preach. i've been saying that for days on here. too many youngins in here
my unpopular opinion Love and Basketball is a horrible movie
- Thread starter Ol’Otis
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Good movie but not my favorite basketball movie thou cause it mores like a romantic movie than basketball movie.
Thing is, she didn't bounce for curfew and just leave him there. She specifically asked him to come back to her room and they could talk there. She offered to be his emotional trashcan when he needed to vent, and she would have let him cry on her shoulder all night back in her room, and probably would have sucked the skin off his dikk to make him feel better. But he said no and shooed her away. He turned the situation into an either you stay with me or I'll be mad at you thing. He didn't want her support, he wanted her to prove to him that she would risk her career and scholarship for him. That was completely unfair.
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it wasn't irrational, he didn't want to be taking his dad's advice, the man who proved to be a sham. he was good enough to make the league, but not developed enough to become a star...furthermore what fueled his love of ball most was wanting to follow in his dad's footsteps, dude said he really didn't care that he had to give it up, dude's heart wasn't in ball no more anyway, might as well get his money.
as for monica, you get suspended for one game, not kicked off the team, for not making curfew. i get her making the choice she made, but she showed him that hooping >>> him. what's missing one game to support the person you love whose world was just shattered? she's a frosh female hooper in a pre-WNBA world, it's not like one missed game comes with lasting career implicationswomen back then were 4-5 year athletes, even today most are 3-4...like what the fukk was the rush?
Why couldn't he support the woman he claims loves, put aside his ego, and go talk in her dorm like she asked him to? Why is his pain more important than her career?
Remember, this conversation came after he was already flirting with other women, and after he showed virtually no interest when she revealed the news that she was starting. His ultimatum ultimately was just a way to punish her for having success, just like when he threw her ass in the bushes during their first basketball game together. He couldn't handle the stress of his struggles, his dad being a fraud, AND his woman being successful at the same time. So he had to make her pay.
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Movie is a classic OP... fukk u and yo momma!... 
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Someone is in the middle of pain and yet supposed to think of someone else’s superficial reasons.
I’ve been where he was in that moment, and the last thing I was trying to do was have to navigate thru a sea of faces as you have to when entering dorms.
His demeanor didn’t change until she abandoned him so everything else you’re mentioning doesn’t matter.
If that was me, I would’ve stayed with him, but that’s who I am. I can’t blame her for having a different priority, but that says a lot to someone when they need you, whether you meant it that way or not.
She never abandoned him
She literally offered to continue the talk in a different spot and he turned it down because reasons.
Honestly, what he did in that moment is just a microcosm of who he is. This "my way or no way" mindset he carries is a character flaw that has been with him since childhood. Remember after their first kiss when he was like "Now since you're my girl you gotta let me ride you to school on my bike
" and she was like "
but I'd like to ride on my own bike" and he immediately broke up with her and called her stupid and an ugly dog for not being subservient to his wishes.Dude had a childish standard for how "his woman" was supposed to act and her showing any agency or thought that didn't curtail to his desire would immediately result in him taking his ball and going home. Same shyt happened on those bleachers. "If you my girl you need to risk being suspended or else fukk you
" when dude hasn't sacrificed shyt on his end. Dude was controlling as hell and felt the need to punish her because she had goals and dreams that didn't revolve around kissing his ass the way he wanted it kissed
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I loved this movie.
H. Selassie
Black Royalty
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
y'all know its trueidgaf what y'all say
whythey were playing Maxwell "This Woman's Work" during a lovemaking scene that supposed to take place in the 80s
these old ass adults playing teenagers
Monica constant bytching thru out the movie
Quincy being a 5 foot 10 Laker
her cornrows
Cleo from Set It Off head ass
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
waking that man up outta his sleep to play basketball
thewarrior05
All Star
Ur a very selfish person grow upShe never abandoned him
She literally offered to continue the talk in a different spot and he turned it down because reasons.
Honestly, what he did in that moment is just a microcosm of who he is. This "my way or no way" mindset he carries is a character flaw that has been with him since childhood. Remember after their first kiss when he was like "Now since you're my girl you gotta let me ride you to school on my bike
Dude had a childish standard for how "his woman" was supposed to act and her showing any agency or thought that didn't curtail to his desire would immediately result in him taking his ball and going home. Same shyt happened on those bleachers. "If you my girl you need to risk being suspended or else fukk you
