http://www.burningdoor.com/eric/archives/000392.html Comments and trackbacks for the entry "8 Mile" en-us eric@burningdoor.com eric@burningdoor.com Wed, 11 Feb 2004 02:12:45 CDT Movies Movable Type v3.14 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.burningdoor.com/eric/archives/000392.html Definitely better than it could have been, but this is no Purple Rain. Eminem gives a passable performance, but the storyline is a little too fractured to be satisfying. This film does do an effective job of portraying the depressing circumstances of growing up in poverty near Detroit. Oh, the battle scenes were entertaining.... http://www.burningdoor.com/eric/archives/000392.html 392@http://www.burningdoor.com/eric/ Tue, 10 Feb 2004 23:09:38 CDT Dancing About Architecture http://www.drsnet.org/radley/2004/02/8_mile.html Definitely better than it could have been, but this is no Purple Rain. Eminem gives a passable performance, but the storyline is a little too fractured to be satisfying. This film does do an effective job of portraying the depressing circumstances of g... 392@http://www.burningdoor.com/eric/#p22 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 02:12:45 CDT