Justice for Ziggy| Light it up 1999 - 90s classic movie commentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- They didn't have to do my boy Ziggy like that...
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As for next weeks review....think comedy. And it's not National Lampoon (I slick forgot about that movie!)
Christmas movie requests below pleaseeeeeeee...
I’m lost for the next week’s review. Below are my Christmas movie requests:
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
Friday After Next
Bad Santa
The Perfect Holiday
This Christmas
Almost Christmas
Home Alone 2
@@therealmarlonbellamy You're always so close. A clue is somewhere in your list.
@@forthenostalgiaThe Best Man
"Friday after Next" a good one
Word is….Lauryn Hill just showed up for that concert Lester was buying tickets for.
🤣🤣🤣
The principal piss me off, he was worse than the police officer.
Same. Both of them should be fired especially the principal calling all the students thugs, gang members, troublemakers and criminals.🤦🏾♀️
Agreed. The principal was a dick-ass. He should be fired for his actions based on his idiocy of seeing that he's partially responsible for the negligence of the school's conditions and denial of the necessary needs of the students in school all the while exaggerating and lying about which students are criminals, thugs, and whatnot when he clearly knows they aren't, but doesn't give a flying rat's ass based on his professional misconduct and abuse of authority.
He could have stopped all of this
Why is Fredro Starr always playing the angry hood dude?? He was angry on Moesha and Save the Last Dance. 😂 😂
Not on the movie "Ride".
Sticky Fingaz was on that one with them two and it's funny they were both in the group "Onyx" together 😅
He was angry in The Wire 😂
His face angry 😂😂 if we saw him playing nice it would be hard to believe
Fun fact : Fredro Starr and Stinky Fingaz they are cousins irl
Type casting
When I was younger, I would always get this movie confused w/ The Faculty b/c Usher is in both.
And he also she’s all that last time I saw him on peacock
😮 Yes, me too.
Facts
Lol they both the same dark energy 😭
Damn, I saw the thumbnail and my brain scrambled this with The Faculty
All I can think about is the boondocks usher episode 😂 “I loved light it up” “ you watched light it up girl my momma wouldn’t watch that”😂
Sarah and Usher 😂😂😂 that moment when she was like I loved light it up, I named my dog light it up 😂
Principle Armstrong was the real villain of the movie
Somebody needs to write a one-shot fanfiction story that takes place after the hostage situation ended where Officer Jackson told the courts the whole truth about the kids in regards to the poor conditions of the school, a member of New York's Board of Education attends the trial after learning about the hazardous negligence and disrepair of Lincoln High School where Armstrong is called to a meeting with the school district's bigwigs where he is given a malicious and severe reprimand by everyone for his thoughtlessness on the school's needs and his poor treatment of the students, especially the Lincoln Six.
Armstrong is embarrassed and blames the Lincoln Six for everything that happened and refuses to own up to all of his actions, which gets him fired for being principal of Lincoln High and his certificate revoked for life. This enrages Armstrong and pushes over the edge to the point of psychopathy where he demands they reinstate him for being principal, but his little savaged temper tantrum gets him kicked out and eventually arrested himself, being given a taste of his own medicine from the board of education.
And in the end, Lincoln High gets a new principal who cares about the wellbeing of every student and vows not to repeat the mistakes Armstrong made towards the Lincoln Six and letting the whole school become a gangster's lair from the deteriorating negligence and disrepair of the whole building.
This movie deserves a lot more recognition NOW then when it was released in 1999 ; Not for its stars (and believe me there were a lot including a SB halftime headliner) but for its tone and the issues they addressed which are still relevant today (police conduct, racial profiling , mental health, child abuse, etc) And don’t get me started with the condition of the school . BOE would’ve gotten sued from these poor conditions and staff would’ve gotten fired.
Agreed.
Every single high school in America must watch this in class as a mandatory school assignment where students should all learn about the dangers of what happens at certain high schools based on the issues in regards to wrongful profiling and poor preconceptions with racism and the shit-ass disrepair conditions of a whole school and the faculty's (mostly the principal's) negligence in taking responsibility for such conditions.
Your silence when you got to the principal 😂😂😂
For your final thoughts, I wholeheartedly agree about that trifling ass principal. After that whole ordeal homie should have gotten fired on the spot I mean honestly this whole thing is his fault
I'd LOVE to see a one-shot fanfiction story of him getting fired by the New York Board of Education like he's tried before a military tribunal and the dick-ass principal throws a savage tantrum to the point of sociopathy and refuses to own up to everything he is to blame for.
The fanfic would begin right after the hostage situation is over and Jackson testified in court about everything wasn't what it was originally believed to be based on the media's wrongful misconception and accusations where about three or four members of the New York Board of Education attend the court hearing and plan to have a meeting with the other board members about what happened in Lincoln High.
They all read about the demands of what the Lincoln 6 want for their school posted with every single news network and media via the internet and decide that Armstrong has proven himself to be completely unfit to be principal of Lincoln High, much less a principal of any other schools, whether elementary, middle, high, and/or private based on his abuse of authority and professional misconduct as if he created his own personal laissez-faire administration like the Trunchbull from *Matilda* did, acting as if being principal of a school means he's God and his word is law.
The members of the Board of Education give Armstrong a malicious dressing down for all of his actions in allowing what happened at Lincoln High based on his bystander apathy and negligence of the WHOLE school's hazardous and deteriorating state of disrepair that he did absolutely nothing about to improve and all because of the state superintendent was visiting, which poorly affected his ego and vanity in regards to his job all the while treating every single student in Mr. Knowles' class as if they were criminals, thugs, gangsters, and whatnot in a very poor light all the while in the end, one student (Ziggy) was killed by the police, which his blood is on Armstrong's hands.
This meeting does not go well for Armstrong at all, and he blows up in front of them all, flying into a murderous rage, throwing a savage temper tantrum to the point of becoming a psychopath, telling them all they're unfit to judge him and angrily protests that they can't get him fired, but this is enough for the board members to all agree on an unanimous vote that he is fired from being the principal of Lincoln High School and that his certificate for teaching is revoked for life. Later, a team of security guards storm in and subdue Armstrong where he is frog-marched out of the meeting all the while resisting arrest, which will eventually put him in jail for his tantrums.
Another story in this fanfic is where Mr. Malone, Ziggy's father is visited by the police and is told about his son's death. Mrs. Malone, Ziggy's mom is horrified, but Mr. Malone is stone-coldhearted, not giving a shit about Ziggy being killed and he is eventually arrested by the cops after being tipped off by Jackson. Mr. Malone obviously attempts to fight the cops arresting him, even going as far to chomp and spit at them all the while he is forcibly dragged and/or frog-marched out of his house and is taken to court, which Lester is asked to attend as a witness to defense on Ziggy's behalf, which he spills everything about Mr. Malone's abuse towards Ziggy for God knows how long and Mr. Malone is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
There must be a rule that if you go to school with Fredro Starr u bout to have a shitty school life
A heavily underrated classic.
I was really sad when Ziggy didn't make it especially since I was familiar with the actor via Cousin Skeeter
I used to watch this movie a lot back when I was a kid when my family used to have a DVD copy. I still watch it whenever it comes on TV. I humorously call it the "Ghetto Breakfast Club". And Usher was in another Breakfast Club-esque movie the year before Light It Up called "The Faculty".
"Mr. Knowles" played in the breakfast club.
@@forthenostalgia Yep, John Bender aka The Criminal 😃
This was such an amazing movie with such a heartbroken ending, it’s quite sad how relatable it still is. So many of these kids need guidance and help but unfortunately most of the time there is no common ground between teachers and parents. The system has failed so many, a d*mn shame.
I remember this movie, with Vanessa Williams with her post-Soul Food hair, LOL. This was The Breakfast Club for the new millennium. The principal reminds me of the cowardly administrators at my old job at the prison. They were disingenuous and love to gaslight staff. We have a number of incidents caused by the youth in custody and they along with the director did not care. They cared about optics under the guise of rehabilitating the youth. They let the youth get away with everything. As a result, a number of people have left for good. I was blessed with a good education team to work with and we supported each other. I still keep up with them. The soundtrack was a bop too! I had a little crush on Robert Ri'chard.
I remember Robert Ri'chard from Cousin Skeeter on Nick...I'm feeling old. 👴
Cousin Skeeter and Arnaz from "One on One"
I saw this in my freshman year during the winter in 2018, and I loved it. Loved it so much that I downloaded the movie on my phone. They need to do a movie like this for the new generation cause schools today don't even care. Ziggy's story and death definitely got people emotional, I ain't gonna lie me too.
ANOTHER ONE of my Childhood favorites.
I love "Light it up" as a 90's baby 🍼 and a Usher fan I thought this movie was Highly Underrated and it's crazy next year 2024 makes 25 years for the Classic, Wow 😲 Time Flying 🕊️.
Dope Cast: Usher, Rosario Dawson, Fredro Starr, Forest Whitaker, Robert Ri'chard, Vanessa Williams, and Sara Gilbert.
You just made my day my sister I was thinking about "Light it up" recently too Keep it up I look forward to you on Sundays No Cap🧢💯
Who else remember Usher and Fredro Starr competing for Moesha on "Moesha".
"Don't make me Usher you out of here"🤣🤣
I’ve never even seen this movie but I teared up at the end of the review. Ziggy looks so much like my nephew.
Never seen this movie full out, always would catch it at the end. Ziggy has me in tears, this story is so relatable to the lives today. Powerful 90s cast!
One of my favorite movies Light It Up 1999 this movie is so underrated
I just watched this film because I am a gen z Usher fan and I wanted to discover his films throughout the years . And all I can say is that this is one of the best teenage 90s film, and Usher's performance in it was amazing.
Wait… i just noticed mr Knowles looks a little familiar.👀 he literally played on the original “the breakfast club” idk why but that made me happy that he was able to play in a more relatable version and give homage to the original.
Off topic, but fingers crossed that we get The Preacher’s Wife review during the holiday season 🎄.
I’m in my senior year of high school right now and I first saw this film in the beginning of my junior year. This film somehow brings me peace (including the instrumental score) and some type of nostalgia 😂😂😂 (even though, I am a 2006 baby) before you put this review out, my plan was to watch this film for the thousandth time this weekend. ☺️☺️☺️ you are amazing! I look forward to every other Sunday, I listen to your reviews and for you to do this film, it’s just amazing.
I’m pretty sure this is Usher’s first credited role. I know he has act in a couple movies too.
His role in The Faculty was his first screen credit.
This was his official leading role.
Light up is one of my favorite movies
Bravissimo!
I LOVE your analysis commentary on this.
You should do another video like this on another movie with similar issues in school called *Kids In America*
This is a 2005 movie about a diverse group of high school kids banding together who are all encouraged to protest their rights to freedom of speech against their oppressive principal who punishes students unfairly and unethically for opprobrious things with either suspension and/or expulsion for doing simple things that are harmless and aren't causing problems and/or disruptions in school all the while the bitchy school principal plans to run for State School Superintendent where she plans to further expand her oppressive methods towards more schools all over the state beyond the school she works at.
You be snapping with the movie selection ❤
I was 16 when this movie came out and I related to Ziggy so much. I still shed tears when re-watching. Thank You for this awesome review.❤
OMG I REMEMBER this movie! You just unlocked a hidden memory 😆
What i remember the most is it's soundtrack:
112 * DMX * Ja Rule * A-Z with Beanie Sigel * Outkast Featuring Slimm Calhoun * N'SYNC * Amil & Sole` * Beverly Crowder * Jon. B * Master P Featuring The No Limit All-Stars * Shya * Jack Herrera * and Fredro Starr Featuring Blaze & Firestarr
I loved that DMX track
Rest in Peace Earl 'Dmx' Simmons 🙏🕊️🐐
I have been listening to "How many wanna" all week
I love this movie, watched it with my husband a month ago and he liked it as well I can’t believe he never seen it.
I always smh how old these actors looked back in the 90s playing teenagers.
This movie was so sad I felt so bad for Arnaz in this movie 😢 and this was the first movie I seen usher in before I seen the faculty
my girllll always come thru!
when i tell you i looooove this movie down, and i didnt even get the similarity between ziggy and the cops son my mind blown. but justice for ziggy i loved his character down honestly a phenomenal cast for such a dark but real movie about the “inner city” and what kids face behind the scenes I knew so many ziggys at my school just kids needing somebody when nobody will listen.
but what michael jackson say, they dont really fuckin care about us… or however he said it 😭
I’ve never heard of this movie, thanks for the review!
I just noticed that two of Moesha’s boyfriends were in this movie lollll
I’ve been loving this movie for like six years now. This is one of the best emotional true to life movies of 1999. I loved all the main characters except for the principal. He was a jerk who I hoped got fired. It was his fault that this hostage happened in the first place. We got Usher, Rosario Dawson, Robert Ri’chard who also did Coach Carter and Fredro Starr who also did Save the last dance. I always thought how was Ziggy taking care of himself in the school because his father been hurting him. He should’ve lived with Lester. How come they never made a demand about their principal giving them another chance because they’re good kids? Why did they have to kill my boy Ziggy like that? This boy was a special kid with a bright artistic future in front of him probably when he graduates high school.
Do 3 strikes review hilarious movie 😂
It has Brian Hooks, Faizon Love, and Monique in it haven't seen it in awhile I know you can break the movie down so greatly you have a gift sis ❤
Also break down Girlfriends the series if possible I love what you did Moesha 👏🏾
I love that movie. Definitely have to do that one!
1:07 Man when I first watched this movie from the beginning I dead ass started to cry because i knew what was to come
Also Also : Fun Fact - Babyface and then wife Tracey Edmonds executive produced the film but (of course) underperformed in the box office compared to Soul Food. It made back 5 million against a 13 million budget and currently holds 43% on RT
the soundtrack which was forgettable but somehow peaked at #19 on Billbaord 200 and was #4 on the R&B/Hip Hop charts?!?!?!?WTF
I haven’t seen this in probably 20 years and I think I’ve only seen it once so I’m going to watch it soon. Thanks for reminding me of movies and putting me on new ones for me ❤❤
I usually don’t comment on anything and I been following you for a while now. Pretty sure I’be watched everything by now but this… this right here. Big slapped, appreciate you. You be reviewing things I’ve watched and forgot all about, now I got my girl watching your videos lol.
Welcome back!
And I love the Scoundrel counter!
I’ve never seen this movie but have heard of it. It all could’ve been prevented if the principal did what he was supposed to do. I guess the saying is true: Pride cometh before the fall. I hate that the kids faced such hardships (the only thing I could relate to is being in a cold/hot school, especially when it was cold). I agree with Justice being for Ziggy and understood allllll the triggers. Allum! Glad you’re back and you provided an excellent analysis as always!
Ion know the hint for next week so I’ll see you until then.
The perfect voice the perfect synopsis you get 10/10 ⭐️ from me
Yessssssss this was my movie back in the day. This and Save the Last Dance played at a lot of sleepovers when I was in middle school. Still got it on dvd matter of fact. You’re killing it with the content. Keep it coming!
Definitely a underrated gem just like Fresh about what kids go through in the hood great review as always queen!
Hate to say it but it shouldve been Rodney instead of Ziggy...im guessing the next movie will beeeeeeee Carrie 2?
Welcome back ❤ this one of my favorite movies, sad ending 😅but good
Exactly he brought those tickets in the 90s and ms hill still shows up late in 2023😂
The way you explain movies don’t even hav to go watch it fr 😂
2:40 that’s what Diddy said
Stop it 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you once again for the wonderful commentary. I totally forgot about this gem.
Yasssss another great Commentary
Welcome back. We missed you last week. I saw this movie in theaters with my brothers when i was in high school & i rewatched it with adult eyes a few months ago. I do not know what next week’s review is. Can we please get reviews on the following movies:
Cooley High
JD’s Revenge
The Breakfast Club
St. Elmo’s Fire
New Jack City
Strapped
Jason’s Lyric
The Inkwell
Clockers
Sunset Park
Ride
Kids
He Got Game
Ghost Dog Way Of The Samurai
Save The Last Dance
In The Mix
Coach Carter
Don't forget:
The Best Man
Trippin'
The Brothers
Breaking All The Rules
Hitch
In the Mix
@@devantejackson5085 Yes. I named the movies the cast have been & those movies you mentioned are definitely review worthy.
and don’t forget the wood (the movie )
@@mizzjacquettaxx6974 She reviewed The Wood already. It’s not available on youtube but it’s available on Apple Podcast & Spotify.
@@therealmarlonbellamyok. I didn’t know.
I never forget about this movie. Great recap!👍🏽
My two favorite characters are in the movie is Ziggy and Lester. And it’s really all the principal fault. He said the kids then went to jail and try to call the kids, parents and Ziggy did not want to go home because he was scared because his dad was abused him at home and he’s is the cause of Ziggy death is talented kid in and a hell of a graffiti artist in and the character Ziggy play by Robert Richard is hip-hop, culture and Lester lost his dad and he lost his best friend. He will look out for Ziggy like that is a true best friend Hannah, and Stephanie they come back to tell the kids about Ziggy and that was good
I never saw this movie before great review 👍👍
Love it. Look forward to these! Thanks
Before I watch I wanna say thank you for this vid cause I thought I was the only one who seen this
Honestly it was an ok movie. First time I saw it I could predict what was gon happen next. The only bad part was Usher's acting still my favorite artist tho
I’ve seen every 90s movies this legit is the only one I’ve never seen
19:59 baby tupac
Welcome back 💯💯
Great review.
Answer to the clue: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Hey 👋🏽☺️. I forgot all about this movie 🍿🎥
No lie, this was the second DVD that I ever owned… the soundtrack to this was a Banger.
I've never seen this. Thanks for the recap!
Wait is this an update to this review? I swear I only knew about this movie bc of you before!!!! Either way, I’m watching this through!!!
Are you going to review "The Matrix?"
You definitely should do colors next Issa classic
For some reason, I haven't seen this one but... after this video. I'm interested
These are all good recommendations!!
I love light it up Usher did a great job
this earned you a subscribe. love your review style
Sunset Park
I don’t know if it’s on the list yet but I would love for you to do a video on Fresh
Is the kid with salt freaking George O'Malley from Grey's anatomy
Usher was in this movie right?
Is Carrie 2: The Rage next?
Yes I love that movie
No, but thats another sequel that was on par with the original. Think comedy...
@@forthenostalgia I know you not talking about Toy Story 2 chile... 😹 😹 😹
@@salacioussummers 🤣🤣🤣 Nope
Shit made me scared and toughened me up in high school
gatta watch this
i think i only watched the first 20 minutes of this movie. When it comes to Rodney being trapped in school. .. were there no other exits? No back or side doors to sneak out of and get lost in the crowds?? 😆
Also, i just found out that there is a full "list of hood films" on Wikipedia.
i didn't even know that was an official genre.
i thought that was just something that people in the hood made up.
Welcome back
We're the hints at the end about the parent trap?
movie somehow made me see Usher 10x more attractive.
but anyways i clicked on this cuz well..usher and i was like wait a minute...i know this?!
this movie is so sad but so gooddddd goshhh..idk its kinda inspiring
Next Friday.
✅️
PART 2 because there’s more
1 - as a southeast queens resident I expected more from Fredro Starr who i considered a national treasure here but his character in this movie made him in Onyx look like Tekashi69 lol
2 - I don’t live too far from where this movie fictionally took place and was surprised to see that neighborhood they were in was bad? 😂😂 Not today it isn’t … and yes I know the movie was shot in Chicago which could’ve been better if it took place in Chicago
3 - Vanessa Williams is my all time favorite MILF
Hey girl! I'm just here for engagement 😂😂
What is the movie title?
can you do a review on the film american beauty.
That's on the list
@@forthenostalgia thanks sweetheart.
Heyy this is totally off topic but did she post the thinner review? I’m don’t see it
I loved this movie but I don’t remember it if that makes sense
I was 7nd grade at the time. Ja rule was the bomb. I saw a nigga they call lil wayne. wen he was a teenager
Is it Next Friday?
Yep!!
Can you do the movie south central next about the gangbanger
Hmm next week…. Carrie 2?
Think comedy....adding that to the list though. Great sequel!
@@forthenostalgia umm….Austin powers?
@@forthenostalgiadon't be a menace while drinking juice.
My MF’n movie right here I got in trouble at school for making a big threat in 98/99 boyyyyyyyy I wan on punishment for a month then later the Columbine happened and months later this movie comes out my childhood of 98/99
Toy story too 😂😂😂
Please do fakin the funk