelled "Boyz in the Hood" to Classic status too as well as "Menace II Society". "Dead Presidents" didn't change the game but that doesn't mean it wasn't an amazing movie cause it was. It was well acted, had great cinematography, cast and direction. To me it's a Classic Movie even though it didn't do that great at the Box Office. Maybe it falls under cult-classic status but it's a very quality film regardless. Success doesn't always determine Classic status. Both "Scarface" and "Casnio" also didn't do very well in the Box Office but nobody is denyin there Classic status today. I'm not saying "Dead Presidents" is as legendary as the others but it's again a quality and very well made film.

I respect your opinion but I guess I'm more objective than you. All those films you just listed aren't classics to me. I think the term "classic" gets dished out to easy nowadays. For example when the Dark Knight came out people where calling it a classic and I said no because to me that movie hasn't changed anything. But don't get it twisted I love Casino, Scarface etc. but I don't consider those flims classic.

 

[OH-2-VA]

I respect your opinion but I guess I'm more objective than you. All those films you just listed aren't classics to me. I think the term "classic" gets dished out to easy nowadays. For example when the Dark Knight came out people where calling it a classic and I said no because to me that movie hasn't changed anything. But don't get it twisted I love Casino, Scarface etc. but I don't consider those flims classic.

i also respect ur opinion but i wuz in high school when this movie came out & as a young buck back then, the kids my age at that time period would consider it a classic...in all actually i would say home alone is a classic movie & i wuz 13 when that came out

 

[playmaker88]

Bump all that hood classic shit.. its a personal classic

saying shit is a hood classic is marginalizing it.. save that shit for... some bs like hotboyz

 

[blank..]

Even though I've watched it like 7 times I last watched it like 3 years ago.

I forgot what happens right at the end?

Bokeem Woodbine fucks up and he snitches or some shit doesnt he?

And they all end up in the box..? Right?

 

[rapmastermind]

I respect your opinion but I guess I'm more objective than you. All those films you just listed aren't classics to me. I think the term "classic" gets dished out to easy nowadays. For example when the Dark Knight came out people where calling it a classic and I said no because to me that movie hasn't changed anything. But don't get it twisted I love Casino, Scarface etc. but I don't consider those flims classic.

At this point though it's not really debatable about "Scarface" and "Casino" Classic status. My only point in bringing up those movies is that it took time for the people to catch on and they grew into Classic status. I feel the same way for "Dead Presidents". Was it perfect? Of course not, it did try to fit a lot of themes into it but overall it did flow very well and again very well acting. Also Yes NaS said it 1st on "ILLmatic", I'm trippin but the movie was written in 93 and greenlit in 94. So though "The World Is Yours" was a single, "ILLmatic" wasn't that popular out the gate commercially. "Dead Presidents" was a Big Screen motion picture so a lot of people recognize the title from the film but to my knowledge, I agree that NaS articulated it 1st though I hear it may have been a 70's slang also which fits with the theme of the movie.

 

[rapmastermind]

Even though I've watched it like 7 times I last watched it like 3 years ago.

I forgot what happens right at the end?

Bokeem Woodbine fucks up and he snitches or some shit doesnt he?

And they all end up in the box..? Right?

Yea, he snitched and Larenz and Tucker instead of fleeing town, stayed around. Before Chris Tucker got arrested, he overdosed on Herion. Judge Martin Sheen gave mad years to Larenz Tate's character and that court scene was wild, he threw a chair at him, Classic shit.