Boyz N Da Hood or Menace II Society

"Either they don't know, don't show or don't care about what happens in the hood."

Menace for the opening scene alone. That ? was to real.

I love them both, they complement each other perfectly
2 different sides of the same coin
One shows you the perspective of a real ? (Kaine)
The other shows you the perspective of an L 7 ? ass ? (sucka ass Trey)

Real ? be dyin young, but them lame type ? be goin to college and ?

Menace had a lot of negative ass unlikable characters in it.

Boyz in the Hood by far

_Menace_ wrote: »

So going to school is lame?

But getting killed cause you ain't main enough to raise your son isn't lame?

letting some hoe ass lying skeechie trap you with a baby would have been lame

victory_kid wrote: »

I did not read the entire thread, so I am going to assume that others said the exact ? .

Boyz n Tha Hood had a message, the "stop sign" in the beginning said it all.
Menace II Society was just a more entertaining, bloodier, ? version of Boyz n Tha Hood... some may even say it was all over the place.

nahhhh, you just missed the message, b

Menace had several messages

Lou Cypher wrote: »

Menace To Society was the ? .

Boyz n The Hood was alright, but the gang member everyone is scared of.. the one with the perm. Couldnt find it believable. im sure that was the style back then, but intimidated by that just doesnt work for me no matter the size of the gun.

I might be wrong, but I think the gang member with the perm is probably meant to be a "Monster" Kody type of gangbanger.....there always one ? everybody scared of ...just because he pops off ? without warning got those killa eyes.

I never did blame Doughboy, plus the mom if she was serious about Ricky being a baller, she could had him move with relatives if they were out of LA (but we dont' know that.)


Furious was that ? tho, my pops had the same mindset as him (but without the gun --but had a mean knife game before he became a preacher).

"Boyz in the Hood" was the better film, had more impact, John Singleton became the 1st black Director nominated for an Oscar and he also got nominated for his Screenplay. It opened up the world to Black Inner City culture. "Menace" is still Classic but "Dead Presidents" was a better film for the Hughes Bros. Also most people were emotional over Ricky getting killed than Cain. Cain you almost knew it was going to happen. Ricky was doing everything to better his life and get out the hood.

I think both films had great cast but Boyz in the Hood had the better overall cast who went on to become successful actors. Also "Menace" came off as a more Violent "Boyz in the Hood". The bottom line is there is no "Menace" without "Boyz in the Hood". With all that said, "Menace" does have 2 scenes to me that stand out more than Boyz best scene. Boyz Best scene was when Trey got pulled over by the Black Cop and he started crying. Menace best scene was of course "Sorry for your Mother" and Bill Duke's Classic, "You know you done ? up right", LOL. But to end the debate, this is why "Boyz in the Hood" is not only more iconic but the better film:




In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "Boyz in the Hood" "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.