thirty movies hath november - Friday (1995)
a lot can go down between thursday and saturday..
the first time I saw Friday, one of the reasons it made me laugh is because Ice Cube's character, Craig, looked and had expressions exactly like my brother. by now neither mr. Cube nor more brother look much like each other or their younger selves.
set in one of the same neighborhoods that three years earlier had been the site of riots made this light coming-of-age comedy feel hopeful.
the characters of Friday :Craig, Smokey, Deebo, Debbie, are the best thing about it. as memorable, as, say,those of Fast Times at...
the time frame of the movie is the "Friday" of the title. Craig, who still lives at home (much to the dismay of his parents), has just lost his job. as he figures what comes next he becomes involved with his friend Smokey's schemes and troubles. most of the action takes place in and about the front porch of Craig's home
trailer
"you are fuckin' the rotation!" Smokey schools Craig on the etiquette of joint-sharing
Friday's soundtrack feature the biggest hip-hop starts of the mid-1990s. the 'theme' song by Ice Cube
the outstanding track, Dr Dre's Keep their heads ringin
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there are two movies follow up to Friday: Next Friday, with most of the same actors and crew, and Friday After Next, without. I haven't seen either, but I've heard that Friday After Next is worth watching.
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I didn't see the sequels either but I loved the original.
I never even heard of this movie till either the late 90s or early 2000s. In 1995 I spent 2 months out of the country so any movie that came out in that time period was lost to me. Never saw the commercials, never saw the movie posters, never saw the movie, and then when someone mentioned it to me I gave them the vacant stare of a cow. Not like there were that many but this must have been one that not only came out while I was away but none of my friends saw it either...and when I heard about it a few years later I was like...when the hell did that movie come out?! and of course people thought I was living under a rock, though I admit I wasn't nearly as interested or well-versed on movies as I am now (and that's not to say that I am even now,just moreso than I was)
So anyway. I've never seen Friday. But before I read your review, as much as I knew about it, was that it was a comedy that took place on someone's front stoop in the 'hood. So now I knew about as much as I did before. :-P (only cuz I didn't watch the clips)
I have to go to bed, this headache is making me even more moronic.
:)
does that make us the "it" couple of VOX? should I start calling him Brad?