Sick And Tired Of These Black Movies Being All The Same
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Dameon Farrow
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Spike spoke on this. Whether you chalk it up to conditioning or whatnot....audiences will only come out to see certain types of movies with black stars. Let's post box office receipts and compare.
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Even Dope and ATL has been done before though. That whole "coming of age" theme. We saw it with Baby Boy, Boyz n da Hood, Lottery Ticket, etc. Where's our Matrix, where's our Titanic, where's our Avatar is what i'm trying to say.
Reminder: Will Smith literally turned down The Matrix for Wild Wild West
12 years a Slave (if that counts)
Django Unchained
Black Panther is coming out
Bad Boys 3
i dunno what your getting at, if you want a "Black" movie to be on the scale of Titanic or Avatar, ur essentially alienating every other race
which really doesn't work in this day and age
O.T.I.S.
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True, doesn't mean they weren't good movies that portrays growing up black (or hood) more than others.
But i feel what you saying. We dont have those types (unless you consider most of Will Smiths movies), but often times we only play side roles unless its a hood movies.
Its also why most black actors look up to people like Will, Denzel, Idras, etc. they're all in different shyt
Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha
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hence why English black actors taking all the rolesWe don't have much young actors/actresses either
So you want to see another hiphop film set in the 80s?
ATL and Dope still centered around dealing whether you want to admit it or not
and you still aint that important nikka
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nikka i said i liked them because they were more representative of what growing up hood or black was.So you want to see another hiphop film set in the 80s?
ATL and Dope still centered around dealing whether you want to admit it or not
and you still aint that important nikka
Its not centered around dealing dumbass... Its was centered around the kids in those areas
Dealing was apart of it, but not glorified.. Just like growing up in the hood if youre from there at least
That's why I love The Wood, yeah gang shyt was in it but it was just about regular dudes growing up in Inglewood
Two slave movies and a reboot is our best offering? Black Panther is something different, i'll give you that. White people alienate us all the time and it works for them. Look at all those blockbuster titles being pumped out every year with little to no black people in them.
I actually haven't seen Dope to be honest with younikka i said i liked them because they were more representative of what growing up hood or black was.
Its not centered around dealing dumbass... Its was centered around the kids in those areas
Dealing was apart of it, but not glorified.. Just like growing up in the hood if youre from there at least
O.T.I.S.
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ExactlyThat's why I love The Wood, yeah gang shyt was in it but it was just about regular dudes growing up in Inglewood
I don't mind those type of black movies.
Most of those are good movies too.. From Boyz in the Hood, to Friday, Baby Boy, The Wood, Lottery Ticket, ATL, Dope, etc.
At least most of us can relate
I see the point of the thread tho. Tired of black people only being in the hood or something. Most black movies do have a certain theme.
But like i said, its why most black actors look up to Will, Denzel, Idras, etc. theyre in big movies not necessarily about black struggles, slavery, hoods, etc.
Its why i fukked with Creed heavy, and any movie with black folk doing different shyt.