Review of Slam (2003) by Angeliz R — 01 Jun 2010

Have you ever tried to freestyle your thoughts, feelings, and emotions? The authors of the film "Slam", Marc Levin and Richard Stratton have a few things in mind. The main character of the story is Ray Joshua. It is a about a young black man, trying to survive in the ghetto. Right away into the story, the main character (Ray Joshua) gets caught and sent to jail. Ray Joshua believes that he is getting played for his own actions. The movie to me is a very inspiring story because it shows that he is trying to be above the influence. Also, the movie is basically telling people that they should take responsibility for there own actions.

The film to me, is trying to critique the society by basically saying that all the things people do, will affect the next generation of people. The focus that tries to define Ray is the black man society. The society of every black man does drugs and will always end up in jail. The force of not doing much with his or her life and understanding that they don't have much to loose. He defines himself because he doesn't do either. He takes his thoughts and opinions and leaves them on paper. He basically does the spoken word. His spoken words where about the culture, violence, and things that he is personally passionate about. The faces that try to define Ray Joshua are the thought of him being a black poor man.

The connection that I can make is that there are many forces that are trying to define Ray Joshua's' life. Like wise, my self. Like the forces of not being able to go to college because I cannot afford it. My favorite part about the film was that the jail scene. The raps that both gentlemen's do was a really get one. I don't think I can personally relate to this movie because I don't do poetry and I can't rap. I don't think I can put a message on this film. The movie was really good. I would recommend this it was very good and it was inspiring to me. It shows how people can do things for their own actions. Also, they should take responsibly.