8 Mile

[Ghostboy]

That Yoda speech was indeed sad.

I thought '8 Mile' was great, due entirely to Eminem and Curtis Hanson. The script was lame...it was so by-the-numbers. The only thing it threw in there of interest was that he DIDN'T get the girl, but Brittany Murphy's part was too small to extend that idea. And his cliched bunch of friends...man, that annoyed me.

But Eminem is a talented mofo. I've been disappointed by a lot of his music, but there's no denying his skills with words and rhythm. The movie came alive when he was rapping, and it worked when he wasn't because Hanson decided not to focus on the script and just let the movie drift, rather naturally, from scene to scene. 'Lose Yourself' definitely deserved that Oscar.