Official Judas And The Black Messiah Thread

[chargers31]

A very well done movie

 

[D1renegade]

I knew watching this would make me mad. I don’t know how you can watch this and not end up hating the police.

Fred was only 21 when he died..

Good film, I never want to watch it again.

 

[Marc Spector]

First off, Great movie that was better written and acted than its getting credit for. It doesnt reinvent the wheel but its a firmly solid movie that executes on all fronts.

I dunno about yalll but I find myself pretty pissed at Rhapsody for her bird babble about "tHiS moViE iSnT aBoUt FrED & whITeWasHEs FrEdS POlItiCal StANCE"

Bulllshyt. They explicitly mentioned and focused on the more anti capitalist and Maoist views he had. Is the movie two hours of fukking Communist Theory? No. Is it a hugely focused on Hamptons POV and thought? Also No, but the outsider looking in perspective IMO worked to really demonstrate the forces at play to suppress the BPP.

Fred deserves a big screen biography, yes, but the creators wisely decided to focus on the sheer drama of COINTELPRO and the Cops dismantling Fred and the BPP from a agent within which is a more intriguing story than just Freds life.

 

[Reggie]

Like others have said if we could have gotten some of Fred becoming what he was or more of the backstory on the cat who set him up it would have been even better. But i'm happy at the fact that we actually got a movie on a cat like Fred Hampton in any form when at one time that seemed like a long shot at best.

 

[Walt]

Thought this was a cool interview/conversation with the director. Touched on politics, the challenge of making a movie about black radical politics, what it means for black actor to have name recognition vs. a white actor having value. And he even talked some hip hop, including a wild idea for an MF Doom documentary:

Shaka King, Director Of 'Judas And The Black Messiah,' Talks Radical Politics, How To Make Black Movie Stars, And The Black Excellence Industrial Complex | Defector

 

[choc_cardigan]

Thought this was a cool interview/conversation with the director. Touched on politics, the challenge of making a movie about black radical politics, what it means for black actor to have name recognition vs. a white actor having value. And he even talked some hip hop, including a wild idea for an MF Doom documentary:

Shaka King, Director Of 'Judas And The Black Messiah,' Talks Radical Politics, How To Make Black Movie Stars, And The Black Excellence Industrial Complex | Defector

Thats a brilliant doom idea

 

[semicko82]

Congrats to Lakeith Stansfield for his surprise Oscar nomination

 

[old pig]

gonna watch tonight

damn...finally got around to tryna watch this...popped some popcorn and turned on HBOmax just to see it gone from my list...checked around and seen 3/14 was the last date to see it

 

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[Jax]

Give Daniel the Oscar RIGHT NOW!

told ya'll

 

[Ziggiy]

Shoutouts to Daniel Kaluuya! He played a PERFECT Fred Hampton and deserved this oscar.


Gotta give him extra props for bringing an intelligent, masculine, unapologetically black historical figure to screen and being recognized with major accolades for it

 

[Dillah810]

Shoutouts to Daniel Kaluuya! He played a PERFECT Fred Hampton and deserved this oscar.


Gotta give him extra props for bringing an intelligent, masculine, unapologetically black historical figure to screen and being recognized with major accolades for it

 

[MischievousMonkey]

Ngl this fukked me up a little.

 

[MischievousMonkey]

when they pan to her face and the gun shots go off, I felt that in my gut

I couldn't watch that part, had to turn my head away. It felt like "trauma porn" to me. Don't get me wrong, I get why the scene is here and I'm not saying it shouldn't be present, but I just couldn't inflict this on myself. Gaddamn.

 

[Dilltastic VolWon(derful)]

Just saw this finally. Damn. An incredible movie. Lakeith did an amazing job playing his role.

Great to see so many young black faces in movies and killing it. Also, that title of the movie still gives me chills.