This was a good movie and definitely worth watching.
We need to support Black movies like this and the Color Purple with huge ensemble casts employing Black actors and directors.
I can't believe I was influenced by you bottom of the barrel fags into not watching it.
I watched it but preferred the National Geographic's telling of Aretha's story with Cynthia Erivo
It was horrendous. Cynthia's mess>>
It wasn't good
Finally saying something true
Quote from: iheart4everbrandy on January 13, 2024, 07:56:28 PMI watched it but preferred the National Geographic's telling of Aretha's story with Cynthia Erivo
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Quote from: Amazing on January 13, 2024, 07:52:29 PMWe need to support Black movies like this and the Color Purple with huge ensemble casts employing Black actors and directors.
this part. Which is why I will always love me some Tyler Perry.
King is not perfect but I def remember his movies being out and available, full of Black actors who were getting work... at a time when the whole Black sitcom / movie / UPN trend died down significantly after the early 00's.
We definitely needed him as a bridge between that UPN era and the era we're in today, where it's cool and trendy to produce Black movies and sitcoms again. He put out fucking classics during that period.
And this also includes what some of us refer to as "slave movies"
Slavery (unfortunately) is a huge part of the Black American legacy...I mean, it's why we're here in America.
Having those stories told shouldn't offend us. Obviously it can be triggering to watch so that's understandable but we should never be pushing for those stories not to be told. Or complaining about those stories being told. Just don't watch.
"When They See Us" was one of the most triggering things I've ever seen in my life - especially as someone who grew up in NYC where the story is staged. Literally painful to watch, infuriating, frustrating, saddening.
I will never watch it again but I understand why it needs to be available and will never complain about its existence.
There's something bigger at hand that matters way more than my discomfort
The slave movies do need to stop though. There's enough of them out now I don't see what's the point of continuing. I know these yts out here are enjoying seeing us in chains again
We need more movies showing our versatility
Quote from: RAY7 on January 14, 2024, 01:27:05 PMThe slave movies do need to stop though. There's enough of them out now I don't see what's the point of continuing. I know these yts out here are enjoying seeing us in chains again
We need more movies showing our versatility
If anything keeping these stories out there is teaching people ...new generations .. about the depths of atrocities that our ancestors faced .
Things that are simply not being taught in schools - where American history is sugarcoated for younger generations .
If we want reparations to come at some point it's in our best interest to keep these things on a radar in every way possible - and yes media is a very powerful tool for that .
Other groups of people got their version of reparations by constantly reminding the world of what their ancestors faced and how brutal it was .
Not by saying "Will y'all stop broadcasting this shit 🙄 I'm sick of it!"
Slavery is part of Black American history.
If we stop focusing on that we might as well put in a request people to start brushing BLM era or civil rights/Jim crow era under the rug , or any other eras of history where we faced very tough times .
Like it or not all of it is connected.
Interwoven . You cannot talk about BLM without talking civil rights / Jim Crow. Can't talk about that without bringing us back to the slavery era .
You just cannot tell our story as a people in this country without going to the root.
Not if you wanna tell it right . It's impossible .
Quote from: iheart4everbrandy on January 13, 2024, 07:56:28 PMI watched it but preferred the National Geographic's telling of Aretha's story with Cynthia Erivo
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OMG. so i wasnt a fan of cynthia doing it and i put it off for year but over the summer i reluctantly watched it and was HOOKED.
I HATE when they get these British actors to play real Americans. like when she played harriet tubman. :dead: i just dont like it.
there are so many actors here in America but she slayed.
I also think the mini series benefited from it being like ten, 8 hour episodes or something like that. there was alot we saw in that but yeah i enjoyed it.
Quote from: Mongols of Russia on January 14, 2024, 01:47:17 PMQuote from: RAY7 on January 14, 2024, 01:27:05 PMThe slave movies do need to stop though. There's enough of them out now I don't see what's the point of continuing. I know these yts out here are enjoying seeing us in chains again
We need more movies showing our versatility
If anything keeping these stories out there is teaching people ...new generations .. about the depths of atrocities that our ancestors faced .
Things that are simply not being taught in schools - where American history is sugarcoated for younger generations .
If we want reparations to come at some point it's in our best interest to keep these things on a radar in every way possible - and yes media is a very powerful tool for that .
Other groups of people got their version of reparations by constantly reminding the world of what their ancestors faced and how brutal it was .
Not by saying "Will y'all stop broadcasting this shit 🙄 I'm sick of it!"
Slavery is part of Black American history.
If we stop focusing on that we might as well put in a request people to start brushing BLM era or civil rights/Jim crow era under the rug , or the any other eras of history where we faced very tough times .
Like it or not all of it is connected.
Interwoven . You cannot talk about BLM without talking civil rights / Jim Crow. Can't talk about that without bringing us back to the slavery era .
You just cannot tell our story as a people in this country without going to the root.
Not if you wanna tell it right . It's impossible .
I didn't read it all but from what I read, ur right. Do yall not see how they trying to dilute our history in this country. We don't expect world wars to be erased so why would anything else just STOP being talked about :dead: there's a historical white movie released every year too. I never hear ENOUGH of those.
Quote from: RAY7 on January 14, 2024, 01:27:05 PMThe slave movies do need to stop though. There's enough of them out now I don't see what's the point of continuing. I know these yts out here are enjoying seeing us in chains again
We need more movies showing our versatility
i agree with this.. i HATE seeing them over and over again. seeing our ppl beat and sold and called names or even in servitude like the help. I started feeling that way when that movie the butler came out. also why does it seem those type of movies get the most release and press and awards and such.
how many times can we see a slave be hung or sold at a damn auction house.
Quote from: Buy The Stars✨ on January 14, 2024, 02:30:40 PMQuote from: RAY7 on January 14, 2024, 01:27:05 PMThe slave movies do need to stop though. There's enough of them out now I don't see what's the point of continuing. I know these yts out here are enjoying seeing us in chains again
We need more movies showing our versatility
i agree with this.. i HATE seeing them over and over again.
how many times can we see a slave be hung or sold at a damn auction house.
question
how many "slave movies" have come out within the past 5-10 years?
Either I'm clearly missing this massive influx of mainstream movies about slavery
Release after release after release ... just flying over my head ...
Or any time a period piece on Black History comes out which involves slavery, there's complaints and discomfort about it - so much to the point where things get inflated and exaggerated .
I was JUST about to say. Where are all these slave movies yall go on about? Yall love to claim the slave movies flood the airwaves :dead:
Quote from: Vonc2002 on January 14, 2024, 03:03:00 PMI was JUST about to say. Where are all these slave movies yall go on about? Yall love to claim the slave movies flood the airwaves :dead:
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Some People are just very uncomfortable with that era in our history.
The word "ashamed" comes to mind but I stop short of using it cuz I feel it would be totally unfair considering how dehumanizing it was.
Peoples discomfort is not something that I can't understand , or something that's "bad"...
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I don't expect people to be like "omf so proud of slavery!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🤗 woo hoo! They was in chains yall ☺️ "
But maybe more of us need to be in touch with the possibility that it just makes us uncomfortable.
Which is OK . If any Black American feels discomfort or even "ashamed" they are well within their right to feel that way. It is not their fault. It's the fault of those who made this history as disgusting as it is.
But maybe just try to understand why it's important these stories are told.
I don't think it's really just slave films, it's black trauma films as a whole. Anytime a period piece is done on the Black experience it tends to focus on us in horrible situations. And those are the ones that get the big push during the award season too!
Black cinema needs to honestly put a cap on these type of movies. It's time for new stories, true universal stories.
Quote from: DemetriusRocka 🤴🏾 on January 14, 2024, 03:17:28 PMI don't think it's really just slave films, it's black trauma films as a whole. Anytime a period piece is done on the Black experience it tends to focus on us in horrible situations. And those are the ones that get the big push during the award season too!
Black cinema needs to honestly put a cap on these type of movies. It's time for new stories, true universal stories.
well a lot of Black Americans actually love these stories because they see themselves reflected
"Being Black in America is hard." ...this message actually resonates with a LOT of Black people, guys. So of course these studios are gonna formulate shows/films that have this message baked in somewhere.
Hell, let's talk about being Black AND gay in America, and how fun that is - especially in your younger years. Like "POSE" did.
I don't love "POSE" just cuz it has great vogue scenes and cute fashion. I love it cuz it touches on real shit and real struggles. It resonates with me in a way that it would never resonate with Josh.
But personally I think there's good balance. we've had shows like Black-ish out there that shows BA's living middle class life as professionals, etc. Which many of us can also accept and relate to.
But there is value in having other stories told.
Quote from: Mongols of Russia on January 14, 2024, 03:44:55 PMQuote from: DemetriusRocka 🤴🏾 on January 14, 2024, 03:17:28 PMI don't think it's really just slave films, it's black trauma films as a whole. Anytime a period piece is done on the Black experience it tends to focus on us in horrible situations. And those are the ones that get the big push during the award season too!
Black cinema needs to honestly put a cap on these type of movies. It's time for new stories, true universal stories.
well a lot of Black Americans actually love these stories because they see themselves reflected
"Being Black in America is hard." ...this message actually resonates with a LOT of Black people, guys. So of course these studios are gonna formulate shows/films that have this message baked in somewhere.
Hell, let's talk about gay AND Black in America, and how that fun that is. Like "POSE" did.
I don't love "POSE" just cuz it has great vogue scenes and cute fashion. I love it cuz it touches on real shit and real struggles. It resonates with me in a way that it would never resonate with Josh.
But personally I think there's good balance. we've had shows like Black-ish out there that shows BA's living middle class life as professionals, etc. Which many of us can also accept and relate to.
But there is value in having other stories told.
I understand where you're coming from, and I agree with you. It's definitely important to have some of those stories on the screen. I disagree about their being balance though, I seen improvement on the TV front but far as film it's not. For every "Black Panther" you have a 100 "slave and race" movies to counter that.
I just want to see more films where race and my ancestors play no part it's draining. Even "BlackIsh" had a racial focus. Why couldn't it been called "Modern Family"?
Quote from: DemetriusRocka 🤴🏾 on January 14, 2024, 04:11:36 PMQuote from: Mongols of Russia on January 14, 2024, 03:44:55 PMQuote from: DemetriusRocka 🤴🏾 on January 14, 2024, 03:17:28 PMI don't think it's really just slave films, it's black trauma films as a whole. Anytime a period piece is done on the Black experience it tends to focus on us in horrible situations. And those are the ones that get the big push during the award season too!
Black cinema needs to honestly put a cap on these type of movies. It's time for new stories, true universal stories.
well a lot of Black Americans actually love these stories because they see themselves reflected
"Being Black in America is hard." ...this message actually resonates with a LOT of Black people, guys. So of course these studios are gonna formulate shows/films that have this message baked in somewhere.
Hell, let's talk about gay AND Black in America, and how that fun that is. Like "POSE" did.
I don't love "POSE" just cuz it has great vogue scenes and cute fashion. I love it cuz it touches on real shit and real struggles. It resonates with me in a way that it would never resonate with Josh.
But personally I think there's good balance. we've had shows like Black-ish out there that shows BA's living middle class life as professionals, etc. Which many of us can also accept and relate to.
But there is value in having other stories told.
I understand where you're coming from, and I agree with you. It's definitely important to have some of those stories on the screen. I disagree about their being balance though, I seen improvement on the TV front but far as film it's not. For every "Black Panther" you have a 100 "slave and race" movies to counter that.
I just want to see more films where race and my ancestors play no part it's draining. Even "BlackIsh" had a racial focus. Why couldn't it been called "Modern Family"?
i was def gonna add to my post that even Black-ish tackled racial issues.
but the reality is that even Black people who "make it" in America still have struggles.
different struggles and challenges from those who don't "make it", but def worth mentioning.
also, its kinda funny (or ironic?) that we're having this discussion
considering that there's such a huge conversation going on right now about how Black actors are being treated unfairly ...paid unfairly, etc. in Hollywood
the struggle never fucking stops, it seems. and that's reflected in the stories that are told
Quote from: Mongols of Russia on January 14, 2024, 04:21:05 PMQuote from: DemetriusRocka 🤴🏾 on January 14, 2024, 04:11:36 PMQuote from: Mongols of Russia on January 14, 2024, 03:44:55 PMQuote from: DemetriusRocka 🤴🏾 on January 14, 2024, 03:17:28 PMI don't think it's really just slave films, it's black trauma films as a whole. Anytime a period piece is done on the Black experience it tends to focus on us in horrible situations. And those are the ones that get the big push during the award season too!
Black cinema needs to honestly put a cap on these type of movies. It's time for new stories, true universal stories.
well a lot of Black Americans actually love these stories because they see themselves reflected
"Being Black in America is hard." ...this message actually resonates with a LOT of Black people, guys. So of course these studios are gonna formulate shows/films that have this message baked in somewhere.
Hell, let's talk about gay AND Black in America, and how that fun that is. Like "POSE" did.
I don't love "POSE" just cuz it has great vogue scenes and cute fashion. I love it cuz it touches on real shit and real struggles. It resonates with me in a way that it would never resonate with Josh.
But personally I think there's good balance. we've had shows like Black-ish out there that shows BA's living middle class life as professionals, etc. Which many of us can also accept and relate to.
But there is value in having other stories told.
I understand where you're coming from, and I agree with you. It's definitely important to have some of those stories on the screen. I disagree about their being balance though, I seen improvement on the TV front but far as film it's not. For every "Black Panther" you have a 100 "slave and race" movies to counter that.
I just want to see more films where race and my ancestors play no part it's draining. Even "BlackIsh" had a racial focus. Why couldn't it been called "Modern Family"?
i was def gonna add to my post that even Black-ish tackled racial issues.
but the reality is that even Black people who "make it" in America still have struggles.
different struggles and challenges from those who don't "make it", but def worth mentioning.
also, its kinda funny (or ironic?) that we're having this discussion
considering that there's such a huge conversation going on right now about how Black actors are being treated unfairly ...paid unfairly, etc. in Hollywood
the struggle never fucking stops, it seems. and that's reflected in the stories that are told
!!!! This is 100% correct but does every film/show have to have it? I will say no.
Quote from: Mongols of Russia on January 14, 2024, 02:43:01 PMQuote from: Buy The Stars✨ on January 14, 2024, 02:30:40 PMQuote from: RAY7 on January 14, 2024, 01:27:05 PMThe slave movies do need to stop though. There's enough of them out now I don't see what's the point of continuing. I know these yts out here are enjoying seeing us in chains again
We need more movies showing our versatility
i agree with this.. i HATE seeing them over and over again.
how many times can we see a slave be hung or sold at a damn auction house.
question
how many "slave movies" have come out within the past 5-10 years?
Either I'm clearly missing this massive influx of mainstream movies about slavery
Release after release after release ... just flying over my head ...
Or any time a period piece on Black History comes out which involves slavery, there's complaints and discomfort about it - so much to the point where things get inflated and exaggerated .
just from a quick google search:
Free State of Jones,Descendant, Emancipation, birth of a nation , and harriett.
also you have to remember. not everyone feels the same way about them as you. it makes me feel uncomfortable, having to watch us be slaves and and serve white ppl like movies like the help. i have seen enough of them personally. I think its time for different types of feels.
Quote from: Buy The Stars✨ on January 14, 2024, 04:42:23 PMQuote from: Mongols of Russia on January 14, 2024, 02:43:01 PMQuote from: Buy The Stars✨ on January 14, 2024, 02:30:40 PMQuote from: RAY7 on January 14, 2024, 01:27:05 PMThe slave movies do need to stop though. There's enough of them out now I don't see what's the point of continuing. I know these yts out here are enjoying seeing us in chains again
We need more movies showing our versatility
i agree with this.. i HATE seeing them over and over again.
how many times can we see a slave be hung or sold at a damn auction house.
question
how many "slave movies" have come out within the past 5-10 years?
Either I'm clearly missing this massive influx of mainstream movies about slavery
Release after release after release ... just flying over my head ...
Or any time a period piece on Black History comes out which involves slavery, there's complaints and discomfort about it - so much to the point where things get inflated and exaggerated .
just from a quick google search:
Free State of Jones,Descendant, Emancipation, birth of a nation , and harriett.
also you have to remember. not everyone feels the same way about them as you. it makes me feel uncomfortable, having to watch us be slaves and and serve white ppl like movies like the help. i have seen enough of them personally. I think its time for different types of feels.
so 5 movies within the past decade.
and yes, stories about slavery make me uncomfortable too, with the exception of Harriett which I actually found very inspiring and uplifting for the most part.
and I acknowledged the discomfort I had when watching "When They See Us" and said I would never watch it again.
But that doesn't mean that the story of those 5 men shouldn't be told and put out there, just cuz I'm uncomfortable watching it and find it to be very triggering.
Two things can be true at the same time
As in: Watching "When They See Us" is a horrible experience for me - emotionally.
But, their story should be told.
Quote from: Mongols of Russia on January 14, 2024, 01:47:17 PMQuote from: RAY7 on January 14, 2024, 01:27:05 PMThe slave movies do need to stop though. There's enough of them out now I don't see what's the point of continuing. I know these yts out here are enjoying seeing us in chains again
We need more movies showing our versatility
If anything keeping these stories out there is teaching people ...new generations .. about the depths of atrocities that our ancestors faced .
Things that are simply not being taught in schools - where American history is sugarcoated for younger generations .
If we want reparations to come at some point it's in our best interest to keep these things on a radar in every way possible - and yes media is a very powerful tool for that .
Other groups of people got their version of reparations by constantly reminding the world of what their ancestors faced and how brutal it was .
Not by saying "Will y'all stop broadcasting this shit 🙄 I'm sick of it!"
Slavery is part of Black American history.
If we stop focusing on that we might as well put in a request people to start brushing BLM era or civil rights/Jim crow era under the rug , or any other eras of history where we faced very tough times .
Like it or not all of it is connected.
Interwoven . You cannot talk about BLM without talking civil rights / Jim Crow. Can't talk about that without bringing us back to the slavery era .
You just cannot tell our story as a people in this country without going to the root.
Not if you wanna tell it right . It's impossible .
there's like 20 different movies that anyone can go back and watch to learn about that though. Nothing new is being done anymore because there's really not much left to say from Roots to Amistad to 12 Yrs A Slave, Emancipation, Woman King, Harriet
All these just off the top of my head. Tell me which part of slavery hasn't been told yet? Now there is more Black history to be told. More civil rights leaders, inventors, doctors etc to cover that would be something new and interesting
Quote from: RAY7 on January 14, 2024, 04:50:50 PMQuote from: Mongols of Russia on January 14, 2024, 01:47:17 PMQuote from: RAY7 on January 14, 2024, 01:27:05 PMThe slave movies do need to stop though. There's enough of them out now I don't see what's the point of continuing. I know these yts out here are enjoying seeing us in chains again
We need more movies showing our versatility
If anything keeping these stories out there is teaching people ...new generations .. about the depths of atrocities that our ancestors faced .
Things that are simply not being taught in schools - where American history is sugarcoated for younger generations .
If we want reparations to come at some point it's in our best interest to keep these things on a radar in every way possible - and yes media is a very powerful tool for that .
Other groups of people got their version of reparations by constantly reminding the world of what their ancestors faced and how brutal it was .
Not by saying "Will y'all stop broadcasting this shit 🙄 I'm sick of it!"
Slavery is part of Black American history.
If we stop focusing on that we might as well put in a request people to start brushing BLM era or civil rights/Jim crow era under the rug , or any other eras of history where we faced very tough times .
Like it or not all of it is connected.
Interwoven . You cannot talk about BLM without talking civil rights / Jim Crow. Can't talk about that without bringing us back to the slavery era .
You just cannot tell our story as a people in this country without going to the root.
Not if you wanna tell it right . It's impossible .
there's like 20 different movies that anyone can go back and watch to learn about that though. Nothing new is being done anymore because there's really not much left to say from Roots to Amistad to 12 Yrs A Slave, Emancipation, Woman King, Harriet
All these just off the top of my head. Tell me which part of slavery hasn't been told yet? Now there is more Black history to be told. More civil rights leaders, inventors, doctors etc to cover that would be something new and interesting
personally i dont think Black American history needs to be "new and interesting". I think it just needs to continue to be told.
there's a plethora of movies on the Holocaust out there
i just did a Google search and was literally overwhelmed and shocked at how many movies are listed - ultimately all touching on the same mess, from different angles.
Schindlers List, Anne Frank, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" :dead: the list is literally endless
All for an event in history that lasted approximately 10 years.
We're talking about a chapter of history that lasted hundreds of years. so keep telling the got damn story , remixing it, putting it in high def....flat screens, big screens, plasmas....Hulu, Netflix, Disney+
keep it tf up :cheerup:
and if anything maybe it's not touched on enough.
considering all the mess that pops up for other teas
Quote from: Buy The Stars✨ on January 14, 2024, 02:22:33 PMQuote from: iheart4everbrandy on January 13, 2024, 07:56:28 PMI watched it but preferred the National Geographic's telling of Aretha's story with Cynthia Erivo
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OMG. so i wasnt a fan of cynthia doing it and i put it off for year but over the summer i reluctantly watched it and was HOOKED.
I HATE when they get these British actors to play real Americans. like when she played harriet tubman. :dead: i just dont like it.
there are so many actors here in America but she slayed.
I also think the mini series benefited from it being like ten, 8 hour episodes or something like that. there was alot we saw in that but yeah i enjoyed it.
That series was great too. They got 10 hours plus to really tell Aretha's story.
Cynthia's voice is an actual revelation but I didn't like her singing in the series. I don't know something was off for me. I don't think it was best work. But the actual series was great none the less.
In the movie JHud started off a bit shakey in the beginning but soon after she embodied Aretha for me better than Cynthia did.
Speaking of black films. Did anyone watch "Rustin" on Netflix?
Quote from: Dr. Jackie fckin Walters on January 14, 2024, 11:42:11 PMSpeaking of black films. Did anyone watch "Rustin" on Netflix?
Is it good? Is it worth watching?
The JHud show renewed for 3rd season.
:tistheseas:
Quote from: Buy The Stars✨ on January 14, 2024, 02:22:33 PMQuote from: iheart4everbrandy on January 13, 2024, 07:56:28 PMI watched it but preferred the National Geographic's telling of Aretha's story with Cynthia Erivo
!!!!!!!
OMG. so i wasnt a fan of cynthia doing it and i put it off for year but over the summer i reluctantly watched it and was HOOKED.
I HATE when they get these British actors to play real Americans. like when she played harriet tubman. :dead: i just dont like it.
there are so many actors here in America but she slayed.
I also think the mini series benefited from it being like ten, 8 hour episodes or something like that. there was alot we saw in that but yeah i enjoyed it.
I totally understand how you feel about the outsourcing of talent... but it had to be hard to find someone to embody Aretha's nuances and personality traits as well as have the ability to sing her music. I think they struck gold with Cynthia. I appreciated her approach to the role over Jennifer's. I feel like Jennifer was playing Jennifer playing Aretha. And I do agree, it was brilliant for National Geographic to make it a series. They had the opportunity to really flush out the timeline of events in Aretha's life. The movie was slow and rushed at the same time.
Quote from: Amazing on January 15, 2024, 12:21:44 AMThe JHud show renewed for 3rd season.
:tistheseas:
Queen show is also nominated for another People's Choice Award, fans can also vote.
Quote from: iheart4everbrandy on January 15, 2024, 07:18:22 AMQuote from: Buy The Stars✨ on January 14, 2024, 02:22:33 PMQuote from: iheart4everbrandy on January 13, 2024, 07:56:28 PMI watched it but preferred the National Geographic's telling of Aretha's story with Cynthia Erivo
!!!!!!!
OMG. so i wasnt a fan of cynthia doing it and i put it off for year but over the summer i reluctantly watched it and was HOOKED.
I HATE when they get these British actors to play real Americans. like when she played harriet tubman. :dead: i just dont like it.
there are so many actors here in America but she slayed.
I also think the mini series benefited from it being like ten, 8 hour episodes or something like that. there was alot we saw in that but yeah i enjoyed it.
I totally understand how you feel about the outsourcing of talent... but it had to be hard to find someone to embody Aretha's nuances and personality traits as well as have the ability to sing her music. I think they struck gold with Cynthia. I appreciated her approach to the role over Jennifer's. I feel like Jennifer was playing Jennifer playing Aretha. And I do agree, it was brilliant for National Geographic to make it a series. They had the opportunity to really flush out the timeline of events in Aretha's life. The movie was slow and rushed at the same time.
I wish Aretha biopic was done more like Elvis film. It focused more on a time in his life instead trying to cram an entire life into 2 hours
, those biopics just don't work anymore.
Quote from: iheart4everbrandy on January 15, 2024, 07:18:22 AMQuote from: Buy The Stars✨ on January 14, 2024, 02:22:33 PMQuote from: iheart4everbrandy on January 13, 2024, 07:56:28 PMI watched it but preferred the National Geographic's telling of Aretha's story with Cynthia Erivo
!!!!!!!
OMG. so i wasnt a fan of cynthia doing it and i put it off for year but over the summer i reluctantly watched it and was HOOKED.
I HATE when they get these British actors to play real Americans. like when she played harriet tubman. :dead: i just dont like it.
there are so many actors here in America but she slayed.
I also think the mini series benefited from it being like ten, 8 hour episodes or something like that. there was alot we saw in that but yeah i enjoyed it.
I totally understand how you feel about the outsourcing of talent... but it had to be hard to find someone to embody Aretha's nuances and personality traits as well as have the ability to sing her music. I think they struck gold with Cynthia. I appreciated her approach to the role over Jennifer's. I feel like Jennifer was playing Jennifer playing Aretha. And I do agree, it was brilliant for National Geographic to make it a series. They had the opportunity to really flush out the timeline of events in Aretha's life. The movie was slow and rushed at the same time.
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yep. alot of movies these days are rushed now especially book to movies. they leave SOOO much out most the time. i think mini series are they BEST. you get so much more info.
I def respect the work Cynthia did.
Quote from: Mongols of Russia on January 14, 2024, 04:45:10 PMQuote from: Buy The Stars✨ on January 14, 2024, 04:42:23 PMQuote from: Mongols of Russia on January 14, 2024, 02:43:01 PMQuote from: Buy The Stars✨ on January 14, 2024, 02:30:40 PMQuote from: RAY7 on January 14, 2024, 01:27:05 PMThe slave movies do need to stop though. There's enough of them out now I don't see what's the point of continuing. I know these yts out here are enjoying seeing us in chains again
We need more movies showing our versatility
i agree with this.. i HATE seeing them over and over again.
how many times can we see a slave be hung or sold at a damn auction house.
question
how many "slave movies" have come out within the past 5-10 years?
Either I'm clearly missing this massive influx of mainstream movies about slavery
Release after release after release ... just flying over my head ...
Or any time a period piece on Black History comes out which involves slavery, there's complaints and discomfort about it - so much to the point where things get inflated and exaggerated .
just from a quick google search:
Free State of Jones,Descendant, Emancipation, birth of a nation , and harriett.
also you have to remember. not everyone feels the same way about them as you. it makes me feel uncomfortable, having to watch us be slaves and and serve white ppl like movies like the help. i have seen enough of them personally. I think its time for different types of feels.
so 5 movies within the past decade.
and yes, stories about slavery make me uncomfortable too, with the exception of Harriett which I actually found very inspiring and uplifting for the most part.
and I acknowledged the discomfort I had when watching "When They See Us" and said I would never watch it again.
But that doesn't mean that the story of those 5 men shouldn't be told and put out there, just cuz I'm uncomfortable watching it and find it to be very triggering.
Two things can be true at the same time
As in: Watching "When They See Us" is a horrible experience for me - emotionally.
But, their story should be told.
well there have been MORE. i just picked a few cause i was in a hurry yesterday.
you make a good point about "when they see us" THAT made me uncomfortable but YES that story needed to be told. cause it hadnt been told before to my knowledge in film form. slave movies and such have been told over and over. not just slave movies but movies set in 1940-1960 with white only signs, lynchings, us getting beat and killed for being black. I just personally dont like the feeling those gives me and tho our world isnt the best today, I am happy to not have grown up back then.
time for some new type of black movies. give me a Harry Potter type movie with black kids. or a fun twilight type of movie etc.
Quote from: Vonc2002 on January 14, 2024, 03:03:00 PMI was JUST about to say. Where are all these slave movies yall go on about? Yall love to claim the slave movies flood the airwaves :dead:
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