Beat Street

Beat Street.... What a movie.  This movie is very interesting because it shows a unique perspective of life in New York.  It hides all the glam of the city and portrays the "darker" side of the city, the Bronx.  It shows how kids grew up in the city and learned the way of the streets.  Although it is an 80's movie it is very interesting because it shows how as a kid you could make it out of the backsides of New York.  Beat Street also just goes to show there is talent no matter where you come from.  Weirdly this movie makes me think of 8 mile.  This is a long shot but, they are similar in the respect that they show how people grow with a talent they are given.  One of the main characters Double K is a DJ that is mixing sounds on very basic equipment where as others are making comparable mixes on way more advanced equipment.  It shows that talent is found with in a person and nothing else matters.  Beat Street is a rare point of view that is shown and it is very heart warming because it proves that their are people that work hard for what they want and it pays off for them.  In this world to many people are where they are at because of what someone else did for them.  Unlike that Beat Street portrays kids that worked to become a somebody.