12 Years a Slave Sweeps NY Film critics circle awards. Mcqueen gets heckled by furious NY cacs/c00ns

[Days of Future Piff]

So how many of you guys saw Mandela in theaters

I saw it.

Spoiler

Supporting non-Tyler Perry related black movies

 

[KinksandCoils]

I watched 12 years a slave yesterday and it was a great movie. It was very powerful and intense. It shows one of the most accurate views of slavery. To the people tired of these movies just don't watch it! How many horror movies do they make about demons? The people hearing some shyt in their houses? No one says I'm tired of the same horror movies. Or it's no different from them making those romance comedies over and over again with damn near the same thing going on. If you don't want to see a slave movie don't watch. I'm glad they are making these movies because they are acknowledging what happened to us African Americans instead of just saying we should get over it and forget, but yet they drill down our throats about never forgetting 9/11.the movie was well done and all of the actors did a wonderful job. If you don't like the type of movie it was you can atleast no it was well done for what it was. And to the people who say it was a load of crap......EXPLAIN? I have heard of all of the things that happened in this movie.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

i know im late but i just watched this movie & found it mad boring.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

I watched 12 years a slave yesterday and it was a great movie. It was very powerful and intense. It shows one of the most accurate views of slavery. To the people tired of these movies just don't watch it! How many horror movies do they make about demons? The people hearing some shyt in their houses? No one says I'm tired of the same horror movies. Or it's no different from them making those romance comedies over and over again with damn near the same thing going on. If you don't want to see a slave movie don't watch. I'm glad they are making these movies because they are acknowledging what happened to us African Americans instead of just saying we should get over it and forget, but yet they drill down our throats about never forgetting 9/11.the movie was well done and all of the actors did a wonderful job. If you don't like the type of movie it was you can atleast no it was well done for what it was. And to the people who say it was a load of crap......EXPLAIN? I have heard of all of the things that happened in this movie.

i just found it mad boring.

 

[KinksandCoils]

i just found it mad boring.

what was boring about it?

 

[NvrCMyNut]

what was boring about it?

Better question would be what was entertaining? i saw it less than 24 hours ago and already forgot most of the story...It was interesting at first, how did he get kidnapped? who set him up? a few plot twists, but once he got to the plantations it just dragged on & on without the main story moving, i guess to show the 'authenticity' of plantation life but a repeat of the same shyt over & over without any twists or progression doesn't make for good story telling.

 

[TheGodling]

Better question would be what was entertaining? i saw it less than 24 hours ago and already forgot most of the story...It was interesting at first, how did he get kidnapped? who set him up? a few plot twists, but once he got to the plantations it just dragged on & on without the main story moving, i guess to show the 'authenticity' of plantation life but a repeat of the same shyt over & over without any twists or progression doesn't make for good story telling.

Motherfukker thought he was watching Hitchcock or some shyt.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

Motherfukker thought he was watching Hitchcock or some shyt.

it's a movie. i know its based on an autobiography and all, but the point of movies is to entertain

 

[TheGodling]

it's a movie. i know its based on an autobiography and all, but the point of movies is to entertain

Wrong, the point of entertainment is to entertain, but entertainment is only one aspect of what movies can be (education, artistic expression, autobiographical, etc.).

Also,

Watch a movie about slavery to be entertained, brehs.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

watch movies to get educated brehs

Django was entertaining, The Pianist was entertaining with that weak excuse. It just wasn't that good of a movie most of the positive reviews are coming from guilty cacs & tarantino haters 'omg this was such a realistic depiction of slavery' like you was there

 

[KinksandCoils]

Better question would be what was entertaining? i saw it less than 24 hours ago and already forgot most of the story...It was interesting at first, how did he get kidnapped? who set him up? a few plot twists, but once he got to the plantations it just dragged on & on without the main story moving, i guess to show the 'authenticity' of plantation life but a repeat of the same shyt over & over without any twists or progression doesn't make for good story telling.

Well I'm not sure what you were looking for out of this. I found it to be a good movie.
You wanted more action? Well the more action probably would mean more beatings for this type of movie. Maybe you should stick with action movies.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

watch movies to get educated brehs

Django was entertaining, The Pianist was entertaining with that weak excuse. It just wasn't that good of a movie most of the positive reviews are coming from guilty cacs & tarantino haters 'omg this was such a realistic depiction of slavery' like you was there

Yeah I felt the same way. I understand the historical importance and the emotional aspects of the movie, but from a pure cinematic standpoint the movie just wasnt that good.

By the time he got rescued I had stopped caring if he would get out or not. I just wanted the movie to end

 

[HHR]

Yeah I felt the same way. I understand the historical importance and the emotional aspects of the movie, but from a pure cinematic standpoint the movie just wasnt that good.

By the time he got rescued I had stopped caring if he would get out or not. I just wanted the movie to end

You're certainly entitled to your opinion, and no one can tell you what you find entertaining....but the bolded is just nonsense. And wrong. Very very wrong.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

There's tons of movies that show well-off black people. Quite frankly I'm tired of those movies because they usually are melodramatic, stereotypical low-quality pandering.

Also how many people do you know that would be excited to see a movie about African kings and warriors? While it might tickle your fancy, the film would undoubtedly lose money.

300 made half a billion dollars world wide. You mean to tell me if instead of the Spartans, it was about the Zulu warriors the movie would be garbage?

The only reason movies featuring blacks due so poorly is because of the inherent racism and bias in this country.

 

[FrederickDouglas]

300 made half a billion dollars world wide. You mean to tell me if instead of the Spartans, it was about the Zulu warriors the movie would be garbage?

The only reason movies featuring blacks due so poorly is because of the inherent racism and bias in this country.

It's based on a graphic novel and features a predominantly white cast.

There are plenty of historical action films that feature white casts and mostly white people go see them.

But the black community is so indoctrinated with rom-coms and stereotypes, it would be a hard sell. If a film like that came out around the same time as a Tyler Perry film, I'd be willing to bet more black people would go see the TP film.

And white people would likely be reluctant to see a film with no white faces. I'd love to see it, but you also gotta be realistic.