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Got the era wrong

posted 17 years ago by reverendtom
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This was a good movie, I liked it. My one complaint would be that the music, aside from "Paid in Full" by Eric B and Rakim, wasn't from 86 and didn't even sound like anything from that era. The "throwback" music in this film sounded more like stuff from 92-93. Also, people said stuff like "Its all good" in this film. No one was saying "Its all good" in 1986. That term itself was created in the Bay Area in the early 90s by one Earl "E40" Stevens. Also, he talks about "Scarface" like it was a new movie. "Scarface" came out in 83. Like I said, I really liked the movie, but I think it would have been much better if they tried to make look, sound and feel like 1986. That was a golden era, after all.

[–] quinn_larkins 17 years ago

The thing is that AZ started selling drugs after he saw scarface in 1983. He sold until he got robbed in 1987. The problem is that the film tries to condense 4 years into one. I think it's stupid that at the begining you see him get shot, and then it fades into "one year ago". It's stupid to think that all of those events would happen in one year. But, it was a rocafella picture so you shouldn't expect too much.

[–] 249 17 years ago

they had clearance issues with the original music used in the movie

I saw raw cut and the music was more accurate....

but first poster is right...the jewelry, the loose clothes, the slang was WAY off base....nobody used the term "hit that" for sex until grand puba said that....

film didn't have one character wear a 4 finger ring...no LEEs , no bvds

I think some of the producers wanted to water it down for mass consumption...

[–] NewYitty-1986 17 years ago

For real they got sloppy as hell when it comes to time period accuracy. How hard would it have been to have mad dudes rockin' adidas suits wit kangols? Instead they have cam wearin like fresh out of the factory Fox Racing motorcycle gear and listenin to late 80s rap. And scarface 3 years after it premiered wtf? It's like they acted like the 80's as a decade was one year. sloppy

"you ain't got the honey nut?"

[–] tommyisapimp 17 years ago

actually cam was rockin a 4 finger ring. all three of the dudes had their own swags man. but they all wore traditional NY *beep* the pelle leathers, the track suits, and just cuz Grand puba said that *beep* dont mean nobody was sayin it before him, just not on wax, figgasmell me?

[–] fap888 16 years ago

that was the first thing i noticed. it was supposed to be 1986 and there watchin scarface in the movies even though it came out in 83. someone *beep* up

[–] mclark50 12 years ago

They never said that Scarface was brand new. All they said was that after Scarface came out, *beep* blew up. It could have been a flashback. Also with the music and the MC's with their terrible echo was dead on for the time period..

[–] 249 16 years ago

"swags"

dudes were saying "getting paid""knocking boots" for sex back then......Calvin...the area's drug dealer from Harlem would have been using the same terminology as everybody else.

Producers should have just gotten old "Right On" magazines from the era or watched old music videos from those times to get a more accurate view of what dudes were wearing.

instead they got lazy.

and it's so obvious they got canadian actors to play the extras and minor roles...

the dude who stepped to Rich in jail over the payphone sounds like a clown....

[–] jarkpart 15 years ago

I mean surely they should have been wearing leather goose downs!

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[–] MickFleetwood 12 years ago

Agreed. When they're in the Saab 900 convertible, the track they're listening to is Dirt & Grime by Jaz B. Lat'n. Great tune, but from 1994, not the 80s.