Just saw Selma

[FlyRy]

100% fresh on RT on 66 reviews so far @MartyMcFly

that's my dr king

wrote a paper on him in the 4th grade that was so good and so ahead of my age group that they thought i plagiarized

 

[MartyMcFly]

100% fresh on RT on 66 reviews so far @MartyMcFly

that's my dr king

wrote a paper on him in the 4th grade that was so good and so ahead of my age group that they thought i plagiarized

I already saw it breh. Saw it on Friday. My favorite film of the year and I don't see that changing.

 

[FlyRy]

I already saw it breh. Saw it on Friday. My favorite film of the year and I don't see that changing.

selma and a most violent year to wrap up 2014

 

[Numpsay]

Only bad thing I've heard thus far is LBJ isn't portrayed correctedly which is mindboggling because I believe those conversations are on tape.

 

[kp404]

I already saw it breh. Saw it on Friday. My favorite film of the year and I don't see that changing.

Better than Birdman? I'm going to see it in a few days and if it beats out Birdman and Foxcatcher, then

 

[MartyMcFly]

Better than Birdman? I'm going to see it in a few days and if it beats out Birdman and Foxcatcher, then

It is to me but that's just because it stayed with me longer. I generally go with the movies that stick with me; those ones that when I step out of the theater, I'm still thinking about it and while Birdman is dope, Selma just stuck with me a lot more and I didn't respond to Foxcatcher the way I thought I would. Not saying it was bad by any means but it just didn't entirely work for me. Selma just took me to another place breh, and its social relevance and importance also gives it some extra points for me

 

[SupaVillain]

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

does he die in the end?

serious question. i havent read up on the movie itself so i dont know if its supposed to chronicle his life in full or just a specific time.

 

[MartyMcFly]

does he die in the end?

serious question. i havent read up on the movie itself so i dont know if its supposed to chronicle his life in full or just a specific time.

Spoiler: Spoiler

It's just this specific incident.

 

[Rayzah]

It is to me but that's just because it stayed with me longer. I generally go with the movies that stick with me; those ones that when I step out of the theater, I'm still thinking about it and while Birdman is dope, Selma just stuck with me a lot more and I didn't respond to Foxcatcher the way I thought I would. Not saying it was bad by any means but it just didn't entirely work for me. Selma just took me to another place breh, and its social relevance and importance also gives it some extra points for me

yea it was really good, is this birdman movie available for download or did you see it in the theater?

 

[MartyMcFly]

yea it was really good, is this birdman movie available for download or did you see it in the theater?

Theater. Check that screener thread on the board. Trust me, when it's out, they'll know

 

[Rayzah]

Theater. Check that screener thread on the board. Trust me, when it's out, they'll know

I did that's why I was wondering how so many people saw it, I didn't know that many people on here went to the movies lol


But back to the topic, great film all around, but I must say I think it's time black people made a great movie without it being about our struggle, all the recent great black movies have all been about slaves or sone other form of racism..

 

[kp404]

I did that's why I was wondering how so many people saw it, I didn't know that many people on here went to the movies lol


But back to the topic, great film all around, but I must say I think it's time black people made a great movie without it being about our struggle, all the recent great black movies have all been about slaves or sone other form of racism..

Our struggle is our reality breh...the movie was great because it was an authentic depiction (as authentic as is allowed in a Pg-13 movie), but our history and current reality is struggle; How can you make a black movie be authentic and great without depicting our realistic socioeconomic condition? Impossible.

 

[MartyMcFly]

I did that's why I was wondering how so many people saw it, I didn't know that many people on here went to the movies lol


But back to the topic, great film all around, but I must say I think it's time black people made a great movie without it being about our struggle, all the recent great black movies have all been about slaves or sone other form of racism..

I think that that movie is there to be made, but there's so much of our history that some people don't know, some people forget, and some people want to pretend didn't happen. It helps to have those stories told too. But if you do some research on this one breh, you'll see how tough it was to get it financed and that's with Brad Pitt as one of the producers. Chris Rock couldn't get his movie financed either by a major studio so it's tough for us to to tell those type of stories because of a system that's been in place longer than any of us on this board have been breathing

 

[Rayzah]

I think that that movie is there to be made, but there's so much of our history that some people don't know, some people forget, and some people want to pretend didn't happen. It helps to have those stories told too. But if you do some research on this one breh, you'll see how tough it was to get it financed and that's with Brad Pitt as one of the producers. Chris Rock couldn't get his movie financed either by a major studio so it's tough for us to to tell those type of stories because of a system that's been in place longer than any of us on this board have been breathing

Thats true too, it was crazy how few theaters this movied opened at and how I had know idea it was even out until my girl told me.. and to make it worse its getting great reviews, but at the same time we have to support our movies, we cant expect white people to care about us if we dont..