Have you seen Gemini Man or Captive State?
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Have you seen Gemini Man or Captive State?
You’re not about to sit here and tell me Denzel “didn’t understand” Malcolm x and had to learn about him through the script.
or that he went to Walmart and asked where the hood at for training day. Well actually Walmart would make a bit more sense because black Americans from the hood actually shop there.
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MischievousMonkey
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Actually... That exactly the case. DENZEL Washington said himself he didn't much about Malcolm X and had to learn about him through the script. Don't believe me?
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saw both, Gemini Man dope...wasn't feeling Captive State outside that first act...although the bio blob bombs or whatever are pretty interesting
seabreeze80
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Gemini Man and Captive State are not black movies. I'm talking about black movies here. I'm sick of the usual stereotypical black films. And I'm even more sick of the usual romance, crime, slave and struggle life narratives.
NobodyReally
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Can you name another black movie like this, with this premise? What stereotypes are you referring to? This story seems pretty original to me. People seem to dislike black movies dealing with racism, but racism is a constant presence in black life. That's not a stereotype, that's real. However, the way a film approaches the topic of racism still can be fresh and interesting. It looks like it will be here.
seabreeze80
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Crime, racism, police, drugs. The typical bs. Its the black version of Bonnie and Clyde. That is not new, original nor inspiring.
How about a movie where black people aren't an oppressed minority
What is a Black film then? The lead of both of those are Black, and a bunch of supporting characters in Captive State are Black, too. What are all of these slave stories you are referring to by the way because I can name six that have received a wide release since the 90s? What the hell are “struggle life narratives, too?” It is a drama, so what the hell else is there supposed to be? Black and white dramas have struggle in them because that is an aspect of the genre, so such an assessment just reads as insecurity being projected unto others.
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they just like to complain. You should know that by now and no they didn’t watch any of those movies
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these movies get made all the time, you just don’t watch them
UncleTomFord15
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I know what @junie means most black movies are either about crime, corny romance/comedy movies, "surviving/struggling" in the hood, or about some slave movie/ racism where black people are constantly kicked around throughout the film. This movie fits into the struggling hood and racism category. And tbh those categories I listed literally Damn near 90%+ of black movie can fall under one of those categories. It gets boring after all these decades.