Sorry to Bother You Trailer (Lakeith Stanfield From Atlanta, and Tessa Thompson)
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detroitwalt
Superstar
Exactly how I felt. It kept me interested but towards the end......
Drew Wonder
Superstar
First half of the movie is some of the best satire I’ve seen in awhile. Second half was 
Like I totally get what they were trying to say and the message they wanted to convey but it’s like, y’all chose to execute it that way? Lol. I think it’s worth seeing with how strong the first half is and also how clever the satire is, just be prepared for the wtf part.
And they mentioned it in the Double Toasted review but it’s pretty clear Charlie Kaufman had a strong influence on this. It reminded me a lot of Being John Malcovich and Adaptation the way it started out in a slightly absurdist but relatively realistic tone and then slowly ramped up the absurdity until reaching fukkery overload toward the end
Like I totally get what they were trying to say and the message they wanted to convey but it’s like, y’all chose to execute it that way? Lol. I think it’s worth seeing with how strong the first half is and also how clever the satire is, just be prepared for the wtf part. And they mentioned it in the Double Toasted review but it’s pretty clear Charlie Kaufman had a strong influence on this. It reminded me a lot of Being John Malcovich and Adaptation the way it started out in a slightly absurdist but relatively realistic tone and then slowly ramped up the absurdity until reaching fukkery overload toward the end
First half of the movie is some of the best satire I’ve seen in awhile. Second half was
And they mentioned it in the Double Toasted review but it’s pretty clear Charlie Kaufman had a strong influence on this. It reminded me a lot of Being John Malcovich and Adaptation the way it started out in a slightly absurdist but relatively realistic tone and then slowly ramped up the absurdity until reaching fukkery overload toward the end
the end ruined the movie for my girl lol. She thought it was good and then on the ride home changed her mind and said she hated it just because of how goofy the end/last half was.
also felt like they cut out a lot of stuff because the stuff with the walking dead dude was so random there was no rise in conflict like you'd expect.
Drew Wonder
Superstar
Yo my girl had almost the same reaction. She was really enjoying it until
the horse people showed up. Then she was like “wtf is going on” lol
I’m wondering how audiences will react to this. Like the tone of it is appealing to a white indie crowd who’s into Spike Jonez/Charlie Kaufman/Michael Gondry type movies but they might be put off by the racial satire. And the black crowd might be put off by how weird the movie is. But we’ll see. If nothing else, it’s good to see a black film done in a weird/absurdist style. Most movies that deal with the topics that this film deals with are super serious and don’t take the risks this movie takes
Drew Wonder
Superstar
you didn't think the nygga shyt rap at the party was funny? That shyt had me dying
Drew Wonder
Superstar
On the movie itself...
As an Oakland nikka seeing the Town on the big screen is always special, that being said why they always do NSO dirty in every Oakland flick?WSO and ESO got all the love this time around, murder dubs & the lower bottoms stand up
As a film buff though the movie fell apart imo in the second act, every character became a vehicle for satire to the point that the central theme of the movie (dehumanization of the workforce) lowkey played itself. A well paid workhorse is still a workhorse at the end of the day and Cassius ironically has no more power within the call center as a "power caller" to influence the company to provide equitable wages and benefits than he did as a lower level employee. To put it another way, the movie doesn't really ask nor answer what "power" Cassius actually gained from his promotion. The only scene that spoke to this at all was when Cassius gave his uncle the money to pay off his house.
Cassius's power with or without the money is that he's able to convince nearly anyone into buying into anything he wants to sell them on. Why then does he never try to use his power outside of his job for non commercial purposes? When he frantically (and incoherently) pitched the horse mutation story to the journalist on the phone, I couldn't help but wonder what happened to his "white voice" and more importantly his ability to sell what he wanted to sell. He conveniently lost his gift of gab when it was inconvenient for the plot. The movie instead opted to make a hamfisted point about the moral bankruptcy of the media when at the end of the day he failed to sell the story to the journalist.
i enjoyed the surrealism of the movie but the main character's arc turned out to be little more than a plot device for the movie's anti capitalist messages. The movie's story wasn't true to the character's story enough for me to buy into it. His insecurity about his lack of status and lack of a "calling" progresses into him finding a job he's actually talented at but his talent becomes an afterthought in the movie which instead veers entirely into soapbox territory. His talent was being misused for exploitative purposes but when he becomes more self aware the film neglects to imagine a more positive and constructive use of his specific talents.
Excellent breakdown. Yeah, I could've accepted the absurdity of the horse plot if the satire was more clever and less obvious. What made it all the more disappointing was just how brilliantly done the satire was leading up to the horse scene. The horse subplot really showcased the fact that this was made by a first time director. Seemed like Boots had a throw everything at the wall and see what sticks approach to this. He has crazy potential as a filmmaker though.
Yeah afterwards I was like this movie was aiming to be a literal live action cartoon, especially when you look at the Omari Hardwick character and his appearance. Like I 'get' what they were going for but the last act was simply terrible execution imo and seems like they were going hard for shock factor.
It was cool but it's something I felt was done before unlike the other scene I referred to where the "joke" wasn't as blatant lol.
I agree. I do feel that if you would have given this to Donald Glover with 100% control he would have knocked this out the park. Atlanta does a great job in taking satire/cartoony elements but keeping it grounded in reality and they do a good use of meta humor from black culture (jokes about jokes black people actually make). Sorry to bother you was more like a live action cartoon which isn't a negative but like I said there was some rookie mistakes and poor execution.
WTF did just watch lol. Having some knowledge of The Coup's music definitely helped me "understand" the movie better tho. I didn't laugh much, just really sat there and tried to digest the messages. I honestly can't recommend the movie to folks unless they REALLY are interested and want to see it.
Tessa Thompson was lookin good den a mug in this movie
Tessa Thompson was lookin good den a mug in this movie
I peeped Mistah FAB in there, he was in that blue car and threw the drink at Cassius.
Yall see 777-9311 was the gate code to Lift's crib?
Yall see 777-9311 was the gate code to Lift's crib?
Mortal1
Superstar
I really thought the film was dope. The third act is a bit messy though. It could’ve used a extra 15 to 20 minutes to let it breathe.
I will say as a Bay Area Native it really does feel like a love letter to the town.
I’d give it a 8/10.
after the work horse reveal I felt everything happened a very face pace, makes me think this could’ve been better as a series.
I will say as a Bay Area Native it really does feel like a love letter to the town.
I’d give it a 8/10.
Mr Hate Coffee
Veteran
How are y'all seeing this? It's not playing anywhere
We live in black cities.
Saw it last weekend.