The Color Purple (2023)

[Ozymandeas]

It was a great movie. Fantasia about to win some awards

SMH at Mister. Super Saiyan c00n. Of course he loved Shug and treated his wife like sh*t. I would've been on Celie 1000% with them big ass cannons she had

 

[Coolin']

This is the shyt hoes and white folks wanna see so here we are.

My theater was filled with White people. The movie wasn’t half as traumatic as the og but there was still a scene where racism came into play ( I forgot how the scene played out in og). Made me wonder why White people were even there but hell they may have loved the original too.

 

[NobodyReally]

 

[mastermind]

This was great.

Not as good as the original, but it stands alone as great. A lot of awards love will come to this movie. Also a lot of onions were in the theater.

 

[mastermind]

Right…there’s so many stories, and movie genres to still be making these black trauma/struggle movies. Especially with the talent that’s in this movie smh. They could’ve made a black love musical, or a fun coming of age story.

there are a lot of diverse topics black movies that came out this year. I feel most brehs only want to complain about this type of movie because they aren’t doing research for other joints.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I never saw the original
shyt was good asf

 

[Legal]

Saw this earlier today. Was a pretty good watch, actually. Awards conversations around this movie are probably about to get real uncomfortable.

The only time I was disappointed is the scene where Mister has Celie shave him after she gets the letters. I have been inappropriately laughing at "Fixin' ta shaaaaaave Mister," for the majority of my life, and they decided to do what was probably the smart thing, and eurostep right past it.

 

[NobodyReally]

Saw this earlier today. Was a pretty good watch, actually. Awards conversations around this movie are probably about to get real uncomfortable.

The only time I was disappointed is the scene where Mister has Celie shave him after she gets the letters. I have been inappropriately laughing at "Fixin' ta shaaaaaave Mister," for the majority of my life, and they decided to do what was probably the smart thing, and eurostep right past it.

That's really interesting because the guy sitting beside me said the same thing. He was complaining how they jacked up that scene, and I didn't know what the hell he was talking about. But I don't watch the first movie a lot so I don't remember quite how it differs from the new one.

 

[mastermind]

Saw this earlier today. Was a pretty good watch, actually. Awards conversations around this movie are probably about to get real uncomfortable.

The only time I was disappointed is the scene where Mister has Celie shave him after she gets the letters. I have been inappropriately laughing at "Fixin' ta shaaaaaave Mister," for the majority of my life, and they decided to do what was probably the smart thing, and eurostep right past it.

I also don’t think the director made you feel she wanted to kill him.

They also didn’t have Shugg hit the “youze showz is ugly” line.

 

[ORDER_66]

So was this version positive of black men portrayed here or they was still on that feminist propaganda bullshyt???

 

[NobodyReally]

So was this version positive of black men portrayed here or they was still on that feminist propaganda bullshyt???

This version was directed by a Black man, and there are some extra scenes and dialogue that are more sympathetic and nuanced when it comes to handling different Black men in the story. There's also a more noticeable redemption and forgiveness arc for Mister, which not everyone is happy about, but yeah, it definitely doesn't demonize Black men wholesale.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

So was this version positive of black men portrayed here or they was still on that feminist propaganda bullshyt???

I didn't see the original movie
But unless this one diverged completely from the original idk how ppl took that way from it
First of all, women were treated as property back then and older dudes taking on Black girls as wives was a realcthing(read the New Jim Crow)

Two, through everything that happens, they are still a family unit and they lean on each other for support

Harpo and Sofia, him raising her kids after she goes to jail, even after she has kids with another man

Even Mister seeks forgiveness and gets invited to the dinner

It's a post slavery movie, so a movie showing men not in the best light is true to life

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

This version was directed by a Black man, and there are some extra scenes and dialogue that are more sympathetic and nuanced when it comes to handling different Black men in the story. There's also a more noticeable redemption and forgiveness arc for Mister, which not everyone is happy about, but yeah, it definitely doesn't demonize Black men wholesale.

I got to watch the original now

 

[datnigDASTARDLY]

Just saw this with my wife, and I was never a fan of the real one and never read the book but this version filled in a lot of gaps for me.

And damn Fantasia is absolutely amazing, almost had me tearing up.

What a beautiful movie and far faaar better than the original.

 

[KingsOfKings]