Don Whoreleone

4y

Dawg😭I was so confused watching that s*** man I was like, ''why dis nigga putting it inna coffee mug.''
I immediately thought abt that one Tyler Perry movie where girl threw the pot of grits at that one dudes face, 😂man dat s*** was funny as hell.

Smacked Voodoo

4y

That movie is more a pump fake honestly. Yes from the trailers it looks like yet another Black trauma film, but it's actually more focused on Till's mother and the work she did during and after the situation. Was made with and supported by the Till family so that make it better.

Though personally I've already seen so many documentaries and read so many articles and books related to Emmett Till's lynching and other Black lynchings that I'm just good on that movie. It's definitely a movie made for a newer generation of Black teens and young adults and white people who still deal with that white guilt s***.

Shallow Deep

4y

It is always tough with that type of movie. On one hand you want the stories to be remembered on the other you dont want to keep seeing these horrible events shoved in your face.

Smacked Voodoo

4y

This video sums up a lot of the issues with it in an entertaining way.

It's a movie you watch because it looks good and has a lot of cool scenes. But when you actually sitting down with it and paying attention to the acting and characters...it's pretty bad. There's a lot of plot holes or moments where the viewer just has to suspend their disbelief mostly because they don't really explain how certain moments happen or what the actual motives are of the characters. Nas narrating throughout is also very dry and redundant. It's an alright movie to turn on in the background with some homies, but when you to start to watch it seriously you see where it's bad.

All that being said the movie still looks incredible, there's some great shots and aesthetics throughout the movie. Much of that is owed to Hype Williams being one of the goat hip-hop/rap music video directors. He knows how to make s*** look cool. His writing however is weak. The acting is also gonna take a big hit cause you got rappers and singers carrying the bulk of the dialogue. It also doesn't help that it really seems like they just grabbed some random niggas off the street to be some of the actors. I guess it gives it some authenticity since they're making a crime/street movie, but like...yeah b just watch the movie again and you'll start to understand more.

Rockstard

4y

Mike Tomlin has to have a winning record every year to keep his job but guys like gruden and Matt rhule are given 7 and 10 year contracts without a second thought

back 2 black

4y

This take seems a bit disingenuous.

I would have used another black coach as an example and not Tomlin.

Rockstard

4y

Why not Tomlin? A dolphins team executive said he was "too hip hop" after they interviewed him

back 2 black

4y

The Raiders, Dolphins and Panthers are absolute poverty franchises, that’s why.

If Tomlin was a free agent coach I’d bet he’d get a huge contract as well. Another reason your take was a bit disingenuous is because both of those coaches are now fired lol. Not all franchises operate in the same way.

Mike isn’t going to be fired after this season and he’s going to have one of the worst records in the league. Hopefully this makes sense.

Oscar Winner

4y

I think if a person is heavy in the burbs and has no access to niggas who’s in the hood and live that type of lifestyle they not gonna be able to just “imagine” authentic dialogue.

BUT In todays day with social media (IG live, Clubhouse) it makes it easier to hop in rooms with niggas from the hood (wether it’s NY based, ATL based, LA based, etc) and use it as research for whatever film you’re writing.

Rockstard

4y

I agree he'd be popular if he were a free agent, but just Google "tomlin hot seat" and there are articles and videos from last week to the last few years lol

back 2 black

4y

Belly hate?

Smacked Voodoo

4y

Y'all really take fair criticism of anything as hate lol I said I still enjoyed the movie and that it's entertaining, who is hating?

back 2 black

4y

You weren’t the only one speaking about Belly itt you understand that right?

Smacked Voodoo

4y

Fail to see how that changes anything that I said in regards to fair criticism =/= hate lol

back 2 black

4y

You’re the one who brought Primm to this thread my brotha you’ll always be an all star in my book

I agree it has a LOT wrong with it like you said. It’s still a fire ass movie though.

Smacked Voodoo

4y

That's why I like the genre of hood movies. Cause even the ones we can agree are bad or aged poorly like Baby Boy, Love & Basketball, ATL, etc we can still appreciate them as being iconic to the culture of Black film.

S***, something like House Party I can recognize being somewhat of a bad movie, but it's still a classic and was getting heavy play in my household when I was growing up.

Smacked Voodoo

4y

That's why I like the genre of hood movies. Cause even the ones we can agree are bad or aged poorly like Baby Boy, Love & Basketball, ATL, etc we can still appreciate them as being iconic to the culture of Black film.

S***, something like House Party I can recognize being somewhat of a bad movie, but it's still a classic and was getting heavy play in my household when I was growing up.

BLACK

4y

define support

Shallow Deep

4y

watch, buy tickets for theaters ,word of mouth