THEATER : 2/5 Rating : Idlewild

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Trailer (apple.com)
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IMHO REVIEW :
before i start let me just say the reviewers at EW (entertainment weekly) sucks ass. they gave this movie a 'A-' and compared it to the likes of moulin rouge and the cotton club. yeah... whateva~

so went to see this on saturday with two friends. it was this or invincible or beerfest. after having seen it i wish we went to see beerfest.

i had very high hopes for it - love outkast - love hip hop and loved moulin rouge - moulin rouge this is not. so why am i so NOT happy with this movie.

1. it's a musical but it felt more like 4 music videos + random stuff in the middle

2. andre's character & antwan's character are supposed to be best friends - then why the hell didn't they interact in the movie. through out the 2 hour flick - they literally had 3 scenes together. 5 if you count them being kids. wtf.

3. because of the lack of interaction between them the movie felt like it had two completely different stories being told - which never interwined. thus - no real layers in the story.

4. unlike moulin rouge which used pop music which everyone is familiar with (thus heightening the scene) the four songs which was played in this movie are new tracks by outkast (well - not really... it was either by andre or antwan they never have a duo... wtf) thus it's unfamiliar / thus you're looking at it just like a music video - something different from the movie.

5. the ending... what i mean by that is andre's character is super depressed... i mean super duper depressed - then suddenly antwan swings by and after a 20 second chat he snaps out of it. WTF! and yes - that is one of the three times they interact.

rent this sucker - don't watch it in the theaters and don't buy it - rent this sucker if that.