Straight Outta Compton won many awards. Typically a …show more content…
Generally, a great movie has great reviews and ratings. Ninety-one percent of people who watched Straight Outta Compton enjoyed it. Critics gave the movie 187 “fresh” or good tomatoes (they use this as a rating scale) out of 210 tomatoes in total, in a percent the tomato rating was eighty-seven percent while on average most movies earn seventy percent. This proves Straight Outta Compton is a great movie since it has great reviews and ratings. According to David Edelstein (New York Magazine Writer), Straight Outta Compton aims to cross cultures and sanctify the wisdom of the street-to make a universal underdog story, it succeeds on a visceral level. And according to Max Weiss (Baltimore Magazine Editor), The backdrop of Rodney King-era L.A and the realness and rawness of N.W.A.'s music, not to mention the passionate and heartfelt performances of the film's three young leads gives the film an undeniable power. Comparing this movie to 8 mile which had great reviews and was a 4 star movie reviewed by renowned critics since Straight Outta Compton is also a 4 star rated movie. Most likely, this movie will continue to have good ratings and reviews since it has been highly praised for the real and entertaining story. Of course people base movies off of the ratings they earn. But this isn’t always the right thing to do because there are good movies that have bad reviews. So a great movie doesn’t have to have great reviews and …show more content…
Typically, a great movie sells DVD’s and on home theaters. Straight Outta Compton sold $29 million dollars on DVD and blu ray. This proves that Straight Outta Compton is a great movie because people didn’t just enjoy the movie in theater, they watched it at home, on their phones and computers, and on the go. According to Ryan Faughnder (Covered box office for Hollywood and LA journal and newspaper editor and critic and more), Sales of music by Dr. Dre and the rest of the N.W.A clan received a clear boost from the buzz surrounding the new movie, Straight Outta Compton, about the renowned rap group, DVD’s and merchandise sales boosted and became much more popular. Most likely, this movie will continue to be rented over and over because it’s a great movie that doesn’t get old and is able to be watched several times again. Comparing this movie to all other great movies, this movie was popular not just in theaters but in people's homes as well. Not only does a great movie sell DVD’s, a great movie is sold and watched around the